JensenKarlsson

Re:I Want to Leave the Internet on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @04:53PM (#49102941)

This reads like an essay in The Talos Principle.

Re:Sweden's Digital ID System Hacked, Public's Data Sold on Dark Web on Saturday March 28, 2026 @03:03AM (#47552284)

Swede here, just checking in to say _i'm ok_.

Re:Digg is gone again on Friday March 13, 2026 @05:15PM (#47370022)

Community /books helped me track down a book I've been dying to reread for almost ten years now. Reddit failed the task, so did all other places I turned to. Cheers for that, and rip.

Re:Decentralizing my smartphone with single purpose devices on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @09:51AM (#46871683)

I was happy to discover that both BankID, Swish and Handelsbanken are all fine with rooted android devices. Hence it's possible to get a degoogled phone and delete all apps that aren't required, such as a web browser and play store.

Re:Ask HN: Is there any software you only made for your own use but no... on Friday July 05, 2024 @02:58PM (#40885125)

I made a PWA for Miniflux because I'm a doomscroller deluxe and wanted a similar experience for my feeds [1]. It's nice to be able to tailor something for my needs specifically.

1. https://github.com/wolfhechel/sidor

Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information with US Ch... on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @01:12AM (#35709821)

The initial HTTP request that they mention to Google is not related to Qualcomm at all but rather a part of the Google Play Services implementation in microG which /e/OS uses [1]. MicroG, as many might be aware, is an open-source implementation of Google Play Services that tries to avoid leaking sensitive user data amongst other things.

The request to android.clients.google.com though is required in order to checkin the device and receive a device ID and security token [2], which is needed for Firebase Cloud Messaging and push notifications [3]. The checkin include hardware details such as available features (GPS, WIFI, Microphone, EGL version) [4] but sensitive details such as HW MAC address, serial numbers and SIM operator ID are spoofed. [5, 6]

Basically if you're running deGoogled and still rely on Google Services, there _will_ be a few calls to Google owned servers. MicroG avoids sending sensitive HW and user data though, more can be read in this thread: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/1508

[1] https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/micro-g [2] https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/blob/master/play-services-... [3] https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/blob/master/play-services-... [4] https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/blob/master/play-services-... [5] https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/blob/master/play-services-... [6] https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/blob/master/play-services-...