Hacker News with Generative AI: Mobile Devices

Rayhunter – Rust tool to detect cell site simulators on an orbic mobile hotspot (github.com/EFForg)
Rayhunter is an IMSI Catcher Catcher for the Orbic mobile hotspot.
Apple's 64GB Era Is Over – MacRumors (macrumors.com)
All of the iPhone and iPad models that are currently part of Apple's lineup now start with at least 128GB of storage, marking the end of the 64GB era.
PostmarketOS in 2025-02: MSM89x7 Audio, Modern Xiaomis in Community, New Name (postmarketos.org)
We already wrote plenty about FOSDEM 2025 and the Hackathon we did afterwards. But that was just the start of February! Two weeks later, a mainlining workshop in Aachen (DE) took place.
Small study suggests dark mode doesn't save much power for human reasons (arstechnica.com)
Motorola moto g play 2024 phone, Termux, usbredirect, QEMU: Disks, GPT partition (reddit.com)
Motorola moto g play 2024 smartphone, Termux, termux-usb, usbredirect, QEMU running under Termux, and Alpine Linux: Disks with Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) partitioning
iPhone 16e's C1 modem and how it works with the A18 chip (9to5mac.com)
The iPhone 16e is a unique phone for many reasons. The most notable feature, however, is that it includes Apple’s first-ever cellular modem, the C1.
GrapheneOS blocked exploitation of 3 Android zero-days used by Cellebrite (grapheneos.social)
Introduction to a Self Managed Life (futo.org)
Apple and Google push users into closed ecosystems while removing options for personal control over data. Think back to when smartphones had microSD card slots, so you could store your photos, videos, & music locally & cheaply. As these companies started pushing paid cloud services, microSD slots disappeared from every phone. Apple no longer gives you a working “delete” button, and Google has mistakenly flagged people as criminals for sending photos a doctor requested of their sick child during COVID lockdowns.
iOS Mail Is Shite (kevquirk.com)
I fell foul of a phish, thanks to the shitty iOS Mail app.
SSH to Server from Mobile Phone? (bsky.app)
Apple debuts iPhone 16e: A powerful new member of the iPhone 16 family (apple.com)
Apple today announced iPhone 16e, a new addition to the iPhone 16 lineup that offers powerful capabilities at a more affordable price.
Huawei launches $3,660 trifold phone (cnbc.com)
Gemini is so good, I let it control/use my phone (reddit.com)
Gemini is so good, I let it control/use my phone (v.redd.it)
Apple Private Relay causing mail delivery issues (vowe.net)
A few months ago, a customer reached out to me and reported that their users running iOS 18 on their iPhones and iPads were seeing an issue where they would not get push notifications for new mails.
Honeyguide/FreeBSD-pinephonepro: Porting FreeBSD to run on the PinePhone Pro (codeberg.org)
Porting FreeBSD to run on the PinePhone Pro. This repo tracks files added to or modified from the FreeBSD source. The intention is to merge these into upstream once ready.
New iPhone SE Coming Soon (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. plans to unveil a long-anticipated overhaul of the iPhone SE in the coming days, a move that will modernize its lower-cost model in a bid to spur growth and entice consumers to switch from other brands.
Debian Powered Phone: FuriPhone (theregister.com)
FuriLabs offers a decent-spec smartphone that is based on Debian and can run GNOME apps in your pocket.
FuriPhone FLX1: A Debian-powered brick that puts GNOME in your back pocket (theregister.com)
FuriLabs offers a decent-spec smartphone that is based on Debian and can run GNOME apps in your pocket.
Light Phone III camera sample photos (thelightphone.com)
"Sneaky" forced update for Google Pixel 4a (treehouse.systems)
JPEG XL: What It Is and Why You Should Care (2024) (petapixel.com)
JPEG XL is a new-generation image file format that recently got a big boost to awareness thanks to native support in the iPhone 16 series smartphones. So what is it, why does it matter, and why should you use it? Who better to ask than one of the people who helped make it a reality?
Signal: A Synchronized Start for Linked Devices (signal.org)
With Signal on Desktop and iPad, you can link your primary Android or iOS account with another device, letting you check and respond to messages in both places or conduct video meetings and calls from the comfort of a bigger screen.
DeepSeek temporarily limits registration to Chinese mobile numbers (deepseek.com)
Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, we are temporarily limiting registrations to ensure continued service. Existing users can log in as usual. Thanks for your understanding and support.
"The Linux Phone You've Been Waiting For" (liberux.net)
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NSA Warns iPhone and Android Users–Disable Location Tracking (forbes.com)
Our phones know where we are and they know where we have been—the problem is they have a nasty habit of sharing that information with others. And the latest location tracking nightmare to hit phone users shows the threat remains, despite new protections built into our iPhone and Android devices. NSA has warned users how to stop this secretive tracking—and you need to make this change now.
How to turn off Apple Intelligence on your iPhone (theverge.com)
It’s getting increasingly difficult to avoid AI when you open up your phone or laptop — as soon as I started this article in Google Docs, I was immediately offered some AI assistance to write it (which I didn’t take). And with the rollout of Apple Intelligence, that now applies to iPhones, iPads, and Macs, too.
Motorola moto g play 2024: Alpine Linux boot times, Termux 0.119.0-beta.1, QEMU (reddit.com)
Ask HN: How do you backup your Android? (ycombinator.com)
How do you backup your Android?
Apple's new AI feature rewords scam messages to make them look more legit (crikey.com.au)
Apple’s new artificial intelligence features are rephrasing scam messages and emails to iPhone and Mac users to make them look more legitimate and then flagging them as a priority, raising concerns that it will lead to more people falling for them.
What happens on your device, stays on your device – until it doesn't (obdev.at)
Apple has recently shown a noticeable tendency to collect, gather, transmit, and sometimes even store privacy-sensitive data – despite repeatedly emphasizing the importance of protecting such data and ensuring it remains solely on the user’s device.