The government adopted Tuesday a draft antistalking law amendment that prohibits the act of collecting location information by abusing loss prevention tags. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/japan/crime-legal/antistalking-law-location-information/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stalking #domesticviolence #phones
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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Been trying to cut my phone usage even more lately. One thing that definately really helps, is setting everything to greyscale.
Phone's boring as hell now, and I only really use it now to look something up if I desperately need to.
It has also opened my eyes even more to the #accesibility of colour choice in web design. When everything you look at is in black and white, you can immediatly tell when a site designer never even thought about making the colours accessible to people with visual disabilities. Colour contrast really matters!
The Unihertz Jelly Star is two years old, runs Android 13, and still does something no other phone can: make me think before I use it.
It’s tiny, awkward, and honest — a detox device that actually works. No one’s made anything like it since. Even Unihertz gave up.
I looked for something that could replace it. Nothing exists.
Read: The Tiny, Brilliant, Infuriating Phone No One Will Replace
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-unihertz-jelly-star-the-tiny-brilliant-infuriating-phone-no-one-will-replace/
#Unihertz #JellyStar #Android #DigitalMinimalism #TechCulture #Phones #Detox #SmallPhones #Minimalism #Review
Been trying to cut my phone usage even more lately. One thing that definately really helps, is setting everything to greyscale.
Phone's boring as hell now, and I only really use it now to look something up if I desperately need to.
It has also opened my eyes even more to the #accesibility of colour choice in web design. When everything you look at is in black and white, you can immediatly tell when a site designer never even thought about making the colours accessible to people with visual disabilities. Colour contrast really matters!
alcinnz
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⏰ Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes. No wonder we're addicted
#smartphones #mentalhealth #brain #phones #media #socialmedia #technology #warning #risks
⏰ Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes. No wonder we're addicted
#smartphones #mentalhealth #brain #phones #media #socialmedia #technology #warning #risks
Tokyo police have served two people with additional arrest warrants, including a person believed to be the leader of a group accused of committing phone scam cases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/phone-scam-leader-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #china #phones #fraud
The Aichi Prefectural Police has arrested seven key figures of an organization that allegedly took over bank accounts to sell them to criminal groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/bank-account-brokers-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #aichi #fraud #phones #banks
I'm getting closer to yielding to the numerous pressures to own a smart phone. I know phones in general are shit for digital sovereignty, but maybe there are some less gross ones? Does anyone have opinions about this?
HMD Touch 4G is an unusual phone launching in India this week - leaks point to a small phone with a squat 3.2 inch display, a Nokia Lumia-inspired camera bump that's somewhere between a feature phone and a smartphone. https://www.gsmarena.com/hmd_teases_touch_4g_hybrid_phone-news-69808.php #HMD #Phones #Smartphone #FeaturePhone #HMDTouch4G
An ordinance limiting screen time for residents of Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture, is making it one of the first cities in the nation to have the government try to get its citizens to put down their phones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/toyoake-screen-time-limit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #phones #toyoake #socialmedia #health #children
A new fraud tactic has emerged in Osaka Prefecture, in which scammers send elderly people smartphones before swindling them using the devices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/crime-legal/scam-smartphone-elderly/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #phones #japanesepolice #elderly #osaka #socialmedia #fraud
Samuel Plumppu
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We need open source phones to thrive now more than ever as Android continues its quest to be completely locked down and be more like iOS.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
Hot off the heels of Calyx OS effectively shutting down, marking the likely end of a era when it comes to custom ROM development on Android.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-rom-calyxos-support-freeze-google-blame-3590268/
I do hope the EU can do something about this before it's too late.
We need open source phones to thrive now more than ever as Android continues its quest to be completely locked down and be more like iOS.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
Hot off the heels of Calyx OS effectively shutting down, marking the likely end of a era when it comes to custom ROM development on Android.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-rom-calyxos-support-freeze-google-blame-3590268/
I do hope the EU can do something about this before it's too late.
Japan Fair Trade Commission guidelines set to take effect in December will prohibit companies like Google and Apple from excluding other companies' app stores from the platforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/30/companies/guidelines-smartphone-apps-it-giants/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ftc #google #apple #apps #phones
I have been trying to figure out why the Pixel 8A screen bothers me so much, and it seems to be the rainbow banding when you tilt the screen at all. It makes it feel like my eyes can't focus on the screen, it's weird. I found other people on forums complaining that the 8A has an extra cheap screen and that causes the rainbow effect. Other Pixels seem okay.
This is a photo someone on Reddit took that shows rainbow on the left phone, next to a phone with no rainbow.
https://imgur.com/8o8GRw4
The up side to all this is that I have been using my phone only the bare minimum for the last week. I think that's a good reminder that I don't need a phone for very much. I try to keep my tech simple, so I am going to set up any new phone to be as minimal as possible.
A ban on mobile phones and other electronic devices in Dutch schools has improved focus among students, a study commissioned by the Dutch government found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/world/dutch-survey-phone-ban-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #education #netherlands #schools #phones
I just read: #BlackBerryClassic is being ressurected as #ZINWAQ25. I've never had one, but I remember wanting a physical QWERTY phone and using the BBM app. Only #Android 13 support. I wonder if it'll be popular though, as I feel text is not priority for most and people want real estate to watch video. I would love to get the physical buttons as I do type quite a bit. I think it'll be for the nostalgia factor... There are other options like #unihertz which should be a good alternative. #phones