When we think of tracking or surveillance, we often think of Facebook, Instagram or Google but Viber (chat app) and Canva (photo editing) also do some tracking.
If you’ve noticed that recent phone designs have gotten strange, you’re not alone. Creativity is breaking the mold established by the biggest manufacturers and taking a turn for the weird — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. TechRadar compiled this Storyboard for @Flipboard that highlights the spectrum of weirdness inching into the mobile space, from a Barbie-themed phone to another that wraps around your wrist like a watch. https://flip.it/.ynvpM #Tech#Mobile#Technology#Phone#Design#TechRadar
I visited a store with random household items the other day.
Here are the digital cables! HDMI, lightning, lots of USB-mini, -C...
but not a single one with #USB 3.0.
Wild guess: the general public only needs high speeds between the TV and receiver box. The phone never gets connected to anything but a power supply, and laptops barely exit any longer.
How wrong am I? Do laptops still exist outside of work/school? Do they do anything but browse the web?
Oh look it works again, thought when it wanted to access #X anonymously it didn't work anymore. Apparently it now works again like on #Twitter and you can distribute its anonym here in the #Fediverse over a #Nitter instance. It's more convenient to avoid the data collection frenzy of this #web recording for your #privacy.
If you would like to make your blood boil, do a comparison, here are prepaid plans in Spain from one of their major telecommunications companies, Vodaphone, compared to Telus
It costs 10£ ($CAD15/mo) for 50GB plus roaming in Europe and the USA.
The top plan is 160GB for 30£ ($44)
Imagine!!
Are “foldable” phones still a thing? Every large smartphone maker except Apple is betting that foldables will boost a lackluster mobile market, Ars Technica reports. https://flip.it/7yLL77 #Tech#Mobile#CellPhone#Foldable
set page background color to match fenix_colors.css, fenix_one.css, and fenix_one-alt.css
Modified fenix_colors.css, fenix_one.css, and fenix_one-alt.css:
optimized colors to better support styles that do not hide the tab bar: desktop and mobile styles, as well as all styles while using larger screen (lapdock, monitor, or tv) including laptop and desktop computers
Modified install.sh:
optimized logic: only attempt to create backup on first run of install.sh script
added new user selection option for applying recommended preferences to user.js
fixed typo preventing dynamic_popups_max.css from being applied
Modified uninstall.sh:
optimized logic: only continue with uninstall if at least one chrome directory has been located in selected browser profiles
added logic to remove added preferences from user.js if present
Modified README.md:
added note to pre-install section about applying recommended preferences with install.sh script
Anyone have a suggestion for me for a new phone game? I have Android, and I don't mind spending money if there is decent replayability. I don't like idle games, rogue-likes, strategy, or tower-defense.
I have not tested Mobile-Friendly-Firefox with these browsers yet, as I am waiting for official arm64 releases before installing them onto my Librem 5. While I think that everything should work, anyone can share issues here on the fediverse, on my Mobile-Friendly-Firefox repo, or on my forum thread. I'll try to check all three from time to time so I don't miss anything.
Minor Update:
Added to install and uninstall scripts
Support for Librewolf flatpak
I have tested and confirmed that it works perfectly.
#Push services from #Google and #Apple are used in many messaging apps, letting those companies see a lot of about what the users are doing on their #mobile devices. It is clearly a rich source of #metadata with huge #privacy concerns.