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  • That's got nothing to do with what sideloading means.

    And the risks are very overblown.
    While it's possible, it's extremely rare.

    Mostly because the potent target pool is so small. Bigger potentials for bad guys if they trick app stores into approving trojan horse apps, because everyone thinks app stores are safer.

  • This isn't North Korea.
    Even China and Russia can't fully block things.
    Our networks aren't nearly as controlled as theirs.

  • Not quite. You don't need any app store at all.
    You literally download an APK file from a website or anywhere, then install it directly. Could even be a friend with a thumb drive. Doesn't matter how you get it, it's just a file.

  • On Android you can download apps (.APK files) from the web, and install them without any app store.

  • I believe Google and Apple are to be fined if they don't remove the app from their stores.

    We don't have the ability to nationally block the domains and IPs, so current users will still be able to access it. So you shouldn't need a VPN.

    Android users could side load the app if they want.

  • Smart enough to realize it, but not smart enough to not say it.
    Rather than write a public letter pointing it out, he could have just let it happen.

    When your enemy is helping you, don't tell them.
    It might encourage them to stop.

  • Good idea or not is debatable.
    But at the SCOTUS level it's just about weather or not the government has the power to decide if and how a Corp can operate in the US. Which it obviously does, since Corporations aren't people and have no rights.

    Given the pro Corp majority on the court, this decision is a little surprising to me. I'd be shocked if they made the same call for a domestically owned Corp.

  • Yes. Exactly like that. Cell phones are insulin. They both do exactly the same thing.

  • Teachers and staff can do that at least as well as any student. It's a non-issue.

    Kids really don't have any need for cell phones in school. Maybe those who do have a real need, can drop them at the office each morning, and pick them up again at the end of the day. Perhaps some other exception I can't think of. But certainly no need for students generally.

  • I certainly did vote for him and Harris.
    And still say STFU OLD MAN.

    I'm also donating monthly, to Represent.Us and The Forward Party.

  • Ok. Not sure it matters. Those programs were largely symbolic anyway.
    Is there any real data suggesting they had any positive effect on anything?

  • Lots of people call it that. I rather like it here.

  • Loops is only two months old at this point. As far as I know it's still just Daniel Supernault doing all the work.
    @dansup@mastodon.social is the best source for updates currently.

  • That would be ideal. But they didn't offer

  • What about New Mexico?
    If the US can have Alaska, we can join Canada, right?

  • This is one of the many reasons people shouldn't have to rely on their employer to buy their health insurance.