From one of the security links I’m on…
TikTok caught breaking google rules to secretly track Android users
TikTok has been caught violating its own privacy policy and Google’s rules by secretly tracking Android users. A new report in the Wall Street Journal claims the app linked new installs of its app to the device’s unchangeable MAC address for 15 months. In short, this circumvents Google’s policy to allow users to reset IDs used for ad tracking. Worse for TikTok, its data was wrapped in an unusual layer of encryption.
This new allegation is almost certainly linked to advertising, It also has echoes of TikTok’s secret clipboard access caught by Apple’s iOS 14 beta. More critically for users, it shows yet again that the app does not apply the level of rigor any platform of its size and with its reach should do as a matter of course.
The Wall Street Journal says TikTok stopped this practice in November – before its current security crisis escalated.
Yeah, right. Pull the other one, it’s got a bell on it!
And if they REALLY want to defund something…
Unless you’re living in mommy’s basement and she’s paying all your bills…
Research is ‘such’ fun…
Trying to timeline a trip in the 1870s from New Orleans to St. Louis to Denver. Easy peasy, right? Sigh…
Five hours later, I come up a what might work, maybe.
NOLA to St. Louis by steamer, four days (if it’s a smooth trip). Overnight in St. Louis.
Train from St. Louis to Denver, four days. It’s 759 miles, so should be quicker, right? Ummm, nope, gotta stop and get water every 30 miles or so, so average speed is not much over 20mph. Plus crew changes… So nine(ish) days is what I’m going to work with.
All this for basically TWO lines in the #%@()! book. Grrr…
But, sure and hell if I don’t, ‘somebody’ will let me know how wrong I am… LOL
It was my turn to cook last night, and I was trying to write too, so they got King Ranch Chicken (at least my version), and green beans and onions cooked with bacon grease. And I made enough to feed everybody, and only five of us showed up… sigh…
So people got sent home with leftovers!
Leftovers ain’t bad!
Rioters don’t have work restraints and I don’t have any vacation time left to confront them.
Thus a 17 year old kid stands watch at a car shop in Kenosha.
Does your four day steamer trip include tying up at night? My understanding that they couldn’t steam in the dark because the Mississippi is (or was) so full of sand bars and snags.
And then, because you got me interested, I found this from 1864:
https://www.nytimes.com/1864/09/18/archives/steamboat-travel-on-the-mississippi.html#:~:text=The%20fastest%20trip%2C%20however%2C%20ever,was%20accomplished%20in%20three%20days.
The others missed out – that meal looks delicious. Bacon Glucosimine should never be missed.
Ed- Point… sigh
Hereso- I ‘think’ it depended on the master and his knowledge of the river, also the amount of moonlight available. Natchez could make (supposedly) 12 kts up river, and 15-17 downriver. But I think you’re right, maybe too short, so I’ll add a day to the trip.
jrg- That they did! 🙂
Yeah, right. Pull the other one, it’s got a bell on it!
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I got a good laugh from that one. Thanks!
Steamboat travel was an adventure in and of itself back then. Sandbars changed on a very irregular basis – unless you, the pilot, just knew that bend in the river was clear… ah, well. Steamboat engine boilers could explode, and when it happened it was a real disaster. There were also snagboats that cleared the river, and lots of other river traffic.
Some of those boats were quite elaborate, but according to my grandparents most weren’t. The main deck was littered with livestock going from here to there; people rode with the critters or on the second deck if there was one and if space could be had.
There was even an old TV show about steamboats. Now I’m going to have to buy a copy of your book when you publish, just to see what happens on the steamboat.
Sandbars and deadheads, the bane of steamboats everywhere. That and a bad engineer or a bad captain that stressed the boilers too hard for extra speed (one of the major ways to encourage a boiler to rapidly disassemble was to stress it, as they weren’t made to ocean-ship specifications due to trying to get maximum pressure out of minimal material.)
As to taking on water, there was a whole lot of other things besides taking on water. Mail drop and pickup, checking for loose pieces-parts. And bigger tenders started to come on line due to the vastness of the east-west lines (so you get express trains that only tank every 2-4 local stops.)
Leftovers? Mrs. Andrew and I often plan leftovers. Yummy yummy leftovers. Got 2 days worth of pulled pork and 2 days worth of chili con carne y frijoles, plus 4 packs of turkey ready to be pot-pied in the freezer. Mmmm… pot-pie… mmmm…
Those steam powered rail engines need frequent lubrication. Even “modern” ones like the UP 4014 (built in the 1950’s) have their crews out with oil cans at every stop.
Hey Old NFO;
Riding the River in a steamboat was glamorous…In the books…But it was hard work, they would set up at night because of sandbars and other things that would hole a steamboat, also those those things would BURN or explode if not well maintained..as the Sultana did carrying union soldiers in 1865 and killed about 1200 of them if memory served. But it was a lot better than walking. That is why your books are soo good, you DO your research. Now if I was closer, I would help you with your leftovers….Just sayin, LOL
Man that looks good. If your writing peters out, the Waffle House is always looking for good cooks.
My suspicion is that Tik Tok is not making mistakes, that Tik Tok is knowingly and deliberately a part of the PRC’s foreign policy.