Walked the dogs yesterday afternoon by a highway parking lot billboard.
#phone #photos

Is it safe to travel to the #UnitedStates with your phone right now? Recent high-profile #deportations began with #phone searches at airports. What are your rights? The answer: it depends. | Gaby Del Valle, The Verge https://www.theverge.com/policy/634264/customs-border-protection-search-phone-airport-rights

Are you going to let WhatsApp replace your iPhone’s default Phone and Messages apps?

Don't forget to boost.

Design Milk : Xiaomi’s Latest Phone Looks Like a Classic Leica Camera https://design-milk.com/xiaomis-latest-phone-looks-like-a-classic-leica-camera/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xiaomis-latest-phone-looks-like-a-classic-leica-camera #smartphones #Technology #smartphone #smartphone #cellphone #Xiaomi #Leica #phone #Main

It keeps coming...

"Donald #Trump's most important security advisers used #Signal to discuss an imminent #military strike. Now, reporting by #DERSPIEGEL has found that the contact #data of some of those officials, including mobile #phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet."

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7

Well, my techie masto neighbors, it's that time again...
#EducateMePlease
#fakeOS? (see captions)

I bought this cheap non branded #i15 mini #phone online to use on my bike. It claimed to have Android 14. But in checking for updates I see that it's actually Android 8. Not a big deal for a cheap phone, but then... If in the About view it shows 14, this isn't a solid OS. It's been tampered? The icons were wrong too.

If I don't use bank and email apps on it, what's the worst that can happen?

the machine box

Shout out. Anyone use or have used a Fairphone and if so, what are your thoughts? Pros and cons, beyond the obvious self-repair and long-term support? Boosts okay.

#Fairphone #MobilePhone #Advice #Phone

edit: thanks for the feedback, all. Now currently discussing options with my wife.

Design Milk : Nothing’s (3a) Phones Continue Its Legacy of Futuristic Design https://design-milk.com/nothings-3a-phones-continue-its-legacy-of-futuristic-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nothings-3a-phones-continue-its-legacy-of-futuristic-design #smartphones #Technology #smartphone #cellphone #Nothing #phone #Main

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

I'm glad that I have a Google Pixel 8a and not a older model. There have been many reports of Google Pixels exploding! It's horrendous. I would strongly recommend against buying anything older than the Pixel 8 series.

Disclaimer: I'm not a expert and haven't deeply researched this topic, but I considered it important enough to give everyone a warning.

Clip of Nate from the @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org talking about his exploding Google Pixel 6a

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

Did you know that @purism is working towards a new release for the #Librem5 #FOSS phone?

The name of this new version is #Crimson. Crimson will be the next version of the PureOS #Linux distribution for the Librem 5.

#Purism only earns once money on their sell of a #phone, because Purism is not selling your data.

Since July 2024 you can take an optional subscription to advance the #PureOS development.

Since then there has been a monthly report on the progress.

https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-optional-subscription-added-to-advance-development/

1/n

@fesshole
I block #adverts aggressively, so I don't normally see them at all. But, the other day, while responding to a lighthearted thread about dating sites, I asked Google how many women on dating sites were bots. Now, every time I update the apps on my phone, #Google Play Store pushes dating apps at me.

I'm a married man. I don't play away. I don't want Mrs Wife to see dating stuff on my #phone when she borrows it. This is as creepy as hell.