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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   Thing is, the value proposition proposed by "the cloud", whomever that may be (MS/Google/Apple et al), is quite the temptation. Seriously, I am slowly and surely de-googling, such as storing all data locally (if I need o
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   One thing I've noticed is that there are a lot of automated decision making going on. In [1], the ICO offers guidance around what the GDPR says in regards to this subject. What I don't understand is why the GDPR doesn't enfor
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   To me, it seems like these tech giants want the internet to start and end with their platforms. Facebook is becoming (or has become) people's experience of the "internet", it has a lot of what people want. My concern is there
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   Great. So now we have: * MSI * EXE * MSU * AppX * Windows Features * dism * Windows Update * SCCM Deployments * MSIX. So now everyone uses MSIX? Or are there still a combination of all of the above being used today? Creating a new standard
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   Am I crazy for wanting more than ever to fully embrace offline, privacy preserving technology? I'm okay with my Excel file on my HDD that I am in control over (and I've been spending time migrating away from the 'cloud'
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   I think that's a key part of the perception that comments are being "censored". I mean, as I write this comment, I am typing in a textarea (<textarea name="text" rows="6" cols="60"><&#x2
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   Personally, I feel the YouTube comment section is vastly better than it used to be in the early days of the site. I watched a music video by an artist and the comment section surfaced a comment that the artist had died last year, a piece of
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   I mean, defining "censorship" is kind of difficult. You've got a stream of data, in the form of text, that is being added to a database. It would be logical to apply a 'filter' of sorts because let's be honest,
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   by aboringusername 6y ago

   This is interesting, but I'd love to see a different take on the idea of binary "this is wrong" and "this is right". Take [1] for example, it lists the source as [2]. However, the source as claimed in [2] is reporte
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    by aboringusername 6y ago

    For me, I consider the real test for a website's performance to be how it reacts under JS disabled conditions. Using NoScript has completely changed the way I use the internet. Combine that with DoH and filtering and you can remove a l
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    by aboringusername 6y ago

    The problem is, there's no way to disassociate the two flaws with this: 1: people see "government app wants your location" 2: the government possibly using that location access at a later time I don't want to accept loca
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    by aboringusername 6y ago

    Yet, reading a recent report in [1]: "The NHS contact-tracing app must not be rolled out across the UK until the government has increased privacy and data protections, an influential parliamentary committee has said". The app requ
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    by aboringusername 6y ago

    From [1]: // TODO: We need a real device to test Bluetooth scanning if isMultipleAdvertisementSupported == false // TODO: We need analytics to identify number of devices that fall into this bucket I don't know wheth
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    by aboringusername 6y ago

    I really think the use of remote, undocumented and unknown code just needs to end. Including the SDK which can make changes invisibly should never be an acceptable practice. And it's why I am weary of installing apps in general. Tip: u