Recent content by Jon York

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    No haptic feedback?

    I just had the same experience as you! I got an Tab S6 this morning and have been playing around with it for the last few hours. And it just now dawned on me that there was no haptic feedback when I type. Then I tried to look for a setting to turn it on and it's not there. I'm just now...
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    How does this affect your internet speed?

    My service gives me 50 Mbs upload and I don't feel a thing with my one Nest camera. It's completely unnoticeable.
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    Warning about critically low memory

    I just got this warning tonight - and very happy to have found this thread talking about it exactly! Anyway, just wanted to post so I can get updates on new comments. I don't think it has anything to do with a web page. My web browser wasn't open when it came in. And the only thing new that...
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    Apps requesting too much permission

    Well, whether or not Samsung sells the data - I don't really care. I don't even want Samsung to have it. And they surely don't need my CONTACTS for Samsung Pay! If I want to send a gift card to somebody - that doesn't give them any need to have access to ALL my contacts. I can easily type in...
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    Apps requesting too much permission

    You make a lot of sense. I can tell you know something about all this. But it's still something to worry about. I know how valuable this kind of data is to marketers... it's like gold. And I know each additional data point they have on you adds value exponentially for them. It makes...
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    Apps requesting too much permission

    Okay, good points you guys made about the camera and the fingerprint scanners. But there is no way in hell Samsung Pay needs access to my CONTACTS! chanchan05, you said, "The difference between Google/Samsung and Facebook is that they keep the data to themselves. Facebook shares the data."...
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    Apps requesting too much permission

    Ha! Boy were you ever wrong - as is proven by the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. That revolved around fb apps that asked for all kinds of permissions. People just gave them over and then suddenly a professor in England and then this marketing company had crazy detailed...