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Brewing a double IPA today and opted to save money by buying grain in bulk. Didn't think about the fact that meant I had to crush 16# of barley by hand with my grain mill.

Yet an Entourage isn't just an assistant. They also *monitor* their human, warn them when their behavior falls outside of society norms, remind them of rules, and report them to the authorities.

So the Entourage is simultaneously a very helpful assistant *and* a tool of the state to keep a person in line. It's hard not to see parallels in Apple's client-side scanning of Photos, messages, and search queries for contraband.

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While I don't watch much anime, I'm a sucker for anything in a cyberpunk universe. I'm rewatching Ergo Proxy and this week's Apple Child Safety news reminded me of a concept in the show.

There are androids called "autoreivs" in this dystopian future. One type is called an Entourage and it is assigned to a particular human. They are a personal assistant and follow the person around, chauffeur, and even act as a bodyguard.

“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail – its roof may shake – the wind may blow through it – the storm may enter – the rain may enter – but the King of England cannot enter.” puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-yo

I wonder whether China will compel Apple to add hashes of "tank man" to their contraband database for iPhones sold within the country.

I was going to write something up about Apple's new child safety features, but the @EFF post on the subject covers what I would have wanted to say, better than I could say it. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/appl

Apple protects residents' privacy by having robots strip search them first. Humans only do strip searches after the robot finds something suspicious.

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iPhone users don't live in a walled garden, they live in a digital nursing home. They are well taken care of, but Apple controls the property, activities and visitors. Apple plans to search residents regularly for contraband. apple.com/child-safety/

Every time I work with Fedora's anaconda installer, Baby Got Back goes through my head. Every. Time.

If I were still writing for Linux Journal (or had an equivalent outlet today), I'd write a long form piece on why years ago, after a successful career as a sysadmin, I pivoted my career over to security. s.usenix.org/acton/media/2452/

Thank you, @amosbatto for believing in our mission 😎

"Purism is laying the foundation for future phones that are designed to avoid planned obsolescence and the monetization of users’ personal data, plus empower people so that they control the technology rather than letting the technology control them."

amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2021/

Amazon will pay you $10 to join their palm pilot. You really have to hand it to them...
techcrunch.com/2021/08/02/amaz

Sending some love out to covid.com in what must have been a really tough year and a half.

I wrote apps last Tuesday
For my child named Susie
Parent control for all the kids around
We started to make some money
Then they Sherlocked me it's not funny
They wrote Screen Time and then they took us down

We have to jailbreak now, we have to jailbreak now
I told Apple right to its face
We didn't like to see this place
We have to jailbreak now

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He wrote a game for poker
Pinochle, Whist and Euchre
But that Fortnite was his greatest game
Now he's downtown in court
Debating about his port
The judge done said that Apple's doing fine

He has to jailbreak now, he has to jailbreak now
I told him once or twice
That those app store rules aren't fair or nice
He has to jailbreak now

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(With respect and apologies to the late, great Jimmie Rodgers)

I had a friend named Developer Jess
Who used to code for iOS
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday
His app got locked out Sunday
Compete with Apple and they'll take you down

He has to jailbreak now, he has to jailbreak now
I told him once or twice
That those app store rules aren't fair or nice
He has to jailbreak now

Tune in to our new episode! @katherined, @dsearls talk to @kyle about NSO group and Pegasus, Stingrays and cars, and surveilling priests.
Visit the following link for full episode - reality2cast.com/80

#NSO #Pegasus #MVT #Stingray #Surveillance #OpenSource #Privacy #Technology #Podcast #newEpisode

Notifications are coming to 's lockscreen. Also in progress is different haptic/led feedback depending on the set notification category. The /#feedbackd side is mostly there and it works with but needs changes in to work with too.

I really enjoyed chatting with @saronyitbarek and @joshpuetz for the podcast this week. We talked about phone security, Freedom Phone, app store duopoly, and why I think modern phones are more like a nursing home than a walled garden. dev.to/devteam/activision-bliz

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