andymcsherry

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by andymcsherry 12y ago
iOS really has 3 levels of access for things like this. For the most sensitive things like location, contacts and photos, it prompts for user permission. There's a lower category for things like background processing, you declare to Ap
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
There's a difference between checking if root access can be granted and gaining root access. If Uber were to use this access, the superuser app would prompt the user to approve it. The user would then have to grant permission. There&
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
There's perfectly reasonable explanation for almost all of these permissions, and there's nothing in this analysis that suggests they're doing otherwise. The only one that I couldn't think of was WRITE_SETTINGS Permissi
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
While the condescending tone is unnecessary, logicallee is right. There are actually zero links, Google just removes the quotes and shows results for that. None of them seem to have all the words together or the acronym. Just random occu
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
Well, I can tell you that not only did I not graduate from an elite school, I didn't even graduate from college. I've never had a problem finding work at startups. Very rarely does anyone care -- it's always about whether o
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
You're right, the real-time multiplayer stuff is only available for Android and iOS right now. It'd be nice if they made a web-socket solution to handle this. https://developers.google.com/games/services&#x2F
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Large Coronal Mass Ejection Headed Towards Earth(thesuntoday.org)
2 points by andymcsherry 12y ago|0 comments
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
The fixed position form on the left hand side lays over the content unless your browser is really wide. Basically makes the content unreadable on mobile.
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TuneWiki Pulls the Plug(techcrunch.com)
1 points by andymcsherry 12y ago|0 comments
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
I wouldn't say it's that small a value. If there was no relevance to where you started in the life, the odds of reaching the top 5th from the bottom 5th would be 20%. 12+% is where San Jose and San Francisco stack up, which seem
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Federal Judge Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional in California(nbcbayarea.com)
2 points by andymcsherry 12y ago|0 comments
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
Not the best example, but the OSX calculator app seems to have this.
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
Link to get around paywall: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
I'm seeing the same thing.
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
I've used both Uber and the local taxi service in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Columbus, OH. I can tell you that Uber is vastly superior in every way. The cars are cleaner and newer, the drivers are friendlier, the service is cheap
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
Not necessarily, the app could be installed outside of Google Play. A user could click on an malicious web link that would download the application and prompt them to install, much like https://m.spotify.com/us/ allow
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
Reddit publishes it on github, the license is here: https://github.com/reddit/reddit/blob/master/LICENSE
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by andymcsherry 12y ago
This is a problem with a lot of the enhancements that custom ROMs provide on Android. They break the API contract a developer has with the SDK and unexpected things happen. It's the reason all these ROMs aren't allowed to ship w
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
Designing for responsive layouts should be second nature for designers dealing with Android. The same issues appear on web in much more dramatic fashion.
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
I've been switching back and forth between Android and iPhone development for 4 years now, and I'd say development time is roughly equal between the platforms. A developer that understands Android well should instinctively know h
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
The purpose of using a VM is that the developer ships one version of their compiled software that can be run by anyone who has the VM on their system. Otherwise, the developer needs to anticipate every single architecture a user might want
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
This still relies on the legitimate app not storing the key they fetched in a public directory so the attacker can read it. You can keep adding layers upon this, but it doesn't change that.
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
That's really just security through obscurity. You're still shipping code that explains the process of obtaining the key. If they store their credentials to obtain the key in a public directory, it's just as vulnerable.
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
This is the nature of shipping client code. Any key they used can be extracted by a sufficiently determined individual. The real security issue was not storing the database in the app's private directory.
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
$20 / ($20 * 30) = 3.3%
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
At my office, everyone uses the same model laptop. Thus, everyone has the same ip, os and screen size.
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
If they are included on the device, they're usually meant to enhance the experience of the phone. Also, as of Android 4.0, you can disable system apps if you choose. If the hardware maker really wants to spy on you, I'm sure the
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
This is really the status quo when it comes to free Android utility apps. Most users skip quickly past the permission when installing, and as a result, you can generally stuff anything you want in there. To compliment this, the app is ad
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Show HN: An open source college football rankings algorithm(github.com)
2 points by andymcsherry 13y ago|0 comments
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by andymcsherry 13y ago
There's many reasons these polls are unscientific, but I think one of the most glaring issues that could be easily corrected is it tells you the results before you vote which naturally influences how people think about their answer.

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