Oh, it gets "better" (worse).
Close all your apps. Put your phone down. Talk about a DIY Project (arts, crafts, etc.). Pick up your phone.
YES, we listened in on your conversation. That is why Facebook will now show you ads for DIY Projects. We are always listening.
#Meta #Facebook #Threads #WhatsApp #Instagram #Phone
Governments identify dozens of #Android apps bundled with #spyware
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/governments-identify-dozens-of-android-apps-bundled-with-spyware/
Ach ja, gerade sehe ich dass @kuketzblog kürzlich ein #Grapheneos-Pixel verlost hat:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/grapheneos-google-pixel-8a-geraetevergabe-an-unterstuetzer-maerz-2024/
Ich glaube, ich habe mich inzwischen darauf eingeschossen, mir ein #Pixel #Phone zu kaufen und hoffe, jemand im Raum #Kiel kann mir helfen, das mit GrapheneOS zu flashen, ohne es zu bricken 
Summer Wallpapers for Your Tech via Centsational Style [Shared]
Summer is around the corner! To brighten your tech I made five more seasonal screensavers. Find them below, sized to fit the ratios of a desktop, laptop, tablet, and your phone too. Links to all four sizes for each pattern. Enjoy!
…Acc/to an #AFP source, the incident occurred on March 9. The space #science researcher allegedly underwent a *random* check on arrival, during which his work #computer & personal #phone were searched.…Messages referring to the treatment of scientists by the #Trump admin were found. He was accused of messages "which reflect hatred towards Trump & can be described as terrorism". His professional & personal equipment was #confiscated & the researcher was sent back to #Europe…
#law #geopolitics #US
This is beyond…
#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.
#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html
The #RCS protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services is available (enabled?) on most #Android phones.
I see several problems (vs SMS) and would like informed people to correct me if needed
1. it needs data access to communicate, vs SMS which only needs mobile phone access
2. all messages pass by #Google servers
3. rooted android phones (like mine with @GrapheneOS ) can't use it (I don't want!)
Please continue using SMS and Signal!
Retoot and answers appreciated
DOGE Is Pressuring Social Security to Make Another Massive Cut
#DonaldTrump & #ElonMusk want to make it harder for people to access their Social Security benefits.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192667/doge-pressures-social-security-cut-phones
"The #SocialSecurity Admn might slash the telephone service that millions of retired & disabled #Americans use to apply for & access their **earned** benefits...
#Doge is pressuring the agency... and in response, the #SSA is considering ending its #phone service"
Sometimes it's hard to stop ourselves from automatically checking our phones for notifications or simply ping-ponging between our favourite apps. Senior tech correspondent Adam Clark Estes for @Vox talks us through Apple's and Google's attempts at digital wellness and explains what can actually help us to limit our screen time.
Cellebrite Is Using AI to Summarize Chat Logs and Audio from Seized Mobile Phones
"The proliferation of AI through law enforcement tools already has civil liberties experts concerned. “When you have results from an AI, they are not transparent. Often you cannot trace back where a conclusion came from, or what information it is based on. AIs hallucinate," one said."
https://www.404media.co/email/d71fb221-c62a-4def-a912-a76411a1aad5/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
@requiem Smartphones aren't really like that... and are not great for creating. Sure, they can capture what you create (audio/video/etc) but as an instrument of creativity they are... lacking.
As a tool of consuming, yeah, they are good at that.
I wrote about this in 2010.
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2010/03/21/consume-create/
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Ok my US friends I need some help. I'm in the UK but I've had a NYC phone number (718) for ever via Skype, which is now closing.
My MiL uses the number to call us without international call charges.
I need a recommendation for a Skype replacement that I can port the number to and who can give me a mobile app to make and receive calls on. The ability to redirect calls to my landline would be an advantage.
Any recommendations gratefully received.
Researchers have found taking a break from our smartphones for a certain time period decreases depressive symptoms. And it appears to be doing a better job than antidepressants. @npr explains exactly how long we need to stay off of our phones to feel the benefits.
I haven't really considered a #smartwatch and think they look a bit dumb. Even the more elegant ones that mostly look like a watch.
It still looks like a tiny #phone on your wrist, which I think is redundant when you have a phone in your pocket HOWEVER...
I am considering it.
I like to run, and climb, and do silly things, and move around a lot.
A phone is a brick in my pocket. I could do most things I do on the go with an #android watch, and carry basically nothing.
I recently drove a car whose whole control and entertainment system was a gigantic iPad-like thing mounted to the dash. It caused me to have a realisation about the #Ui and #UX of touch screens.
There is no way to touch a touchscreen without it treating that touch as intentional. What I mean is: without taking my eyes off the road, I can grope across the dashboard, find a knob or button—by touching it—without activating any function. Touching the volume button or temperature knob doesn’t DO anything until I do it with more force and intentionality. Not so for a #touchscreen.
My mobile #phone (an #iPhone 13) has no dead space in its face. There’s no part of the phone face I can touch without it assuming I meant to do that and I wanted to activate whatever was under my finger. Old iPhones that had physical home buttons also had dead space to either side: a safe space to hold the phone without DOING anything.
Computer keyboard have little raised pips on the F and J keys so you can find them by touch without looking. I do this all the time. But I don’t type the letters F or J. Touch screens have no such affordances.
I look at the #blackberry keyboard in this photo and I see a raised space bar. It’s an #affordance that lets you orient your fingers, and orient how you hold the phone, without looking.
I miss buttons.
https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/02/15/blackberrys-expired-keyboard-patent/
"[The Mate XT is] here to give us a glimpse of a future era, where smartphones will be able to offer a new range of use cases, unlocking even more powerful applications and expanding the boundaries of what’s possible to experience on a handset," writes PhoneArena's Editor-in-Chief.
Read a review on the first-ever tri-fold phone, Huawei's Mate XT.
Episode 39 of the #postmarketOS #podcast is one of the best podcasts I have listened to in a long time! It's an interview with magdesign, a geek who sold all his projects and tools and belongings to cycle the world with his wife, and uses a #linux #mobile #phone as his main computing device. Funny, inspiring and full of amazing stories from the trip.
postmarketOS podcast #39 https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/39-Interview-magdesign/
https://tobykurien.com/images/microblog/post-1739438103-0.jpg
Does anyone have any #recommendations for an #audio recording app for #android that automatically uploads a stream of audio online?
I want this for my own protection as I will be going to #protests and #livestreaming and #recording for various projects I am starting.
I want to have an audio and/or #video feed going at all times when not actively streaming, so that if something insane happens and I lose my #phone I don't also lose the files for evidence.
