Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

Related to the above, check out my latest Librem 5 app development post where I develop a simple app to scale the screen to different sizes. https://puri.sm/posts/easy-librem-5-app-development-scale-the-screen/

Wireshark works great on my #Librem5 out of the box when the screen is scaled from 2x down to 1.25x the physical resolution. This could be an option for apps that need more time for developers to adapt to a phone form factor.

Today's antique store find: a first edition of 1984. Back then they thought a universal surveillance state would be imposed by an authoritarian govt using fear. Now we know we will submit willingly in exchange for some free web services.

Staying in the vein of Valentine's Day, I #3dprinted my son a heart. He was pumped to get it.

I was interviewed for a DW News article on how @purism is taking on tech giants with the #Librem5 #privacy-focused smartphone.

https://m.dw.com/en/smartphone-startups-take-on-google-apple-and-put-privacy-first/a-52369255

It's been fun to track the steady and rapid progress with #Librem5 development. Each week that goes by moves this phone closer to replacing my other phone entirely. Most recently, a simple one line change to a file dramatically improved cellular modem performance.

If you are looking for a decent stand for your #Librem5 and have access to a #3Dprinter then I've found this design scaled up 1.25x works well and leaves enough room at the bottom for a USB-C cable:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2056389

“It was the intelligence coup of the century,” the CIA report concludes. “Foreign governments were paying good money to the U.S. and West Germany for the privilege of having their most secret communications read by at least two (and possibly as many as five or six) foreign countries.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/

Saw this at a used book sale and had to get it. It hearkens back to an era where when something in your house broke, you could fix it instead of throw it away. I see some signs that society is discovering the harm of buying cheap, disposable things you can't fix.

This doesn't bode well for any legislation that would curb #privacy abuses by marketing firms. If Feds bypass 4th amendment using adtech, regulating that industry could trigger "going dark" claims like w/ e2e encryption.

https://gizmodo.com/feds-find-fourth-amendment-workaround-buy-phone-locati-1841516436

I love the smell of nail polish in the morning. It smells like security. #antiinterdiction

Since the #Librem5 runs regular PureOS it means you can often solve problems using the same steps you'd use on a desktop. In this post I use classic command-line techniques to backup and restore my phone:

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-backup-and-restore/

Update: Avast has shut down the subsidiary company that was capturing and selling customer data due to all the backlash. One down, a few thousand to go. #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/avast-kills-off-jumpshot-the-subsidiary-that-sold-all-your-web-data/

Wow. Even medical software can't escape #adware corruption. Opiod maker paid a million dollars so software would show pop-ups recommending opiods to doctors.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-01-30/health-records-company-pushed-opioids-to-doctors-in-secret-deal