# Technology will make your life easier **URL:** \ **Category:** Not Games\ **Created:** [16 September 2021 08:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195 "2021-09-16T08:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 78
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [29 August 2026 09:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1547 "2026-08-29T09:19:10Z")
An actually helpful thing… My uncle has been wearing an apple watch because he lives alone at 80 yo. A couple of weeks back his watch alerted his sons and emergency services that he had fallen. When they arrived he lay on the floor unconscious and bleeding from a headwound. He is in hospital still. Without the watch… who knows. My dad is finally considering getting a similar watch, too, even though we live in the same house… Apple and Samsung are the 2 best options and neither will work for him. Apple is a nogo as he has no other apple devices and getting it to work easily for someone almost 82 years old is a primary concern. And we have had bad experience with Samsung devices failing “the day” after the guarantee period was over. There is a new Garmin watch coming that would have all the features he wants–he says it needs to work without his phone because he does not always want to carry his phone when he works in the garden. The Garmin is prohibitively expensive. For now he is carrying around a button that triggers a door bell thing that is so loud that we can hear it in the whole house. I am mostly worried about winters because his basement access in the apartment is from a staircase outside… I have told him to walk through our dining room and use the inside staircase repeatedly now… As for my uncle living alone in a house that has narrow stairs and 5-ish levels … probably not looking so good. But he is being obstinate about not wanting someone to be there 24-7 … ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 07:22 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1548 "2026-09-04T07:22:31Z")
> **[Keep Android Open](https://keepandroidopen.org/)** > > Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them. Well crap. Does anyone here have insights into this? My knee-jerk reaction is to wonder whether there are viable non-Android and non-iOS alternatives. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 08:05 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1549 "2026-09-04T08:05:45Z")
Not really. I’ll continue to run lineageos, there are some others too, but nothing mainstream. ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2026 06:29 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1550 "2026-09-05T06:29:17Z")
I really haven’t thought about it though I knew some changes were coming. I wish the mobile browsers were a bit better. a good mobile site is worth more than a shitty app. it is just one more move in enshittifi… whatever it is too early for complex words. My frustration while still present is very tired with that relentless drive towards control by the big tech players is it still possible to run alternative OSs then? ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2026 15:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1551 "2026-09-05T15:43:48Z")
On some phones, not all or even most. I’ve always had to buy with that in mind. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [8 September 2026 10:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1552 "2026-09-08T10:59:28Z")
GrapheneOS was the alternative I couldn’t remember, but they’ve just aggressively signed up for slop code and “coincidentally” done a deal with Motorola. ---
**Author:** ![Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/benkyo/32/1026_2.png) [@Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Benkyo)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2026 04:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1553 "2026-09-11T04:25:39Z")
LG TV webOS: So it used to be the one home menu, where we had various apps like YouTube locked behind a PIN so the kids wouldn’t watch endless crap. Then it updated, and suddenly everything was unlocked, with no way to lock them. Now every time we want the TV use to be restricted, we have to remember to switch to a “kids mode” before leaving it unattended, which is a straight downgrade. Worse, every time “kids mode” opens with a pop-up asking us to set (more) parental controls. Doing so does not get rid of the popup, so that’s just something that now has to be clicked through every single time. “Smart TVs” are just the worst possible intersection of everything that’s wrong with technology these days. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2026 09:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1554 "2026-09-11T09:19:53Z")
_And_ it’s probably uploading everything it hears. ---
**Author:** ![Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/benkyo/32/1026_2.png) [@Benkyo](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Benkyo)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2026 09:33 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1555 "2026-09-11T09:33:58Z")
For a year or two I avoided agreeing to the contract for voice activation, until an update made aggressive popups appear constantly while watching TV. So yeah, even though the function is disabled, it probably is. ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2026 10:56 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1556 "2026-09-11T10:56:53Z")
LG TVs are banned in our house as of this week or so I am told: There is a video from Gamer’s Nexus apparently [LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby | The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/991190/lg-tv-spying-standby-recording-wi-fi-scanning-gamers-nexus) → there should be a link in the article. We have a 15 year old Sony… my partner says modern Sony TVs are as bad. It is as he is just saying “a catastrophe” → Sony TV production was just sold to TCL. It is unclear how that will go. He says for a potential future TV we want a dumb display and stream via our own setup. If we cannot get a dumb display we make one somehow. For now our old one is still working. But there is always the option that it might be bricked by a remote update… ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2026 11:17 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1557 "2026-09-11T11:17:48Z")
I haven’t had a TV since I moved out of my parents’ place. Computers, displays small or large, and for films a projector. The tech moved away from anything I wanted after I stopped using it. ---
**Author:** ![dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/dscheidt)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2026 21:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1558 "2026-09-11T21:43:46Z")
My television is not connected to the network. Streaming is done with an external dohicky. Putting aside the spying aspect, the apps on TVs suck. They are not kept up to date, and support ends before the tv stops working. External dohickies have their own set of problems, but they are cheap and easy to replace when they require it. (We recently upgraded ours because the app for the network the Sox stream on stopped working on our rather elderly device. $40 versus whatever a th costs these days. I don’t think the app we need exists for the Tv, so we need an external device anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![bruitist](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bruitist/32/31788_2.png) [@bruitist](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/bruitist)\ **Post date:** [12 September 2026 00:20 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1559 "2026-09-12T00:20:20Z")
> [@yashima](#): > > Sony TV production was just sold to TCL. It is unclear how that will go. For what it’s worth, our (4 year old) TCL TV is pretty good, but that’s no indication of the quality of their current offerings these days. ---
**Author:** ![tomm\_archer](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/tomm_archer/32/1153_2.png) [@tomm\_archer](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/tomm_archer)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2026 17:32 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1560 "2026-09-17T17:32:58Z")
Today’s example of further enshittification, Spotify mangling the track details to insert adverts: ![image](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/c/8/c8b9a4474d2a41ba5799537b70619f5d763ff501.jpeg) Fortunately my song logger allows me to edit the details after the fact. I have however just downloaded Deezer to see if it will replace (my limited use of) Spotify. ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2026 18:42 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1561 "2026-09-17T18:42:34Z")
Tidal. We like Tidal. ---
**Author:** ![tomm\_archer](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/tomm_archer/32/1153_2.png) [@tomm\_archer](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/tomm_archer)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2026 18:56 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1562 "2026-09-17T18:56:32Z")
What has kept me using Spotify is the “Discover Weekly” playlist. It’s the only feature of Spotify that I actually use these days, and the only way I get to hear new music. I’m hoping Deezer/Tidal have a similar feature. I’m so used to throwing that playlist on when I’m driving or at the gym and not having to choose something. ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2026 19:01 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1563 "2026-09-17T19:01:08Z")
I don’t know. I usually just play my playlists…. I am boring like that ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [20 September 2026 02:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1564 "2026-09-20T02:08:03Z")
> **[Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/microsoft-exec-called-ai-scraping-the-largest-theft-of-labor-in-human-history/)** > > Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs. is quite a good headline. ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [21 October 2026 01:05 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1565 "2026-10-21T01:05:38Z")
_I briefly thought this was relevant to the hosting of the forum, and then realised it wasn’t, but I’ll note it here just so anyone who needs to know has another opportunity to know…_ **Short-notice critical PHP release scheduled for 2026-20-21 at 14:00 UTC** Which is about 13 hours away as I write this. > **[Upcoming Critical PHP Security Release - PHP: News Archive - 2026](https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-20-1)** > > The PHP security team would like to give advance notice of an upcoming security release. | PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world. I gather it’s a gnarly one. ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [21 October 2026 01:41 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195/1566 "2026-10-21T01:41:06Z")
Also today: > **[eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise](https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/)** > > eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise “The original key generation was flawed - rather than any issue with the produced signatures. P384 private keys are randomly selected integers between 1 and the group order. The 8 impacted keys all used integers less than 256. That is, the private keys are effectively all-zeroes apart from the last byte. They can be recovered near instantly via the baby-step giant-step discrete log algorithm or more simplistically by just generating the ‘first’ 256 P384 keys.” – [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=2083449](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2083449) Which presumably explains another quote (which I haven’t seen the source for): “It was discovered that the private component associated with one of the revoked intermediary certificates was simply the number 4.” (There may be memes about “4” floating around.) Edit: Apparently the private keys for these certificates were: 4, 56, 66, 115, 155, 156, 230, 237. * * * Edit: And unrelatedly (as discourse doesn’t allow 4+ posts in succession for… reasons?), something for those who are being made to deal with A.I. code… [![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/9/d/9dd53dedd15ae098c84c6e4b2dfb19927304d5c5.jpeg "LGTM (Looks Good to Me) - Claude Opus 5.5 music video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNpOD6bov8) [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195.md?page=77) [Next page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/technology-will-make-your-life-easier/3195.md?page=79)