tl;dr It can do this because it’s a screen reader, and “the infection starts with downloading malicious Android APK files disguised as Google Chrome or Preemix Box Applications”. In short, not likely to affect users who can count to 20 without taking off their shoes.
not likely to affect users who can count to 20 without taking off their shoes
There are a surprising number of people who aren’t stupid, but never learned basic computer admin skills before getting a smartphone. There’s some debate going on over whether the onus is on the user to learn those skills or the OS vendor to make devices so appliance-like they’re not needed. I’m firmly in the former camp.
tl;dr It can do this because it’s a screen reader, and “the infection starts with downloading malicious Android APK files disguised as Google Chrome or Preemix Box Applications”. In short, not likely to affect users who can count to 20 without taking off their shoes.
There are a surprising number of people who aren’t stupid, but never learned basic computer admin skills before getting a smartphone. There’s some debate going on over whether the onus is on the user to learn those skills or the OS vendor to make devices so appliance-like they’re not needed. I’m firmly in the former camp.
And I’m in the technology connections camp. They should learn how appliances work too!
Definitely adding “couldn’t count to 20 without taking off their shoes” to my repertoire, thank you very much
Same thought here! 😆