Hacker News: UnreachableCode

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:48:54 +0000

>Contactless payments already work on GrapheneOS via Curve Pay

Are you sure about this? It was my understanding that NFC passes for gyms and stuff worked, but that if you want to pay for something with Google or Curve, you're shit outta luck

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid"

UnreachableCode — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:05:38 +0000

What about some form of external auditing down the line to add legitimacy to these honeypot claims? Maybe open sourcing the technology as well?

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:47:32 +0000

How? If you like playing Warhammer, go to Games Workshop. If you like climbing, go to a bouldering gym. I appreciate that there are probably some counter examples. But part of this, in my mind, needless demand for tech spaces to meet other hobbyists is catering to an over-reliance on technology. Yes, there are reasons you might want to screen people or groups - for instance, women looking for safety. But surely the existing tools for such a problem are good enough? Instagram and Facebook groups? Or Reddit or Hacker News? The problem is people become chronically attached to these services and convince themselves they need them to function socially. Which is complete myth.

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

UnreachableCode — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:49:52 +0000

> What's the alternative? I don't know.

Real world connection and a strong foundation of core friends, perhaps?

New comment by UnreachableCode in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

UnreachableCode — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:20:20 +0000

Maybe not in your region, but here in the UK I think the majority of high street banks do not function on GrapheneOS.

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Resist and Unsubscribe (Scott Galloway)"

UnreachableCode — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:25:40 +0000

Shipping from whom? I haven't used Amazon in years. Entertainment - Blurays and CDs! Transport, who are we talking here? Unless you're giving Tesla your dollars, are you really supporting the regime? Forgive my ignorance here.

New comment by UnreachableCode in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

UnreachableCode — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:39:03 +0000

No, because most banking apps call upon the Google Play Integrity API, which GrapheneOS doesn't (or can't?) use. There's a decent list kicking around of which ones work (Monzo, for instance).

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Vietnam bans unskippable ads"

UnreachableCode — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:22:18 +0000

While on the subject, does anybody know any good ad-blocking solutions for mobile phones?

So far I have experimented with NetShield from ProtonVPN and https://nextdns.io/ with varying results. There are also features baked into certain browsers like the cookie blocker with DuckDuckGo which works extremely well, and UnTrap for Safari on iOS which allows for heavy Youtube web customisation.

Also, shout out to Playlet on Roku. A privacy focused YouTube proxy for the TV which blocks ads and even can identify sponsors, filler and credit segments and allow you to skip these.

I am not involved in any of these projects, I just think they're cool.

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:08:24 +0000

What's wrong with Roku? They have a few ads here and there but I've always found the interface to be super slick. And they aren't Google, so not as harmful to share my data with? (a big assumption, I know)

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Ask HN: Quality of recent gens of Dell/Lenovo laptops worse than 10 years ago?"

UnreachableCode — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:06:45 +0000

Hey bro, I saw your reply to my comment elsewhere asking if Revolut works on GrapheneOS. But I can't reply to it because the thread is locked.

Anyway, it does. https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:18:29 +0000

Not sure if it's been missed or I'm an anomaly. But as a senior level software engineer who graduated in the 10s, with a wealth of experience, I too (like the juniors who get reported on) am struggling to get a new job. Either I'm just not as good as I think I am, or the barrier is ridiculously high for the next type of job I'm trying to achieve (high paying, product focused developer).

New comment by UnreachableCode in "We're losing our voice to LLMs"

UnreachableCode — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:23:03 +0000

LinkedIn bothers me the least, even though it definitely has some of the highest level of cringe content. It's still a good tool to interact with recruiters, look at companies and reach out to their employees. The trick is blocking the feed with a browser extension.

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'"

UnreachableCode — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:56:55 +0000

Is it at all possible he has an Intel Mac from 2018 that he hasn't been able to upgrade yet, likely due to insane cost?

Because that's my thing

New comment by UnreachableCode in ".NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser"

UnreachableCode — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:01:44 +0000

This. Xamarin is MAUI. Xamarin was founded in 2011, acquired by Microsoft in 2016 (a year after Flutter was created).

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Smartphones and being present"

UnreachableCode — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:55:21 +0000

https://untrap.app/ for YouTube customisation has been a lifesaver for me. It can even be added to Safari as an extension, for £2.99.

Also UBlock Origin for blocking specific elements on the screen is a lifesaver for reading articles or tutorials.

New comment by UnreachableCode in "F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:43:09 +0000

>Apple really cares about my privacy, or they tell me they do and I believe them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

New comment by UnreachableCode in "F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:41:01 +0000

GrapheneOS.

New comment by UnreachableCode in "FreeDroidWarn"

UnreachableCode — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:16:24 +0000

I don't use Google login any where and have a lot of accounts with many different websites? Youtube and other Goolag ecosystem being the exception, but, of course they are?

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:01:27 +0000

I'm curious why you need a phone for banking at all, at home as you say. Wouldn't a laptop suffice? Granted, not all banks have a web app these days

New comment by UnreachableCode in "Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act"

UnreachableCode — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:21:20 +0000

Tech people? I have met utter goons obsessed with porn that barely understand how their phone actually works.