turboturtle

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Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy in c/technology@lemmy.world
Arctic Wolf and BlackBerry Announce Acquisition Agreement for Cylance in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] turboturtle@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

afaik, they still develop and sell QNX, their in-house OS. They're a far cry of what the once were though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNX

Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] turboturtle@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This video, where Veritaseum hacks LinusTechTips' phone, gives a good overview of how it's possible to track cellphones or hack sms, even without asking a carrier or having physical access to the device: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6Y

TLDW: cellphone networks rely on old, unsecure infrastructure