Found a #cellphone that I regularly used years ago, where the original #keypad stopped working and I replaced it with tactile mini switches and attached the replacemend keypad with silicone to the device. Was durable, and still works :-).
Phone is still used irregularly.
Why aren’t cellphone companies employing blocking technology for the multitude of scam calls coming in? Can guarantee it exists.
#canada #cdnpoli #telcomm #cellphone #consumerprotection
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Six Countries Named as 'Likely' Purchasers of Paragon's #Cellphone #Spyware - Slashdot
The governments of #Australia , #Canada , #Cyprus , #Denmark , #Israel , and #Singapore "are likely customers of #Israeli #spyware maker #Paragon Solutions," reports TechCrunch, "according to a new technical report by a renowned digital #security lab."
#privacy #surveillance
I've been wondering about this. Do you ever go without a cellphone when out and about?
I deleted most social apps from my phone and have been leaving it home increasingly often.
Winter Storm Warning in GTA! Stay Safe! #nexuscellular #cellphone #computer #technology
Recommendation sought. Our current cell phone service, through Credo, is awful. I have had a bricked iPhone for several days since they sent me an eSim upgrade. It takes hours to get help, I have wasted too much time on this nonsense.
I am looking for a new cell phone provider.
It has to work all over the US, and in Europe (England specifically).
I am not averse to an American provider with a UK eSim.
I don't want a company who donates to the GOP.
Any suggestions ?
Not a retro computer advert, but why restrict myself to computers only? :p
Estou à procura de uma #alternativa ao #WhatsApp.
I'm looking for an #alternative to #WhatsApp
#app #alternative #computer #science #android #help #search #procura #celular #cellphone
Is there actually a phone + OS option out there that doesn’t regularly collect and report data (above and beyond the typical data that can be captured via cell phone networks, stingrays, and wifis). As in, one that doesn’t tattle back to a corporation all the time?
GrapheneOS? Any “true” Linux phones?
boosts appreciated
#cellPhone #phones #phone
Probably important. Totally ignored. https://theconversation.com/how-to-overcome-your-device-dependency-and-manage-a-successful-digital-detox-240613
#cellphone
#addiction
On a day this past June, researchers were able to track a #cellphone as it went from a residential address in Alabama to Tallahassee, Florida, where it remained for about two hours before going to another house in Mississippi.
The address in Tallahassee was an #abortion clinic that explicitly advertises its services to out-of-state visitors.
So, one of the items I'm planning to invest in for #PowerOutages is a #Solar #CellPhone charger with #USB (rather than trying to charge them using the car) -- since the phones are a way to keep in touch with the outside world (in addition to battery-operated radios). If there's enough wattage on the charger, I could potentially run my PC laptop (that has a DVD drive) and watch movies (can't do that with a Mac). Reading books is great to do during the day, but at night, it's been nice to be able to watch a movie (usually a comedy).
CELLULAR SERVICE
Temporary Verizon cellular satellite trailers are located at the Family Justice Center at 35 Woodfin Street and Groce United Methodist Church at 954 Tunnel Road. These towers offer limited cellular reception within several city blocks of where it is parked. Additionally, T-Mobile has set up satellite cellular on light trucks in Asheville, providing cellular service along with Wi-Fi and charging stations at: Asheville Middle School at 211 S French Broad Ave, and Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center at 285 Livingston St.
A #PSA for anyone living, staying, entering or even travelling to/from #Australia:
Apparently, #Australia decided to mandate it's #GSM systems to be shutdown because some #GalaxyBrainChair wanted to yeet #2G & #3G and demand everything to use #4G & #5G when in fact #VoLTE support is spotty at best and #EmergencyCalling oftentimes is explicitly hardcoded to not use #WIFIcalling or VoLTE as providing #triangulation and #LocationData via #SS7 is a desired feature when someone calls EMS, Fire Dept or the Police for help...
So essentially #tourists and anyone who hasn't an explicitly fully VoLTE-functional device they tested and verified to also do #EmergencyCalls via VoLTE are fecked with no reception when they need it the most!
This WILL KILL PEOPLE!!!
As much as we want to bitch about #GSM & #GPRS / #UMTS being #outdated and #inefficient, there are reasons to at least keep 2G available - ranging from lower power consumption to higher resilience in emergency situations.
#NewZealand for example does shutdown non-#EmergencyCalls during severe #Earthquakes so that people trapped and/or in need of urgent assistance can get through to dispatch operators and everyone else has to get in line and take a number aka. use #SMS or if existing #Internet to say "I'm fine!"...
If the Ozzies really need that juicy #UHF #SubGHz #Spectrum it's totally feasible to instead change the #allocations and reconfigure #CellularNetworks to use lesser bandwith for 2G (i.e. only keeping the absolute mininum of channels available for any service) and thus clear up space...
And to add insult to injury, Australia passed a #NorthKorea|n-alike #CellPhone #ImportBan for any device that doesn't do i.e. the bespoke proprietary garbage that i.e. #Telstra, #Vodafone and #Optus do with the #baseband modems of their #branded devices...
Seriously, which #TechIlliterate dickhead decided it's a good idea to do that #3Gshutdown in Australia without even a basic 2G network up and running at all?
#Australia To Block Internationally Purchased 4G/5G Phones As Part of #3GShutdown - Starting 1st Nov, 20240930,
by #HughJeffreys,
https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=RPlTz-3estM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RPlTz-3estM
Wow, "#VoLTE" (voice over LTE ("long-term evolution")), is not a standard! Really? Are there reasons besides the different frequency bands in use in various countries?
My latest video is up and I am discussing MKBHD's new app and some issues it has.
bonafide
Miguel Brasil 
