• Integrate777@discuss.online
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    20 hours ago

    In Singapore, lots of boomers are downloading scam apps from facebook lured by promises of discounts and free gifts, handing out accessibility privileges, and they’ll even argue vehemently against loved ones and bank staff when confronted. When it all inevitably blows up, they blame absolutely everyone except themselves, including praising Apple for some reason.

    Being the largest voting block, they managed to get banks responsible for reimbursing their losses and there was even an idea floated of getting everyone to contribute to a shitty scam insurance fund. Many major banking apps are paranoid af and block usage from simple things like usb debugging turned on.

    Absolutely stupidity. And there’s nothing we can do about it when the politicians love them so much.

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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      16 hours ago

      Usb debugging is sketchy as shit. You should almost never turn that on, and immediately turn it off once you’re finished with whatever it is you’re doing with that on.

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        16 hours ago

        agree completely. But I recently broke my phone screen, the usual Samsung green screen of death, and I wish I had that turned on to copy the data over lol.

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          6 hours ago

          If you can copy data over, then someone else can too. It’s important to have backups. Maybe syncthing or some other home server will do nicely.