wait wtf? Things escalated from protecting to kids to going after burner #phones with age verification. The last reliable form of #privacy internet users had was the isp. There really is no reason if we have websites age verification, #appstores age verification, and #os #verification .

They don't want anyone to be #anonymous #fcc

#ageverification #idverification

sources:

https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/

alternative source: https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/06/fcc-proposal-anonymous-burner-phones-identity-rules.html

There’s a growing backlash not just to AI in schools, but to dependence on screens more broadly. It’s about time.

I spoke with @TomMullaney to dig into how AI is making its way into schools and why a more critical perspective is needed.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/330_do_chatbots_really_belong_in_schools_w_tom_mullaney

#tech #ai #schools #education #generativeai #phones

"I know this experiment would be incredibly difficult if other people relied on a more consistent level of communication with me. But in reality, most of my friends are texting me about the NBA and Premier League, so I can afford to hit pause on that for a while." —Jeremy Rellosa for New York https://nymag.com/strategist/article/replacing-iphone-with-landline-phone.html?src=longreads #phones #smartphone #landline #experiment #longreads

Is Samsung developing a holographic phone that will blow past AI? @TomsGuide has more on an alleged leak sharing details on the company's apparent shift into spatial computing:

https://flip.it/pcdcRn

#Tech #Phones #Mobile #Samsung #Technology

#mobile #phones #mobilephones #childhood

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Two adult humans measuring a child human against a yellow ruler on a door. The child human is bent forward looking at their phone. One human with one on ruler says “i don’t understand it. He’s getting shorter”

(Also, what other phones did you have?)

#phones #mobile #mobilephones #apple #motorola #nokia #blackberry #iphone #razr

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1-6 old Motorolas, 7-10 old Nokias, 11 blackberry bold, 12 Siemens, 13 Nokia game phone, 14 Motorola RAZR, 15-17 slider phones, 18 iphone

There’s a lot of love all over the world for GrapheneOS, the gold standard of mobile security. There’s very little love between the two guys at the center of its history.

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They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

RE: https://techhub.social/@jolla/116158230446200276

Made in Europe. Actual Linux (Sailfish OS). Physical privacy button. Replaceable battery. Optional Android compatibility feature that supposedly can run your bank app. Mediocre specs but only so the price can be kept low. Rather impressive!

#hardware #phones #privacy #madeineu #jolla #sailfishos #linux

See how /e/OS #Android protects my device from tracking attempts!

Why #mobile #apps trackers are one of the most impactful threats regarding your #privacy and your #freedom: read our Privacy Guide at https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/murena_white_paper_privacy.pdf

#phones

My age: I get this joke 🤣
#humor #phones

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A humorous panel illustrating the evolution of smartphones. It shows a progression from simple phone designs to increasingly complex models with multiple camera lenses. The final frame depicts a person holding a vintage rotary phone, suggesting a return to simplicity. The caption reads, "We're getting there!"

From CNBC: How a sense of nostalgia and chic led to the development of a landline-style phone that can reduce your amount of screen time.

https://flip.it/Aw2qfw

#Tech #Devices #Phones #Mobile #Technology #LoFi

Or DexMedia might also ship them to your region if you have a land line.

In my area they mail them to certain neighborhoods where the geriatric boomer brigades and the hippy generation are known to still reside. The last place I lived 4 years ago they still delivered them every year. In my new place they don't deliver to my neighborhood. For everyone else you need to order them, and they are only available for certain areas.

I surmise that the print phone books will never be completely extinct. They are critical infrastructure if the data grid goes down in some disaster. There are still millions of active copper phone lines across the country, and the way they were buried, it should be another two generations before all that copper corrodes. I have lines that are 50 years old and still in good condition. It is just sitting there, waiting in case it is ever needed.

#YellowPages #WhitePages #PhoneBooks #Telephones #Phones #RetroTech

I also have a paid, parked, Internet SMS number. The entire industry got together, decided that we are not allowed to send SMS messages anymore, and offered plans to pay $20 a month to use a SMS TEXT number that we're ALREADY PAYING FOR.

They are literally converting a free service that has been free since forever, and arbitrarily adding mail servers to their blocklist for no reason. Then they are taking the paid service, and saying, pay us $20 more per month for your SMS, and we'll let you actually use it. Thieves, all of them.

#SMS #Cellular #Phones #Telephone #PhoneParking #Grifts #Ripoffs