I use a computer a lot, and I have an expensive keyboard and mouse. I'm the target market in a sense; if there was a compelling enough upgrade to either, I'd probably buy it.
I can't imagine what software features they could possibly offer that would qualify, doubly so as a subscription. I picked my mouse because it has lots of buttons, a responsive sensor, low-latency wireless, and it runs on a standardized replaceable battery. It would be hard to improve any of that with software.
Phones also have web browsers, and Instagram is usable that way (several years ago, it was not). It is possible that privacy protections will look like automated behaviors to their systems.
Using an app on a device that's used for little else and has minimal data stored and apps installed on it also limits the potential for data leaks, though probably not as effectively as the browser, particularly when your browser is Mull.
That might be part of it, but the Republicans tried a similar attack against Biden and it mostly didn't land. It only works when it's true in the sense that the average person genuinely finds the position or behavior in question disturbing.
I don't think Instagram can read your Matrix conversations, but may be able to predict your interests with fancy algorithms or buying information from data brokers, even if it's related to things you did on another device.
If you want to be more sure it's not spying on your phone, uninstall the app and use it through your web browser.
It seems to me this became a thing when social media algorithms started downranking content with profanity in it. It's weird when people do it elsewhere.
"Security" as an excuse for self-serving bullshit isn't new.
Sure, there's a risk of breaking things. I can do that with a hacksaw and a soldering iron too, and it's widely recognized that it isn't up to the manufacturer of the thing to keep me from breaking it. We need the same understanding for devices that depend on software.
Locked bootloaders should be illegal. Manufacturers should have to provide enough specs that third parties can write code that runs on the hardware.
Yes, but not to the same degree.
Smoking cigarettes
Expiration dates on packaged food are almost always about how enjoyable the food is to eat, not safety. Donating expired packaged food with legal protection from liability would be good for the world.
The headline is a little misleading. The actual ruling is that police can obtain warrants to install surveillance malware on phones when they have evidence the owner is using it to communicate about crimes.
It isn't random. They search phones belonging to people they suspect of crimes, but don't have enough evidence to get a warrant for, people they think are connected to criminals even if they are not criminals themselves, and people they want to harass such as activists.