"Many Android phones ship with software that has been pre-installed by the smartphone vendor......Not only did preinstalled applications harvest geolocation information, personal email, phone call metadata and contacts, but some of them even monitored which applications users installed and opened. In many cases, personal information was funneled straight back to advertising companies."—Danny Bradbury, "Preinstalled Android … Continue reading Preinstalled Android Apps are Harvesting and Sharing Your Data
Category: writing
OpenBSD’s Guide to Netiquette
The OpenBSD's mailing list page netiquette section is excellent. It is a distillation of how to communicate online, i.e.: Plain text, 72 characters per line [or simplest formatting available]Do your homework before writingInclude a useful subject line [or headline]Trim your signatureStay on topicInclude important informationRespect differences in opinion and philosophy Using only plain text is … Continue reading OpenBSD’s Guide to Netiquette
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