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by aboringusername 1y ago
Another aspect of this is why Apple/Google let this happen in the first place. GrapheneOS is the only mobile OS I can think of that lets you disable networking on an per-app level. Why does a period tracking app need to send data to me
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by aboringusername 1y ago
Yes, because that's how the internet is designed to work, a VPN just routes packets to another location with the nice side effect of being able to use another IP address. Countries have tried to enforce censorship but even places like
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by aboringusername 1y ago
We are in a community of hackers. There are tools such as VPNs which are effective at bypassing these requirements. That will likely change in a few years as the government will want to crack down on circumvention techniqus. The law is inci
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by aboringusername 1y ago
The claim is that the data is "deleted", but there is no way to actually verify it is in fact being deleted (and the chances are data itself might be stored in say AWS which may have its own way of "deleting" data, such
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by aboringusername 1y ago
Laws such as these are dangerous because it normalizes the idea that you should submit your most personal data - and the risks that come with that - in order to access a service. In the real world, as another commenter has said, we don&#x27
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by aboringusername 1y ago
Phone calling is great and all, however, for complaince, safety and monitoring purposes having things in writing as a direct evidence trail is, sadly, something that is essential. Too many people like to use phone calls as a way of bypassin
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by aboringusername 1y ago
It's very clear that DNS is fundamentally broken and any resolver that does not resolve because of political decisions should be considered not fit for purpose; it is advised not to use any resolver that is mentioned in this article as
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by aboringusername 2y ago
Does anyone have an idea if you were to enable wifi and register a MS account exactly what data is being sent to them? Do they send your MAC address? Obviously your IP address and I assume during account creation they would want your phone
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by aboringusername 2y ago
Absolutely. You should check out the list [1] to see what banking apps are verified working with GrapheneOS. It's worth noting if your banking app isn't on this list it does not mean it will not work. [1]: https://privs
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by aboringusername 2y ago
This isn't true at all. Getting a Pixel and GrapheneOS running requires no Google account (but does require the internet initially to enable OEM unlocking). Once GrapheneOS is installed, no further interaction with Google is required.
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by aboringusername 2y ago
Excuse my possible ignorance but I had a question: Does ChatGPT have 'up to date knowledge' in terms of latest versions of software? When I have used it I asked it to help me with VueJS but whilst it knew about version 3 (which is
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by aboringusername 2y ago
I have a question. How does the client learn about certificate update? I understand the "leaf" or "domain" update is done when the request is made, and that I as the end user don't need to do anything. However if an
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by aboringusername 2y ago
> there should be at least ten alternatives in any diversified set of critical infrastructure service providers, all of them instantly replaceable / forced to provide interoperability... And does anyone actually know how to actual
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by aboringusername 2y ago
See, for all the talk of how the GDPR will lead to fines of "4% global turnover" it's been an abysmal failure in this regard. My understanding is that you're not supposed to be subject to automated decision making (assum
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by aboringusername 2y ago
I assume if I can log into my account and read old messages they are stored in a way that can be considered 'personal data'. For example, if they store my username and IP address with the messages then that is PII. Or even if they
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by aboringusername 2y ago
Discord is one of those places that makes me realise the failings of the GDPR. For all the talk about fines of '4% global turnover' for non-compliance Discord seems to get away with not having to delete data? I mean, I thought aft
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by aboringusername 2y ago
I wonder if this will come down to an arguement of 'letter' and 'spirit' of the law; clearly Apple's lawyers will say 'notarization' is for security which is explicitly allowed under the DMA. However Europ
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by aboringusername 3y ago
I'm not sure they are. Namecheap seemed to do this of their own violation, which is most disappointing.
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by aboringusername 3y ago
Lineage is more about convenience and longevity rather than security and privacy. As another commenter said, Graphene is most suitable for this task if it's a major concern. Take a random device like Google Pixel [1] it runs on a 4.4 k
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by aboringusername 3y ago
This is why it's hard to take the 'climate change' argument seriously. Why can companies issue a software change without having to provide a public risk assessment of the impact of making such a change - especially in regards
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by aboringusername 3y ago
One question I don't often see asked in regards to passkeys: what is the legal standing in regards to law enforcement access to 'passkeys' vs passwords? For example, it is completely valid to say I genuinely do not know my 10
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by aboringusername 3y ago
One question I don't see asked in the various threads covering this: why does windows freely offer such data? At least Intel does give you an opt out (should be opt in really), but other applications can freely collect this data withou
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by aboringusername 3y ago
It's actually kind of sad to see people actually using this and believing in the claims being made. And this is all supported by Google who, frankly, should be denying service to what should be considered spyware. I mean, I swear t
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by aboringusername 3y ago
> The only JavaScript is that which is necessary to run the site No JS is required to 'run' a site. I can and do use Hackernews without ever requiring JS to be enabled. Everything works via POST, it's quick and simple. Y
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by aboringusername 3y ago
One question is why Android is so "dumb" when it comes to this sort of thing. I can set a connection as "metered", whatever that means, but no way to set a limit of max throughput (speed/data) whilst on wifi. Androi
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by aboringusername 3y ago
What are the legal implications of passkeys? Are there any case law examples yet? My understanding is it's 100% impossible to 'prove' I know a password or not as it could be written on a piece of paper somewhere, and it'
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by aboringusername 3y ago
Remember this will happen again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again until America actually gets some proper data protection/privacy laws. You should consider all your data insecure and expect
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by aboringusername 3y ago
I'd go about it an alternative way rather than going after the judges: design a network resistant to censorship in the first place. If content can be taken down this easily then society has a problem. Instead, just make a network where
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by aboringusername 4y ago
> Nowhere near everyone is always charging all the time. The amount of turn-over of cars, daily, or even hourly at gas stations today is insane. As soon as you hit 50%+ of call cars being electric, there will be a % of those charging 2
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by aboringusername 4y ago
This is key. Both parties need to trust that their messages are staying within the realms of WhatsApp itself, and with the usage of disappearing mode, not leaving any traces of a conversation. They should probably be using encryption within

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