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I've been researching why my cities public transport isn't available in Google Maps. Turns out that the (mostly public) transport company assumes itself in competition to app vendo…

The university website mentions student ID cards with chip. Is that not sufficient to provide strong authentication towards a self-service portal for password reset?

Thanks to the tremendous efforts! Whenever the GBoard is updated (on Android; the iOS version is just a subset), you can feel the progress that has been made.

If I remember correctly, cellphones with radio receivers tell you to plug in headphones whenever you're tuning in. My guess is the headphones cables act as the antenna. [Edit: TIL …

That's one of the things that need to be solved, rather than celebrated. Commuting -- no matter which transport you're using, is a waste of time and energy.

Assuming you're in a city made for humans: You pass by the bakery. You're not hungry… but it does look delicious. You go back, look through the windows again -- and decide you are …

It's a difference if you make a 30 min walk, pass by a bakery in the morning and the supermarket or a restaurant in the evening. You can't have that in the car, or train.

The "Too Good To Go" app became quite popular in Germany now. Restaurants, hotels and alike offer leftovers for a dime. You buy a voucher and collect a meal usually just after clos…

I’ve used non-Google devices most of the time, now trying out an iPhone. Just did a factory reset and restore via iCloud. My fear of loosing my phone, incomplete backups and messed…

Have you tried using the Google Keyboard on Android recently? It will distinguish between several languages.

Have a look at the Google article. I presume they do some research when claiming that keyboards aren't what a significant portion of humankind needs. But indeed not only programmer…

If you were talking about yourself only, I'd agree. But since you name humanity, one thing must be very clear: most people don't like keyboards. That's something that holds in "the…

The authors mention the headline attacks in a side note only. Their paper is about formal verification of the standard. That is indeed something new. Their framework finds a couple…

Do you know if the ancient Linux kernel on your router has any security issues? Do you receive any notification if there's ever an issue found? Is there even a centralised tracker …

That's a different concept, though. With contactless payments, you share your payment information with the point of sales. You do not get the opportunity to check what's going on (…

That's the case for any software that accepts any kind of input. Your browser, your PDF viewer, your messenger are just more popular, but not fundamentally different from a QR read…

Now we have APIs for 2FA tokens in place. When will we get an API for password managers? That'd enable effective domain name checks and such.

Their website is down.

Security could be one of the reasons -- 2G is the only technology remaining with no authentication of the network, and plenty of other issues. But I agree with you.

I'm pretty sure firefighters could get such a license in the event of emergency -- or just operate without such a license. [Edit: or you ask some technician of your local operator …

Firefighters (or others) could set up a "no-frills" base station on their truck. These systems include a power generator, servers, and a 2G GSM base station for ranges of about 10k…

I'm sure it's somewhat hard to change the system once deployed. They could just get a cheap global tariff -- but the eagles won't swap SIM cards themselves.

How is it cool when people steal scooters and the companies ultimately stop to offer rental scooters? Nobody will maintain the scooters just because cool and cyberpunk and viral. […