My tinfoil hat might be on too tight again... but the timing of this exploit coinciding with Google's full court press on Android user rights is just a little suspect. Especially after the ongoing public education campaign about the evils of "sideloading" an Android application.
If one wanted to attend the festival without being subjected to facial recognition software, I might recommend masks from http://www.urmesurveillance.com/ or something similar. A number of sites selling "anti-facial-recognition" masks have opened in the last few years.
Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't address the author's concern of keeping all IM sessions confined to a single desktop window. It's simply a method of using Facebook's Messenger platform without having facebook.com loaded in a browser. So it placates users with privacy concerns regarding opening Facebook on a corporate network, but it does nothing for the advocate of a single chat client.
I just downloaded it, and I have to say... this plugin is really cool and extremely powerful.
Two things:
1) It needs to be more clear that your data needs to be in a "table" for the plugin to work. Unless I'm mistaken, the only place that is stated (except for the tutorials) is embedded within the screenshot on the homepage. Add a help or FAQ page, and highlight this point!
2) I'm not a fan of the personal license having restricted use in a domain environment. I have a domain controller in my house, and many of my IT-professional friends do too. My house is not a commercial space. I like the software, and I would definitely pay $28 for a license, but I think $50/year is too steep to be able to use this at home.
I hear you, on both points.
Point #1 - that's true, I never mention that the data needs to be in a table on the site, and it's a really good point which I will address ASAP.
Point #2 - I didn't think many people would have domains at home, so I planned on dealing with this issue on a case by case basis. My plan was mostly to concentrate on commercial users and have a relatively cheap license for home use, the domain was just a handy way to try to distinguish between the two. I've already had some complaints on this, so I might change this policy (any suggestion on an alternative?).
In any case, this shouldn't be a problem, please contact me (antonio@thingiequery.com, or via the contact form) before buying a private licence, and we'll sort it out:)
And thanks for the kind words, I agree about it being a cool and powerful tool:) There will be more cool features coming up, but the core is in pretty good shape already I think, I'm happy with it, and it's a really satisfying project to work on.
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