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    [โ€“] [email protected] 118 points 1 month ago (4 children)
    [โ€“] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    No, they want to migrate from usb-based exploits, to audiojack-based ones

    [โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

    Don't threaten me with a good time

    [โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

    Yeah that's a real significant attack vector these days.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

    Fuck, that made no sense to me until I saw this comment.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    did u mean mitigate* ?

    Did you mean 'you'?

    [โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

    and I thought I was petty :D

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

    There's a big difference in a mistake and a simple shorthand...

    u kno what i meen?

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

    did you mean, โ€œI'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and... I like to kiss my own butt.โ€

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

    No they ment it's to migrate to wireless

    [โ€“] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Graphene can shut it off at the hardware level, or just allow charging. It's slick.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

    I highly recommend graphene.

    And for anyone going to a protest to get a cheap burner and flash graphene, then leave your normal phone at home. You can swap phones on your plan pretty easily.

    Alternatively, for the very paranoid, go set up a prepaid and anon line and move your device there. Pay cash for the card and set it up online at a public library.

    Especially if youโ€™re planning on a little civil disobedience.

    Just a reminder, if police think something is about to go down, theyโ€™ll spoof the tower and collect device informationโ€ฆ including things like phone numbers so if your suddenly changing behavior to go somewhere and do something the fascists dickfucks in office wonโ€™t likeโ€ฆ best be paranoid.

    A second device will still at least keep them from getting all your personal shit. And seriously, Donโ€™t just turn off your normal phone. Leave it at home.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Just don't bring any device to a protest if you consider bringing a burner device.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

    there is something to be said about being connected to others. particularly for protests that move around or so you can let people know you're driving home etc vs locked up for bullshit.

    it's also convenient as a form of souseveillance. Just remember pictures and video are evidence, that cuts both ways; especially in the face of cops being excessive.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    You can swap phones on your plan pretty easily.

    Are sim cards not a think anymore?

    [โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Not really.

    Most new phones use other identifiers. You might be able to buy very cheap prepaid phones or cards for them, but theyโ€™re going away from swappable sims.

    For most carriers, if you occasionally want to swap to a different device itโ€™s just a matter of going to your account online and swapping it (for example, travel. Itโ€™s safer to use a clean device rather than your normal phone. Both for border crossings and everything else.)

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Quite literally not where I live. None of the carries here offer esim's.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    Hahahaha.

    My country doesn't have protest problen. Mostly because it's all mostly old people that live here and just don't care anymore about anything.

    Edit: lol

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Did Florida secede and we didn't notice?

    Seriously though, that sounds like not the worst place to live.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I'm talking about croatia my friend.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

    Definitely a better option than the former. All the beaches with none of the falling into the sea.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    im not aware of a device that can run graphene but its also cheap enough to be a burner.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    GrapheneOS is too locked down, so unless you are in need of high security, it is not really the best experience

    [โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    You can permit absolutely everything and make it just as bad as the stock OS if you want to.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    if that were the case i would still use it. however there was no way i could give Gadget-Bridge the "display over other apps" permission

    [โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    I don't remember offhand, but I think that's buried in a restricted settings area... I needed it for something I can't remember now.

    Edit:

    Settings > Apps >Special app access > Display over other apps

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    i looked in every sensible sub menu, and i could give other apps the permission, just not Gadget-Bridge. on lineageks it worked instantly

    [โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

    Settings > Apps > Special app access > Display over other apps

    This advice is partially correct, but enabling the feature requires an additional step. While you can try toggling it on from that menu, you'll see a warning and what appears to be a non-clickable (?) link about learning more.

    To fully enable it, go to the app's Permissions screen, tap the three dots in the top-right corner, and enable Access to restricted settings first. Once that's done, you should be able to turn on Display over other apps successfully.

    It doesnโ€™t feel like users have a clear path to enabling this feature without that link working in the warning.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    It's not more locked down than iOS imo

    [โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

    that is not a particularly high bar

    [โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

    I was trying to figure out how graphene would achieve this. By smearing some on the pins? But then why graphene and not just graphite? And how do you keep the charging pins from being shorted?

    [โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    and what happens at boot time? when graphene code is not yet running

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    I'm not an expert, but Graphene has before first unlock protections where your phone is encrypted until first unlock. So, if it's for some reason re-enabled during boot (I'm not sure that's the case), then your phone is already secure anyway.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Isnโ€™t that possible in normal android? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ iPhone is doing this by default as soon as it is locked long enough

    [โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    The iOS doesn't disable the port, if you connect to a Linux machine and see the dmesgs you'll see the phone communicating with the host and reporting lockdown mode so your software can indicate you to unlock the device. But is still sending data about itself, and if you put the device in recovery mode and is vulnerable to a bootrom exploit the contents of the flash could theoretically be dumped without the need for a password. Without mentioning the data that could be extracted and used to profile/fingerprint such as MAC Address, SN, IMEI, ICCID of your SIM, etc...

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Thanks for enlightening me!

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Anytime! We should get rid of the security thru obscurity notion that prevailed with Mac and iOS.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Obscurity? Almost 60% of smartphones in the United States run iOS

    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Oh no I mean, back then when the BlackBerry was a thing.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    Ok that makes a lot more sense

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    God damn it now I think I'm going to have to do it. I'm going to have to get it.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    More likely it's just accumulated some grime after all that time in your pocket

    [โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

    Yup, it's more often than not bellybutton lint buildup. Can be cleaned out carefully with a thin toothpick or plastic cocktail sword

    [โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I just changed the USB port of my Motorola because it was broken AF. I always had to tweak around for 5 minutes to get the cable stable enough for loading, it sucked. I bought the spare part for 17,90โ‚ฌ on eBay. It was a struggle removing the back cover, but now I have a mobile for another 2 years!

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I had to change the USB port from my Oneplus 7, after 4 years of use. I changed the USB port, the battery and the back cover (seriously using glass for that...). Oneplus didn't sell spare parts for it anymore, I had to buy them from aliexpress.

    One year later, the USB port died again, the back cover too, without dropping the phone...

    I bought a fairphone after that. No more struggle to find spare parts, or with the back cover, I hope I'm fine for a looong time.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    I often played with the thought of buying a fair phone, but in the end it's just too expensive for me. I usually buy used devices for about 150โ‚ฌ from eBay and flash a custom ROM to get rid of google. If I can use that phone for 3 years I am happy. This way I am doing something for the environment and do not support mining of critical minerals in Congo etc.
    But yeah, apart from Fair phone almost all devices are very, very hard to repair on purpose, and you need a lot of tools and a but of luck ;)

    [โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

    I use wireless chargers, so my usb-c ports are tight tight tight

    [โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

    Migrating along with usb

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    Hey, any way I can get root on my android 9 phone un-unlockable boot loader since it didn't get updates 6 years?