As my FairPhone2 returned from repairing it’s time to keep its software as free as possible, installing Fairphone Open 18.04.1
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Android, Mood, Proprietary software, Smartphones
How they know where I am?
I've always wondered how Google can locate us so easily when using an Android phone. Here's the answer of Stack Exchange How does Google know where I am? and from Znet How Google–and everyone else–gets Wi-Fi location data.
Mood, Software Libero
Ettore’s Vice
Everytime I read a news like this – Internet Archive Launches a Commodore 64 Emulator – Slashdot – I recall its main author, the late Ettore Perazzoli and share a tear and a prayer for him.
Android, Proprietary software
How To Run Android Apps On Linux
How To Run Android Apps On Linux? Very informative, but the answer is summarized in “install Google Chrome plus arc-welder extension“. If I had to run proprietary sw then one more doesn’t make such a difference Update: well, it’s not that simple. So let’s write all the steps.
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«Microsoft Is Embracing Android As the Mobile Version of Windows» reports Slashdot and most of the times it is as proprietary as Windows plus it tries to known everything about you and tell it to the great G that doesn’t want anymore “not to be evil”.
Android, Smartphones, Software Libero, Web
Hello WebView, welcome Firefox GeckoView
Firefox Focus is a mobile app for ad-free, private browsing. Soon, Focus for Android will ship bundled with the Gecko engine for the first time. Sorgente: Firefox Focus with GeckoView – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog I think I will use GeckoView instead of WebView when I’ll package an application for Android.
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CurveZMQ – Security for ZeroMQ – CurveZMQ
CurveZMQ \curve-z-m-q\, noun;
Ø CurveZMQ is an authentication and encryption protocol for ZeroMQ
Ø Based on CurveCP and NaCl – fast, secure elliptic-curve crypto
Ø Open-source codec for end-to-end security.
Ø Implemented in ZeroMQ 4.x for point-to-point security.
Ø Designed and supported by iMatix.
Javascript, Software Libero
MLweb: Machine Learning on the Web
Javascript libraries and web applications for machine learning and scientific computing including (linear algebra, statistics and optimization). Sorgente: MLweb: Machine Learning on the Web
Mood, Proprietary software
With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It – Slashdot
Knowing how lazy and ignorant are people this is not a good news: With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It – Slashdot people are too much accostumed to rent things to understand how crippled they will be.
Mood, Software Libero
The End of Windows – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
https://stratechery.com/2018/the-end-of-windows/ Well, an archenemy seems to be beaten, but the path to true freedom is still long and winding. The menaces have appeared, some friends turned into enemies.