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2025-05-04 11:23:58 UTC

This week I've learned that "per-connection randomized MAC" – while being great for privacy – can be an issue for login-based WiFi networks. First of all it requires you to login again every time you reconnect, but you may also get issues with let's say hotel WiFis that limit the number of devices on one account 😅
I think this is mostly an issue caused by the captive portal implementation.
CC @npub1kwa…e0nj
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2025-03-31 20:35:42 UTC

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Hetzner might be an option, but I don't know what price point and conditions you're looking for:
https://docs.hetzner.com/robot/dedicated-server/network/10g-uplink/

2025-01-10 17:11:48 UTC

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BTW: the changes you've recently made to the AOT compiler so it no longer needs to compile apps on boot directly after the update is a solid quality of life improvement. It makes updates so much smoother because you no longer need to think about if you need the device in the next 15min or so.

2024-11-30 20:31:01 UTC

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I also had the issue that the Google Playstore within the work profile failed to install Google drive, but again I have to look into that to file a proper bug report.

2024-11-30 20:27:26 UTC

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from my unfinished notes, hence kinda in a rough list:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/3314 is the biggest one, followed by the unreliability of SeedVault.
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/3733 and https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Camera/issues/14 are minor things.
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/5573-my-health-insurance-app-techniker-krankenkasse-is-not-working
GadgetBridge crashes during Bluetooth pairing, still need to extract the backtrace and file a ticket, might be an app issue though.
PagerDuty needs Exploit protection compatibility mode
UltraHDR support would be nice (need to file ticket).

2024-11-30 12:42:53 UTC

My #Pixel8 is now running @npub1kwa…e0nj and apart from some smaller quirks, it's a smooth experience. I think not getting bugged by "yet another AI feature you should try" is a great side effect too. Will probably write a short blog post after a month or so.

2024-11-20 09:52:53 UTC

I love it when you have to explain to #Javascript folks that crashing the entire app because of one malformed config field or an expected server return message is a bug.
#weakTypingKilledMyCat

2024-09-20 14:12:37 UTC

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if you wanna prevent this conflict of interest (= OS being secure but ads also generate revenue) for Android, I think you have to use something like @npub1kwa…e0nj .

2024-09-20 14:07:50 UTC

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I think the "app steals data" scheme was easy in earlier Android versions because nobody checked the permission list before installing. IMHO recent android versions improved the sandbox to make this harder, because they now ask the user to confirm the permission when it is first used, so it's more obvious to the user. The "ad ID" is somewhat of a hidden exception though and clearly a conflict of interest on the Google side (Apple has a similar issue BTW).

2024-09-20 13:56:26 UTC

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it's the same scheme as (at least that's the current hypothesis) in "databroker files", see https://netzpolitik.org/2024/databroker-files-jetzt-testen-wurde-mein-handy-standort-verkauft/

2024-09-10 09:03:36 UTC

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once this is settled, might be worth to copy + preserve (+ maybe polish a bit) the toots into a short blog post.

2024-09-06 13:11:51 UTC

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depending on who's calling you, you may also share that with "Verbraucherschutz". Especially when many people complain about the same party, they act on that. But for that to happen, someone has to tell them in the first place.