Schwim Dandy

Apple made a good step in iOS 26.3 to limit at least one vector of mass surveillance, enabled by having full control of the modem silicon and firmware. They must now allow users to disable GNSS location responses to mobile carriers, and notify the user when such attempts are made to their device.

It seems like the vendor can disable this leak. If we ever get a well-rounded linux OS phone, I imagine this will be moot for those on that platform.

Dumped Nova as soon as the sellout was announced. Replaced it with Octopi, which I found to be better anyways.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otp.octopilauncher&hl=en_US&pli=1

Yeah, I’m not clicking that link.

They lost me at the “vP” part but otherwise, sounds like a very cool premise.

It makes sense, it’s a proven pool of gullibility.

I use Librewolf everywhere but android where I use Firefox. The sync feature works perfectly between the different brands. Librewolf does not currently offer a mobile browser.

As soon as you’re forced to buy that vacuum, sure, your analogy is rock solid and it’s like actual slavery.

Never watch a video that ends a statement with a question mark In the thumbnail.

“Next week on As The Nerd Turns, watch as former friend steals all the game controllers and unplugs the snack machine.”

I guess anything that happens while using a computer fits the community now?

Western governments don’t need that. They already have access to all you do on your device via backdoors and agreements with vendors and software providers. They could know absolutely everything about any “free citizen” they wanted.

“The people that seem to be most distressed by it were the people who had not gone looking for it,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd’s his birth name but he insists we call him Captain Obvious at the office.

The British have all the good luck.

So it’s safe to carry on not using it?