Simple Mobile started down the sus path when they launched a “Simple Mobile Phone” that was clearly a Chinese white label device (Umidigi A9 Pro IIRC) used by plenty of other lazy groups in the past, including Rob Braxman’s BraX2 phone.
The phone’s big selling point was that it was Degoogled … But really, it was jumping out of the frying pan into the fire, running an OS made by a company you’ve never heard of, who is also claiming to develop a different OS you’ve also never heard of.
I wonder who could be behind this weird Good Phone company. I’ll just click on the Leadership page and oh god it’s Rob Braxman again.
Countries where mass surveillance (even to stop alleged terrorists) is bad
Countries with red flags
Countries with white and blue flags
Countries with red white and blue flags
The other countries
It’s always worth watching out for people who get super upset about some countries doing this, but super defensive when their personal favorite countries do it.
(To anybody who feels like downvoting, make sure to name the country where you think mass surveillance is okay!)
Computerized shopping, mailing, banking, information and surveillance services in the home are the most massive threat ever to privacy, according to a study to be released today....
The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires...
The editors of The Right Stuff explained that the use of an echo, represented in text using triple parentheses, was an internal meme meant to symbolize an opinion that the actions of Jews in the past cause their names to “echo throughout history”.
I’ve seen a few people with parenthesis around their names, on sites like Twitter. Outside of extremist websites, I don’t think people take the triple parentheses that seriously anymore
I really wish they never put MobileCoin into Signal. Not only does it compromise the app by making it into a payment system, but there is a massive conflict of interest behind it.
After being featured in a Brian Krebs article, ICANN deletes video encouraging domain registrars to streamline giving up user data (infosec.exchange)
“nothing to hide, nothing to fear”
Android app maker Simple Mobile Tools acquired by ZipoApps (liliputing.com)
Section 702 Surveillance Reauthorization May Get Slipped Into ‘Must-Pass’ NDAA | WIRED (www.wired.com)
How Chinese firm linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat' (wpde.com)
Beijing reportedly asked Hikvision to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province (www.theregister.com)
[1983] Home computer services threat to privacy
Computerized shopping, mailing, banking, information and surveillance services in the home are the most massive threat ever to privacy, according to a study to be released today....
Counterterror Director Used Hamas Attack to Justify Mass (USA) Surveillance Program Renewal (theintercept.com)
Firefox's new FakeSpot integration: the privacy problems
Today, when I navigated to amazon.com on Firefox for Android, I received a jarring message that I could “try” a new service, Fakespot, on the app....
Firefox's new FakeSpot integration: the privacy problems
Today, when I navigated to amazon.com on Firefox for Android, I received a jarring message that I could “try” a new service, Fakespot, on the app....
Weird 🤔 (jlai.lu)
Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform (www.engadget.com)
The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires...
[Mental Outlaw] YouTube Accidentally Made Ad Blockers More Powerful (odysee.com)
He was laid off by Elon Musk. Within hours, he had a plan to outdo Twitter (edition.cnn.com)
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status (techcrunch.com)