Schwim Dandy

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Cake day: June 15th, 2025

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  • Apple made a good step in iOS 26.3 to limit at least one vector of mass surveillance, enabled by having full control of the modem silicon and firmware. They must now allow users to disable GNSS location responses to mobile carriers, and notify the user when such attempts are made to their device.

    It seems like the vendor can disable this leak. If we ever get a well-rounded linux OS phone, I imagine this will be moot for those on that platform.





  • I’m with you. I hail from the days of dial-up BBS. I’ve gotten to watch online devolve from a genuine community of people that often disagreed but knew how to talk about it and could trust that a human sat on the other end.

    I’ve been stripping elements from my online life and working my way towards reclaiming some semblance of an internet that betters my life; no corporate social networks, no lowest common denominators at either extreme end and no psychologically-tuned engagement triggers.

    We will never get an honest Internet back but like you, I can reclaim my use of it on my terms.