https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/eff/Recent content in Eff onHugo -- 0.155.3enCopyright © 2002–2025, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:11:58 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2011/01/04/y-u-no-encrypt/Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:11:58 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2011/01/04/y-u-no-encrypt/<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/geekyschmidt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Android-WebOS-WP7-and-MeeGo-Y-U-NO-ENCRYPT-STORAGE.jpg" rel="lightbox[1476]"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1479" style="margin: 3px; border: 3px solid black;" title="Android-WebOS-WP7-and-MeeGo-Y-U-NO-ENCRYPT-STORAGE" src="http://i0.wp.com/geekyschmidt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Android-WebOS-WP7-and-MeeGo-Y-U-NO-ENCRYPT-STORAGE.jpg?resize=300%2C225" alt="" srcset="http://i0.wp.com/geekyschmidt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Android-WebOS-WP7-and-MeeGo-Y-U-NO-ENCRYPT-STORAGE.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http://i0.wp.com/geekyschmidt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Android-WebOS-WP7-and-MeeGo-Y-U-NO-ENCRYPT-STORAGE.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, http://i0.wp.com/geekyschmidt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Android-WebOS-WP7-and-MeeGo-Y-U-NO-ENCRYPT-STORAGE.jpg?w=1280 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p> <p>There is a skit on SNL <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_Update" target="_blank">Weekend Update</a> where Seth and Amy read the headline to a news story with one of them following the other with “Really?!” That is my reaction every time I begin to think about mobile phone security. The darlings of our open-source world, the ones us geeks carry around on our belts, well…they fall short. In light of the police now being able to search your <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/03/BA5N1H3G12.DTL&tsp=1" target="_blank">phone without a warrant</a>, I decided to do a blog post on how-to protect yourself. Now I find myself asking the giants of Tech, REALLY!? Lets run through the major mobile phone platforms and see which ones encrypt data:</p>https://geekyschmidt.com/2010/05/31/switching-to-android/Mon, 31 May 2010 14:27:44 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2010/05/31/switching-to-android/<p>A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the Apple controls to sync with Rhythmbox. With each upgrade of the iPhone OS I would diligently “git clone” and start the process over again. The last few times though I have felt like less of a King and more like a Prisoner. Why do I have to hack my way around a device I own? Am I but leasing the thing from Apple/AT&amp;T or did I actually purchase it?</p>