Category: android

All Android users: Update, Update, Update
05.12.2023

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2023-12-01?hl=en <- unfortunately does not export an RSS feed so a user needs to write a converter-aggregator https://www.heise.de/news/Patchday-Android-Android-11-12-13-und-14-fuer-Schadcode-Attacken-anfaellig-9548839.html as seen in https://www.heise.de/security/rss/alert-news-atom.xml for the news junkies – how to read news in the 21st century (APPs & RSS FEEDS) – […]

Has mankind lost it’s ability to learn?
01.09.2023

Let me be frank. Once upon the time, was a Windows user. Then was happy to have to use OSX for a transition to GNU Linux. But once on GNU Linux (Debian) do not miss neither Windows nor OSX at […]

the hardcore security challenge any app store faces
05.08.2023

No matter if docker repository called “hub”, Google’s App Store “PlayStore” or Apple’s App Store they are ALL facing the same security problems: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-explains-how-android-malware-slips-onto-google-play-store/ plus: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/thousands-of-android-apks-use-compression-trick-to-thwart-analysis/ what if… a malicious actor uploads an App or docker container that is totaly […]

WhatsApp vs Signal – centralized vs de-centralized
05.03.2023

both are centralized Messengers meaning: the user is in control of the device + software (to the extend that the user can understand the src) Android-Client “the client” 100% Open Source (Java 70.8% Kotlin 29.1%) iOS-Client 100% Open Source (Swift […]

Stop using Telegram – it is not safe – at all
22.02.2023

“know in some countries they believe Telegram is safe. I will show you how safe it is,” he said, before showing a screen in which he appeared to scroll through the Telegram contacts of one Kenyan strategist https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan

the future of (power efficient and mobile) gaming – SmartPhone as DesktopPC? – the future are RISC(V) (ARM) CPUs – RK3588S is 3.04x in single-core and 3.65x in multi-core faster than Raspberry 4 (geekbench.com)
21.02.2023

mekotronicsplz note: “the-best-technology-does-nothing-without-a-good-human-culture” Yes! Read that correctly, modern SmartPhones are actually full blown computers, so why not use them as such? Now that they have enough (RISC) based computational power that they can replace Desktop and Notebooks, problem: they can […]

BigData in Africa: without any protection – Shivani Siroya TEDx – “A smart new business loan for people with no credit” – When AI takes over – and calls all the shots – and nobody knows why it decides what it decides – not just Africa – bank accounts AI (over)blocked
23.03.2022

the risks of all digital (no cash) payment systems & amok AI: “This happens quite often with customers of the Cashgroup banks (@DeutscheBank / @Postbank / @Commerzbank / @Comdirect) as soon as their algorithms hit your account is directly without […]

camera hardware review – photography with the Samsung S21 Ultra (SM-G998B) example sample test images fotos photography and sample 8k video – can smart phone cameras compete with the “big” ones with big lenses? – more sample pictures of flowers and moon shots
24.01.2022

can smart phone cameras compete with the “big” ones with big lenses? please support this Open Source, Tech & Privacy dedicated blog 😀 by buying from Amazon Affiliated links: Get the amazing Samsung S21 Ultra 5G with 10x times optical […]

WOOOOT – eBay and Amazon (wtf!?) “okay” with dangerous Fake and Scam Phones (S21 Ultra)  offered and sold via it’s platform (some come with exploding chargers)
16.12.2021

in previous rant, it was about “trying to return a product to China and get money back? well…. does not work in 99.9% of all cases” https://dwaves.de/2021/12/13/ebay-artikel-versand-aus-china-ruckgabe-keine-chance-teuer-unzuverlassig/ this is outright fraudulent allowance of eBay to sell more fake and scam […]

AI Superpowers China Silicon Valley and the New World Order – Kai-Fu Lee – light and silicon – extreme Ultra Violet CPU production – ASML (Netherlands) TSMC (Taiwan) AMD Intel (USA) and the crazy physics behind transition from 14nm to 7nm process – Ångstrom Era
13.11.2021

update: 2022-12 wow 3 and 4nm is very very small “TSMC recently announced that it is upping its U.S. investment in Arizona to US$40 billion (NT$1.23 trillion) and will manufacture 4nm and 3nm chips there. The 4nm chips are expected […]

What is Right – What is Wrong – with great powers comes great responsibility (aka the “Peter-Parker-principle” (Spiderman 2002)) – Big Tech with better and betters Tools and without better Ethics Morals unkowing what is Right or Wrong
17.07.2021

in short: humans per default, without an education might just be “better” apes. Some parts of mankind behave very primitive and clearly show no signs of higher intelligence or education. The troubles start, when the tools become more and more […]

for the news junkies – how to read news in the 21st century (APPs & RSS FEEDS) – turns the user’s Android based device into an independent Open Source based news aggregator that respects the user’s privacy
16.06.2021

Yes! What RSS does NOT stand for “Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh” , “Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Gandhi, on January 30, 1948, was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., a violent right-wing organization that promotes Hindu supremacy.” (src: HolyCow!) […]

Apple wants to become the new Google: BigBadBoldBigDataMothership
07.06.2021

Apple wants to become the new Google: BigBadBoldBigDataMothership why more developers should chose GPL to publish programs: as a once proud Apple user… (yes GNU Linux Debian 10 actually runs pretty well on the Intel-Macbook-Pros) yes they are beautiful spies… […]