Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

“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.” https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-your-castle/

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. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-different-about-encryption-opens-backdoor-your-private-life

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

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. #privacy https://www.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. https://s.usenix.org/acton/media/2452/lisa-community-announcement

Amazon will pay you $10 to join their palm pilot. You really have to hand it to them... #privacy
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/02/amazon-credit-palm-biometrics/

Sending some love out to https://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

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

(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

I really enjoyed chatting with @saronyitbarek and @joshpuetz for the #DevNews 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. https://dev.to/devteam/activision-blizzard-discrimination-and-harassment-suit-the-incredible-gail-com-more-on-devnews-53j0

USB-C negotiation is like meeting a friend you don't know too well, and you awkwardly try to figure out whether to hug, shake hands, or fist bump, and just end up waving at each other.

Razor update: this Stahly is now my favorite razor even over my vintage Fat Boy and my unbranded German travel razor. Consistently smooth shaves every time.