Bubbaspanky wrote:I have to say I am a big fan of my Iphone.
I still like my iPhone...my side business develops iPhone apps too, but I have found the whole platform a little too restrictive for my needs. Plus I am not a fan of Apple, but they do make beautiful products.
Don't get me wrong, it is an awesome device and I am not knocking it for others...I just like to try new things and the open nature of android fits a little better with my style.
5.3 is an inch bigger than my 4.3 display... My 4.3 is at a point to where I would say it is as large as I would go for a phone... But this is all personal opinion.
Duck wrote:Don't know if the NOTE is using the same security as the NEXUS - but on the NEXUS the GOOGLE wallet can be cracked and used in less than a second.
Looks like this is only if you root your phone...which I may do after a while, I am definitely getting an android device, it is more just a matter of which one.
Interesting article though, seems like a simple fix would be to allow alpha numeric pins or increase the pin digits to 6-8
Hadaka wrote:Interesting article though, seems like a simple fix would be to allow alpha numeric pins or increase the pin digits to 6-8
going from
for (my $i=0; $i<9999; $i++) { }
to
for (my $i=0; $i<99999999; $i++) { }
would not make it more secure for converting the number to sha256 and comparing the hash to what is in the file. All that does is make it take a little bit longer to run it... And really, not that long at all..
Alpha numeric would help that out a lot...
But really, why store it on the phone locally? The phone should have internet access... So, do a comparison of a sha256 hash that is created when you enter the code to what is stored on a secure server somewhere out there...
Meh... Still not a big deal if you don't lose your phone... But still something that should be easy to make more secure.
would not make it more secure for converting the number to sha256 and comparing the hash to what is in the file. All that does is make it take a little bit longer to run it... And really, not that long at all..
Alpha numeric would help that out a lot...
But really, why store it on the phone locally? The phone should have internet access... So, do a comparison of a sha256 hash that is created when you enter the code to what is stored on a secure server somewhere out there...
Meh... Still not a big deal if you don't lose your phone... But still something that should be easy to make more secure.
personally I think google get's lazy. Lately they have been "apologizing" for crap you just say, WhyTF did you do that...it is just common sense to not do that.
Yeah, adding digits just increases the amount of time for a brute force...alpha numeric also does this a bit more...but even alphanumeric at 4 digits is only 1,679,616 possible combinations.
I like my android phone [xPeria PLAY] and my android tablet [Sony TabletS], my wife loves her android phone [Galaxy S2] but its battery life is balls.. she had to buy two extra batteries, one she keeps at work and one at home on chargers, just so she could keep it on all day. Ridiculous. That being said those who root and remove a lot of erroneous bloatware/processes change the uptime from hours to days.
So only problem with android is bloatware, about the same problem with apple, just apples bloatware is on my pc.
Well, my Iphone 4S is a freaking piece of crap that makes me want to downgrade back to my 3GS. At least it worked well.
I'm locked in for almost two years, so might as well get over it.
If there was a app trade out program for users that move from Iphone to Android, I'd be all over the android. I just hate rebuying something I've already bought.
Atomm wrote:Well, my Iphone 4S is a freaking piece of crap that makes me want to downgrade back to my 3GS. At least it worked well.
I'm locked in for almost two years, so might as well get over it.
If there was a app trade out program for users that move from Iphone to Android, I'd be all over the android. I just hate rebuying something I've already bought.
You know you can sell the 4s for around $400-$500, then turn around and buy an unlocked phone of whatever you want, no need for contract change....not sure how it works if you move to android, but it isn't too big of a deal I don't think.
Well, my galaxy note got delivered yesterday...spent a good 5 hours messing with it. I am in love at first sight with android. Sooooo much more tweaking and tinkering I can do with it.
The note size is rather large, so we will see how I like in the coming weeks, but I think I will love all the screen real estate.
Hadaka wrote:Well, my galaxy note got delivered yesterday...spent a good 5 hours messing with it. I am in love at first sight with android. Sooooo much more tweaking and tinkering I can do with it.
The note size is rather large, so we will see how I like in the coming weeks, but I think I will love all the screen real estate.
