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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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View ArticleUpgrades
We have now reached the point where iOS 15 on my 9 year old phone has been "upgraded" sufficiently that when I am typing at speed, characters show up on screen nearly half a second later. We went to...
View ArticleGreat moments in autocomplete
Last night I tried to type the word "obituary" and my phone completed it to "ovipositor", and somehow I feel seen. And yet, because of Apple's cowardly prudishness, somehow when I type motherdkxije it...
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Been a while since I printed a zine...
Coming soon to a sticky bar surface near you. Previously, previously, previously.
View ArticleDinosaur phones
Dear Lazyweb, I have a few very old phones that are just fine, except their batteries are failing. (iPhone 6s, SE 1). Do you know someone I can pay to put new batteries in these? I absolutely do not...
View ArticleButterflyMX Is Going Great
Back in 2021, my building's management made the amazing self-own of replacing our existing 90s-vintage RFID key-fob system with this ButterflyMX security-and-privacy panopticon malware thing. I've...
View ArticleXScreenSaver 6.10
XScreenSaver 6.10 is out now, including iOS and Android. This is the first Android release not to be found in in the Google "Play" [sic] Store, due to the recent unpleasantness. So you'll have to...
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Another brilliant Apple design decision
Hey, you know those giant glass stairs in the Apple Store? So sleek, so Apple... So cracked. Every one of them. They should have put a screen protector on these. I don't think AppleCare is gonna cover...
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"Never ask me again"
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Always scrub your travel phone of JD Vance memes.
Mads from Tromsø reacts strongly to the treatment he received at American border control on his way into the United States: They threatened me with a minimum fine of $5,000 or five years in prison if I...
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ICEBlock
See Something, Tap Something: ICEBlock is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on...
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