How Proficient Are You In Using Popular Technological Devices?
Smart phones, dumb phones, and land lines. Shiver me timbers. How proficient are you in the newer technologies? Are you good with power point, do you own a notebook or ipad or smart phone (or equivalent)?
Not al all would mean you have a land line, and are not even online with the internet.
Not very much would mean you own a basic cell phone and are cozy or somewhat cozy surfing the internet, email, etc.
So-so means you are comfortable with the immediate above and maybe a little more (like a kindle or a smart phone).
Pretty good means the above and even more — like an ipad or kindle fire, for example.
Up to Date means that you are cozy with all the popular technlogy.
Very proficient means you are fluent in high-tech areas that exceed some of the most popular technologies.
Other means other, a concession to those of you persnickety types who cannot round off or approximate an answer. You are a bother, but we love you! :)
Poll Results
How Proficient Are You In Using Popular Technological Devices?
Not at all Votes: 0
Not very Votes: 6
So-so Votes: 3
Pretty good Votes: 4
Up to date with most or all popular technology Votes: 5
Very proficient Votes: 5
Other Votes: 0
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If you’re one of millions of people still running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean or earlier, you won’t get any security fixes for WebView unless someone outside of Google develops them.
That’s potentially bad news for for more than half of the world’s Android users, who run versions of the OS released before Android 4.4 KitKat. According to Google’s latest Android distribution figures, 46 percent of Android devices run Jelly Bean, followed by KitKat at 39.1 percent. The remaining Android users are on Gingerbread (versions 2.3.3-2.3.7, used by 7.8 percent of handsets), Ice Cream Sandwich (versions 4.0.3 to 4.0.4, used by 6.7 percent), and old Froyo (version 2.2, 0.4 percent).
According to Tod Beardsley, a security researcher at Rapid7 who oversees the Metasploit project, Google recently made a “bizarre” decision to stop developing patches for pre-KitKat WebView bugs in Android. Historically, security researchers have found plenty of flaws in the component, which is concerning given the component’s reach: it’s thought to be used by around 930 million Android devices…
…It’s important to consider that there is no published end-of-life or end-of-support policy from Google with regard to any version of Android. Google may decide to drop support for KitKat tomorrow, though doing so would be suicidal. Of course, I would expect that dropping support for 60% of your install base would also be suicidal, yet here we are,” he said.Apple also lacks an end-of-life document, while Microsoft and BlackBerry have clear statements on how they handle the sun-setting of products.
Beardsley said Google dropped support for Jelly Bean and earlier versions because it will “no longer certify third party devices that include the Android Browser” and “the best way to ensure that Android devices are secure is to update them to the latest version of Android”.
Of course, on the latter point, there are dozens of devices that can’t be updated to KitKat or the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop.
”Google stops providing patches for Pre-KitKat releases” from ZDNet, article dated 01-12-2015.
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