@lmmarsano

lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 8 days ago

Needs text alternative.

Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative such as link:

usability
- we can’t quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
- text search is unavailable
- the system can’t
  - reflow text to varied screen sizes
  - vary presentation (size, contrast)
  - vary modality (audio, braille)
accessibility
- lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
- some users can’t read this due to lack of alt text
- users can’t adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
- systems can’t read the text to them or send it to braille devices
web connectivity
- we have to do failure-prone bullshit to find the original source
- we can’t explore wider context of the original message
authenticity: we don’t know the image hasn’t been tampered
searchability: the “text” isn’t indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
fault tolerance: no text fallback if
- image breaks
- image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

OP needs to learn to link to sources & everyone here needs to learn about the iniquity of images of text as explained above.

lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · edit-2 2 months ago

This won’t increase security.

I don’t know, man. A signature makes the author of the app that fucks my system pretty clear. That has consequences: apps by bad actors can be pulled.

With an unsigned app, we can’t authenticate the package is untampered, and the author can repudiate any fuckery as unauthorized modifications.

because they know exactly whom the devs are and have their government IDs

They already wrote the free developer account for limited distributions doesn’t require those.

None of that is necessary when installs over Android Debug Bridge bypass verification entirely.

Will Android Debug Bridge (ADB) install work without registration? As a developer, you are free to install apps without verification with ADB.

If I want to modify or hack some apk and install it on my own device, do I have to verify? Apps installed using ADB won’t require verification.

Enforcement only applies to certified Android devices, ie, those certified for and that ship with Play Protect, and even Play Protect can be disabled.

This all seems like a huge nothingburger by the willfully illiterate. Look at these illiterates downvote.