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by g_p 4y ago
Ultimately the inability to reach an intelligent human at Google that responds with something other than an automated response seems to be the root issue here. Indeed, Google is actually breaking EU law here (with impunity), due to some 201
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by g_p 4y ago
Indeed - what a lot of comments on this topic seem to overlook is that a lot of device specific bug fixes have been put into effect for push sync in FairEmail, without battery drain, and while only using IMAP IDLE (therefore avoiding cloud
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by g_p 4y ago
I think part of the issue is it isn't even clear to developers when (or if) the issue is fixed. It seems that there is firstly no reason or clarification given. Then, it seems the process of reviewing an update can happen out of phase
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by g_p 4y ago
Looking at the code, it wasn't uploading contacts - rather it retrieved the favicons by looking on the domain in question, when a user turned that feature on manually. Some apps do upload user contacts - they take the whole list, and c
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by g_p 4y ago
It appears domain filtering and favicon retrieval are indeed done on the device, looking at the code. It also appears to be off by default, requiring a user to turn it on manually. It looks like this also excludes any mail in the junk folde
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by g_p 4y ago
It seems like this was an opt-in feature, that was off by default, that allowed users to have a domain's favicon shown alongside the message. It doesn't seem like any contact info was sent. Indeed, if you go to the effort of turni
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by g_p 4y ago
I think it seems like this is a "straw that broke the camel's back" situation - Google's refusal to actually deliver any kind of sensible level of basic communication with developers seems to be the root cause of this.
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by g_p 4y ago
This seems to be the root problem with Google Play's developer experience - no matter how much you ask them what is wrong, they will not tell you (despite this being straight-up illegal in Europe). You get a copy-paste of the same non-
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by g_p 4y ago
My understanding is that this was an optional feature, and turned off by default - a user wanting to use this would need to enable it manually. If a user turns on a feature to request favicons for received mail, it therefore seems logical t
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by g_p 4y ago
Very often, the policy violation cited is very very broad, and "worst case", but not enough information is given to find the specific issue. In this case, it is my understanding that firstly it isn't clear what the actual all
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by g_p 4y ago
One thing I've noticed about FairEmail is that it is able to do low power push messages via IMAP IDLE, without any kind of external cloud push platform, and maintain this reliably across connectivity state changes. Indeed, with a good
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by g_p 4y ago
I don't think K9 supports XOAUTH authentication over IMAP/SMTP yet [0], which is increasingly widely required by mail services. [0] https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/655
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by g_p 4y ago
Part of the problem as well here is that the alleged policy violation doesn't gives enough information for a developer to even figure out what behaviour they're seeing, let alone where in a complex app that feature is. Then, secon
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by g_p 4y ago
Would it not be a good starting point for Google to follow and implement this legislation in Europe as at least a starting point? https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32... It seems like
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by g_p 4y ago
The legislation needed here for this specific case is arguably already in force - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32... The developer in question is based in Europe. The problem is t
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by g_p 4y ago
You should be able to do this (although not immediately obvious) by: - Opening Mail, Preferences, and going to the Privacy tab. - Unchecking "protect mail activity" - Checking "hide IP address" - Checking "block all
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by g_p 4y ago
GPS isn't required to schedule handovers in a mobile network. Handovers can be signalled by the network or the handset, but they use the received signal quality and strength (and handsets can send their signal quality and strength to t
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by g_p 4y ago
Plaintext vs HTML email is an interesting one - I found that getting deliverability to MS 365 from a very low volume, self-hosted email server was actually improved by sending in HTML format, as opposed to plaintext. This was the exact oppo
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by g_p 4y ago
Spun-out infrastructure is probably better than the current situation for many people, but it's not necessarily the best outcome - the UK has a setup a bit like this, with the access networks spun out into a wholesale company. It still
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by g_p 4y ago
This seems plausible. The only real solution here seems to be to find a way to hold HackerRank to account for this (in the most costly way possible), so they face an incentive to do meaningful due diligence and evaluate before partnering wi
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by g_p 5y ago
There's many ways to make a keylogger, from userspace down to the SMM layer of UEFI. Perhaps a better way to approach this would be to turn the threat model around? If they have a keylogger, assume they have a rootkit. What needs to re
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by g_p 5y ago
I'd agree it very much depends on the individuals. I have worked with people all across the spectrum. My advisor was absolutely in the "good" camp - we'd openly describe call academia the "world's biggest hidde
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by g_p 5y ago
In theory this should be true, although the information asymmetries involved (especially for international students who go based on citations or notable papers or "reputation") mean that it can be hard to lose the flow of good stu
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by g_p 5y ago
Order of authorship is quite dependent on discipline - in comp sci and engineering the convention is as you say. In other fields they prefer alphabetical order or other orders, as I understand. Some journals have started requiring specific
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by g_p 5y ago
For anyone not familiar with the world of academia, grad students actually have a good bit more power available to them by organising sensibly than you might think. The same is also true for early career postdoctoral research staff. This is
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by g_p 5y ago
Some platforms may have a way to remember a client certificate as a preference, but you can't really bind a certificate to only specific sites. If you can find a way to abuse a valid authentication to one site in order to gain access t
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by g_p 5y ago
The UK implementation of ePrivacy makes this quite clear and the regulator uses this as an example [1] in their guidance. If you are setting the cookie in direct response to a user initiated action, for functionality, that doesn't requ
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by g_p 5y ago
One issue with doing this is that blocking gambling is usually done by the merchant classification. Betting shops are easy to categorise and identify from their merchant category. Alcohol can be bought from a supermarket, or corner shop, or
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by g_p 5y ago
If you're based in Europe, consider if there's any opportunity to avail yourself of this legislation - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32... Specifically, article 4 covers
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by g_p 5y ago
In Europe, the legislation to look at would be https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32... Specifically, article 4 covers termination of service, and the rules around this. It seems Google

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