Comments on: Annotated 34-4

By: T

Tue, 04 May 2021 14:53:04 +0000

I guess we should’ve dropped into the text that the app in question is one that Xan designed for himself, so he has every reason to feel secure about it.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:08:57 +0000

Whether that’s a good response would depend on the kind of app they recommend. There’s the “I’ll exfiltrate anything I can get to the company that made me, then relay your message” kind — to which my response usually is not to insist on talking. Then there’s the securely encrypted privacy-respecting one, to which my response is “finally someone who does the sensible thing!”

For those who prefer e-mail or telephone: sure, can do. But texting is friggin’ expensive compared to any other text messaging method.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:02:39 +0000

“trust an app for communication” — well, what would you trust for remote communication? proper encrypted chat is the safest thing there is at the moment.

I also don’t think he left the front door open. Usually the speaker thingy for the bell would be next to the apartment door, so he would have opened it when he pressed the buzzer, then gone back to his desk while she climbed up the stairs.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:32:08 +0000

On the other hand, this is a perfectly valid response to someone saying that they won’t talk to you unless you download an app. (This is a joke, I do not advocate breaking and entering)

I bought Sleeping Dogs a year or so ago. Best $4 I ever spent on a game.

By: Steel Raven

Steel Raven — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:28:41 +0000

This was first posted just before small affordable cameras like Ring where available. A front door buzzer and a good deadbolt (or more) are normally good deterrents for a apartment but JJ isn’t your normal threat (and Xan was arragent enough to leave his front door open for Shanna and trust an App for communication)