Even if your phone is “off” it’s transmitting an ID for antitheft purposes.

Faraday bags!

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fuck amazon.

input depends on which continent or country you’re in(?)

i want another story where Jack has no place to go; in a world in which all states, one after the other, pass similar laws

i reluctantly started reading and i couldn’t stop. Well written. Thanks for taking the time to write this and share it too

i’m still on old lawnchair (legacy?) because it’s more customizable than the up to date lawnchair

i keep an eye on eblan einstein as a replacement for lawnchair ☞ https://f-droid.org/packages/com.eblan.launcher/

i also use drag on launcher because it’s genial ☞ https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.elnix.dragonlauncher

all these with arcticons https://f-droid.org/packages/com.donnnno.arcticons/ and some abstract icons i made

another question would be: Now that your government has a face and a name for that telephone you’re using, what other information can they get through boogle’s trackers and what are they using it for?

you can block trackers (i use netGuard) and the app will probably still work fine. Same with banking apps

Moreover, Trump introduced major tariff exceptions for some countries. For example, the integrated North American auto industry would have been devastated if he hadn’t decided on 6 March to exempt goods from Mexico and Canada from the 25% levy that had gone into effect two days earlier. Goods from these countries now face no penalty if they are imported under the US-Mexico-Canada agreement.

This softening was predictable. US business would have suffered enormously if Trump had fully implemented the tariffs he had announced, let alone threatened, so it was never likely that he would persist with the worst of them. Trump regularly stakes out extreme negotiating positions, only to back down when the heat is on, even if he hasn’t gotten what he demanded from the other side. In fact, investors’ assumption that “Trump always chickens out” – known as Taco – has become a taunt. But when a madman threatens Armageddon, it is foolhardy to goad him into following through. The tariffs Trump has implemented are still very high.

Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs crashed the US economy?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/29/donald-trump-tariffs-us-economy-inflation-employment-2026

ipv6 works fine

i also use wireguard with no problems

i use and used it on different phone brands and tablets too

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i would say netGuard is “the best non-root firewall now”

but it’s been years since i stopped using rethink and i never needed to go back to it

you don’t need root to use a firewall

https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard for example

if he’s such a boogle fan, why even did he have a phone with LOS?

licenses mickey mouse 🤔

On January 1, 2024, the copyrights of the first three animated Mickey Mouse cartoons and their portrayal of Mickey Mouse expired in the United States, and they entered the public domain. They are the silent versions of the cartoons Plane Crazy and The Gallopin’ Gaucho, as well as the sound cartoon Steamboat Willie. Newer versions of Mickey Mouse remain copyright-protected.

that advertisement becomes more relevant and they don’t need to search for things they may like

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check the map on the linked Wikipedia page. Looks like it’s a “problem” in many other places

Are you suggesting it’s literally illegal to walk around with a barclava in your city?

☞ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_face_covering

The French ban on face covering is the result of an act of parliament passed in 2010 banning the wearing of face-covering headgear, including masks, helmets, balaclavas, niqābs and other veils covering the face, and full body costumes and zentais (skin-tight garments covering entire body) in public places, except under specified circumstances.

a balaclava to be anonymous?!

which city let’s you walk around with a balaclava?

…yet. At this point I wish some aliens had mercy on us and nuked certain parliaments & sniped billinaires on this planet simultaneously, giving us a chance to try & start over.

why would we need aliens to do that? people reclaimed their “chance to try & start over” many times before.

related : https://support.google.com/maps/answer/1725632?hl=en

How do I opt my access point out of Google Location services?

To opt out, change the SSID (name) of your Wi-Fi access point (your wireless network name) so that it ends with “_nomap.” For example, if your SSID is “12345,” you would change it to “12345_nomap.”