Posts by 0laf

They'll never get it.

You can't break encryption "a little bit". You break it or you don't.

Everything else is electric magic thought up by the uninformed. Or unicorn shit etc etc. Insert colourful euphemism of choice.

Spies R Us

Interception of mail and diplomatic message bags is one of the oldest forms of espionage around. But incompetence is pretty plausible as well.

For the people el Naranga Presendente Trump

I would support president Trump blocking this product.

But if you could turn the updates for my Huawei spyphone back on please.

I for one....

I wait with anticipation a visit from our Alien overloads when they come looking for "Hugh Jass", "Toby La Rhone", "Amanda Hugginkis", "Mike Rotch", Bender Bending Rodriguez". Gredit to Matt Groening et al.

Is there actually much demand from punters for this?

I don't think I've ever heard anyone who isn't involved in the telco business saying that they either want or need this.

Is this really aimed at B2B or M2M or something other than 'umans that think they need to stream 4k videos on tiny screens?

Worst option

I thought we'd established that this sort of autopilot is the worst sort of cludge.

It disengages the driver and it has been shown that human are not capable of maintaining concentration on an process they are not involved in.

Really we should have cruise control (even advanced cruise control) but then stop until full automation is approved.

No pics of it actually working?

He always came across as someone who was just delighted to be involved in the whole star wars thing. I never saw him as anything but ethusiastic and loyal to the franchise. He did look frail for the last few decades really. I never met him but he came across as a nice chap RIP.

Double bluff

Is he dumb or has he built up a very carefully constructed images of being stupid which allows him to get away with just about everything because he is not only dumb but rich.

Also I thought "Ignorance of the law is not an excuse" was pretty much a universal stance.

Got a P20 and I can't see this making me want to move at all. Not much of a difference really. Fancy back plates might be all the rage but phones now are too bloody slippery so they always live in a case anyway.

I've never figured out what the hate is with EMUI. I suppose I'm an undemanding user but also I've only just returned to Android after using WinPho and Apple for more than a few years.

Huawei certainly isn't without bloat, it's hard to tell where Google bloat ends and Huawei bloat starts. There are a few annoyances like Huawei insistance on using their cloud backup unless you get in for a fight with it. Huaweis 'Suggestions' thing that comes in from a top down swipe is bloody annoying but no less annoying than google's 'How can I help' that comes from a bottom up swipe (how apt btw wipe your bottom for Google).

What I really like is Huawei's battery life. I get an easy 2 days from the P20 Pro maybe more and it charges fast even from a USB.

Ok it's spying on me but then so is Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Donald Trump and Therea May.

Did they do more than search for dodgy names? These could be as much clickbait as any other crap on social media

So unregistered CCTV system.

Unregistered data processor

No notices of presence of CCTV system

Effectively illegal surveillance equipment.

Irish ICO been informed?

Throw the bones

It's as good a way as any to tll how much trouble this is going to be.

Maybe folding screens on a phone is actually the wrong place for them. What about a laptop with a 10" footprint that folds out to be a 30" widscreen. Less issues around the bulk of such screen becasue it's in a backpack anyway. It could all fold inward to protect the soft screen and you can have a much bigger battery.