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New comment by 59percentmore in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

59percentmore — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:00:01 +0000

Yes? Modern portable computing enables counter-surveillance of police, better communication and knowledge access for dissidents, and interface with institutional computer systems for any number of ends. The George Floyd protests don't happen if the bystanders didn't have smartphones, or if protestors had to carry around an Alienware tower; the Snowden leaks don't happen at the magnitude they did without memory miniaturization. There are international examples, too, and commensurate crackdowns on computing freedom (particularly in Hong Kong).

You've got a supercomputer and a library and a set of video production equipment in your pocket, among other things. The capabilities of such a device are fundamentally different from something that's tethered to a desk or that's conspicuous when out-and-about. The idea of it being open and untrackable is exciting for some and terrifying for others.

New comment by 59percentmore in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

59percentmore — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:25:46 +0000

From the state's perspective, probably along the same lines as why long guns are allowed with permit in many countries where handguns are banned.

New comment by 59percentmore in "US Supreme Court reviews police use of cell location data"

59percentmore — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:02:10 +0000

They don't get credit for this particular thing because many, many users lost years of their location data in the transition, and most of the rest had theirs corrupted. It was a poorly-executed transition that screwed a lot of people, so even they themselves don't tout it much.

New comment by 59percentmore in "中文 Literacy Speedrun II: Character Cyclotron"

59percentmore — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:58:51 +0000

Post screenshots of the web app.

New comment by 59percentmore in "中文 Literacy Speedrun II: Character Cyclotron"

59percentmore — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:28:24 +0000

  >Empty landing page with a "Sign in with Google" button

  >Can't find anyone else talking about it online, no screenshots of the gameplay, nothing

That's gonna be a no from me, dawg. It sounds like a cool idea, but sites have to get better about asking you to hand over your credentials without even telling you what exactly your getting for them.