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Our studio has released our first VR application. It's a virtual reality experience to help train nutrition educators in effective health care and nutrition counseling.

It was made by a separate team than mine, so I can't take any credit for it, but I know they worked closely with medical and nutrition experts to develop and refine the app with some specific learning objectives that are needed in health care.

nutritioncounselorvr.com

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@stman @Sempf @LaF0rge yes.

Because physical SIMs, like any "cryptographic chipcard" (i.e. @nitrokey ) did all that fancy public/private crypto on silicon and unless that was compromizeable (which AFAICT always necessistated physical access to the #SIM, espechally in pre-#OMAPI devices) the SIM wasn't 'cloneable' and the weakest link always had been the #MNO /.#MVNO issueing (may it be through #SocialHacking employees into #SimSwapping or LEAs showng up with a warrant and demanding "#LawfulInterception"):

Add to that the regression in flexibility:

Unlike a #SimCard which was designed as a vendor-independent, #MultiVendor, #MultiProvider, device agnostic unit to facilitate the the #authentification and #encryption in #GSM (and successor standards), #eSIMs act to restrict #DeviceFreedom and #ConsumerChoice, which with shit like #KYC per #IMEI (i.e. #Turkey demands it after 90 days of roaming per year) und #lMEI-based #Allowlisting (see #Australia's shitty #VoLTE + #2G & #3G shutdown!) are just acts to clamp down on #privacy and #security.

  • And with #EID being unique per #eSIM (like the #IMEI on top!) there's nothing stopping #cyberfacist regimes like "P.R." #China, #Russia, #Iran, ... from banning "#eSIMcards" (#eSIM in SIM card form factor) or entire device prefixes (i.e. all phones that are supported by @GrapheneOS ), as M(V)NOs see the EID used to deploy/activate a profile (obviously they don't want people to activate eSIMs more than once, unless explicitly allowed otherwise.

"[…] [Technologies] must always be evaluated for their ability to oppress. […]

  • Dan Olson

And now you know why I consider a #smartphone with eSIM instead of two SIM slots not as a real #DualSIM device because it restricts my ability to freely move devices.

  • And whilst German Courts reaffirmed §77 TKG (Telco Law)'s mandate to letting people choose their devices freely, (by declarong #fees for reissue of eSIMs illegal) that is only enforceable towards M(V)NOs who are in #Germany, so 'good luck' trying to enforce that against some overseas roaming provider.

Thus #Impersonation attacks in GSM-based networks are easier than ever before which in the age of more skilled than ever #Cybercriminals and #Cyberterrorists (i.e. #NSA & #Roskomnadnozr) puts espechally the average #TechIlliterate User at risk.

  • I mean, anyone else remember the #Kiddies that fucked around with #CIA director #Brennan? Those were just using their "weapons-grade #boredom", not being effective, for-profit cyber criminals!

And then think about those who don't have privilegued access to protection by their government, but rather "privilegued access" to prosecution by the state because their very existance is criminalized...

The only advantage eSIMs broight in contrast is 'logistical' convenience because it's mostly a #QRcode and that's just a way to avoid typos on a cryptic #LocalProfileAgent link.

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@LaF0rge yeah, that I did figure out with the whole #GSMA signing chain.

  • The few "vendor independent" options I've seen were mere eSIM management tools at the LPA / LPAC level and subsequent #Apps from companies that sell #eSIMcards (aka. #eSIM in Triple-#SIM form factor) like #5ber, #EIOTCLUB, #9e and others...

These do in fact work and I guess having something like lpa-gtk that can be remotely told to deploy/switch eSIMs is the closest to what I'm looking for that will be possible in the walled maze that GSMA forces everyone to walk through as they don't allow people to roll their own CI/CA and exercise control.

  • Granted as you hinted in your talk the reliance on having public internet access kinda defeats the purpose of a WWAN connectivity like 5G/4G/3G/2G so at best it allows for dynamically (with interruption) switch between eSIMs based off the current traffic pattern (i.e. from a narrowband flatrate or no base rate pay-as-you-go to a broadband flatrate or cheaper per-traffic plan).

Fortunately I don't even need like legacy services like Voice/SMS and a phone number so it's easy to obtain eSIMs for that which neither expire nor incure standby fees.

Y después de 4 dias recibiendo avisos de HOY LLEGA, por fin esta aqui la buscada tarjeta de modem #WWAN para mi #DELL.

Anoche la instalé. No fue fácil porque mis ojos tuvieron problemas para conectar esos pequeños cablecitos de la antena (la edad, eda?). No hubo necesidad de descargar ni instalar nada. La DELL la reconoció a la primera.

Le puse un #SIM de #VirginMobile (que usa la red de Movistar) y les confirmo que ya esta operando perfectamente. Yeiii!