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Matt's internet home
Personal blog · downrightnifty.me/blogsecurityhardware
Matt's internet home is a personal blog at downrightnifty.me about security and hardware. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Accessing region-locked iOS features, such as EU app stores”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-02-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite this blog's 2025 post documenting how to use EU-only iOS features from outside the EU. Commenters describe the setup, which uses a Faraday bag and spoofed hotspots.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Matt's internet home
Most-linked posts?
- Accessing region-locked iOS features, such as EU app stores3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-02-27
What Hacker News says?
If you want to try it for yourself, you can. https://downrightnifty.me/blog/2025/02/27/eu-features-outsid... Requires an EU apple account, a faraday bag, two esp32 boards (or other way to spoof hotspots), a VPN with an endpoint in the EU, and an iOS device with a supported OS version.
Comment linking /blog/2025/02/27/eu-features-outside.html
on “iOS 26.2 to allow third-party app stores in Japan ahead of regulatory deadline”Submitted Accessing region-locked iOS features, such as EU app stores as a story · 93 points
HN discussionHere are people documenting what they had to do for this, in both cases it necessitated the use of Faraday cages: https://downrightnifty.me/blog/2025/02/27/eu-features-outsid... https://lagrangepoint.substack.com/p/airpods-hearing-aid-hac...
Comment linking /blog/2025/02/27/eu-features-outside.html
on “iOS 26.2 to allow third-party app stores in Japan ahead of regulatory deadline”Submitted Turning Google smart speakers into wiretaps for $100k as a story · 1 points
HN discussion