@!sinner69! 701964 wrote:
The big problem all this tricks have, is lack of privacy, most of the advantage lays in using server based computer powers and by that you invite others to have parameters even deeper inside your OS……
exactly – only this week google pulled a lot of apps from its app store because of security concerns.
for the applications mentioned (particularly any form of traditional voice comms whether its a normal telephone call or emulating analogue two way radio communications) the real solution isn’t to use a touchscreen in the first place and to put the important functions on any physical tactile press buttons a device may have – or if this is unavoidable (some devices do not have them at all) to design an app with a UI that gives enough room for you to remember where the important buttons are without looking at the screen nor needing another app (which can be a security risk, go wrong or delay/disrupt the communication).
I am an engineer and certainly not anti technology; but too much of it is dodgy security wise, not using resources efficiently and reduces the resilience/reliability of a critical system rather than enhancing it even if it provides a new feature.
I actually use my mobile phone far less and very rarely for online stuff since touchscreens became more common (I used Blackberry devices a lot before they started becoming chav-phones in the UK and reducing the build quality to capture this market) – in a North European country touchscreens are a nuisance to use in colder weather when you might be wearing gloves; I also lead an active lifestyle doing as much manual work as behind screens and cycling regularly and they reduce the robustness of mobile devices (which often end up on the ground by accident).
