>>> The vulnerability is based on “traffic analysis,” a decades-old network-monitoring technique, and relies on surveying internet traffic at a massive national scale. The document makes clear that WhatsApp isn’t the only messaging platform susceptible
Seems like meta's engineers are just being proactive here, raising a concern.
If iMessage were the most dominant platform in Israel, then the same would apply for it too.
You are absolutely right. Yes, Tesla did introduce a seismic shift into the automotive industry.
Their stock was an appreciation and acknowledgement of that? They were valued more than all of their ( major) competitors' market cap aggregated together at one point. Many argue that it still is overvalued.
The incident cited above is on the same slippery slope as the Nikola demo, just more nuanced. It is well worth a discourse.
A grim day. As a tech worker, my solidarity is entirely with the employees of Twitter.
The irony is that Twitter, more than any other social platform, helped create the aura around Elon, Tesla in particular. In some sense, Twitter was quintessential to what Elon is today.
For him to now
- make a bid for twitter
- back out of it in futile
- acquire it, lay off execs
- lay off half the force
Is surreal. If this had been anyone apart from Elon, they would have been ostracized.
I am saddened, but also a bit terrified since I see strong parallels between Elon, and... Other such figures. But Elon now owns a social media platform that "informs" upwards of a 500million users a month.
Also worth noting That ev platforms are now essentially closely engineering the power train and the battery systems to work and extract maximum juice ( similar to Apples battery/cpu control on the iPhone).
When the above is executed well, you get performance and range that are moats to car manufacturers, which reduces the incentive to partake in such efforts as well. ( Tesla, and of course the recent EGMP platform is an example of this. The latter powers 3 best selling cars in the US this year).
"I had plenty of happy times before I had kids. But if I count up happy moments, not just potential happiness but actual happy moments, there are more after kids than before. Now I practically have it on tap, almost any bedtime."
This to me sums it up very well. Yes,parts of me miss the things I could do earlier. But as with all things in life, is this change a net positive in terms of happiness? "It very likely will be" - has been my experience thus far. My child, still a toddler, continues to be a suprisingly reliable source of happiness and laughs, well into their 6th year. [touches wood].
b) I had a fairly strong attachment to my wife/best friend as I do today too. However, pregnancy, and having a kid reduces your partner's influence on your happiness funnel. They are , for very good reason, less available during the first year of the child's growth.
I would thus highly emphasize on diversiyfing your sources of happiness ( with hobbies, men's night out etc) - otherwise, like I saw, there will be a quick fall in happiness levels in the initial few months.
Becoming the next smart TV platform is the real war here.
By becoming the go-to platform for smart tv apps, the winner gets the following advantages
- rich access to search and voice data (which, by the Amazon playbook, is super valuable for originals)
- hardware profits
- ads related profits. My definition of ads are any apps/placements that are not organic. This includes actual ads for shows etc, but also placements in search results dedicated sections etc.
- per transaction profits. This is the apple playbook. Take a 30% cut of every transaction.
- Subscription profits from original apps - say roku originals or Apple tv+.
There is a lot going on here, and what we are seeing here as a deadlock is a stalemate due to clashes between Google and roku on many of the above issues.
Roku also takes a cut for every transaction that goes via its platform. If I end up subscribing to HBO via roku, Roku takes a cut too.
On a related note, is it just me that's flummoxed by the lack of Ad disclosures for the Roku ads? I can't seem to find it - and having worked ij tech ads , I find this troubling and concerning.
This might be the second or third (and possibly redundant too) Tim urban blog post here.
This uses a visual representation to drive home the point that the time you have with your loved ones, especially parents is very very limited, and choices that you make to increase/decrease face time with them, have a pretty pronounced impact, for life.
This certainly woke me up to my relationship with my father and elder relatives in general.
Reddit currently supports many third party freemium clients ( Ala Twitter 2012). These third party apps offer a no ad experience too. Unsure how much revenue reddit shares with these apps though.
It helps with growth(more options for users to be on reddit) , but definitely hurts ad inventory, ad targeting insights etc.
Seems like meta's engineers are just being proactive here, raising a concern.
If iMessage were the most dominant platform in Israel, then the same would apply for it too.