Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@agx @purism Phosh in desktop mode supports tiling already?!

Well that was a new one: I was rickrolled by my dreams last night and the song is still stuck in my head.

@polychrome What I wonder is what the delay accomplishes, outside of giving all these apps time to get the same data but without this specific identifier so as not to trigger the opt-in pop-up.

Also, if this is the state of things in the iOS app store, what does that tell you about Android?

It was a pleasure (as always) to be on @reality2cast. In this episode I talk about why past promises of mobile convergence were disappointing and what real convergence looks like (hint: a Librem 5) and also how I manage my child's digital persona. https://reality2cast.com/38

Due to FB and app developer pressure, Apple changed their mind about mandating apps ask permission before tracking users in iOS 14. That lobbying power should tell you everything you need to know about how much money is made through tracking in iOS apps: #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/facebook-complains-apple-responds-ios-14s-big-privacy-change-gets-postponed/

@ajmartinez So far in my career I haven't found that a computer science degree has any bearing of the quality of software development, systems administration, or security work someone does. I *have* found that people who transfer from other disciplines tend to be better at learning *new* things, which IMO is the more important skill for these fields.

@ajmartinez I am working toward firing Google myself. As I wasn't going to use an Apple product, it had to wait until I could fully switch over to my Librem 5 as a daily driver. It's almost to that point now, but I also sadly use Google Fi as a carrier so I will have to change that as well.

"Google is a popular target for this kind of request because almost everyone uses Google products in one way or another ... Moreover, Google frequently has GPS data that places a user's phone to within a few meters" #privacy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/feds-cant-ask-google-for-every-phone-in-a-100-meter-radius-court-says/

It's so interesting that #privacy concerns over public health apps mean that you must opt-in to be tracked with built-in coronavirus features, but still must opt-out of all of the even more intrusive tracking that already happens on the phone by default: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/01/apple-google-will-build-coronavirus-contact-tracing-software-right-into-your-phone.html

I can't overstate how influential Penny's computer book was on my ideals for computers: portable, always with you, flexible, extensible, easy to reconfigure/reprogram. It's why my first laptop was a Libretto and why my next personal computer will be a Librem 5 w/ a laptop dock.

I mean, come on...

Ok so not as accurate as Back to the Future 2, but close.

Some say that people don't care about #privacy, but Facebook is convinced that enough people won't opt into being tracked that they are removing tracking by unique phone identifier entirely before opt in gets implemented in iOS 14: #powerofdefaults https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/ios-14-privacy-settings-will-tank-ad-targeting-business-facebook-warns/