#software freedom

[lina-the-alter]

I'm furious about google working to block sideloading. You are going to be able to enable it again, but there is a 24 hour delay before you can actually enable it. The playbook is they make it very difficult for people to do so that that people don't do it and then use their telemetry data to justify removing the ability completely because nobody used it.

unrestricted sideloading and being able to run my own code without jumping through any code is literally the ONLY thing that android offers that iOS doesn't. There is literally no other reason to choose android, it's an otherwise inferior operating system.

This is not about security, it's about making sure that you don't download a youtube ad blocker.

I see a world coming where I am going to have to get programming language tools like compilers on the darknet and will have to use an exploit to get anything not signed by Google/Microsoft/Apple to run. Linux will probably eventually be made illegal to possess without being an "approved IT professional" and if you can get ahold of it, you will need a bootloader exploit to get it to boot on your locked-bootloader device.

[weetweetie]

...basically a global surveillance system that allows us to make the occasional phone call

Cory Doctorow’s description of mobile telephony today

[otter-ottter]

A poorly named chapter, but a good rumination on software freedom and owning your tools and movements. This has been relevant all over again lately.

[technoccult]

My Smart Phone Freedom Trilogy

Klint Finley

I did a few articles for Wired that sort of form a trilogy. The last, which was published today, actually works best as the starting point:

The Place Where Android Thrives Outside of Google’s Control

The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android

The German Plot to Give You Complete Control of Your Phone

See also: Meet the Hackers Who Want to Jailbreak the Internet

[kyle4jesus]

New Post has been published on The Kyle File

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New Post has been published on http://thekyle.tk/welcome-to-the-new-and-improved-kyle-file/

Welcome to the new and improved Kyle File

The Kyle File‘s face lift is now complete, and all features are implemented. Reading and following my posts about all kinds of subjects is now easier than ever, and it is even easier for me to post all kinds of random ramblings to this nice little webspace. Although the most noticeable changes appear to be cosmetic, I am now making full use of a self-hosted WordPress installation on my own VPS, complete with plugins that have imported every post I ever made to my TumbleLog, automatically publishes my posts to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, with more to come in the future hopefully, and even keeps the same Feedburner subscription link I had. The most important changes I am introducing include the much more flexible and nicer-looking theme, the software freedom that comes from using free and open source code and the killer WordPress Android app, which works extremely well with Talkback on Gingerbread and up, and makes writing blog posts from my phone almost as easy as texting. Oh, and I guess I should mention that it isn’t in any way owned or controlled by Yahoo, or even Google, with the exception of the Feedburner feed, which I could replace at any time. I have also added some additional quick share buttons, and the ability to “love” or “hate” my posts, which is something that I almost had on Tumblr, but has been reimplemented and improved here. Enjoy my better blog, and don’t hesitate to let me know what you think of me or my posts in the comments or with the “love it!” and “hate it!” buttons. And as always, feel free to rip anything you like and call it yours, as my original posts are still in the public domain as always.

[kyle4jesus]

Migration complete, I think

So I've been playing around with Wordpress off and on for a couple of years in a rather half-hearted attempt to move my blog from Tumblr to my own VPS. Well, I finally started playing with it seriously over the last couple of days, and found that I was able to import all my posts into my new blog, which is now hosted on my own DigitalOcean VPS. After taking care of some theming and plugin customizations and rewriting my pages, I feel like The Kyle File powered by Wordpress is now ready to see the light of day. I have completed the migration of the domain name's DNS settings and edited the Feedburner details for the feed, so everything should just work mostly as it always did. Please note that if you have been following me on Tumblr, I will make every attempt to keep it updated as well, so my posts will still show up on your dashboard. However, thekyle.tk will always bring you to my shiny new blog powered by Wordpress.

[coderspiel]

The goal behind the project is to create a global darknet, a decentralized web of interconnected wireless mesh networks that operate independently of each other and the conventional internet. In a wireless mesh network, individual nodes can relay data for other nodes, ensuring that the routing of data remains robust as nodes on the network are added and removed. The idea behind TDP is that such a network would be resistant to censorship and shutdown because there would be no central point of control over the infrastructure.

The Darknet Project: netroots activists dream of global mesh network

[coderspiel]

> We plan to release the source for the recently-announced Ice Cream Sandwich soon, once it’s available on devices. Better late than never.