IT News<p>Why a Lost Cellphone Forced an Airplane to Turn Around in Mid-Flight - Last week an Air France flight to the Caribbean had to turn around and return to P... - <a href="https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/03/29/0236203/why-a-lost-cellphone-forced-an-airplane-to-turn-around-in-mid-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/0</span><span class="invisible">3/29/0236203/why-a-lost-cellphone-forced-an-airplane-to-turn-around-in-mid-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a></p>
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KyleHanne Zaruma <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cellphones?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cellphones</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/y2k?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#y2k</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artists</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/magazine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magazine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/magazines?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magazines</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fashion?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashion</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photoshoot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photoshoot</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/magic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magic</a>
Third spruce tree on the left<p>Does anyone know where in central <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SouthWesternOntario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthWesternOntario</span></a> (<a href="https://mas.to/tags/kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitchener</span></a> , <a href="https://mas.to/tags/waterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterloo</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/waterlooregion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterlooregion</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chirp.social/@waterlooregion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>waterlooregion</span></a></span> ) to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/donate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donate</span></a> still working - just old - <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tablets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tablets</span></a>? </p><p>Sometime in the past I gave a bunch to an org that got them to women's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shelters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shelters</span></a> and refugee new arrivals but I can't remember who that was.</p>
IT News<p>Gavin Newsom Is Reportedly Sending Burner Phones To Tech CEOs - According to Politico, Gov. Gavin Newsom has distributed prepaid burner phones to ... - <a href="https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/03/18/2220249/gavin-newsom-is-reportedly-sending-burner-phones-to-tech-ceos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/0</span><span class="invisible">3/18/2220249/gavin-newsom-is-reportedly-sending-burner-phones-to-tech-ceos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a></p>
George Ellenburg (he/him/his)<p>Since when did it become acceptable for people to have private conversations in-public on the goddamn speakerphone? <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/etiquette" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etiquette</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/CellPhones" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CellPhones</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/talking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#talking</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/public" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#public</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/conversations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conversations</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/noise" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noise</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a></p>
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IMSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMSI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cellphones</span></a> </p><p>"CSS (also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. </p><p>"EFF's 'Rayhunter' works by intercepting, storing, and analyzing the control traffic (but not user traffic, such as web requests) between the mobile hotspot Rayhunter runs on and the cell tower to which it’s connected.</p><p>"Rayhunter works on a readily-available U$20 device.</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet</span><span class="invisible">-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying</span></a></p>
Punk Metal n Bowie<p>Well yay!<br>Engadget: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCS</span></a> messaging adds end-to-end encryption between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iphone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a><br><a href="https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/rcs-messaging-adds-end-to-end-encryption-between-android-and-ios-120020005.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/cybersecurity/rcs</span><span class="invisible">-messaging-adds-end-to-end-encryption-between-android-and-ios-120020005.html</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p>Yikes, from an article that contains a lot more detail, but just to get your attention as to the impact part:</p><p>«The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains undocumented commands that could be leveraged for attacks.</p><p>The undocumented commands allow spoofing of trusted devices, unauthorized data access, pivoting to other devices on the network, and potentially establishing long-term persistence.</p><p>…</p><p>"Exploitation of this backdoor would allow hostile actors to conduct impersonation attacks and permanently infect sensitive devices such as mobile phones, computers, smart locks or medical equipment by bypassing code audit controls."</p><p>The researchers warned that ESP32 is one of the world's most widely used chips for Wi-Fi + Bluetooth connectivity in IoT (Internet of Things) devices, so the risk is significant.»</p><p>People worried about this topic might also "enjoy" the recent Netflix series Zero Day.</p><p>And not to get too far afield, but hopefully it also didn't escape notice that there have been broad firings of qualified people in the US government for reasons related not to their technical skill or ability to protect our nation from issues like this, but because of irrelevant details of their private lives or personal leanings on issues of having fair and competent government, helping the needy, defending individual human freedom and dignity, or avoiding mass death in myriad ever-more-likely ways.</p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undocumented-commands-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/undocumented-commands-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BlueTooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueTooth</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/vulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerability</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/InternetOfThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetOfThings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BackDoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackDoor</span></a></p>
Krutonium://<p>Honestly, banning Cellphones in School is like banning Calculators.</p><p>Instead of being afraid, maybe instead teach how to use it effectively. Teach good habits around it. They're going to have it with them for the rest of their lives, in all likelyhood, so making sure they can use it effectively should be a top priority. </p><p>The justification used for Calculators was "You're not going to always have one in your pocket!"</p><p>That ship fucking <em>sailed</em> didn't it? And I called that shit out in grade 2. Which was <em>checks</em> I think 1998/1999?</p><p>My point is that school boards that ban phones are luddites.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/School" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>School</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/BackInMyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackInMyDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/UpHillBothWays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpHillBothWays</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Calculators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calculators</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WakeUpOldMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WakeUpOldMan</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Rayhunter: A Cheap New Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying - Equuleus42 (Slashdot reader #723) brings word that the Electronic Frontier Foundat... - <a href="https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/03/08/0346250/rayhunter-a-cheap-new-tool-from-eff-to-detect-cellular-spying?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/0</span><span class="invisible">3/08/0346250/rayhunter-a-cheap-new-tool-from-eff-to-detect-cellular-spying?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a></p>
Schneier on Security RSS<p>Rayhunter: Device to Detect Cellular Surveillance</p><p>The EFF has created an open-source hardware tool to detect IMSI catchers: fake cell phone towers that are used for mass surveillance... <a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/rayhunter-device-to-detect-cellular-surveillance.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">schneier.com/blog/archives/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/rayhunter-device-to-detect-cellular-surveillance.html</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/Uncategorized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uncategorized</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about Street Level Surveillance technologies—the technologies used by police and other authorities to spy on you while you are going about your everyday life—such as automated license plate readers, facial recognition, surveillance camera networks, and cell-site simulators (CSS). 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 CSS around the world. </p><p>CSS (also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower."</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet</span><span class="invisible">-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Stingrays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stingrays</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IMSICatchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMSICatchers</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Rayhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rayhunter</span></a></p>
DaveKaz<p>Every show should be phone free. Nothing worse than some jackass in front of you holding his phone over his head “filming” the whole show, so I’m trying to see around the phone and arms. Do they watch it later? Upload it to whatever for “engagement?”<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Concerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Concerts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibeMusic</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blabbermouth.net/news/tobias-forge-explains-ghosts-phone-ban-during-2025-tour" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blabbermouth.net/news/tobias-f</span><span class="invisible">orge-explains-ghosts-phone-ban-during-2025-tour</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Meet <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Rayhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rayhunter</span></a>: A New <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> Tool from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> to Detect Cellular <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spying</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSS</span></a> (also known as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Stingrays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stingrays</span></a> or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IMSIcatchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMSIcatchers</span></a>) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking <a href="https://mas.to/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/imsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imsi</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/celltower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>celltower</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet</span><span class="invisible">-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>MTA studying technology to identify dangerous subway track debris. How a smartphone might help. <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/785598/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/785598/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mta</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Subway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Subway</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
Infinity Counter 🟦<p>I was A Very Unpopular Parent. My kids didn't have cell phones until they were 17. No social media. No personal laptops. Against my wishes they had tablets for a short time. The kids thought I was over protective, foolish, and a Luddite. Still, I was the parent and stood firm. Now, in their mid 20’s, they understand. </p><p>It's not the government's job to parent others' children. <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/DoYourJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoYourJob</span></a></p>
Bryan W. Conway<p>"Just imagine the incredible society we could create if everyone had constant and limitless access to knowledge right at their fingertips!" 😂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Free 'T-Mobile Starlink' for Six Months Announced During Super Bowl. Also Available to Verizon and AT&T Customers - Today T-Mobile announced what they're calling "the next big thing in wireless" — T... - <a href="https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/02/10/043208/free-t-mobile-starlink-for-six-months-announced-during-super-bowl-also-available-to-verizon-and-att-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/0</span><span class="invisible">2/10/043208/free-t-mobile-starlink-for-six-months-announced-during-super-bowl-also-available-to-verizon-and-att-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphones</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Some pointers from "The Eye of Every Storm - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchist</span></a> Response to Hurricane Helene"</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimethInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimethInc</span></a>, 2024-11-13</p><p>"At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire region. At a time when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>, rising <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>, and disasters exacerbated by industrially-produced climate change are creating a feedback loop of escalating crisis, it’s crucial to understand <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisasterResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterResponse</span></a> as an integral part of community defense and strategize about how this can play a part in movements for liberation. In the following reflection, a local anarchist involved in longstanding disaster response efforts in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a> recounts the lessons that they have learned over the past six weeks and offers advice about how to prepare for the disasters to come.</p><p>"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that Hurricane Helene poured 40 trillion gallons of water on the region. This caused an estimated 1800 landslides; it damaged over 160 municipal water and sewer systems, at least 6000 miles of roads, more than 1000 bridges and culverts, and an estimated 126,000 homes. There have been over 230 confirmed deaths across six states with many still missing.</p><p>"The entire region was completely cut off from the outside world for a day or more, with all major roads shut down by landslides, collapsed bridges, and downed trees. Water, power, internet and cell service all went down within hours of the hurricane arriving, and remained down for days or, in some areas, weeks. There are still communities that will likely not have electricity for another three months because the roads that the power company would use no longer exist. Six weeks into this disaster, there are still tens of thousands of people who lack access to drinkable water. Not only have thousands of homes been wiped off the map—in many cases, the land they rested on no longer exists. Massive landslides have scoured canyons 30 feet deep, exposing bedrock that has not seen the light of day for tens of thousands of years. The torrential floods moved so much earth and caused so many rivers to change course that scientists have designated the hurricane a 'geological event.'</p><p>"In response, a beautiful web of mutual aid networks has emerged, saving countless lives by bringing in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EssentialSupplies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EssentialSupplies</span></a>, providing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicalCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalCare</span></a>, setting up neighborhood <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterDistribution</span></a> centers, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarChargingStations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarChargingStations</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatelliteInternetHubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternetHubs</span></a>, free <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kitchens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitchens</span></a>, free <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childcare</span></a>, and more. Name a need and there are folks out here who have self-organized to meet it. We share these lessons we have learned in hopes of helping others to prepare for similar situations, aiming to increase our capacity to build autonomous infrastructure for the long haul. </p><p>Start Preparing Now</p><p>"There is no time like the present to get organized.</p><p>"Our mutual aid group has been around for almost eight years. Within 72 hours of the floodwaters receding, we had a functioning mutual aid hub and were mobilizing folks to check on missing people and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChainsawCrews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChainsawCrews</span></a> to cut people out of their homes and open up roads. We were only able to do these things because we had already put in the work in our community to build the trust and relationships that are so vital in times of crisis.</p><p>"While we are a small group, we have an extensive network of friends and allies that has grown throughout years of smaller-scale mutual aid and organizing efforts. The best way to prepare for a disaster is not to stockpile supplies, but to build trust in your community and nurture a healthy web of relationships. The best way to accomplish this is to start doing mutual aid projects in your community before an acute crisis arises. This will give you practice operating as a group and organizing logistics, and it will also connect you with others you wouldn’t otherwise meet and show them that they can count on you. Because of the work we had already put in, when the crisis hit, people turned to us and spread the word that we are a good group to funnel supplies and money through. You can only build that kind of reputation by putting in the work now.</p><p>Communications</p><p>"One of the biggest initial challenges we faced was that most means of communication went offline for between 24 hours and several weeks, depending on where you lived. That includes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a>, and internet. We can’t stress enough the importance of having multiple back-up options in place to be ready for a situation like this. First of all, make sure you have a place and time established in advance where folks know they can find each other in the event of a disaster. This is probably a good idea even if communications don’t go offline—nothing beats face-to-face communication.</p><p>"Satellite internet was invaluable during the first couple of weeks. For some particularly hard-hit communities, it remains the only means of communication six weeks into this disaster. Unfortunately, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>, which is owned by the white supremacist Elon Musk, has proven to be the most useful and the easiest to set up in a disaster scenario. We know from past experience that he is eager to suppress social movements that use his companies’ services. There are other companies that provide satellite internet, but it tends to be slower, with significant data limits. These are generally not mobile systems and would be challenging to set up in the middle of a disaster.</p><p>"Don’t forget that you will need a source of electricity such as a generator or solar power to make satellite internet work.</p><p>"Radios, especially ham radios, are another important means of communication that should be arranged in advance with people who already know how to use them. Our mountainous terrain limits the distance that radios can broadcast, but it would still have been helpful if we had possessed ham radios.</p><p>Getting Organized</p><p>"Grassroots disaster relief is no longer the exclusive province of church groups and small bands of autonomous mutual aid groups. The notion has gone mainstream since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when so many people discovered that their neighbors were all they had to count on. At this point, well-organized and well-resourced groups of every stripe are prepared to mobilize quickly—from reactionary right-leaning groups like the Cajun Navy and to networks of volunteer helicopter pilots, not to mention radical groups like Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Beyond these specific groups, more people understand how to self-organize now. Within three to five days of the flood waters receding, you couldn’t drive more than ten minutes without running into a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReliefHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReliefHub</span></a> or water station in someone’s front yard, church, or gas station parking lot. It would not be an overstatement to say that within a week, western North Carolina had the highest concentration of four-wheelers, all-terrain vehicles, and dirt bikes in the world, as people poured in from all over the South and beyond to help with search and rescue and to get supplies out to cut-off communities.</p><p>"Most of these hubs were truly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a>, with no formal organization behind them. This is an overwhelmingly positive development, but it does not come without challenges. The chief problems were redundancy of effort and lack of coordination between relief hubs, road clearing crews, and people doing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupplyRuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyRuns</span></a>, search and rescue, and wellness checks. The sooner you can develop relationships and good communication systems with other hubs, the better, so you won’t have to be constantly reinventing the wheel.</p><p>"Creating an intake system for incoming volunteers and arranging for people to coordinate them is a huge piece of the puzzle. We had to turn away many offers of help in the first few weeks because we didn’t have a good system in place for fielding newcomers, especially those from out of town, nor could we guarantee that we could plug them into a project on any given day if they just showed up, despite the fact that there was always a mountain of work to do. Connecting volunteers to communities and individual homes that need medical care, mucking, gutting, and repairs requires an enormous amount of legwork on your part, not to mention building trust between you and the residents. You would do well to have someone in your group that has a deep love of spreadsheets."</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/after-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/afte</span><span class="invisible">r-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Preparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Preparedness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityDefense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polycrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HamRadios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadios</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"It’s time to expand encryption on Android and iPhone. With governments around the world engaging in constant attacks on user’s digital rights and access to the internet, removing glaring and potentially dangerous targets off of people’s backs when they use their mobile phones is more important than ever. </p><p>So far we have seen strides for at least keeping messages private on mobile devices with end-to-end encrypted apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and iMessage. Encryption on the web has been widely adopted. We even declared in 2021 that “HTTPS Is Actually Everywhere.” Most web traffic is encrypted and for a website to have a reputable presence with browsers, they have to meet certain requirements that major browsers enforce today. Mechanisms like certificate transparency, Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) rules, and enforcing HTTPS help prevent malicious activity happening to users every day. </p><p>Yet, mobile has always been a different and ever expanding context. You access the internet on mobile devices through more than just the web browser. Mobile applications have more room to spawn network requests in the app without the user ever knowing where and when a request was sent. There is no “URL bar” to see the network request URL for the user to see and check. In some cases, apps have been known to “roll their own” cryptographic processes outside of non-standard encryption practices."</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/closing-gap-encryption-mobile" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/clos</span><span class="invisible">ing-gap-encryption-mobile</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobile</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
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