By @edent · CyberSecurity mobile opsec sim · 5 comments · 450 words · read ~417 times.
It is tempting to think that users are to blame for their own misfortune. If only they'd had a stronger password! If only they didn't re-use credentials! If only they had perfect OpSec! If only...! Yes, users should probably take better care of their digital credentials and bury them in a digital vault. But there […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android gsm mobile · 1 comment · 200 words · read ~173 times.
Android's user-hostile interface never fails to disappoint! I was struggling to get a new eSIM working. I could make and receive calls / texts, but data just wasn't connecting. I tried rebooting, flipping to aeroplane mode, changing bearer, manually selecting the network. Nothing! Then, I remembered my ancient GSM knowledge. All mobile networks need an […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile mvno sim uk · 4 comments · 400 words · read ~3,200 times.
After railing against eSIM-only phones for over a decade, I've finally succumbed. It appears impossible to buy a modern phone without them. Thankfully, most seem to be dual-SIM. So I can have a regular SIM card and an eSIM. I find dual-SIM phones handy. I have a disposable number which I give out to people […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile security sim virtual sim · 7 comments · 500 words · read ~1,837 times.
Last night I received a call from my bank. They'd detected an unusual transaction and wanted to make sure that it was legitimate. Had I recently purchased £10,000 worth of crypto in the Maldives? What?!!? No! ARGH! I started to panic. All my apes money gone! No. Wait. The other thing. I knew it was […]
Continue reading →By @edent · ios iphone mobile phone · 4 comments · 1,300 words · read ~301 times.
While farting around online, I stumbled across this 2008 Time Capsule from Stephen Fry. In it, he discusses the state of mobile phones - diving into the problems with BlackBerry's and Apple's latest offerings. BlackBerry had released the Storm1 and Apple's 2nd iPhone was now 3G capable. It's quite the glimpse into what we thought […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile money phone · 6 comments · 500 words · read ~330 times.
I'm not sure how many people know this, but I thought I'd share something I learned a few years ago when I worked for a mobile phone seller. Most modern smartphones are too expensive for people to purchase outright. At the most extreme end, the iPhone 14 Pro Max costs £1,2001. So a typical customer […]
Continue reading →By @edent · HTML5 mobile · 13 comments · 400 words · read ~255 times.
I want to detect if a web browser is running on a device which is capable of placing a telephone call. Is that possible? I'm going to go with a cautious "no - not quite". Although there are several proxies which get you part of the way there. Here's a link to a telephone number […]
Continue reading →By @edent · css HTML mobile phone · 8 comments · 500 words · read ~5,045 times.
How I miss the days when phone manufacturers were innovative. Nowadays everything is just a boring black rectangle. How to end a frontend developer's career pic.twitter.com/AYsI0pghh5 — Tawanda Nyahuye👨💻 (@towernter) May 6, 2022 I imagine that this (concept) device would probably just put the browser only on one row / column. Probably sensible, but utterly […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile · 5 comments · 500 words · read ~298 times.
Here's another idea which I tried to launch, back when I worked for a phone company. Disposable phone numbers. The pitch was simple. "As a woman on a dating site, I don't want to give my phone number out to strange blokes in case they don't like it when I eventually reject them." The idea […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile qi · 4 comments · 350 words · read ~258 times.
Apparently, Apple plans to make a port-less iPhone which only uses wireless charging. This is something I predicted 7 years ago! Qi - the wireless charging standard - is excellent. Put your phone down on a mat, or in a cradle, and it starts charging. Lovely! But there's a problem. You can't pick up your […]
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