obarthelemy

Guy whose blog doesn't allow comments whines about not showing up on a comments site.

Corps put value on TCO, repairability, sturdiness, LTS... Not on looks and image.

I used to be involved in hiring for a consultancy. We didn't care for previous employers as long as they were legal, we cared about projects, technologies, challenges... Then again we were open-minded, we did work for a quasi-pornsite and a very official gambling site.

My guess would be that some companies will object, but very few. Probably the same for which your religion, marital status, sexual orientation... will matter, so maybe not very desirable employers ?

That's not what the article nor the judgement say though...

It doesn't even need to be a startup: hearing aids are techically inferior to mid-range earbuds, yet cost more than 10x more. I'm guessing it's a certification+distribution issue, like for smartphones in the US. I've heard Bose has something in test though ?

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Very interesting, thank you.

I'm very puzzled by the lack of Android desktops. Most users (not high-end users) would rather use the same OS and apps on all their devices, and Android is perfectly OK for content consumption, Office-type work, social and comms, light games...

There were a few very early attempts at Android laptops, but as for tablets (only worse), w/o any support from Google (Playstore category, guidelines...) those floundered.

I blame mostly ChromeOS, preferred by Google because it fixed the NIH issue and because why build one good ecosystem when you can build an OK one AND a bad one ? I'm still making "Android desktops" from TV boxes for the elderly around me. Android's support for standard webcams and other USB devices is a boon. It only really needs an LTS version, and some devices/apps guidelines and vetting. Not sexy enough for Googleheads, I guess ?

Title is a bit redundant;: all religions aim to control humans.

Try it: it works offline.

It's standalone 2FA, not a paswword manager. There's no seed.

"encrypted by password" doesn't mean much by itself: is the whole security chain open source ? audited by a third party ? as well as any changes ? Secured by the provider accepting responsibility for breaches and their consequences ? ...

Employees down to subcontractor's trainees can modify the code or pwd store... FYI, the industry standard for "risk of corruption" is: 3 months of wages. In low-pay countries, this means, literally, pocket change. How sure are you that whatever Google does is impervious to such insider bad actors, even if at a specific time their setup was indeed secure ?

I take my previous phone out of its drawer. Or my tablet.

I'm not really in favor of putting 2FA codes in the Cloud, see that password manager that got hacked a few months ago. Granted, we can expect better from Google, but still, they're not accepting any liability.

Google Authenticator already has a QR-Code based very easy export procedure, I just backup my GAuth to my spare phone and tablet. It feels safer because it's physical.

Of course, not everyone has several devices, and physical security is not granted to everyone. I guess cloud-backedup 2FA is better than no 2FA, or than 2FA with no backup at all. But... Cloud ? for security stuff ?

you need to learn to put titles in quotes.