signalnow's comments

On: Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims Release Was Accidental

[signalnow]

This was not officially released, nor was it user facing.

On: Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims Release Was Accidental

[signalnow]

It was never official, it was never announced nor documented.

On: Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims Release Was Accidental

[signalnow]

I don't understand this from the EFF first they post a piece lauding an unofficial, deeply buried unannounced functionality, then they condemn Google for removing something that they have never officially released or supported in the first place.

It’s their mistake for jumping the gun and discussing something that wasn't officially, the followup is just to save face, but that is really an unfair attack.

[freehunter → signalnow]

How would anyone know it was not official until Google said it wasn't meant to be released?

[ben1040 → freehunter]

What sort of official feature is hidden and can't be accessed via any user interface provided by the vendor?

[drdaeman → ben1040]

What sort of "we never meant to release this" feature would get merged into stable tree and even get into the production builds that get shipped on the actual retail hardware?

I thought if feature's meant to be solely experimental it'd just sit in a separate feature branch.