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Rotary Keypad
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Android / iOS interoperability still going great
Earlier today someone texted me a video from Android and it arrived as a 60x80 anim-GIF. If you're wondering if the message actually came from a 1997 Nokia, no, I asked. I'm used to the experience that...
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Storing your calendar in the Clown
Dear Lazyweb, Can anyone explain to me what the default event alert time actually does on macOS and iOS with iCloud syncing? What I would like it to mean: "When I create a new event, that event is...
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Hard
I always appreciate the payphone's community-contributed stickers. Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.
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Attacked
I feel like my staff are attacking me personally with this flyer. Previously, previously, previously.
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Message; system of messages
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View ArticleDialing with the convenience of punch cards!
Dan Ports: Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.
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Android Daydream thumbnails
Dear Lazyweb, how do you set the big icon in an Android Daydream / screen saver? At some point XScreenSaver started having only microscopic thumbnail images next to the title text; but the stock...
View ArticleXScreenSaver 6.07 out now
XScreenSaver 6.07 is out now, including iOS and Android. Two new hacks by me, droste and skulloop, and two new contributions: papercube and cubocteversion. xscreensaver-settings was sometimes turning...
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WebP is going great
Me on WebP twelve years ago: "Google drops another turd in the punchbowl." Everyone on WebP today: "Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck." Just days after Apple released iOS 16.6.1 to secure iPhones...
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Spoofing Alerts in 4G LTE Networks
You will be shocked, shocked to learn that Presidential Alerts are easy to spoof: In this paper, we investigate the details of this system, and develop and demonstrate the first practical spoofing...
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Migrating from 1Password to Apple Keychain
I had been a user of 1Password for at least 12 years, but now I'm breaking up with them and have switched to Apple Keychain instead. So far, I have no regrets. 1Password 7 was the last version where...
View ArticleLCARS
Today I learned that there is an app that transforms your Android phone into a fully functional, completely inscrutable LCARS PADD. The attention to detail here is epic, and this is the only rational...
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Second verse, same as the first
Apple just got their ass handed to them in a lawsuit, but their pettiness remains boundless: Previously, previously.
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CDC V-Safe
A play in two acts: In the intervening 9 months, my existing login and history had already been deleted. Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously,...
View ArticleMe any time my phone makes a sound I don't recognize
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Periodic reminder: never use TouchID or FaceID.
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules: The US Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination does not prohibit police officers from forcing a...
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XScreenSaver 6.09 out now
XScreenSaver 6.09 is out now, including iOS and (maybe someday) Android. Please see Previously: "Your personal information is very important to us." Two and a half new hacks this time, by me: Kallisti,...
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"Your personal information is very important to us.", part two
Barely six weeks after the XScreenSaver for Android Privacy Policy fiasco, Google, is up to brand new fuckery. As far as I can tell, they're saying that if I don't give them a copy of my driver's...
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But I thought dinosaurs were extinct
Found this little senior citizen at the club: Previously, previously, previously, previously.
View Article"I'm clicking a cow!"
Today's phone-based video game: 1: Get election SMS spam 2: Block caller 3: Reply STOP 4: Get "you have been unsubscribed" from a different phone number 5: Goto 2, in an attempt to preemptively block...
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Rockbox
Dear Lazyweb, have you succeeded in installing Rockbox on an iPod 5 via macOS 14 or Raspbian 12? Please note the extreme specificity of this question. The changelog says "1.5.1: Fix bootloader...
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ISBN
I've finally gotten around to trying to scan the barcodes on all of my books. I'm using Library Thing, even though it is trying really hard to be some kind of Clown-based gamified "goodreads"...
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I Hate You, Milkman Apple
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"Deep Dive"
What the absolute shit Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.
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Reading List
After all these years, I am still baffled at how terrible Apple is at syncing. Truly, it is shocking. How are they so bad at this? I have 3 Apple devices right next to each other and the chance that...
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"I'm clicking a cow!"
Dear Lazyweb, I think this is impossible, but I'll ask again anyway: What I have: An iOS 15.8.3 Shortcut Automation that does: When I get a message containing 'stop2end' Send 'STOP' to 'Sender' What I...
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Apple Pass push notifications
Dear Lazyweb, do I need to care about this, and if so, what do I do about it? "Apple Push Notification service server certificate update". Currently I send push notifications for Apple Wallet updates...
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