I imagine that it’s because there’s likely to be a legitimate use-case scenario where you may want a background app to take screenshots. I’m not sure why that would be or what practical application there is for that, but this is probably meant to not directly interfere with background apps taking screenshots, but will still alert the user when it’s happening.
A/B testing. You probably just got the update before the general public did.
This is to help the user identify when another app on their device is spying on them. It’s not meant to prevent screenshots.
Why? The purpose of this is to let you know if an app is spying on you.
Which one: the Flipper Zero, or the bluetooth spamming function?
Flipper Zero is a thing because it’s a very capable device for hackers and tinkerers. It can be used as an intro to coding and pen-testing.
The bluetooth spam is a thing because some dev is an asshole.
Fantastic. This was a flagrant abuse of the patent process.
I hate to be the one to suck corpo dick here, but part of me hopes Google sues Sonos into oblivion for damages over this, then buys up the remaining scraps of their team, and sunsets their project.
We’re talking about a service that intrinsically requires an internet connection, though.
Okay, what can the average user do to ensure this, then?
a self-hosted solution that you can ensure doesn’t.
Being self-hosted in no way, shape, or form ensures that it doesn’t spy on you. You’re still putting trust in a third-party to keep their promises. The average user lacks the know-how to audit code. Hell, the average user wouldn’t be able to figure out self-hosting in the first place.
I didn’t want the phone listening all the time just so I could occasionally say “Ok Google, play the news”
Just FYI, your phone isn’t truly “listening” to you. There’s a separate, low-power chip in most phones these days that has one singular function, which is to listen for the “wake phrase”. It doesn’t understand anything else besides “Hey Google” or “Hey Siri”, or whatever phrase your device uses. This chip has a very small amount of memory, and can only process about 2 seconds’ worth of audio, and has no storage or ability to transmit data to any other part of the OS. The actual OS can’t hear anything you’re saying 99.99% of the time.
When it detects the wake phrase, it triggers waking the phone and activating your mic, where it actually starts to listen to you for the next few seconds to hear your command. But before that, the device can’t hear you at all.
Same goes for smart speakers like Nest, Echo, Home Pod, etc. Granted, Echo has had some issues where it was improperly detecting the wake phrase due to some very bad false positives a few years ago, but I believe Amazon has patched that now, as verified reports of Echo devices hearing more than they should are a lot more rare as of late.
I just don’t understand why they removed Jen Taylor’s voice from Cortana. That was… the whole point of Cortana, IMO. Without Taylor’s voice model, Cortana is just another soulless, half-baked digital assistant that doesn’t do what you want it to half of the time. All of the charm came from the fact that it was literally Cortana from Halo.
For what? This article isn’t about browsers, this is about a digital assistant app.
That’s an entirely different argument to make.
The fact is that there are phones out there that fill OP’s niche need. Other comments in this thread even recommended phones that meet that need. They’re not as common, though. Why is that? Because… it’s… what’s the word… Dang, right on the tip of my tongue. Aw, oh well, it’ll come to me later.
No, it’s niche because it’s niche. If it wasn’t niche, phones would be built for that use case in mind to begin with. This has nothing to do with me, and everything to do with the current state of devices available to consumers.
Like I told the other guy, I already acknowledged that niche use cases exist, and explained the steps that a user should take in that situation.
You defined niche as something that doesn’t affect you.
I absolutely did nothing of the sort. Please try reading.
I literally acknowledged the fact that niche use cases exist. Are you that desperate to argue on the internet that you’re going to ignore half of the comment you’re replying to? Jesus Christ, get over yourself.
Yeah, this seems like a really weird complaint to me. My Pixel 6 Pro has 128 GB, and I’ve only just barely passed 100 GB used like a month ago, after having this phone for a couple years now.
I get that there will be niche use cases, but I feel like if you know you’ve got a niche use case, then you should probably be taking that into consideration when purchasing your device in the first place. For the average user, though, I feel like 128 GB is more than plenty.
I misread the title and thought you were asking for the best music for piracy. I was gonna suggest Alestorm.
Apple already knows that iMessage, alone, is a huge selling point for their iPhones. They held out for a few years keeping iTunes away from the rest of us before finally giving in, but I very much doubt that they’re going to open up iMessage any time soon. It’s pretty much the only thing that keeps iPhone users in their ecosystem anymore.