alt Hacker NewsI feel like we’re already surrounded by devices that do this without any security whatsoever (TVs for example). So, it’s nice to see one implementation try to do it safely. Though, I do agree that normalizing overt recording could embolden the rest.
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Well, the devices were doing it in the most hidden way possible. This is plain in the open and that's how that window is moved. And yes, I absolutely believe that the overt recording is the actual moment where they expect us to actually get used to it.
The fuck are you talking about? Doing it safely is extremely easy and already solved: have the user be root.
This is about remote control. People who think Apple/Google/Microsoft will just pass on the reigns of that remote control are dangerously naïve.
Apple has locked down whole classes of third-party utilities for its mobile system and Google is copying them as we speak. We are slowing progress at great cost by letting them lock-in and rent seek.
TVs died. Not fully, but they went from the ubiquity of smartphones to the “oh yeah I’ve got one lying around” of VR. The shit they’ve been up to since is a response to trying to recover a much bigger industry’s profits by juicing a remainder that they’ve realized is so inert they’ll let you do anything to them. I really hope the resemblance to mainstream tech is minimal.