“never change a running (= working) system” is a widespread saying which means: if it works, don’t improve it (too much) X-D and risk breaking of old functionality that user relies on this (of course) can be remedied by extensive […]
I also now sneak apps on user’s phones that the user never installed or authorized to just to gather as much private data about the user as possible… hope user shurely does not mind right? users are pretty upset here […]
compatible with GrapheneOS (for Pixel phones) https://f-droid.org/packages/com.beemdevelopment.aegis/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beemdevelopment.aegis
its a great phone but it tends to overheat quickly, like 5min in the sun quickly. PLEASE CHECK THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION https://grapheneos.org/install/cli this blog does not get tired of testing Android ROMS that enhance privacy 🙂 (actually it would be […]
it works now! 😀 THE PENGUIN CAN NOW MEASSURE THE TEMPERATURE! thanks ALL INVOLVED 😀 TIP: it actually has 2x temp sensors 1x meassures inside usb stick 1x meassures with the metal-probe at the end of the cable WARNING! it […]
vendors & users can do: keep firmware and apps as up to date as possible this requires that vendors also publish patches for critical security problems for old devices (!!! AVM Fritz does it, Samsung & Apple can too!) install […]
so every android user is in a hurry to update update update to Google’s latest firmware because of it’s security issues really would like to see a smart phone that can run almost unchanged GNU Linux kernel 😀 (yes would […]
two possibilities: delete unwanted apps while keeping the original os installing a new os (continue this article) how to fix sim card not working: PLEASE WITH SIM CARD INSERTED BOOT STOCK ROM AT LEAST ONCE! while still in stock rom […]
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 […]
“Von der Leyen under pressure: The head of the EU Commission refuses to release text messages about the expensive vaccine deal with Pfizer. She is accused of lack of transparency.” (src) (here is the full New York Times article on […]
consider using tails https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/sharing-sensitive-leaks-press/ https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest consider using sunglases an FFP mask https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal https://ssd.eff.org/playlist/want-security-starter-pack centralized messengers allow the company running the service to basically control all communication this allows censorship + manipulation wich is (of course) bad unfortunately signal + whatsapp […]
“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
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 […]
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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 […]
will be redone soon
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can tablets replace notebooks? no. imho most tablets are just “big mobile phones” (no matter ipad or android based) or very slow downsized notebooks (windows 10 based), but having a full speed of AMD or Intel CPUs at 16GB of […]
what is great about books vs blogs? (+) paper books don’t need electricity and hightech to function. energy grid and tcp networks (up to now) have worked pretty reliably, but at any given day, a massive solar flare or a […]
update: 2022: ah oh: Pine community in Pain? https://blog.brixit.nl/why-i-left-pine64/ “In February 2021, PINE64 announced the end of the community editions. At this moment, PINE64’s focus shifted from supporting a diverse ecosystem of distributions and software projects around the PinePhone to […]
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 […]
2024 simdiscount.de update: [+] soweit alles okay, auch roaming innerhalb von EU funktioniert wunderbar 🙂 [-]: der schriftliche support liest keine nachrichten oder versteht diese nicht, antwortet entweder mit vorlagen oder mit leeren antworten Wenn man den Vertrag wechseln möchte […]
Motorola, Apple, Samsung, and now even Fairphone 4: NO 3.5mm headphone jack!!! For the audio junkies among us, this is a no go. Was so looking forward to the Fairphone, but will probably use a phone with audio jack as […]
simplicity is key: what is definately great and a big plus is the “openness” of the Android (a by Google heavily modified GNU-Linux) environment. no need for extra software (itunes) to access the device a usb-c-cable will do connect it […]
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 […]
the positive vision (always start with something positive) if big data about every keystroke every step we make (the police: every step you make) algorithms determine how mankind will live and thus: technology is “neutral” until it is used for […]
the user has to know, that Mozilla is very much (still) dependant on Google’s money. User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:92.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/92.0 Hello Dear Mozilla / Dear Firefox management & DevTeam, using this rss app to stay up […]
prologue: (u can skip it) SmartPhones try to spy and collect data, that why SmartPhone games and weather-apps are usually free. Because the user pays with user data. What even fuels the paranoia are stories like these: in 2011 Rothschild […]
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 […]
short story: phase it out So it finally happened, Oracle wants to cash in on it’s $7.4 Billion investment it made in 2009. The non-Open-Source non-GPL non-Free-Software-coffee has officially gone sour. One can just pray, that this will be a […]