Jajcus

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I tried some of those apps. Sine would be 'Unavailable for my device', some would install and start, but not work, because if unavailable API and some would pretend to work, but 9nky record my side of the call (using microphone not actual call audio). Samsung decided this should not be available for me, even though it would be legal here. But I may give it a try again. Maybe thing changed.

In Europe smartphones have all call recording features disabled. "Because of regulations". So corporations and scammers can record us whenever they wish, bu lt we cannot, even though it would provide us some defence. I thing the 'regulations' here protect the wrong side. Which is surprising, as EU is usually quite decent in consumer protection.

Secure services should always have limited trust to user data and devices. Security built on 'Google says the device is secure' is broken. Yes, it is convenient fir service providers who do not care about their customer rights, but more for 'intellectual property' and liability.

Lots of apllications still work in web browsers without TPM-based, kernel level DRMs and many of them are still reasonably secure. They are built with the assumption user controls their device. This has always been possible and still is possible. Just inconvenient for corporations.

Are you talking about owner safety, or some bussiness security. Yes the device is 'insecure' if you are taking the point of view of DRM provider or software vendor who wants to make sure advertisements are displayed, etc. Or if your software actual security depends of taking control away from the user. But actual end user security does not have to depend on that.

For many years Russian civilians just didn't care about the war, Ukraine being destroyed and Ukrainian being killed. Should this just continue? Bad things happening to Ukrainian civilians and no consequences for Russians?

Yes, that sucks. It is a very bad and a very sad thing that such things happen. But Ukraine is just out of options and they are trying anything to survive. Unlike Russia they still try not to kill civilians and target economy rather than people. But what if that still doesn't work?

There is an easy way out for Russia, just stop the war, leave Ukraine. But for that the government must be changed and only Russians can do that.

  1. Yes, the topic was returning again and again, each time causing political arguments. Until now all attempts to ban it failed. Usually parties counting for rural votes would oppose such regulations, as chained dogs are quite a norm in villages.

I have not been following that issue too much, so I cannot tell how good or bad current solution is.

But it is easier to sell out to China. Short term profit, no need for long term planning and risjs that those include. Those manufacturers no longer care for their brand or long term sustainability. In such case closing factories and selling what they have makes most sense. In the end they still can cry 'China bad' anyway.

That is what I expected. There is a place in the market to sell more RAM and Chinese manufactureres will use it. They will build capacity to build those chips, eventually cheaper and maybe even better what the 'West' can do. And then the Western companies will complain, that 'this is not fair!'. Like with all the other manufacturing we gave away to China.