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In your experience, what is the threshold for detection?

It’s actually two separate aspects, there’s the network for crowdsourced finding, and there’s the localisation of unwanted trackers.

The feature that lets you ring nearby trackers is actually standardised between Apple, Google, Samsung and the others. It goes by DULT - Detection of Unwanted Location Trackers.

The crowdsource networks are not compatible.

fkkffddddon Study uses wearables to show that physical activity lengthens REM latency

If you’re missing that now - perhaps a great opportunity.

fkkffddddon Radicle: Open-Source, Peer-to-Peer, GitHub Alternative

Just search for matter or CHIP instead.

fkkffddddon New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip

I’d still do a backup, yes, even if storage is removable.

fkkffddddon An accessible one-handed keyboard, inspired by FrogPad

Are there similar projects that focus on the software aspects? Would love to read about that. For English text, you could probably get away with just typing half the letters and having the rest predicted, no?

fkkffddddon Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones

Mobile Networks use symmetric keys for mutual authentication. You need the same key both in SIM and the carriers database.

What I guess you mean is, you buy an inactive SIM from Vodafone (which has Vodafone-known keys on it), and then you’re telling Vodafone to use that card.

By „bring your SIM“ I thought of something non-branded and was surprised.

Essentially that is what’s happening with eSIM, hence the need for the provisioning step that also makes transferring hard.

fkkffddddon Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones

Never heard before this was possible. Do you have some example which carrier allows to bring your own SIM? Ideally, if you have some support page handy that’d explain the process.

Honestly, with normal SIM cards this shouldn’t be possible, as you cannot program the keys into the card. There are some eSIM-on-SIM-cards that you could use if your phone isn’t eSIM capable. But again, would be nice to check.

fkkffddddon German developer guilty of 'hacking' for exposing hardcoded credentials in app

Paragraph 202a of the criminal code:

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__202a.html

Roughly:

„Gaining access to data that is protected with special methods against unauthorised access, either for personal use or for others“

So apparently, hardcoded passwords baked into the client do qualify for that.

fkkffddddon Hertz to sell 20k EVs in shift back to gas-powered cars

With all the sensors onboard, can they actually go above speed limit?

[edit: never mind. they can, probably]