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Skip your lock-screen when using face unlock! As soon as your phone or tablet sees your face, you can jump RIGHT into using it!
Skip that stupid swipe! Continue reading “Bypass Your Android Lock Screen When Using Face Unlock!”
Reviewing the new Surface Laptop! A quick follow up, A LOT of this is working great!
It’s almost like we totally could have predicted this over the last year of Windows on ARM!
Basically, the experience has improved to the point, where I don’t think many people will know that anything is different. Some of the core issues will obviously arrive from BETA software and X86 drivers, but what does that actually look like now? Well, it looks pretty darn good.
After my first impressions, here are some quick follow up thoughts on networking, storage and accessories, audio gear, and a fun little skit about gamer bros.
I’m sure there’s nothing in this that might be deemed controversial.
ENJOY! Continue reading “Surface Laptop 7 Week 1! What Works? What’s Broken?”
If you’re not using CoPilot on your new AI PC, it’s easy to change the CoPilot key to do something else! Let’s remap that keyboard! Continue reading “Remap the CoPilot Key on Your Laptop! (Short Tutorial)”
Pebblebee or Chipolo? Exactly ONE YEAR to the day I place orders for these location tracking tags, they finally arrived!
Playing with these new Google compatible trackers, and it’s interesting to see how the setup is slightly different between the two brands.
Checking out the packaging and the setup! It’s exciting to get a look at the new Find My Device network in action!
Which one is easier to setup? Let’s take a quick look! Continue reading “Chipolo or Pebblebee? The Easier Google Find My Device Tracker to Setup?”
Windows Recall wont just be a privacy issue for Windows users! Even if you’re on Linux or a Mac, every interaction you have with a Windows user will be saved by that person’s Recall. Recall will become a desirable target for malware, as attackers will get access to everything on that system, and EVERYTHING that user has ever seen.
I’m strongly suggesting folks consider contacting elected officials and regulators. We need to encourage companies to do a better job of protecting our data.
Apple and OpenAI are partnering to improve AI on future Apple products, but who is paying who?
We don’t know what the deal looks like, and we don’t know how this will impact privacy and security on the iPhone.
We know Apple is generally fine with selling off your user data to Google. Will this be any different?
Samsung being scummy again!
Samsung forces repair shops to sign a TERRIBLE contract, that requires technicians to destroy your phone if they find non-Samsung parts in your device! iFixit is dropping their partnership with Samsung.
Why isn’t this bigger news? Continue reading “Samsung Scummy Repair Contract Forces Shops to Destroy YOUR Phone! iFixit Drops Samsung Partnership!”
Apple turns EVERY WiFi router into a location tracker!
Apple sure does seem to like creating privacy problems. Even if you’ve never used an Apple product, or ever let an Apple device connect to your network, Apple is still tracking your WiFi and your location.
Here’s how to opt out!
Researcher Paper on Apple WiFi tracking (PDF) https://www.cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/wifi-surveillance-sp24.pdf