Security

The Smartphone You Own Is No Longer Yours: Android’s Quiet Coup

Android is quietly restricting on-device ADB, using security as a blanket excuse to lock down your phone. This isn’t about malwareโ€”it’s about ownership. You paid for the hardware, but soon you won’t be able to debug, sideload, or customize it without permission from the cloud. The era of the general-purpose mobile computer is ending.

I’m a Non-Coder. I Used AI to Rebuild a 1996 Chat App. The Result Is Wild.

A product manager who can’t code used AI to resurrect Microsoft Comic Chat from 1996 โ€” one HTML file, end-to-end encryption, and zero nostalgia for modern messaging. The result proves that understanding a product’s soul matters more than writing the code yourself. The internet used to be weird. This is how we bring it back.

You Think Linux from Scratch Is Just a Toy. Its New Security Advisories Say Otherwise.

Linux from Scratch has long been dismissed as a learning exercise, not a production system. The new security advisories application tells a different story. By replacing ad-hoc vulnerability lists with a searchable, structured system, the LFS community is quietly admitting what many already know: people are running LFS where security actually matters, and hoping you’ll remember to check a webpage is no longer a viable strategy.

The Passkey Lie: Why Your New ‘Secure’ Login Is Actually a Big Tech Prison

Passkeys are being pushed as the future of authentication, but they sacrifice usability for security and lock you into the ecosystems of Apple, Google, and Microsoft. This article reveals how device attestation, DMV-level enrollment, and a fundamental misunderstanding of normal users make passkeys a dangerous Trojan horse for Big Tech control. If you value your digital freedom, think twice before adopting them.