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by beefee 3y ago
A service that requires a telephone number simply shouldn't be called an Internet service. It can't be used purely over the Internet. Telephone numbers are fundamentally incompatible with privacy. Signal's leadership knows th
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by beefee 3y ago
Me too. Several teams are trying to land grab by "wrapping" Nix with extra stuff. But as good as flakes are, they still have big problems. flake.lock size explosion, UI hassles, no cross compiling support.
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by beefee 3y ago
Please put your apps on F-Droid.
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by beefee 3y ago
Owners may want to disable this in hardware rather than relying on a sketchy opt-out mechanism. The relevant part is the "data communications module". It has an LTE modem and a backup battery, so it's able to transmit even if
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by beefee 3y ago
Here are some reasons. 1. Cost. I'd rather not pay for hardware and software I won't use. 2. Environmental impact. Unused and unwanted hardware is waste. 3. Unauthorized users connecting to WiFi. TVs are often in common areas. The
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by beefee 4y ago
Will any of this be available on Linux or owner controlled systems?
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by beefee 4y ago
Please, stop using phone numbers. There is no reliable way to hold a phone number. The messaging protocols are insecure. If your service uses phone numbers or SMS, that means it's not secure or reliable.
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by beefee 4y ago
I was never even able to sign up. "Customer service" just repeats the same thing on a loop. Tech companies will slowly put themselves out of business with fraud detection algorithms.
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by beefee 4y ago
I wonder how hard it would be to have my personal residence classified as one of these protected places. Incorporate some kind of business or non-profit, make sure it shows up the right way in Google Maps, then enjoy freedom from Google sur
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by beefee 4y ago
The loss of pay phones over the last 20 years is a loss to society. We used to have widespread access to cheap and anonymous emergency calling.
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by beefee 4y ago
I fear services will force the use of certain devices, like those on the FIDO certified products list [0]. Will there be a way to use open hardware, open firmware, and user-controlled hardware attestation keys? Or will that be considered a
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by beefee 4y ago
The services I interact with that support WebAuthn usually only allow you to register one key. Backup and recovery is a confusing puzzle for most of these services.
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by beefee 5y ago
Yes, and there are surveillance companies dedicated to tracking people and the returns they make [0]. Many retailers now demand personal information like ID cards to make returns. If their secret fraud detection algorithms flag you, you can
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by beefee 5y ago
Mozilla is big tech. They are funded by big tech and they support big tech's censorship ideology. If they want to actually break with big tech, they can retract and apologize for this pro-censorship advocacy piece: https://b
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by beefee 5y ago
This is an important document and the best piece of writing I've ever seen on the topic of systemd.
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by beefee 5y ago
It's best to run it yourself. On NixOS it's a one-liner: "services.invidious.enable = true". Then it will be up at http://127.0.0.1:3000 . Blazing fast and zero annoyances.
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by beefee 6y ago
It's chilling how quickly the tech industry has coalesced around oppressive and biased social media censorship policies. A scant few years ago, the tech industry was a beacon of free expression.
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by beefee 6y ago
Are there any companies or organizations working to protect Internet freedom?
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by beefee 6y ago
Here's the telemetry documentation: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/P3A So it's sending some amount of telemetry, but it's not so bad compared to mainstream browsers. A more detaile
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by beefee 6y ago
It's a matter of preference and threat models. Brave isn't perfect, and has had some controversy in their business practices. They also have some telemetry and cryptocurrency ads. For non-technical users I still think Brave is the
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by beefee 6y ago
It's important to have content-neutral browsers. Several days ago Mozilla indicated their support of the Internet censorship regime: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...
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by beefee 6y ago
Our critical communications infrastructure is in danger. Are there any serious companies or organizations out there countering this wave of censorship?
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by beefee 6y ago
We are seeing an emerging system of privatized sanctions enacted by a collusive tech oligopoly. Safari allows people to view any content they want on the Web. I wonder if they will ever move to only allowing users to go to specifically allo
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by beefee 6y ago
Why does Signal require a phone number, after all these years? It's a gigantic red flag that they unnecessarily require a tie-in to the primary governmental communication surveillance system. I've seen multiple attempted explanati
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by beefee 6y ago
For anyone that hasn't heard it, ten states have alleged Facebook entered into an unlawful agreement with a competitor to manipulate advertising auctions. [1] [1] https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default&
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by beefee 6y ago
YouTube is not serving its users very well. It's becoming an unreliable service. Creators walk on eggshells to avoid political or copyright censorship. Users have a hard time finding interesting content since so much of it is being del
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by beefee 6y ago
Zoom's lack of security focus has been a competitive advantage for them. It's clear that many users don't actually care that much about the confidentiality of their video meetings. The low-friction nature of jumping on a Zoo
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by beefee 6y ago
I want science to be held to a very high standard. Maybe even higher than "software engineering grade". Especially if it's being used as a justification for public policy.
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by beefee 6y ago
As a user and downstream developer, I'm glad that the Linux maintainers are committed to maintaining a sound architecture. The idea that they need to be more polite about rejecting low quality work is puzzling to me.
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by beefee 6y ago
This is true, but the Nix sandbox does make it a little easier. If you're going for bit-for-bit reproducibility, it has some nice features that help, like normalizing the date, hostname, and so on. And optionally you can use a fixed ou

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