WHO’S SIM IS IT ANYWAY?
With no physical SIM to remove, accessing and changing the data on the eSIM/iSIM must be done through the device’s own software. Naturally this means that not only will it require the latest-and-greatest version of your mobile operating system of choice, but that it’s possible for your device manufacturer or even carrier to control your access to it.
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/20/the-rise-and-eventual-fall-of-the-sim-card/
If you value privacy and you use a smartphone, you've got a problem. Both Apple and Google constantly collect data on you. A Vanderbilt University study found, for example, that Android sends data to Google even if your phone is sitting idle with Chrome running in the background at a rate of 340 times a day.
Murena and Mandrake Linux founder Gael Duval was sick of it by 2017. He wanted his data to be his data, and he wanted open-source software. Almost five years later, Duval and his co-developers launched the Murena One X2. It's the first high-end Android phone using the open-source /e/OS Android fork to arrive on the market.
#technology #tech #security #privacy #Android #Linux #mobile #phone #cellphone #Murena
https://www.zdnet.com/article/murena-the-privacy-first-android-smartphone-arrives/
https://www.cellphonetaskforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Saving-the-Planet-1.pdf
#5G #cellphone #5Gspaceappeal #cellphonetaskforce #electrosensitivity #ecology #planet #climate #life
source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220406160601.htm
"Adolescents and young adults are expected to develop a stable sense of self-identity, a neurodevelopmental process related to making comparisons of oneself with others. Unfortunately, selfies emphasize the physical aspects of oneself in making those comparisons and have been associated with lower self-esteem, lower mood, and increased body dissatisfaction," she said. "Many changes in our society, including selfies, #social #media, and isolation from #COVID-19, have led to escalating rates of mental health problems in this age group, including #depression, anxiety, addiction, and eating disorders."
#health #youth #teenager #smartphone #photo #problem #internet #news #study
From connecting with loved ones to spreading footage of the war, Ukrainians use their phones as an essential tool.
#technology #tech #mobile #MobilePhone #cellphone #Ukraine #politics #Russia #Putin #UkraineInvasion #UkraineWar #SolidarityWithUkraine #StandWithUkraine
a friend shared this today...
THE MOST DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY EVER INVENTED
#4G #STOP #5G #cellphone #radiation #danger #bees #bumblebees
Mkay, some things change over time in a really meaningful way.....
Context: I had to buy a new smartphone and got myself a fancy Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro.. Really nice hardware for the money .. not the latest SoC but still good enough and 6gb ram + 128gb flash should last a very long time...
On top of that, this beast boosts a fricking 5020mAh battery.. which is huge... Actually _more_ than half of my biggest powerbanks.... *yikes* ;)
But now comes the very best part. It has a quickcharge capable USB-C socket.. And included was a nice 15w USB charger... Whenever i plug it in, the phone starts to count more than 0.1% charge per second..... which is just... insanely cool.
And so i come to the very best change in my "smartphone habits" overall.
Usually, and i think lots of us ppl more or less "grew up" with that since we have cell phones, are used to plug the phone in at evening, at least when we go to bed.... To get it fully charged in the morning.
Which worked out well .. but meant, that the battery was charging for some few hours and then basically sat at 100% charge, for the rest of the night... And whenever it even got down to 99% oder 99,5% charge, it would be immediately fully charged up back again.
Which wasn't ideal in the first place even on the older NiCad batteries we had (yes, my very first cell phone was a Siemens S6 which NiCad battery)..
With lithium-ion batteries, things are actually a bit worse sadly...
They're like to be treated like we treat ourselves .. like humans..
They thrive in similar temperature ranges (about +15 to +35°C) and their chemistry likes it to be somewhere in between 25 and 75% of charge.... They have no problem with getting fully charged at all, but they don't like staying at that for any prolonged time. Similar as we don't like to eat any more when're we are really full. ;)
Luckily, the phone now can charge a completely empty battery to full within about 16 minutes (right now, with a nearly factory fresh battery)...
SO.... instead of having it on the power plug all night long, i changed my "charging habits" some bit .... so that i usually plug in the charger once a day, usually in the early evening or so, charging it up to 100% .. and then unplugging it, living just from the battery all night long and usually for the better part of the day too....
Additionally, it's very very easy for me to avoid that i get low in battery too, because when i plug it in, like let's say around 1900 (7 p.m.), it has at least still 30~38% of charge... (thanks to it's humongous battery)...
In the long run, because of avoiding un-healthy battery charge regions, i expect this battery to last at least half a year longer compared to my old and very shoddy charged battery......
Just some 2 cents about modern stuff..... ;)
P.s.: Tl;dr: i still charge the battery up to around 95~100% each day, but because i unplug it, it doesn't _stay_ there for any time. ;)
#battery #li-ion #lithium #smartphone #cellphone #charging #quickcharge #randomshit
