> This isn't a security issue, this is a "google doesn't want to support the platform" issue.
Well, it is a platform security issue - sometimes a privacy issue.
Google essentially is improving security over time by fixing broken APIs which are deprecated and removed over time.
There are plenty of security and privacy related changes where APIs have been fixed in backwards incompatible ways.
Essentially, this has been solved by adding more permissions - where either Google Play, or the user needs to consent.
In order to not break backwards compatibility this has been enforced based on the "target API level", and in order to prevent malware from simply targeting old API levels, they enforce this in Google Play by forcing apps to target current API levels.
In most cases, the changes required are rather small, sometimes code changes, sometimes compliance/documentation changes - or a combination.
The standard S20 used Snapdragon in North America, and Exynos in Europe.
For the S20FE the Snapdragon version was sold in Europe - which was a selling point by itself.
I did not know that the S20FE had Exynos at all until I just looked it up...
Apparently version 1 does, while version 2 uses Snapdragon.
You can check out Teslabjørn on Youtube, he is testing pretty much all EVs and publishing his test results, including a 1000KM "high speed run".
His reference ICE car is a Kia Ceed hybrid, which completed the run in 9h25m.
The fastest EV: 9h35m - Yes, that was an expensive Audi.
The fastest Tesla: Model S Long Range - 9h50m
If the charging station can deliver the juice, like at least 150KW, then a 10 minute stop will give you another few hundred kilometers if your car can handle that.
At that point it becomes a nice spot to stretch your legs and grab something quick to bite before you're back on the road again.
I never charge at anything less than 75KW if I am driving long distance. I have 22KW at home for slow charging.
Teslas might as well be Ferraris for most the world. Aren't the bulk of present average EVs unable to charge at the rates Teslas or similar expensive EVs use?
Do you think 7-11 is going to install very fast charging? It's 7-11: where deathdogs rotate forever until someone who doesn't like living buys one.
I think the charging speed of most EVs are expected to improve for all cars in the coming years due to better batteries and battery management.
Affordable EVs these days, for example the ID.3 or ID.4 do 125KW charging, at least up to a certain point. Teslas are not much better. Yes, the Model 3 can charge much faster than this, but only for a short time until it will throttle down significantly.
For this reason though, charging only a little makes even more sense. Bringing your battery from 10% to 50% should be relatively fast no matter which car you have. The last 50% will take much longer.
Once the car throttles down the charging speed, you are probably better off finding another charger an hour or two away - unless you're planning a longer stay.
>Once the car throttles down the charging speed, you are probably better off finding another charger an hour or two away - unless you're planning a longer stay.
This is 100% true and, from recent experience, generally a much better way to road trip. Stopping every 150 miles or so breaks up the trip into nice chunks and keeps you fresh.
I took an earlier trip where I had to charge from 10-90% twice due to charger distance and it was much worse.
I'm not comfortable with a typical Android screen size either, but I have a Samsung tablet with physical keyboard flip case (Galaxy Tab S6).
These two together provide a functional and workable environment for me. I haven't tried the DeX-station, but I believe that too could be quite workable with a phone.
Rights once given away are nearly impossible to get back. All rights, I might add, not just your right to privacy. You may not care about <thing> today but at some point in the future, you may.
Not really. There is an important difference, in my opinion, between covert surveillance conducted for national intelligence purposes, and surveillance conducted for run of the mill police purposes.
There is no real way around the fact that national intelligence agencies need to conduct mass surveillance of various kinds. National intelligence is a competitive zero sum game, and if we don't do it, others will, and we'll be at a disadvantage.
The same is not true for policing, however. The real danger to citizen rights is when the crossover happens. I'm not worried when the CIA spies on me - i'm worried when the FBI does. I'm worried when the tools of international intelligence get turned to more mundane matters. And I think that is the transition that we have to fight tooth and nail. Fighting the "don't spy on me NSA" battle was lost decades ago, and you were never going to win anyway in any material way. Because even if you could stop the NSA from doing it, every other government in the world would be doing it.
What we need to do is fight to keep that surveillance contained within the international intelligence mission, and not let it creep into domestic policing.
