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New comment by bladeacidic in "The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border"

bladeacidic — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:28:29 +0000

Turn on Advanced Data protection, which encrypts it so Apple can give them the data, but they don't have the keys to decrypt it. Doesn't help if the other person you're talking to doesn't have it turned on though.

New comment by bladeacidic in "Oura says it gets government demands for user data"

bladeacidic — Sun, 24 May 2026 11:30:32 +0000

The thing that cocaine users have noticed, is that using cocaine raises their heart-rate. Noticeably. So the government getting heart rate data means they know when those users are doing coke. Wouldn't the DEA like to know where all the cocaine users with Oura rings in the US are?

New comment by bladeacidic in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

bladeacidic — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:11:24 +0000

SimpleX has the same problem with notifications. You still have to properly configure it. Opsec is hard.

New comment by bladeacidic in "Pocketbase lost its funding from FLOSS fund"

bladeacidic — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:07:11 +0000

What was that like? Was it super invasive?