Current household. #stupid #phone #news #addiction

Please don't take incendiary devices into the gym.
#lithium #FireHazard #HealthAndSafety #phone #MobilePhone #SmartPhone

Please don't take incendiary devices into the gym.
#lithium #FireHazard #HealthAndSafety #phone #MobilePhone #SmartPhone

California governor Gavin Newsom wants ID Age Verification to use your desktop, laptop, and phone. 🤯

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

#Desktop #Laptop #Phone #OperatingSystem #Windows #Android #iPhone #iMac #Linux #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #GavinNewsom #AgeVerifcation

California governor Gavin Newsom wants ID Age Verification to use your desktop, laptop, and phone. 🤯

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

#Desktop #Laptop #Phone #OperatingSystem #Windows #Android #iPhone #iMac #Linux #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #GavinNewsom #AgeVerifcation

So, as I mentioned in a separate thread earlier today, my city (Hi, #Regina !) has announced that you won't be able to use coins/cash to pay at parking meters for onstreet #parking, starting ... this Sunday.

The three options they give for paying will now be:

1) A smartphone app.
2) The smartphone app maker's website.
3) A phone call to the smartphone app maker's telephone service.

All three obviously require a mobile phone and phone plan. The first 2 require a "smartphone" and data plan.

Some of us don't have a mobile #phone. So we're #screwed. And everyone else is also screwed, too, because all 3 of the above options go to the same #company, which is owned by the #Corpay company, based out of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

So the #municipal #government is saying "You have to give your personal information, including *your current location*, to an #American company".

Brilliant, no notes. Perfect timing what with the #USA going full-fascist, too.

#YQR #SK #parking #ParkingMeter #fascism #fascist #privacy #NoNotes

So, as I mentioned in a separate thread earlier today, my city (Hi, #Regina !) has announced that you won't be able to use coins/cash to pay at parking meters for onstreet #parking, starting ... this Sunday.

The three options they give for paying will now be:

1) A smartphone app.
2) The smartphone app maker's website.
3) A phone call to the smartphone app maker's telephone service.

All three obviously require a mobile phone and phone plan. The first 2 require a "smartphone" and data plan.

Some of us don't have a mobile #phone. So we're #screwed. And everyone else is also screwed, too, because all 3 of the above options go to the same #company, which is owned by the #Corpay company, based out of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

So the #municipal #government is saying "You have to give your personal information, including *your current location*, to an #American company".

Brilliant, no notes. Perfect timing what with the #USA going full-fascist, too.

#YQR #SK #parking #ParkingMeter #fascism #fascist #privacy #NoNotes

Three months without a #smartphone, or indeed a #phone of any kind, is unfortunately about to end upon the post delivery today. I caved in due to the "digital pariah" effect, aka the "how can you survive without a phone you weirdo" effect. (In actuality, living rurally and not driving, I need to have some kind of emergency communication ability - kids, health issues, snakes, a wild variety of potential mishaps etc). I really wanted to get a #LinuxPhone like a #PinePhone but battery life is still iffy (see emergency requirements above), and the camera is crap, which, other than the roughly one text message I receive every six months, is the only reason a slightly decent phone is worth having. So, a second hand Pixel has been aquired, and slapping #GrapheneOS on it is the plan.

Oberdada luki kirjoitukseni nettipaastosta ja jakoi kokemuksiaan puhelimen dumppauksesta: One week without a phone
gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-12-17_no_phone.gmi

Stillgreenmoss on löytänyt uuden tavan olla perusluurin kanssa. Kiva kirjoitus tavoitettavuudesta nykymenossa https://blog.frog.equipment/dumbphone-journey-eight-month-update

#kännykkä #netti #mobile #phone #web #blog #smallweb #gemini