its more complicated than that. IMEI and triangulation complicates this unless you have a stolen/spoofed phone and some opsec to deal with triangulation. and then theres the fact most points of sale have security cameras.
there should be some kind of notification system whenever something goes unmaintained. ive used unmaintained software for way too long before finding out theres some fork.
alright that was an unexpected turn of events. would the US even have reason to lie about this? i take its better for them if they can have more reason to paint putin in a negative light.
it can always be forked as a project that does. this is part of the point of foss and why you should be using lineage or graphene instead if you care about this
But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don't do this not because they can't but because they don't want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.
and thats fine until you need replacement for a cracked screen or a bad battery and you find out its almost as expensive as a brand new phone. it good that they are doing it but software is just 50% of the problem.
The law requires colleges and universities to get approval before hiring or working with Chinese people who aren’t US citizens or green card holders...
HeliBoard keyboard is an improved fork of the now-unmaintained OpenBoard keyboard. It does not require internet permission, allowing it to be used 100% offline....
I don't like Biden either, but anyone with half a brain knows there are two choices in the 2020 election. If we had a sane voting system, voting third party might be worth it, but as it stands, no one but you knows your favorite candidate exists and unless you want to become their campaign manager that will still be true in...
nobody is even advocating not to vote, but you guys keep insisting thats what we are saying. go vote if you want to.
we are just saying scribbling on a ballot and casting it for a right winger wont change any outcome. biden is just as fascist, hes just not bragging about it. the us is already not democratic, this is just theater.
they wont let you vote their power away. you want change go organize with any leftist organization at all, strike, disrupt and disobey collectively with them. socialism is the only thing that was ever capable of stopping fascists.
the rich seem to want trump anyway and its already too late to stop him, but he doesnt matter if you force their hand instead of just apathetically voting every 4 years like it will save you from fascism.
OnStar reports location and speed data to the car manufacturer. Sometimes they will sell this data to insurance companies to raise your premium, as several news stores pointed out a few weeks ago. I couldn't really find an advantage to OnStar, (I have my phone to call emergency services) so I disabled it by pulling it's fuse....
inb4 manufacturers start baking it into the fuel injection cpu, and spending (your) extra money with encryption to lock the "owner" out like modern phones
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Digital surveillance is omnipresent in China. Here’s how citizens are coping ( theconversation.com )
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The author's profile says this:...
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The TRUTH about Bank Privacy ( odysee.com )
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"This violates so many laws..." ( media.kbin.social )
its true tho ( lemmy.today )
Signs you're getting old?
My knee still doesn't feel right after that hiking trip two weeks ago....
manyThreadsAreBetterThanOne ( sh.itjust.works )
I can't stand the updates anymore
I'm at a point in life I get a phone, set it up and live my life....
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Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets ( arstechnica.com )
But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don't do this not because they can't but because they don't want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud ( www.bbc.co.uk )
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The law requires colleges and universities to get approval before hiring or working with Chinese people who aren’t US citizens or green card holders...
HeliBoard, a privacy-conscious open-source Android keyboard based on AOSP/now-unmaintained OpenBoard, is now available on F-Droid ( f-droid.org )
HeliBoard keyboard is an improved fork of the now-unmaintained OpenBoard keyboard. It does not require internet permission, allowing it to be used 100% offline....
Dad has the chops to be a project manager. ( lemmy.world )
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Title....
Please, for the love of God, VOTE! ( pawb.social )
I don't like Biden either, but anyone with half a brain knows there are two choices in the 2020 election. If we had a sane voting system, voting third party might be worth it, but as it stands, no one but you knows your favorite candidate exists and unless you want to become their campaign manager that will still be true in...
Disable tracking on Chevy Bolt 2019 ( sh.itjust.works )
OnStar reports location and speed data to the car manufacturer. Sometimes they will sell this data to insurance companies to raise your premium, as several news stores pointed out a few weeks ago. I couldn't really find an advantage to OnStar, (I have my phone to call emergency services) so I disabled it by pulling it's fuse....
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Did anyone get pirated Rocksmith to work on Linux with regular P2-P10 cable + good latency?
Title. If so how? I have tried some of the solutions floating around Proton DB, but can never get around the weird latency issue....