We really need a legislation to force Android vendors that are selling their phones in EU to allow "bootloader unlocking".

Like, come on. It's literally a one-bit check by an "application" before loading the Linux kernel. Yet, vendor after vendor is removing the ability to skip this check for muh "security".

It's never about security, it's about control. If you can't install your own OS, they can collect your data to sell and push ads onto you.
It's basically like buying a laptop in 2008 with Windows Vista and pre-loaded malware that made it unusable. Everyone wiped it and installed a clean copy of XP or Linux, imagine being unable to do that...

If we don't stand up to vendors, in the future they'll take this option away. I hope they realize there'll be no reason to buy Android anymore (no way to "sideload" due to Play Protect, no way to replace the OS/remove GApps) and everyone will go "fuck it, I'm just gonna get an iPhone".

For many years Android/iOS duopoly was unbreakable, but thanks to Google's recent (stupid) decisions this could (and I hope will) change. Current "smartphones" are just the prefect tools of digital dystopia.

Fingerprint reader functionality under #Linux sucks.

1. Every few reboots/updates/whatever-triggers it, the fingerprint functionality GETS DISABLED all by itself. The bug is there in BOTH Ubuntu and Arch Linux ( #gnome ).

2. GDM won't let me choose between pass & fingerprint reading. This has repercussions for gnome's keyring.

3. Because the keyring is not unlocked, launching things like Chrome requires you to type a password! Again!

Overall, abysmal.

#fprint #fingerprint #foss #opensource

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Gibt es für #Android eine Art #Scripting #Tool?

Ich möchte Dateien zu einem bestimmten wiederkehrenden Zeitpunkt (cron) von einem Ort an den anderen verschieben.

Natürlich möglichst aus dem #FDroid #Store und #FOSS

#mobileAutomation #Phone

Dagsfärsk Chat Control 2.0-debattartikel från mig, Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder, Patrik Fältström, Fredrik Lindeberg, Ulrika Vincent, Samuel Skånberg och Henrik Alexandersson (representanter för partipolitiskt oberoende teknikorganisationer). Vi skriver på SvD Debatt om varför våra politiker måste förstå konsekvenserna av massövervakningsförslaget – innan det är för sent!

svd.se/a/3MvM39/politiker-mast…

#ChatControl

Politiker måste förstå säkerhetsriskerna med Chat control 2.0, skriver debattörer

DEBATT. Sverige fortsätter att stötta ett förslag som kräver att allmänhetens kommunikation kan avlyssnas. Vi kan inte låta mänskliga rättigheter och samhällets säkerhet offras av okunskap, skriver debattörer.

^{Svenska Dagbladet}

#curl 8.16.0 was just released:

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/09/10…

I will live-stream a release presentation at 10:00 CEST on twitch

curl 8.16.0

Welcome to one of the more feature-packed curl releases we have had in a while. Exactly eight weeks since we shipped 8.15.0.

^{daniel.haxx.se}

Super cool all these stickers sent by @daniel

Thank you very much

#xmpp
#conversations_im

The September 9th, 2025 Jail/Zones Production User Call is up:

youtu.be/Td4b4tnFB8k

We discussed Eurobhyvecon, Jail Descriptors, Capsicum vs. Pledge, the WITHOUT_JAIL build option, the Yggdrasil overlay network IPv6 routing scheme, podman, PkgBase, Netgraph vs. bridge vs. aliased networking performance, rctl and cpu set, the Nitro init system and process supervisor, and much more!

"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."

#FreeBSD #illumos

2025-09-09 Jail/Zones Production User Call

The September 9th, 2025 Jail/Zones Production User CallWe discussed Eurobhyvecon, Jail Descriptors, Capsicum vs. Pledge, the WITHOUT_JAIL build option, the Y...

^YouTube

> This statement stopped us in our tracks. It was the most direct acknowledgement we have heard from Powell that the Fed is largely powerless to combat significant structural changes in the economy. This statement was the final puzzle piece for the warning bells we have been sounding for months now, leading to this comprehensive post.

The Demise of the Dynamic Duo
bancreek.com/p/demise-of-dynam…

The Demise of the Dynamic Duo

Exploring the economic consequences of the structural headwinds facing immigration and health care

^{Bancreek Capital Advisors}

The Carney government's suspension of the EV mandate has nothing to do with “pragmatism” or “moderation” as I heard an interviewee say on the CBC this morning.

It's about the Ontario car industry realizing they don't make EVs or even Hybrids that can compete with Korea, Japan, or Europe (let alone China).

People want them. BC is at 20% new (the mandated level), Quebec is at 30%. Those are the #2 and #3 most populous provinces in Canada btw.

It's politics, and... specifically with Carney, cowardice, nothing else. BC’s Energy Minister Adrian Dix called it out

“I want to say this: Their target for this year, we achieved four years ago,” Dix said of the existing federal electric vehicle mandates. “The issue here in Canada -- and I think the federal government needs to engage in this a little bit -- is first and foremost with Ontario.”

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Carney #ClimateAction
ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/o…

Ontario drove Carney’s decision to suspend EV mandate: B.C. Energy Minister Dix

British Columbia’s energy minister says the federal decision to delay its electric vehicle sales mandate largely reflects circumstances in Ontario, and Ottawa should follow through on a more Canada-wide policy after its review.

^{The Canadian Press (CTVNews)}

Is ICE about to go buck wild using cell site simulators? Good thing EFF has a project to help you detect them:

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet…

forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2…

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

Is it time to say

Stay safe poverty ghost.

if you’ve been living under a rock these past few months before today’s #AppleEvent here’s two links as a quick refresher on Tim Cook’s latest fascist bootlicking asshattery:

Apple CEO Tim Cook bends the knee to Donald Trump finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-c…

Tim Cook says ‘thank you’ 8 times in less than two minutes at dinner with Donald Trump msn.com/en-in/news/India/tim-c…

FWIW : if you’re a minority targeted by fascists, Apple’s closed ecosystem is now a hostage situation with Cook’s allegiance to Trump

Nvidia’s Rally Faces a Reality Check

Citi’s price cut and rising competition test Nvidia’s dominance. While NVDA still leads AI infrastructure with soaring revenues and strong demand for Blackwell chips, challenges from Broadcom, hyperscalers, and China are real. Long-term strength remains, but it’s no longer a “buy at any cost” stock.

Read full article here:techi.com/nvidia-stock-faces-r…

#Nvidia #NVDA #Stocks #AI #Investing #TechStocks #StockMarket

Is Meta the Next Nvidia? A Deep Dive into Its AI Potential

Meta is quietly becoming a serious AI contender, with $72B in AI infrastructure spending, superintelligence labs, and open-source Llama models. Despite 30% YTD stock gains, it trades at a big discount to Nvidia. With 3.48B daily users and massive cash flow, Meta offers muted downside and huge AI upside.

Read full article here:techi.com/meta-stock-ai-potent…

#Meta #NVDA #AIStocks #StockMarket #TechInvesting #FAANG #ArtificialIntelligence

WebDAV isn't dead yet

blog.feld.me/posts/2025/09/web…

WebDAV Isn't Dead Yet – Makefile.feld

I should have titled this post

^blog.feld.me