HLS, Smooth streaming, MPEG-Dash are all designed for streaming and that's what we use with Elastic Transcoder today.
Used in conjunction with Amazon Cloudfront, I thought it was perfect for streaming content.
Does that mean we'll need to manually transition to the new services ? Are you planning a bridge or something ?
What about the cost of transcoding everything a second time ?
Xcode was hacked not so long ago. The malware could remain invisible even to the creators of the app. Although it's less likely to remain unnoticed with open source projects due to the visible nature of it.
On desktop, Mac OS and Windows now provides official stores where apps are verified and signed.
On Android I remember Google added an app scanner in order to detect infected apps even when the security setting is disabled. On windows there is defender.
At the end of the day it's all about trust. Be very careful regarding where you download the software from.
1) Get physical access to the phone and be able to unlock it.
2) Manually disable the Android setting so that non verified apps can be installed (the setting is enabled by default on almost every Google Android phone to protect users). By doing so a clear message warns the user that the phone will become vulnerable to attackers.
3) Install an obscure apk on the phone (side load or via link) outside of the Play Store.
I would call this just installing an app that is designed to track you. Such an app is trivial to code.
When you decide to set your OS free to make it possible to install anything then obviously you can install anything on it, including a spyware.
It makes no sense to compare this to iOS because iOS doesn't allow 2) (walled garden). Android leaves it up to you and thus provides more "freedom" to users. Freedom comes with additional risks. The equivalent is jailbreaking on iOS (unofficial).
I like to compare this with someone being locked in a room. This person is obviously less likely to die from a car accident than a free one. But does that mean you want to live locked in a room ?
You can't customize the app buttons unless it allows you to which is not the case with Spotify.
1/ display the same touch bar UI when the app is in the front or background otherwise it's confusing.
2/ keep the spotify controls visible when using chrome for example (chrome doesn't have any touch bar controls yet). Right now I have to click the newly added spotify shortcut all the time. Maybe a way to decide which app should be displayed when the space is unused would help (in the OS settings).
I like the song play progress bar, it would be even better with the current and next artist/song names and covers.
Yes I noticed it and that's great but it doesn't give you audio play/pause shortcut. It doesn't work on the expand arrow for example (that's an idea for Apple !).
I have to make compromises if I want the play/pause control then I'll loose the brightness or volume because the shortcuts are limited to 4 max even if the touch bar is mostly unused black space on the left most of the time.
I bought one when it was announced. I desperately needed to replace my 13', 128G MBA (couldn't change the disk).
My major concern about the touch bar is that it really makes things worse. I second the author opinion.
I use Spotify a lot. Before, on my MBA, I could change the volume or hit play/pause with one key tap, straightforward and easy.
Now I have to hit the tiny expand arrow to display these keys and then hit play/pause etc.
It could get even worse because Spotify added their own touch bar buttons when you use the mac native app.
But the dynamic display is different depending on whether the app is the front or in the background.
When in the background it becomes a shortcut you have to click to make a different set of keys appear. You get lost very easily, plus it becomes redundant with Apple native play/pause keys... So I'm always confused when I just want to hit pause/play.
From the settings, if I'd like to fall back to the always on standard set of function keys then I lose the dynamic app keys. Which is weird. The OS should be clever enough to expand the function keys when nothing else is available instead of a black unused zone and a tiny shortcut zone on the right.
The esc key (as mentioned in the article) is really hard to reach most of the times because you have to quit the current display (cross) before it becomes available. Why not keep it always on the left ?
It feels like the touch bar hasn't been thought through very much. It needs some more work... The good news is that it's mostly software improvements so let's hope Apple / App developers can fix that quickly.
Funny thing is that I installed ubuntu on my parents very old laptop (from 2001) that lost Windows XP support and it works really well. No virus until now.
I replaced the Graphical User Interface with a lighter one though to maintain decent performances.
Security fixes and improvements should be made at the OS level. And it is: Microsoft, Apple and Linux receive fixes very quickly. No software editor will be able to do better than the OS to fix and stop threats.
I stopped using AV softwares a long time ago for the following reasons:
- It slows down your device (memory, cpu, disk access, etc.).
- It annoys you a lot more than it stops or solves any security concern. I've yet to hear from someone telling me their AV software saved them from an actual real virus... If this ever happens it's probably a damn advanced attack that even the AV software doesn't know about.
- It's extremely hard to remove, especially when pre-installed as a bloatware on a PC. Sometimes it's also installed as an extension of other software (browser, etc.).
- It usually takes wrong decisions (false positive) that lead to broken web pages, legitimate software that stops working, etc. And unfortunately the "standard" user has no way to figure out it's due to the AV. I can't count the number of times I had to work with my customers on figuring out what was making my website or software not run (or even not to install) on their machine.
One time I had to write to an AV editor in order for my browser extension to be whitelisted. Never got any answer...
AV softwares can be easily replaced with common sense and a set of very simple rules.
- Have a hardware/software firewall that blocks everything expect what's required (allowing only web when initiated from the machine is enough in 99% of the cases). Every major OS now comes pre-configured with a software firewall which removes 90% of the threats.
- Use a strong email service or software (gmail, etc.). This way you reduce the likelihood that a virus, spam, or fishing email passes through.
- Don't open email attachments coming from unknown or non trusted senders. Even when the sender seems legitimate, double check that the email makes sense (not an unusual behavior), pay close attention to URLs, written language and words. Don't click links without knowing where it goes (domain name, https, etc.). Email remains the most simple way to install a virus or a trojan on someone's computer so be very very attentive when acting upon an email. If you use an email provider (like gmail), report the spam or phishing attack very quickly so that 1/it can be stopped quickly for others and 2/it teaches the Machine learning to do better next time.
15 years I've been applying these rules and I never got any virus without using any AV software. My devices run like a charm (PC or Mac).
While I'm a big defender of freedom and open source, I can easily understand and forgive proprietary OS providers choices with regard to the AV editors.