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While at the Dark Android Project I generally recommend only tablets for secure devices, the fact is that most people still want to use smartphones. And I get lots of questions into the site and to my science and tech podcast, Sovryn Tech, asking me what are the best Android smartphones available. So I like to keep those tech suggestions updated, and while not having to take up precious podcast airtime, I do it here on the Dark Android Blog.
Keep in mind, I still like to stick with some of the principles behind the Dark Android Project when I make …read more

According to this Democracy 21 press release, some members of Congress are working to change the public funding system for presidential elections. Apparently primary season matching funds would be abolished, and the money would be used to pay for the major party presidential conventions. This idea might appeal to Democrats, because the Democratic National Committee is low in funds that are needed to pay for costs of the 2016 Philadelphia convention.
The only minor party or independent presidential candidate who is currently seeking to qualify for primary season matching funds is Jill Stein. She must raise $5,000 in …read more

Anderson, IN — Thursday, Officer Donald Jordan was arrested by the FBI after an investigation of several months revealed that he was selling drugs while on duty. The local police department was tipped off about the issue in July, and surprisingly, the local police chief actually contacted the FBI to have them conduct an investigation. Usually, this is the sort of issue that is swept under the rug by police departments, so this is an extremely rare occurrence.
Jordan was corrupt in many more ways than just selling drugs. In one of the reports against him, it was said that he …read more

Pocatello, ID — In recent weeks, since the attacks in Paris, the Colorado Planned Parenthood Center, and in San Bernardino, the topic of gun control has been thrust into the debate arena once again.
Every time there is a shooting, controversy arises as the anti-gun groups call for “stricter gun laws” while the pro-gun groups cite Charlton Heston.
Gun rights advocates state the obvious when they say that restricting the possession of guns only keeps guns out of the hands of people who actually listen to the law.
On the other side, the gun controllers ignore this logic and push for even stricter …read more

Last year, the Montana Republican Party filed a lawsuit against state law that requires the party to nominate candidates for public office in an open primary. On December 14, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris, an Obama appointee, ruled that the lawsuit can’t be decided without more evidence. The Republican Party already provided evidence that in open primaries in other states, a certain percentage of voters who are not loyal to the Republican Party nevertheless choose to vote in Republican primaries.
The ruling, which is 37 pages long and has a comprehensive history of other lawsuits on the issue …read more

At the Dark Android Project, I’ve dabbled a few times with applying the anonymity, privacy, and security principles (DAPS) to other devices such as e-readers, Android Auto, iOS devices, and the like. Well, this will certainly be the most ambitious Dark Android mini-project yet…a Samsung Dark Android-styled refrigerator!
Most people know Samsung for their Galaxy-series entries into the smartphone, tablet, and Android Wear (and Tizen wearables, yes) markets, but most people don’t realize just how much Samsung actually creates outside of those markets (did you know they practically build submarines?), and just how “smart” they’re trying to make everything.
This includes the …read more

Just as no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures, the fears he expresses say more about his true beliefs than do any overt professions of faith. By this measure, the Rev. Franklin Graham is more of an “unbeliever” than candid atheists like Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins, and the Bible he conspicuously wields is little more than a stage prop. Confronted with what he considers the existential threat posed by Islam, Graham turned to the State, rather than the God he worships, for protection.
“For some time I have been saying that Muslim immigration into the United States should be …read more

Jim Murray Holding a Newspaper from December 12, 2015, to prove he did not die in September.
Jim Murray, the “Tesla Man” that has discovered many of the Serbian scientist’s secrets, is my neighbor. Not only is he my neighbor, he has become a part of my family. Jim often has dinner with my wife and I, attends my family gatherings, and even officiated my wedding.
Jim has been electrifying the world for over 50 years. His lifetime of experience has produced dozens of patents, inventions and now a truly remarkable discovery that can fundamentally change the way that human beings use …read more

On December 11, Arkansas filed its brief in Libertarian Party of Arkansas v Martin, e.d., 4:15cv-635. The issue is a new law that says qualified minor parties (which nominate by convention) must nominate all their candidates for public office, except President and Vice-President, at least one year before the general election. No state has ever before required any type of party to nominate its candidates in the year before a November general election.
Arkansas major parties choose all their non-presidential nominees at their primaries on March 1, 2016, almost four months later. The state only cites one precedent …read more

On Sunday, December 13, CNN announced the names of the nine Republican presidential candidates who qualified for the main stage for the December 15 debate. See this story. Essentially the criteria was to be at 3%. The debate is in Las Vegas. There will also be a subsidiary debate with four other Republican presidential candidates. …read more