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[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I for one cheer and root for my flip phone friends.

I'd never do it, but we have one at work and he's singlehandedly causing so much grief at work. Because none of the engineers wanna use a security app for login. They want a fob.

IT refuses to pay for fobs and wants us to use an app, but they also don't want to pay for a phone for anyone in engineering just to use the security app because it opens a floodgate of people with company phones.

It's just wonderful to watch this fight from the sidelines sipping tea.

[–] grepe@lemmy.world 3 points 10 minutes ago

what's the rationale for IT not wanting to pay for the fobs?

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 36 minutes ago

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 46 minutes ago (1 children)

The same goes for customer loyalty cards. All market tracking schemes should be rightfully banned.

[–] VerdantSporeSeasoning@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 minutes ago

What ticks my off is that I have the stupid Safeway card and the stupid Kroger card. But now there's more deals, better deals if I do a digital coupon requiring the app on my phone, too. It's not enough to know about all the regular items in my home, from celery to toilet paper, but they also must need to hoover up all my digital into as well? Dude, just buy it from Meta or whichever jerks have it all. Half-price grapes ain't the right price.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 21 minutes ago

I keep seeing this headline and thinking it's a slur

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 34 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

everyone wants to force you to use apps instead of websites, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of apps are just websites..in a app wrapper, because normal websites and normal browsers have inbuilt protections for you.

Apps don't.

Idiots install apps, give them the 400,000 permissions they ask for, then go on their merry way..ignorant to the fact that they just installed a data vacuum on their phone thats siphoning everything off of it to be used and sold and resold for marketing purposes.. Even the phone itself its not safe, cause its sitting there, listening to your conversations, even when not on a call, to more "Accurately" spam you with bullshit.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca -2 points 49 minutes ago (2 children)

Phones are not listening and if you have proof post it. No security researcher has ever posted this.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago

[https://youtu.be/0dGqR4ue8dg](Idk i trust Snowden's take on this over yours)

[–] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 0 points 36 minutes ago

See:

[–] Cool_Name@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I am still using a flip phone. My new goal is to make it to 2027 marking two decades of rejecting the smartphone era. Each time I consider compromising something gets even more awful about smartphones and I double down on saying no.

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 29 minutes ago (1 children)

Don't lose hope, lead the resistance!

Out of curiosity, how many flip phones have you used since 2007?

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 0 points 21 minutes ago

Out of curiosity, how many flip phones have you used since 2007?

My current phone is a flip phone. A Samsung Galaxy Flip 5

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 80 points 5 hours ago (11 children)

Phone apps are nothing more than modern toolbars. And in case you forgot or missed this phase of the internet...

[–] Domino@lemmings.world 4 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

I want a re-made Bonzi buddy with AI.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 21 minutes ago

I don't vouch for these, as I have not used them. But, I found this rewritten one and this one with LLM.

[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

No argument there, especially with Bonzi Buddy lol

[–] techforwhat@lemmy.today 1 points 50 minutes ago (2 children)

Could you expand on that thought a bit more? How is an app like the internet tool bars of old?

Genuinely curious. I'm a little too young to have experienced internet toolbars like the ones in your image.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

Every service and site had their own malicious toolbar they'd ask you to install and / sneak it into the install for other software. They also came loaded with malware and or siphoned data from you. Older/more tech illiterate people would have browsers looking like the picture above and come to you wondering why their computer is so slow or why they keep getting viruses.

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 1 points 36 minutes ago

@alekwithak @techforwhat Norton Antivirus is still at it

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago
[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I missed that phase because I was using Netscape.

Then you didn't miss it. You glossed over it, like a boss

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Click to win a FREE LOBSTER Dinner 🦀🦞🦐

Man I miss this era of the internet. It truly felt like a new frontier.

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