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Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] Shiftless@infosec.pub 15 points 2 months ago

Doctors still have pagers. The pager will just have a phone number the doctor needs to call as to not violate patient privacy. Instead of calling the doctor directly, they use a pager to request a call because of the bad service that is common within hospitals. At least that's what I know

End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] Shiftless@infosec.pub 3 points 3 months ago

I recently found this and it works great for my needs

Trying to buy a laptop for college. What specs should I look out for? in c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world

[–] Shiftless@infosec.pub 6 points 4 months ago

You could get a last generation AMD laptop with 16GB of RAM for about $500 USD in the states. I've seen some from Acer for ~$400 USD that's pretty decent. Aim to get something with upgradable RAM if you can

Has anyone used briar ? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] Shiftless@infosec.pub 2 points 9 months ago

Briar was nice for chatting when you only have Bluetooth connectivity. Messaging otherwise is subpar