Hacker News: mckenzba

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

mckenzba — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:39:29 +0000

This. I was heavily involved with the Maemo community back in the day and even made an Ubuntu 9.04 port to the Nokia N800/N810. These days I'm juggling multiple responsibilities and I need to conserve my mental energy for work. I certainly credit my career on that tinkering, but these days I just want something that works so I can put my energy elsewhere.

New comment by mckenzba in "Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end"

mckenzba — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:15:33 +0000

From what I recall, Apple forbids its employees from participating in open source work it doesn't approve of. And given Apple's culture of secrecy, its agenda of maintaining a walled garden with their products, and her work basically contradicting the two, I doubt her being hired by Apple would benefit anyone other than Apple.

New comment by mckenzba in "Rooted Android phones vulnerable due to Android kernel patching flaws"

mckenzba — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:39:27 +0000

What does giving apps root permissions have anything to do with rooting a device? Rooting in this context means unlocking the bootloader to allow for a custom OS/kernel that isn't signed by the OEM. You can have a rooted device while still running an OS that restricts apps (that behave) from having root account access.

I'd rather have the ability to enroll my own keys so I can boot my own signed OS and maintain a root of trust that I own much like what can be done on desktop Linux with a TPM. IIRC Google's Pixel phones have this ability (and are one of the few phones that have this ability if I'm not mistaken).

New comment by mckenzba in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

mckenzba — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:11:23 +0000

Show me where it is an infringement of your 1st amendment right to a private platform? You’re free to criticize the government however you see fit, but you’re not guaranteed the right to a microphone and stage that isn’t yours. There are plenty of other communication channels you can use to express yourself. Your 1st amendment rights are not being infringed by being denied access to TikTok, just as the far right isn’t having their 1st amendment rights being infringed by being denied to use BlueSky as their platform.