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Is there anything like this for 32-bit iPads? (I've a pristine example, which has been reduced to an alarm clock, since most websites don't support its browser

Is there anything like this for 32-bit iPads? (I've a pristine example, which has been reduced to an alarm clock, since most websites don't support its browser anymore. Most of the apps have also lost their backend. Certificates are also an issue. The battery is still fine and a charge lasts for more than a month, as it is decoupled from the Internet for the moment. Would be a pity to have to throw it away…)

ck45 4y ago
I'm using my old iPad mini as an ebook reader for tech books. For fictional books, I'm still a happy Kindle user, but I never liked reading technical books esp. with tables or images. Before finding that usecase, it almost ended up as a digital picture frame, which feels like a waste.
asdefghyk 4y ago
In my "limited understanding " of "web tech"? I thought it may be possible to use some kind of manipulative? and/or filtering? proxy to allow old ipads to use modern websites. This proxy could be remote like on a amazon or some other server somewhere OR as a embedded device that just operated on wifi. My background is as a electronics engineer who worked in embedded software dev ( few years) and then as a software test analysist (many years) . I have several "old" ipads ...
- s800 4y ago
  You could use a squid proxy elsewhere to uplift the crypto/cipher/PKI, which would get you browsing the full web again- however, you'd potentially fall victim to an unpatched Safari based exploit. http://www.squid-cache.org http://www.squid-cache.org
- ireflect 4y ago
  This is basically what is done in the vintage computer world… https://github.com/tenox7/wrp https://github.com/tenox7/wrp
e1ghtSpace 4y ago
You might have luck with Qmole. It works on 32 bit devices. https://github.com/chriskmanx/qmole https://github.com/chriskmanx/qmole I think theres a cydia repo somewhere.
cyberpunk 4y ago
Moxie’s sslstrip still works…

ck45 4y ago

I'm using my old iPad mini as an ebook reader for tech books. For fictional books, I'm still a happy Kindle user, but I never liked reading technical books esp. with tables or images. Before finding that usecase, it almost ended up as a digital picture frame, which feels like a waste.

asdefghyk 4y ago

In my "limited understanding " of "web tech"? I thought it may be possible to use some kind of manipulative? and/or filtering? proxy to allow old ipads to use modern websites. This proxy could be remote like on a amazon or some other server somewhere OR as a embedded device that just operated on wifi. My background is as a electronics engineer who worked in embedded software dev ( few years) and then as a software test analysist (many years) . I have several "old" ipads ...

s800 4y ago
You could use a squid proxy elsewhere to uplift the crypto/cipher/PKI, which would get you browsing the full web again- however, you'd potentially fall victim to an unpatched Safari based exploit. http://www.squid-cache.org http://www.squid-cache.org
ireflect 4y ago
This is basically what is done in the vintage computer world… https://github.com/tenox7/wrp https://github.com/tenox7/wrp

e1ghtSpace 4y ago

You might have luck with Qmole. It works on 32 bit devices. https://github.com/chriskmanx/qmole https://github.com/chriskmanx/qmole I think theres a cydia repo somewhere.

cyberpunk 4y ago

Moxie’s sslstrip still works…