My mind is going towards the HP because of its i5 Processor. It's not for heavy usage, simple browsing, copy pasting to and from mobile. Word processing and online training courses.
Both have a full size keyboard, light weight and SSD hard drives.
MuftiSays will not be used from it :(
Because it's not for me :)
EDIT: The Dell Laptop has a LAN connection. Although most people use the Wi-Fi, the LAN is useful for many things. For me the LAN can be handy, I can make myself a cable as long as I want if ever needed, but in all these years, the user has never needed the LAN connection and probably never will.
(I have to think ahead because when they get bored of the laptop, it's going to be given back to me anyway)
You can get an ethernet port adapter, so wouldn't worry about the ethernet port, or lack there of. That's as long as the laptop has a USB type C port or even a usb 3 port, then you're fine.
If you're tech savy enough, go with the HP and upgrade the RAM by adding 4gb more, shouldn't cost too much more.
Keep an eye out on a website called hotdeals UK. People post deals on there and occasionally you get a decent one. I got my laptop from a deal on there, probably saved a couple of hundred quid.
Now that we’re all stuck at home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, video calls have gone from a novelty to a necessity. Zoom, the popular videoconferencing service, seems to be doing better than most and has quickly become one of, if not the most, popular option going.
But should it be?
Zoom’s recent popularity has also shone a spotlight on the company’s security protections and privacy promises. Just today, The Intercept reported that Zoom video calls are not end-to-end encrypted, despite the company’s claims that they are.
And Motherboard reports that Zoom is leaking the email addresses of “at least a few thousand” people because personal addresses are treated as if they belong to the same company.
It’s the latest examples of the company having to spend the last year mopping up after a barrage of headlines examining the company’s practices and misleading marketing. To wit:
Apple was forced to step in to secure millions of Macs after a security researcher found Zoom failed to disclose that it installed a secret web server on users’ Macs, which Zoom failed to remove when the client was uninstalled. The researcher, Jonathan Leitschuh, said the web server meant any malicious website could activate Mac webcam with Zoom installed without the user’s permission. The researcher declined a bug bounty payout because Zoom wanted Leitschuh to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which would have prevented him from disclosing details of the bug.
Zoom was quietly sending data to Facebook about a user’s Zoom habits — even when the user does not have a Facebook account. Motherboard reported that the iOS app was notifying Facebook when they opened the app, the device model, which phone carrier they opened the app, and more. Zoom removed the code in response, but not fast enough to prevent a class action lawsuit or New York’s attorney general from launching an investigation.
Zoom came under fire again for its “attendee tracking” feature, which, when enabled, lets a host check if participants are clicking away from the main Zoom window during a call.
A security researcher found that the Zoom uses a “shady” technique to install its Mac app without user interaction. “The same tricks that are being used by macOS malware,” the researcher said.
On the bright side and to some users’ relief, we reported that it is in fact possible to join a Zoom video call without having to download or use the app. But Zoom’s “dark patterns” doesn’t make it easy to start a video call using just your browser.
Zoom has faced questions over its lack of transparency on law enforcement requests it receives. Access Now, a privacy and rights group, called on Zoom to release the number of requests it receives, just as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and many more tech giants report on a semi-annual basis.
Then there’s Zoombombing, where trolls take advantage of open or unprotected meetings and poor default settings to take over screen-sharing and broadcast porn or other explicit material. The FBI this week warned users to adjust their settings to avoid trolls hijacking video calls.
And Zoom tightened its privacy policy this week after it was criticized for allowing Zoom to collect information about users’ meetings — like videos, transcripts and shared notes — for advertising.
There are many more privacy-focused alternatives to Zoom. Three are several options, but they all have their pitfalls. FaceTime and WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted, but FaceTime works only on Apple devices and WhatsApp is limited to just four video callers at a time. A lesser known video calling platform, Jitsi, is not end-to-end encrypted but it’s open source — so you can look at the code to make sure there are no backdoors — and it works across all devices and browsers. You can run Jitsi on a server you control for greater privacy.
In fairness, Zoom is not inherently bad and there are many reasons why Zoom is so popular. It’s easy to use, reliable and for the vast majority it’s incredibly convenient.
But Zoom’s misleading claims give users a false sense of security and privacy. Whether it’s hosting a virtual happy hour or a yoga class, or using Zoom for therapy or government cabinet meetings, everyone deserves privacy.
Now more than ever Zoom has a responsibility to its users. For now, Zoom at your own risk.
Apple will have WIDGETS on their iPhone's, that's right, it's not a typo. Apple will have widgets. Not all just crammed in one page, they can be on ANY page and of various sizes.
The best thing that Apple has done so far and it is to have copied what Androids have been doing since time began (okay, exaggeration)
The next cutting edge technological breakthrough by Apple will be a 3.5mm headphone socket. Only £100 extra for the "pro" model. While stocks last obviously.
I've been having major issues for the past few months.
I've done a the necessary. Reset phone, changed phones. Done a sim swap.
Gone through every setting. Removed all apps.
My issue:
When I receive a call, the unlock screen shows up instead of the incoming call screen. I have to either unlock the phone with pin or biometrics or there is an option underneath the keypad that says "return to call". The same thing happens with my alarm in the morning. I have to get rid of the unlock screen before I can hit dismiss or snooze.
Anyone else with these issues.
I've come across others online with similar problems and they are told to format the phone or to restart the phone. I've done all that. Others are saying that it could be a manufacturer fault, but I've switched mobiles AND this issue has been found on other manufacturers.
I've brought it down to my Google profile, but I've gone through everything they provided, all their settings and everything we've all had to sign up to :( but still no luck.
I know the issue is not with the phone because I've given my phone to someone else to use after formatting it, and they didn't have the issue. (only thing different was their supplier, eg. not Vodafone)
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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