Collaborate Disseminate
Here at Hackaday we’re suckers for old abandoned technologies, the more obscure the better. The history of the telephone has plenty to capture our attention, and it’s from that arena …read more Continue reading Rabbit Sighted In The Wild
Android, the popular mobile phone OS, is essentially just Linux with a nice user interface layer covering it all up. In theory, it should be able to do anything a …read more Continue reading Webserver Runs on Android Phone
I have an iPhone and am the victim of a strange attack. I’m trying to figure out how this was done. I made a call to my bank and spoke with a customer service representative who was unable to help. Somehow I was transferred to a technic… Continue reading While on hold, someone was able to call me and talk to me as though they were the bank I called [closed]
I was told¹ that Edward Snowden claimed our cell phones track us even when turned off. I am sure that they don’t use enough battery to transmit when turned off. When turned off, some things still work (e.g., clock) but I doubt that inclu… Continue reading Cell phone tracking when turned off?
How do I block mobile phone cards or mobile data (SIM cards), on Windows?
I know that I can take out the hardware that reads the SIM cards, the LTE card.
Block the device, the LTE, in the Device Managers.
In gpedit I can block the ID from… Continue reading In Win10/Win11, how to block mobile phone cards with mobile data (SIM cards)? [migrated]
My husband set up someone’s laptop and used his phone to assist. Our private pics have ended up on this person’s laptop without our knowledge or consent. How could this happen? Surely one must transfer the files or save them?
Continue reading How did pics go from a phone to the laptop without him knowing it? [migrated]
WhatsApp (and many other services) has the option to receive the login code through a phone call.
Steps:
attempt to log into WhatsApp on another phone with your number
click on the button saying you didn’t get the number on your WhatsApp … Continue reading WhatsApp sends a authentication code via a call. Android doesn’t block calls with a locked screen
My friend Alice says she was possibly hacked. Yesterday, her friend Bob said Alice sent him a WhatsApp message with some numbers, and then Bob replied to this message with a thumbs up. Bob says no record of the message appears on their cha… Continue reading Unusual WhatsApp message with random code sent to a contact [closed]
There are a ton of inventions out in the world that are almost complete accidents, but are still ubiquitous in our day-to-day lives. Things like bubble wrap which was originally …read more Continue reading How IBM Stumbled Onto RISC
Phones can be distracting, with notifications popping up all the time to snare our attention and maybe even ruin our lives. [Guy Dupont] wishes to be no slave to the …read more Continue reading Mailblocks Makes Your Phone Work More Like The Post, Kinda?