Even if you computer is not exposed to the internet: are you certain that every other device on the network is safe (even on public wifi)? Would you immediately raise the alarm if you saw a second printer in the list with the same name, or something like “Print to file”? I think I personally could fall for that under the right circumstances.

Is this a threat?

I don’t have an opinion on the matter being discussed

You know it’s an option to just… keep scrolling right? This isn’t high school, you aren’t obliged to leave a comment.

With this approach you would lose the subvolume structure and deduplication if I’m not mistaken.

The Google Play Store has long been the bastion for safe and worry-free app downloads

It’s nice that the article starts with this blatent lie, so that you know everything that follows is just regurgitating Google’s marketing.

Even ignoring that most of the apps in the play store are unreviewed proprietary spyware sending all their data back to Google, there have been many instances of obvious malware being distributed through the play store. It seems like they are trying to sweep that under the rug.

The most common physical attacks will be you misplacing your device or some friend/burglar/cop taking it. FDE works great in those scenarios.

RCS is walled off by design, so that users are dependent on Google and their phone carrier. If they wanted an open standard they would have adopted something like XMPP.

Applying AI-voodoo to a non-existing problem with unknown side effects? Sign me up!

It’s not. Image hosting sites have existed for decades. Websites are not liable unless they have actual knowledge of illegal content and ignore takedown requests. Stop fearmongering.

Someone didn’t read the article