@siringo said in hot potato workers:

I was thinking about this last night. Is there anything you could do with QR codes or similar. Issue a card per device. They swipe/flash the card to log on and the same to log off.

you know of a windows solution that does that? I don't, though I've never looked for one either.

@Dashrender said in Exchange Online ActiveSync Organization Setting Effect:

So you have to then manually approve them?

You can create rules that would allow devices and such, but, for right now, On-High wants everything quarantined and then manually approved. So specific to your question: "yes"

@wrcombs I do! If you don't want to build it yourself, check out Dan's stuff at https://www.techandme.se/

Specifically: https://shop.hanssonit.se/product/nextcloud-vm-microsoft-hyper-v/

I started with one of his builds, then as I became more familiar and comfortable, I started building them myself on Hyper-V. Now I have a couple on AWS LightSail. I don't use Nextcloud for too much, it's mostly for my pics, notes, and bookmarks.

Jason

I have Amazon Prime so I get unlimited photo storage through that (including raw image files).

@irj said in Sentio, an Android Laptop Dock:

I kinda like the idea, but I hate the way they mount the phone. It looks really cheesy.

But for $129 i think it's a not a bad price

It was $150 when I looked, which seems awful given the $179 price of a great Chromebook.

We are starting to use this now.

Maybe for the best, need to teach people not to trust their phones.

About time. Having that phone limping along has done nothing for Microsoft's fortunes, nor has it helped the mobile industry.

Yeah, looked it up. No bands. It's just the most advanced 3G signaling method.

@ChrisL said in Samsung is disabling Note 7's in the U.S through software updates:

@Dashrender said in Samsung is disabling Note 7's in the U.S through software updates:

We had a rather involved thread on friday about this, but I can't find it... the tags are weak old man.

Yeah, I'm just seeing it now. Apparently I didn't scroll down far enough before deciding to post.

It happens to us all @ChrisL

@Dashrender said in Android/iOS Antivirus Questions:

@coliver said in Android/iOS Antivirus Questions:

@MattSpeller said in Android/iOS Antivirus Questions:

@coliver said in Android/iOS Antivirus Questions:

@MattSpeller said in Android/iOS Antivirus Questions:

@coliver said in Android/iOS Antivirus Questions:

I'm not convinced it's necessary. Both iOS and Android have sandboxing features that prevent malicious code from running. Android, of course, lets the user run it anyway if they give that app permission. I think iOS has something similar but they have a pretty decent app store that prevents that type of thing, unlike Google.

I am an Android guy by the way.

I'm not convinced it's necessary either, but I believe I was infected and now I'm all paranoid.

One security research firm (I don't remember the name I'll have to look) went through the Google App store and downloaded as much malicious stuff as possible. They found that unless the application is given permission, which means a user has to allow it, then it really can't do anything on the system. If the user allows it then, obviously, the malicious code was able to execute and do it's thing.

That's exactly what creeps me out about Android - why does everything need permissions to stuff you wouldn't expect it to use. I fear the answer is "to slurp your data". Which is garbage. However the app won't run without it.

Example: "Samsung Briefing" which is a news aggregator - asks for permission to save to disk, phone, etc etc

The newest version of Android took a cue from iOS and now lets you be more judicial with app permissions. Haven't been able to play with it yet.

in what way? I don't see a way to prevent, for example, Skype from using my camera but allowing it access to the network and microphone.

Do you have Nougat? I could have sworn that was one of the selling points. Where you give permissions like that on an as needed basis. So you could very well prevent skype from accessing the camera but allow it to access the microphone. It may not work as expected but...

@Dashrender said in Update your iOS devices. This flaw is a doozy.:

What is your driving feature(s)?

Not what I have 😛

I want Windows 10 Mobile to be stable, supported, and have a thriving app ecosystem with all the major apps. And a pony.

Now that that is out of the way, I like the consistency of iOS, but I don't like iOS. iOS X is light years better from a UX perspective imo than iOS 9 was, but there are still niggling little things that annoy me. And Apple irritates me on so many levels, and that irritation is only exacerbated by managing a network that is 95% Mac.

I don't know Android well enough to know what I want there, but I dislike what Samsung has done with their bloat ware. I was looking at Nexus for my WP replacement, but Alphabet chose to kill that in favor of a flagship that is more aimed at a consumer, than creating a clean experience (I'm guessing, not having used a Pixel).

OnePlus 3 looks promising. If I had to choose today it would probably be one of these.

@scottalanmiller said

The more that you add, the better T-Mobile gets.

You mentioned, perhaps privately, to look into adding everyone in our company, including family members.

Do people actually do that? To me, it's always seemed like a PITA. Business users, sure. But family members?

All the "best" magazines.

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Yup, could have easily set up an email account. Text leaves traces too.

Sure, but if names aren't included, you have to make a lot of assumptions to lay blame on the non owner of the device.

how would email be any different?

that's a great point, I suppose it really wouldn't be. Just use gmail or whatever free service you can, only access it away from the house. Short of being caught red handed, deniability ensues.

Exactly. Just don't put your name in the email address 🙂

http://crackberry.com/sites/crackberry.com/files/styles/larger/public/article_images/2015/09/blackberry-venice-leak-3-840x630.jpg

Maybe there needs to be a lap band that talks to the phone!

I love the concept of the one device and I have been waiting for this for several years. By the time that I start looking for a new phone (about two years away), then I should be able to afford it.
 
I see it as very helpful for the road warriors and anyone who hot desks.