What does your phone know about you? How secure is your information, and who can access it? Do you know that you can build and flash your own, 100% secure cellphone in just a few days? Today,…
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Counter-Forensics. Protecting your smartphone against the Five Eyes
The Editorial Board decided to publish this material after reviewing a large number of articles in various periodicals, including technical ones. All these publications, with no exceptions, repeat the same trivial recommendations: "use a complex screen lock…
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Tips&tricks: Android’s hidden capabilities that everyone should know
At first sight, Android seems a rather simple operating system; however, it contains a lot of hidden functions and settings (especially in the latest versions) which can make your life much easier. So, before you hurry to…
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Encoder for Android: сomplete software anatomy
Until recently, based on the results of surveys and personal experience, I had the impression that users believe that the value of data stored on a device greatly exceeds the cost of the device itself. Why until…
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Jailbreaking for dummies. What to do after a device has…
So you've decided to jailbreak your device, downloaded a proper utility from the website paungu or taig, connected your smartphone to your computer, and launched the application. After several reboots, a message was displayed on the screen…
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How to keep an eye on someone through an Android…
Everyone cares about their significant others' security. We all know that feeling when your calls are not answered and your Whatsapp messages not marked as read. In a moment like that you would do a lot to…
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Status 7 error: what’s the problem with Android OTA updates…
Not infrequently users accustomed to rooting firmware, installing all sorts of system software, changing kernels and otherwise compromising firmware, find it for themselves that it is impossible install an OTA-update. It just won't get in place, rejecting…
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Why we need Google Chromecast and what it can do
Recently, media set-top boxes and HDMI-dongles are gaining popularity. This article is about the most well-known device of this series — Google Chromecast, which has a huge amount of various compatible applications and an open SDK. It…
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Forged together with one chain
I believe that at present one of the most valuable things is time. Curiously enough, the modern devices destined to accelerate our life take, in fact, still more time. Fortunately, many of the problems to be solved…
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Swiss knife for iPhone
Only lazybones know nothing about Cydia today. Such words as jailbreak, tweak and unofficial app store have long ago come into general use of every more or less competent user of an i-device. On the other hand,…
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Squeezing the Most Out of Pebble
Often, you find yourself in a situation when it is not convenient to use your smartphone or get it out of pocket, such as when it rains, while driving a car, at a meeting... Or you may…
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How to build kernel modules and native Linux applications for…
Android devices are good by any definition, but sometimes they extremely lack features and utilities available in desktop Linux. Separate instruments, such as Terminal IDE, partly help, but anyway they do not have some of the desired…
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Coding on Android tablet: tips and tricks
Standard way to develop an Android application: sit down to table, turn on the computer, launch Google's SDK and, drinking a cup of tea, unhurriedly stamp a code. But such a cozy environment is not always available,…
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