ladfrombrad 🇬🇧

not called Brad but rather a lad, from Bradford in the UK.

Enjoys breaking apps, escooters, spam rings and sometimes bones, but not my own. That sucks.

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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • It’s really strange, and testing via ProtonVPN some do and don’t work.

    But I think where I’ve found my main issue is the Exit Node I have at a family member’s house that I use through Tailscale.

    None of them work on that connection and, I don’t know if it makes a difference but it is a CGNAT’ed connection whilst my exit node at home seemingly works fine and has an external IP.

    Thanks for the confirmation!




  • I had to leave VirginMoney because the lady on the phone told me I needed an iPhone to reset my password (seriously) even after trying with three separate Android devices.

    There’s no desktop functionality (mobile is king with them) and it amazed me that day I had to use the Current Account Switcher to go to an equally meh banking service.

    Sorry state of affairs across all mobile apps to be honest and as seen by the prevalence of MDM and accessing data Vs doing the very same, on a desktop “PC”. Why the data is more precious on a mobile device to them is telling…


  • Obvious elephant in the room is some of these mobile environments are stigmatized by the need for “security” and taking away the freedom of what a desktop OS offers.

    The very best example is the background playback of audio on a website called YouTube.com.

    Why you can’t play things in the background (yes, I have Kiwi etc and can do this) on mobile is very very telling, and will only get more restrictive.