Iphone Airdrop related cases in Japan

In Japan, there have been cases of modesty outrage taking place in trains and things have been taking for the worst with one of the indecent words in Japanese language being added to foreign language dictionaries as one of the controversial additions. The netizens were not pleased with that word being added but I won't mention the exact word here so, the source link will be available at the end of this blog post to see that word there. Another problem is the usage of Airdrop for whatever malicious intents such as sending whatever obscene picture to any user which will appear in that user's phone as a thumbnail for instance.
Speaking of malicious intents through Airdrop, there may be multiple malicious ways and different kinds of malicious contents anyone can send to the victims. And the worse thing is, the photos may contain metadata such as your location and other private information which should be kept private. The bigger probem is, even if you disagree with whatever indecent photo that is sent to the victims, that photo may be in their phones that such damage cannot be undone.
To send and receive stuffs through Airdrop will require that you're in range of another user but what stinks about it is that even unknown users you don't know of may end up something bad to your phone. I don't know if they may send you something on your phones like it's part of a scam, threat or even trolling which is nearly impossible in person.
How can Apple prevent such cyber-criminal acts through the use of Airdrop on Iphones from happening? What if Android has the similar feature? Plus, there have been arrests made in various parts of Japan that are related to this crime that is an on-going problem. Lastly, when it comes to business use, I bet that Airdrop isn't quite recommended for the sake of privacy.

Source Article: https://soranews24.com/2019/08/24/japanese-man-changed-name-of-his-iphone-to-please-send-cat-pictures-and-it-worked/

General Data Protection Regulation in Europe to be effective this Friday

A new regulation in which every company has to comply will be effective this Friday and it's a good news for privacy advocates. It doesn't matter where we live but we already know this from emails, news and other sources like mail subscription where we receive emails posted by the companies on regular basis like every week or something for instance and there was one time where companies we've email-subscribed to would inform us of this upcoming regulation.
To continue receiving such news through email like that from companies, it is obvious that we need to opt in to do so.
Microsoft on the other hand has extended the compliance to users around the globe in addition to users in Europe as they had done tons of wrong things in the past regarding privacy violation like the ones done with Windows 10 which caused a bunch of lawsuits to be thrown at them for instance. By extending the compliance, Microsoft has another regulation to comply which is Data Subject Rights which include what data to collect, to correct that data, to delete it and even take it to somewhere else.
Even Apple will comply with this new regulation which is a good one for instance as they had established a website called Data Privacy Website where you can see, download and delete the data that is stored on the server. The opportunity will be extended to the rest of the globe although the opportunity is already available to users in Europe at this moment.
Perhaps, it's best to respect the privacy of the users from local and foreign countries and there are already scenarios that even cyber-criminals violate users' privacy regarding of where the users live. This is something people have to be aware of.

Aka to Blue (Red and Blue)

It was a notorious moment to find a bunch of Capcom's 194x and Raiden ripoff/clone games on Google Play store. Some of the games had stolen assets from those games or whatnot like the ship looking similar, the firepower being quite similar as well as the sound effects. That's not cloning at times if you're trying to take those kinds of assets like that. To find an original shmup game on mobile that gives you pure arcade experience is a rare story. Aka to Blue/Red and Blue is one game that requires later versions of IOS and Android as it provides arcade and console gaming experience.
The game consists of 5 levels as well as two ships to choose from as stated from the game's title. The red man is kind of cool and badass like he sort of reminds you of Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear while the blue lady is seen being formal at times. It is a famous game due to professional developers involved in it. Plus, the music is all rock-style.
The gameplay is interesting in a way that you get to replenish the bomb-like defense quickly without having to traditionally collect the bomb item. It supersedes Dodonpachi Maximum in a way that you have multiple levels of bomb-like special attack but be warned, it's a hard game like other bullet hell shooters on mobile.

Top 10 IOS and Android apps banned by companies for security reasons

The majority of Android apps are probably banned by companies due to malware and anything that goes against cyber-security while the list for IOS mentions various famous apps like Whatsapp, Pokemon Go, WinZip, Facebook Messenger, Plex, WeChat and some unknown eBay app.
For Whatsapp on IOS, it can send Address Book while Facebook Messenger, WinZip and some unknown eBay app in the Top 10 list send SMS messages. Plex on the other hand, does something quite worse like exposing device name and location. Camera exposure through apps is another reason like you don't want other people in public areas in the photo or video or maybe private premises SHOULD NOT be photographed or filmed. Plex is supposed to be some kind of a home media center service but why would it expose camera like it's beyond me? This is something Plex should explain and media centers at home are for watching something like movies, dramas and other TV shows.
According to the firm however, it appears that companies are seriously concerned about those cyber-security flaws in the apps like they pay detailed attention to them. Most of the time, the information transmission isn't encrypted despite the fact that there are promises to get messages encrypted for apps like Whatsapp, for instance. Furthermore, Facebook, Pandora and Yelp are to be treated with extra care by administrators, that is for IOS and on Android, Uber, Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger may include things like data leaks and breaches.
Lastly, about Pokemon Go being in Top 10 IOS apps banned by companies, it may be due to the fact that:

• The players may be disturbing the workplace like trying to find and catch the Pokemon taking place in the company premises.
• The locations may be vulnerable to trepassing because of rare Pokemon, gym or any other stuffs taking place there.
• The game can be used by criminals for illegal activities which may make the players and non-players the victims. (Eg: Luring victims to such locations through illegal modification of the game)
• Even with policies, the cases can occur.

To use those apps in the workplace is equal to seeking serious trouble and the researchers at Appthority spent tons of effort in identifying the flaws of the apps for IOS & Android. Perhaps, the same policy should go for Windows Store apps as used in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. To make them exactly like Windows 7 in which every Modern UI stuffs and apps have to be removed completely isn't an easy task but the enterprise version of Modern UI apps should be a thing for business touch screen devices.

Radio connection feature controversy in IOS 11

One selfish example is that someone says to you in a cussing and childish way that privacy violation stuff as done by the company through their products is none of your concern and that you're whining like a baby over the lack of privacy. Simply taking us for fools, losers or even supporters of baddies just because we care for privacy is one sure way to proof that your comment is a selfish one.
Electronic Frontier Foundation, the group that CARES for people's privacy had criticized Apple Computer for the fact that the bizarre way of radio connections in IOS 11 is handled. It's a bizarre stuff and it should take you back to Windows 10 days like even if you turn off certain stuffs for privacy, there's still a chance that your privacy is being compromised. So, are the options fake or something, pretending to protect your privacy? It's not like I can imagine a scene where something pops up on the victim's computer presenting him the options for the sake of increasing the privacy but instead, that stuff does the opposite, nothing or even offers partial protection out of its pretense. To turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center will be not to disable them completely but instead, to disable them temporarily until the device discovers a new location whose settings are stored. So, if you turn off Wi-Fi for instance, it actually closes the existing connection, causing your device to be connected to some other Wi-Fi network. This is like applying a different action to the feature instead of the supposed one.
Compared to what Windows 10 does to people's privacy through various features, this on IOS 11 is done out of stupidity or something as if the feature does something else. Such mis-implementation like this can open doors to cyber-attacks.
Perhaps, this new feature on IOS 11 needs to be fixed from such stupid errors that open doors to cyber-attacks. The further the product goes in violating users' privacy, the more the consequences will be delivered to the company.

Apple IOS 11 & Iphone X

One of the features has already made Electronic Frontier Foundation proud is that you should be able to disable the Touch ID for security by five clicks. This is said to be useful for Iphones that make of this IOS version. Needless to say, not all IOS devices may work with this technique but this improvement is already a good thing Apple has done. Another cool thing is that the Iphone X doesn't have the TouchID feature whatsoever.
The new Files app is kind of similar to the File Manager/Explorer app for Android where you can browse through the files stored in the cloud and your device. The Dock feature for IOS is kind of the like one on Mac OS although the previous app list on previous versions of Apple IOS is sort of comparable to the one on Windows 10 where you can swipe to close the app or something. The Multitasking feature is another improvement with the addition of the Dock feature along with the Drag-and-Drop for IOS which is the same kind as you do on the computer.
Other improvements may include the improved App Store, Control Center, AirPlay 2, Maps that stay on course inside and outside and so on.
The new IOS version will be out in 19 September and it was announced alongside the Iphone 8 series and Iphone X. Speaking of Iphone X, there is an alternative to using Touch ID, the Face ID which is sort of like Windows Hello which came out on some Windows Phone devices two years ago before it was a real thing with Windows 10. The flaw as of this time according to Softpedia is that the Face ID is having the same bugs as Windows Hello as if the technical response isn't that good and the removal of the Home button is already turning certain people off. Will there be a way to return back to the Home screen without the Home button? The only way to do this will be to swipe up from the bottom of the screen similar to the one from Nokia N9 and WebOS. There's also the wireless charging and wireless earbuds for future IOS devices and I frowned upon the wireless earbuds in some past IT show or some sort, citing concerns that they wouldn't be easy to pick up if you lost them. Not to mention that nobody uses those for public performance like club DJs for instance.
When the Iphone X comes out next month or perhaps, November, I may expect those flaws to be fixed although I have no opinion about wireless charging feature as of this time lest I get dishonest or something.

Love Live School Idol Festival After School Activity for arcade

As a rhythm game, it looks quite suited for me to play on like I treated it as an arcade game of some kind when playing on my Android tablet ever since its international release 3 years ago. Unfortunately, there have been problems with this kind of games on IOS and Android that altered players' behaviors negatively.

• Microtransactions - A DLC-like item that can be spent in unlimited ways, allowing you to get premium currencies and other premium items you can't get normally. It can result in an unnecessary waste of money, putting buying a normal game to shame. You could have used thousands of dollars to buy something else.
• Gatchas - A luck-based feature that draws random items including super and ultra rare items through premium Gatcha features using premium currencies. There are tons of ways to get premium currencies but that depends on the game.
• Performance perfection - A torturous behavior coming from the player no matter how technically competent the device is.
• Frustration factor
• Grinding

The amount of grinding in the game is another torturous one as a way to gain access to additional chapters in the story as well as to unlock additional songs in the main section in the Music Select screen. I had already seen some players raising the player rank too high like I don't know if they have anything else to do besides playing the game. Even the in-game events are becoming worse that such grinding may require microtransactions and usage of premium currencies.
In the case of the arcade version, it has elements from the mobile version like drawing cards from the machine representing characters in different dresses, team set-up and other stuffs. During gameplay, there will be card effects although in different ways than in the mobile version and the arcade version uses physical controls and is more difficult in gameplay. Like other rhythm games on the arcades, you will need the Nesica card if you want to make the progress count. Also, the arcade version features in-game graphics for gameplay in a similar vein to Project Diva series. Certain songs in the arcade version have the new dance choreography you can't see elsewhere. The others already have their own via the animated music videos as well as the ones taken from the TV animated series and the animated movie.
Unfortunately, the information for the arcade version may be scarce when trying to use the keywords in English in the search engine as if there's no English speaking wiki for that version. But, from what I know is that there may be Challenge difficulty in addition to Expert difficulty and the notecharts are obviously superseding and different than the mobile version. The UI engine seems to be at the same level as Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage or something in which other idol-themed music games on mobile follow with the same kind of UI layout for gameplay. Like Beatstream and DJ Max Technika series, the arcade version of LLSIF has double screens and the one on top is for seeing the dance thing in action while the bottom one focuses on gameplay.
Lastly, if you want to know about the system specs of the machine the arcade version uses, you can look it up in Wikipedia or something. From what I saw on social media and video sharing sites, the arcade version uses dual graphics cards and the graphics card is different than the one the Taito Type X3 machine uses and it turns out that the game uses Taito Type X4. Like Taito Type X3, Type X4 has different spec options. Unfortunately, the amount of information about Taito Type X4 is kind of small not because things are so technical or something but it seems that ignorance about the arcade version's existence is a problem. If the arcade version makes it to the US via Round 1, it may solve that problem but it's not the same for other countries although it's already better for the arcade version to stay in Japan as there are already tons of idol-themed music game and animated franchises which are outnumbering everyone non-stop like hell. I think the over-popularity of Idolmaster and Love Live franchises is the reason for such existences of other franchises but it may seem that certain fans' behaviors had been altered so negatively that they did certain things in public that landed themselves in serious trouble. Examples included threats of stabbing, being a public nuisance via delusion, showing off too much fan-tribute accessories in their possession or even suicide attempts over disbandment or retirement of a group or something. Those are NOT how you become a fan of a particular idol group or individual you like.
The arcade version is more or less published by Square Enix and it may mean that it runs on a Taito-branded arcade system with the Nesica service, similar to other Square Enix games on the arcades that make use of it although one of them uses the Playstation 4 based arcade hardware instead of the Type-X series system.

Google's inaccurate Best Android games of 2016 list

We were lucky about the Best mobile games of 2014 list like we took it for an accurate one but for this year's, it's not the same. It's not that Google and Apple have screwed it up or something if you ask.
For Pokemon Go, I already ranted about it over the lack of proper security even with the policies intact. It was declared mediocre for me like it should fall under the Disappointing Games of 2016 list. Fast forward to the present time, I can assume that the game's having some improvements and in the future, there will be additional 100 Pokemons for Pokemon Go. So, I guess that the game has gone from mediocre to a fine game and even then, it still falls under that list I just mentioned but it is inexcusable to put the game that is terrible, average or okay in the top 5/10 games of the year list. Not to mention that even The Game Awards had gone a little incompetent into making Pokemon Go as the Top Mobile and Family Game. Do people care about personal security or something?
Speaking of The Game Awards of this year, I already have another game to rant about, Street Fighter V, that doesn't deserve to be involved in it as it has gone from great to okay but that will be in another blog post when possible. It's still a fine game to be frank but people are not happy with it being the Best Fighting Game of this year for this year's The Game Awards as if other fighting games deserve that due to sufficient features.

Neeuro Memorie Impression (Video added)

Firstly, it is an educational and brain testing app from Neeuro with the use of Neuroscience technology that records your brain activity with the Senzeband device which is needed to determine your brain as well as certain mini-games that require it. For first-timers, there should be a screen or an option that assesses your brain for strengths and weaknesses in various parts. Categories include Attention, Spatial, Decision, Memory and Flexibility for mini-games. Other statuses include your mental state, EEG Frequency Band and EEG Signal.

Bonus video - Made a MAD video of Sushi Recall from Neeuro Memorie in which it is truly presented as a Bishi Bashi mini-game.

Mini-games

• Sushi Recall - This one seems to be quite fun. All you have to do is to choose the corresponding sushi that is all the way on the left. When the level begins, either one or more disappear and you have to choose the corresponding sushi as indicated on the plate with the question mark. Choose the wrong one and you get deducted. You can have up to 10 levels and at higher levels, about four sushis will disappear and the patterns can be complicated and randomized no matter how many types of sushis are there. I even had the guts to speed-run from levels 2-8 like I was playing Bishi Bashi games and it can be handy if there's such a mini-game like that in a Bishi Bashi game in terms of concept. It doesn't have to be sushi anyway. It's just that you need someone to cover the target part for additional challenge. At level 9, it was where the mini-game pushed my limits and how the hell can the children and elders clear further levels like that? It is fun like someone can remake this in the form of an arcade game or some kind.
• Sitting Ducks - All you have to do is remember where the ducks are facing and then follow the instructions. It may tell you things like which ducks change direction and which ones don't.
• Multitask Master - This may be interesting but it can be hard if your multitasking isn't good. I may be a sucker at multitasking though. Various obstacles include number sorting, sorting of number of polygons in the shapes, bubble tapping, maze and to know where the hidden ball is moved to. The one where the ball is covered in one of the cups and then the cups shuffling and you have to know where the ball is pretty much ruins the experience of multitasking and consumed more time for me. There are also questions telling you the color, meaning or other stuffs of the word as well as the objects that don't belong or something. In addition, there's even the simple mathematical calculation via the question as well. I was told that some lady managed to move up to level 10 in this mini-game but I had no idea on how did she do that.
• Dot Connect - The board on the right may be rotated or flipped and you have to replicate the same connections.
• Star Gazer - Like Sitting Ducks, you're supposed to remember the number of stars in the sky, the planet and even the number of shooting stars.
• Space 360 - Hold left and right buttons to move the ship and the trick is that the rotation is done automatically and you have to get around it without running into obstacles while collecting the items.
• Supreme Shopper - This is where you have to make calculations as indicated on the instructions. There will be additional tricks like discounts, taxes and so on.
• Flower Garden - This is where you have to plant the respective seeds onto the respective soils and then water the soils that need watering.
• Junction Control - The traffic light surely says it all but it controls one of the sides. There will be a waiting bar indicating the driver's patience so some strategy is needed.
• Farmhouse Friends - What a weird mini-game I had ever played. You have to know what causes the event change. It's pretty much the least favorite to be frank from the way the mini-game was designed but since this is an educational game for everyone, the in-game music is obviously unnecessary.
• Who's Who - It may be similar to Name Recall from Elevate except that it uses the visual + text comprehension instead of visual + vocal comprehension. Well, why vocal comprehension when we can actually mention listening comprehension which is the proper name? 

There may be some mini-games that involve solitaire or maybe mahjong but I'm heavily against gambling stuffs so forget about them. Perhaps, I already regretted playing those S***c games that have the casino mini-games or zones alike so the best bet will be to take out or skip those zones when necessary and optionally, replace them with an education-themed zone like a Mathematics-themed, Science-themed or even History-themed zone.
I might have played Elevate on my Android device and it looks really educational like I can improve my vocabulary, grammar, comprehension and stuffs like that but chances are, you'll make a slow progress that way. It is a little bit useful for refreshing your memory since you will run into many new words you won't know of in the first place and the worst thing is that those words were already mentioned in the past time. It's a shame that Neeuro Memorie is less educational with a lack of proper educational content like mini-games related to vocabulary, grammar, other kinds of comprehension in which Elevate has but what is sufficient enough is the Mathematics side via Supreme Shopper and Multitask Master.
So if you're going to think of making a Bishi Bashi-like game with those mini-games taken from Neeuro Memorie, unfortunately, that will be insufficient. We can have Sushi Recall, Multitask Master and Space 360 and but that is all we can imagine of in Bishi Bashi-form.

Bishi Bashi form of Neeuro Memorie mini-games

• Sushi Recall - Regardless on the number of types of sushis, the thing you will need to concentrate is the corresponding plate colors. To add additional challenge, the plate color and the sushi will disappear and there will be a question mark on top of that plate and you have to remember that plate color. There will be time limit and your time will be graded depending on how fast you clear the stage.
• Multitask Master - Questionaire about the meaning or color of the word can be available as well as the sorting of the numbers, letters and even the number of polygons for the shapes. Unfortunately, that will require double play mode or something. Otherwise, it's not multitasking test at all. You will be graded on the number of correct answers and how fast you can answer everything.
• Space 360 - Using the left and right buttons to move the ship as using the middle button doesn't do anything. Optionally, the left and right on the D-Pad or Analog Stick can be used to move the ship as well. You will be graded on the number of objects you collect. Collision with obstacles three times may result in abrupt end of the stage. There will be time limit as well like other mini-games.

There will be future updates that include multiplayer support and additional mini-games.

Super Mario Run for IOS and Android

The Wii U and 3DS have enough momentum as of the present time but for whatever reason, it seems that Nintendo is having some financial troubles that going mobile may be one of the last resorts. However, that will make Nintendo look like a third-party company for that. There may be Playstation-certified games on various Sony-branded smartphones but forget about that feature as Sony was already struggling in the mobile business. Perhaps, Samsung and Apple are like super-strong competitors out there when it comes to smartphone and tablet market but it doesn't probably mean that it may have affected the portable consoles that badly.
Game-wise, it's basically an endless runner with the famous platformer franchise. It won't be free to be frank but it doesn't have the freemium model features. The concept is entirely based on the modern-era where you have the ability to wall-jump, slide down the wall as well as other abilities that originated from the classic sequels. Let's hope that it's tons of times better than Sega's equivalent 2D endless runner game which I found it to be mediocre to be frank. Also, the Sega's one was already discontinued at the end of July this year.
A word of warning, if you think that Fl**** B*** is better than this or any other 2D Mario games, you may be the biggest gaming idiot of all time.

Apple concerned over Investigatory Powers Bill

Braovs to Facebook and other US tech companies who supported the controversial bill that recently passed in the US which finally extended the illegal cyber spying stuff they thought that there would really be true security but that was not the case for tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, etc. that kept on opposing it every since the past times and now, it looks like the similar bill that will do the same thing by allowing access to people's metadata or whatever in the UK. Pretty much Apple has been concerned about how illegal cyber spying is. Privacy advocates had prepared sufficient efforts to combat bills that contain illegal actions and purposes done to the cyber-security but what about te****ism then? Do we despise ter***ism besides privacy violation? Sure, we despise ter***ism a little bit even more than privacy violation.
The new legislation is aimed at providing more transparency and accountability for the authorities but this is where many tech companies like Apple may get concerned of. Will they provide the same cyber-security level for the citizens without the need for tech companies to provide their own? Such a controversial bill in the US like I mentioned in the previous paragraph is already clashing with the bill that provides real cyber security and this has been getting out of hand when conflicting things pass like that with no real workarounds. It was kind of inexcusable not to realize the real flaws of a bill like that by signing stuffs without even realizing the mistake and letting it pass unnoticed. I can assume that they had already checked for mistakes or something before beginning a voting section to determine if the bill will be approved or rejected. Last time, the real Net Neutrality was passed with real respectful efforts of the privacy advocates and tech companies in the US like everything was checked before approval but it seemed that the whining US ISPs were unhappy about it that the same battle for the real Net Neutrality restarted again.
And if you think that cyber spying thing is not that something to worry about or important to you that you dare to tell us to stop worrying or something, the bigger shame will come to you should some cyber-criminal does that same spying shit to you as if your private information is known by that criminal regardless of the cyber-security tools you have. But if you know that cyber-spying is illegal along and you have been compromised by some cyber-criminal, that cyber-criminal will be unforgivable.

Focus by Mozilla

As a solution suggests, it's a third-party ad-blocker from Mozilla for IOS. Unfortunately, compared to third-party browsers like Firefox, it is supported on Safari on IOS. Maybe it is due to some limitations on the IOS that Mozilla is not able to implement the same addon to Firefox on IOS and Apple doesn't support ad-blocking features on third-party web browsers. It does the same thing as private browsing on the desktop version of Firefox does with the same blocklist as Disconnect. Besides Adblock Plus on Safari on IOS, this is another security opportunity for your IOS device running IOS 8 and above.

IOS 9

The upcoming IOS 9 has better multitasking features and more intelligence. It is designed to improve performance, battery life, security, user experience and Siri.
For Siri, she will learn more about your intentions over time but that may still look inaccurate unless you have planned out your schedules. A great improvement is that when an unidentified number pops up on your phone, it will try to track down the device to identify what it is to indicate whether it's the same user using it or not.
For security improvements, your emails, photos or other data won't be scanned for information mining and that you can get in control of the data and privacy with the deeper Siri and search integration.
Other improvements involve the Apple Pay, Apple Map, the on-screen keyboard that has the copy and paste feature as well as the split view feature that is similar to the one in Windows 8. However, not all multitasking features are available in various IOS devices. The last improvement is the Low-Power mode that improves the battery life that will last few more hours.
And if you want to try out, the preview version will be out in July and the download size is much smaller than the one in IOS 8 in which people had some trouble about the storage size after upgrading to IOS 8 or buying the device that has IOS 8 pre-installed. 4.6GB for IOS 8 is already way too much and it may be akin to downloading a 4GB ISO image of Mac OSX that the amount of hard disk space required is like more than 4GB. And if you have an IOS device that has 8GB of storage capacity, perhaps, the IOS 9 upgrade should be less of a problem provided that your device is able to upgrade to that as IOS 9 takes up 1.3GB for OS upgrade. The final version will be out sometime in Fall this year but we may want to make sure that they should not screw it up.

Iphone security update

Previously, I might have blogged things about the IOS 7 or perhaps IOS 8 due to improved hardware and software security or something and it might be the same for Andorid 5.0 and above although the performance isn't the great and that the security doesn't have total equality at first. For the later version of Android Lollipop, it has made sure that this strong security is made optional for better performance and especially that it had caused other technical issues when this version came out. For IOS 7 and 8, well the improved security such as the encryption thingy remains turned on by default and it still poses the difficulty for government agencies like tracking down your phone in case you're a victim or something or perhaps tracking down the stolen phone of yours that you may want to disable it remotely.
Of course, for latest update for Android Lollipop that makes that security optional, it may be difficult to track down Android devices running that unless that security is turned off.
Having hardware security so strong like that can let cyber-criminals use those devices undetected similar to using other services that bring the similar security power like Tor for instance in which those services ensure that the cyber-criminals use it without getting tracked. It's one of the serious disadvantages of having such a very strong security just for the sake of privacy which is one of the advantages for good users like us. Does it look it's attracting both childish and professional trolls? Yes, it may sound like that but for those seeking higher security and better privacy, such kinds of trolls are going to get them annoyed.
So, I guess that this may look like a repeat subject without nothing new to blog about according to some article I saw on Neowin.

Kill switch program for smartphone

From the recent report about the amount of vulnerabilities of last year, it seems that Linux and Mac OSX are likely to be more vulnernable than Windows OS is as if Apple needs to wake up to their senses in improving their security for their operating systems like IOS, Mac OSX, etc. and it seems that Apple is not the only one doing so with the introduction of Kill Switch program for smartphones and tablets according to some upcoming law being made in the US that allows for theft prevention. Why does it look like Apple needs to wake up to their senses? It may be due to the fact that the security is weakened for Mac OSX Yosemite that makes the OS more vulnerable to theft and illegal access by criminals and Apple has to do something to prevent that from happening.
For folks with privacy concerns about this program, the security for this is more improved so that there's no way that the IOS devices cannot be snooped illegally even if they are powered off once this program is installed. Hopefully, it should be a good law and program that improves the security. Other companies include Microsoft and Google but I don't know if Mozilla, Blackberry, Canonical, Silent Circle, etc. will have this similar program as well that will improve this security.
Even with improved hardware security such as the phone encrption that prevents illegal snopping, it may be best that you should take care of your belongings like your IOS device if you don't want to be the victim of the theft since prior to the inclusion of this program, the difficulty of retrieving back your IOS 8 device may be tough should some thief take it away. This pretty much applies to Android devices but I don't know if the Windows Phones running Windows 10 will have the same amount of security as IOS 8 and Android 5.0 as well.

Spotlight App on Mac OSX Yosemite

Oh man, why? In terms of security power, how did Apple screw up Mac OSX Yosemite like that with the real technical betrayals like your personal data is collected and stored on the servers for some unknown bullshit for usage of certain services on this OS like Spotlight? This is something I should have blogged earlier and this is going to be a reminder of the Unity search feature with Amazon for Unity 7 for Ubuntu which will be corrected with Unity 8 in terms of security that makes Amazon not only the search engine to choose from as Amazon for Unity 7 search engine is the default one but at least you can get out of Unity easily by choosing the alternative interface for Ubuntu like I'm already using or perhaps the Windows 8 and 8.1 search feature in the Start Screen which does the same bullshit as what Spotlight in Mac OSX Yosemite does.
This is starting to get worse for Spotlight for Mac OSX Yosemite as it is seriously vulnerable for any cyber-criminals to use it to steal your stuffs or something. That is absolutely stupid! Who the hell leaves the app, OS or service so vulnerable that it attracts cyber-criminals to intrude the Mac users like that? Is someone on the side of the customers or perhaps, the cyber-criminals? You may ask yourself or someone on who at Apple does he side with?
Perhaps, there may be guides on how to opt-out of this bullshit for Mac OSX Yosemite just like you can with Ubuntu 12.xx onwards but for those using Windows 8 or 8.1 for desktops or laptops, perhaps, the alternative will be to use the 3rd-party start menu, not the start screen even if the Start button is there.

De-registration from iMessage

In case you're switching from IOS device to Android or Windows Phone, Apple has implemented the de-registration feature for iMessage that allows you to de-register from that service as the de-registration feature had been plagued back then like there was no way you can de-register from there and that your messages were still left intact like the plagued trash Apple might or might not know.
But each device may have its own phone number so you will need to keep your personal profile and contact information updated on every services and devices you own.

Android and IOS having lack of openness?

Android may be open-source but the true open-source is likely to be Cyangenmod itself. IOS may be closed-source although it is based on Unix and it's the same story for Mac OSX series OSes. The real reason on why Mozilla slams the hell out of Android and IOS is probably the favor of users' privacy and that Apple and Google are slammed by Mozilla over irresponsible business behavior when it comes to cyber-security. It may turn out that the encryption feature in IOS may be a lie or something but the real controversy as we have discovered is that Mac OSX Yosemite has features that invade your privacy. It's as shameful as Unity 7 for Ubuntu today but there's a promise from Canonical that Unity 8 will REMOVE the CONTROVERSY they had caused. Bravos to Canonical for this and hopefully, Unity 8 will be part of Ubuntu Touch and TV in addition to future standard Ubuntu releases.
Today with Firefox, it seems that Mozilla has been questioning you on what technical concern do you have today when using it like, are you concerned about privacy, for instance. Yes, we may be concerned about privacy so we answer things to Mozilla about it and install a bunch of extensions in our Firefox browser and fall under User Privacy Concern category.
Firefox OS is going to change the hell out of everything? Who knows? There's also Ubuntu Touch which is also under development at the time. But in the meantime, you can obviously go Linux-ing or even Cyangenmod OS for the sake of OS security. If you're an Ubuntu user like me, ditch Unity 7 completely.
But bear in mind that I still have stuffs to work on personally on the Windows OS besides Ubuntu as the similar software library for Linux surely lacks whatever we need.

Apple Watch UI on Iphone

Bear in mind that this is not the official thing but it seems that someone has made an app or perhaps modified the home-screen of the IOS to make it look like the Apple Watch UI which may look kind of different than the IOS UI as we know of now. Although it may be a prototype experiment, it is a nice opportunity and it kind of reminds people of the Windows Mobile 6.5 Honeycomb Start Screen except that it is solid looking with no glasses and honeycomb shapes whatsoever. It may look like you can scroll in multiple directions just like you can in Apple Watch unlike the Android Wear and the Tixen OS powered Galaxy Gears which may have like one to few icons on the home screen at the same time.

Mushihimesama Duel

A social shmup game based on the main arcade series, Mushihimesama. This one is developed by some other company and we can assume that they already have the permission from Cave. It will look like the game will be released sometime this month for the IOS. It fills up the entire screen unlike Mushihimesama main series on the IOS. Also, this social spinoff has additional characters and you're versing another player to the similar action to the one in Strikers 1945 II on IOS and Android. Unlike the main series, you get the health bar instead of the number of lives and you are stunned for a while after taking damage although the bullets are not gone completely after doing so.