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by commoner 5y ago
That's a very unreasonable take. Privacy is not reserved for "special" people, it's for everyone. A $1,200 smartphone is generally not considered a "great deal" and definitely not "the best deal ever offer
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by commoner 5y ago
While this collusion theory is unlikely to be true, NCMEC is not just any "private" organization. NCMEC was established by the U.S. Congress in 1984 and has received up to $40 million of funding from the U.S. Congress every year.
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by commoner 5y ago
I wouldn't make that bet. Mastodon isn't mainstream yet, but it does have almost a million active users: https://fediverse.party/en/mastodon
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by commoner 5y ago
The Bitwarden server is source-available, but not open source. This is because, for example, section 2.3 of the license agreement ( https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_BITW... ) conflic
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by commoner 5y ago
> Are you making claims without evidence? No. Plaid did agree to pay the $58 million, and the lawsuit was for alleged data sharing with third parties without user consent. I don't care if they admit guilt or not. They agreed to pay
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by commoner 5y ago
The comments in those threads were more negative than positive, and the fact that Plaid paid a $58 million settlement for allegedly sharing personal banking data with third parties without consent is telling enough. I am not going to give m
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by commoner 5y ago
System76 has sold laptops with 4K displays before, though they're absent from their current lineup: - https://tech-docs.system76.com/models/addw1/README.html - https://tech-docs.system76.com/m
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by commoner 5y ago
Plaid has serious privacy and security concerns, so I would be careful: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28200076 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28389576
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by commoner 5y ago
I think the GNOME Firmware app should be a suitable replacement. It also uses fwupd/LVFS for firmware updates: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Firmware The GNOME Software app that's included i
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by commoner 5y ago
Yes, instructions here: https://forum.zorin.com/t/how-to-enable-screen-scaling-on-hi... HiDPI support on Zorin OS is similar to that of other distros that use GNOME Shell.
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by commoner 5y ago
Ah, thanks for the correction. > Civil liability for aiding and abetting, however, represents a very underdeveloped theory within common law tort. Courts have stated, seemingly in jest, that precedents in this area of law are "large
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by commoner 5y ago
Anyone can be sued for any infraction of the law, but to establish that a defendant is "aiding and abetting", it needs to be shown that the defendant was aware that the offense would be committed: https://en.wikipedia.o
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by commoner 5y ago
The Wall Street Journal recommends using "abortion rights" instead of "pro-choice", and "antiabortion" instead of "pro-life": https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/vol-23-no-1-hyp
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by commoner 5y ago
The Zorin Connect desktop frontend ( https://github.com/ZorinOS/gnome-shell-extension-zorin-conne... ) is based on the GSConnect GNOME extension, which works on GNOME Shell with any distro: - https://extension
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by commoner 5y ago
Yes. With the extension, you can launch any other profile and a new window under that profile will be opened. There is no limit to the number of profiles that can be simultaneously active. The extension menu also lets you add, remove, and e
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by commoner 5y ago
uBlock Origin is one of the 18 extensions that are pre-approved for use in Firefox for Android. To use any other add-ons from addons.mozilla.org, you'll need to use Firefox Nightly ( https://play.google.com/store/ap
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by commoner 5y ago
Brave on iOS only scores 77% for me with the default settings, which includes the "Block cross-site trackers" Shield setting. Do you have some other setting enabled?
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by commoner 5y ago
The way Firefox Focus is implemented on iOS is a little complicated, since it's both a browser and a Content Blocker. As of 2017, Firefox Focus uses WKWebView as the webview component: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile&
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by commoner 5y ago
Hmm, you're right. AdGuard on Safari also scores 78% on iOS. I guess that's as good as it gets on that platform.
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by commoner 5y ago
Oh, I was using "Content Blockers" to refer to apps that implement Apple's Content Blocker API: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/cre... Firefox (standard and Focus) and other
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by commoner 5y ago
Firefox Focus is a nice browser for certain use cases, but it can't compare to uBlock Origin, which scores 100% on that test for me on a fresh install with default settings (using Firefox on Android and desktop). It's interesting
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by commoner 5y ago
For some reason, Content Blockers on iOS only work on Safari. Other browsers on iOS are not allowed or able to implement them. uBlock Origin is also more fully featured than Content Blockers, which don't have the on-demand whitelisting
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by commoner 5y ago
Alternatively, Profile Switcher for Firefox provides a Chrome-like interface: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...
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by commoner 5y ago
LuneOS seems to be using some of the code from webOS Open Source Edition: https://webos-ports.org/wiki/LuneOS-webOS-OSE_Migration_Stat... It's too bad that LuneOS hasn't had a release since 2019. I don't
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by commoner 5y ago
Apple's help page does not say that iCloud is E2EE, with the exception of certain services listed under the "End-to-end encrypted data" section: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 The E2EE data inc
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by commoner 5y ago
Since you're the founder and lead developer of GrapheneOS, your unfounded accusations against other HN users are tarnishing the credibility of the project. There is no justification for any of these attacks (from the links above) that
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by commoner 5y ago
In the US, airline tickets must be advertised with the total price (including taxes, fees, and surcharges) as the most prominent amount. The seller is also allowed to include the price breakdown at their discretion, and almost all travel si
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by commoner 5y ago
Full decision: https://edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/binding-... More upcoming rulings from Ireland: > This will not be the last time that Dublin tussles with Facebook over potential privacy viola
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by commoner 5y ago
There's another option for users who don't need Google Play Services or microG for notifications, etc., but still want to use Wi-Fi and cell tower trilateration to speed up the process of getting location readings. DivestOS includ
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by commoner 5y ago
I have been a proponent of GrapheneOS, but seeing this on HN has made me uneasy: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28095033 (Log in to HN and enable "showdead" in your HN profile to see all comments) - https

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