Whether this technology is a real issue or not, it serves as a reminder why ads are no longer welcome on any of my…

Whether this technology is a real issue or not, it serves as a reminder why ads are no longer welcome on any of my devices.

I am 100% blocking ads whenever I can, I use adblock on my desktop and Ghostery on my phone. I do not have Windows 10 on anything and I don’t watch commercial television at all. I have reduced the number of native apps that I use on my phone and the latest version of Android allows me to limit the permissions on all of my apps to a bare minimum:

Want to use the mike or camera? Fuck off.

Want access to all my contacts? See above.

Originally shared by Lauren Weinstein

// “As a person goes about her business, her activity on each device generates different data streams about her preferences and behavior that are siloed in these devices and services that mediate them,” CDT officials wrote. “Cross-device tracking allows marketers to combine these streams by linking them to the same individual, enhancing the granularity of what they know about that person.” The officials said that companies with names including SilverPush, Drawbridge, and Flurry are working on ways to pair a given user to specific devices. Adobe is developing similar technologies. Without a doubt, the most concerning of the companies the CDT mentioned is San Francisco-based SilverPush. //

/me stock nexus

/me stock nexus

Via James Brown​

Originally shared by Patrick Hill (graffixnyc)

My evolution using Android..

Get Android… 

Learn to root..

Learn to flash ROM..

become flashaholic flashing multiple ROMs per day crack flashing.

Never having the same ROM/setup for two days in a row

Want more power….

Flash a custom kernel…..

OVERCLOCK!! 

Too much battery being used

OVERCLOCK! UNDERVOLT!

Now horsepower  is not so important.. Need more battery life…

UNDERCLOCK!! 

Need to squeeze more battery life out of device

UNDERCLOCK!! UNDERVOLT!!! 

Tired of custom kernel stability(even when not OC/UC UV)

Stock kernel… custom ROM, rooted..

Tired of all the bugs and little nuisances in custom ROMS..

Stock rom, stock kernel… still rooted of course

Root?  I don’t need root anymore..

Completely bone stock

The end…