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by dessant 6y ago
That's possible, but they also mention "Completely open source" in the same list, and that would make "Free as in Freedom" redundant.
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by dessant 6y ago
Awesome project, though the perpetuation of open source software needing to be free is regrettable. > Software as it should be. > Free forever Mostly all popular projects need some form of funding, and setting the expectaction of a fr
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by dessant 6y ago
Hi! Some of my peers have enabled Signal PINs when the feature was introduced, and they have used weak PIN codes that they could remember on the spot, because intially the app would not let them view their messages until the Signal PIN was
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by dessant 6y ago
Thanks for the details, I think this should be properly investigated, and if you find any request to telemetry services in Tor Browser, your findings should be made public.
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by dessant 6y ago
Those SDKs have indeed no place in Tor Browser, though at least they appear to be disabled. Have you witnessed Tor Browser sending telemetry data to these services on Android? https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applicati
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by dessant 6y ago
I'm glad you found Buster useful! :) If you're into anime, you might also enjoy Search by Image, it includes support for a handful of search engines tailored to anime and manga. Visit the extension's options to enable them.
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by dessant 6y ago
The error you're seeing is a false-positive, an it may be illegal for reCAPTCHA to deny you access. I've rised the issue last year with the W3C [1] and now your experience is publicly documented [2], though the next step would be
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by dessant 6y ago
Hi, I'm the author of the extension. You can find more installation options in the GitHub description. Make sure to also install the client app to simulate user interactions. Open the extension's options to get started and downloa
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by dessant 6y ago
One of my worst decisions as a developer was to build upon a component framework maintained by Google. Material Components for the web is constantly introducing breaking changes that make building upon the framework a nightmare. Lately they
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by dessant 6y ago
That is exactly what happened to my Facebook account, and it only got reinstated after this issue: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/30395 Though mine was probably locked solely because of the w
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by dessant 6y ago
Facebook's concept of informed consent is a cynical joke, and we can only laud companies and governments that rein in on their bordeline-illegal practices. I've recently signed up for Facebook to use Wit.ai, and have gone through
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by dessant 6y ago
I was looking forward to publish apps on Huawei's AppGallery [1], but the requirement for identity verification [2][3] is a major turn-off, considering the increased risk of our personal data being misused by government entities. The s
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by dessant 6y ago
Open source advocate here: find a different name when you use and then reimplement a project, so that you don't cause unnecessary harm for the original project. That is all.
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by dessant 6y ago
The app was swapped during an internal review process at Facebook. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8...
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by dessant 6y ago
I have opened an issue on the React Native repository, please share it and help me find a solution. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/30395 Hopefully they will be helpful, and I don't have
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by dessant 6y ago
I like your list, and now you have yet another entry to add. :(
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by dessant 6y ago
And regarding the corporate exploitation of open source projects, I've just discovered that a Facebook employee reimplemented the app [1] using actions and published it using the same name and configuration syntax on the GitHub Marketp
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by dessant 6y ago
I've settled with giving automated feedback using a GitHub app I've built [1] that posts a predefined message and closes the issue when a label is applied. When it's hard to figure out what is being asked, or the bug report d
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by dessant 6y ago
Samsung hardware is indeed excellent, but there's still much room to improve around delivering updates. Samsung's current commitment is to deliver 3 major OS updates after device launch [1], which is still not enough for a flagshi
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by dessant 6y ago
I have also created a Facebook account to use their NLP service, Wit.ai. The Facebook account has received an automated block, and they've kept it blocked after a manual review which has asked for a photo of my face. Now they have a ph
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by dessant 6y ago
Disgusting, although not surprising considering that Google distributes several predatory lending apps owned by Opera on Google Play. Google's willingness to even entertain introducing this feature for banks points to lending apps bein
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by dessant 6y ago
Perhaps governments should require phone manufacturers to provide security updates for at least 5 years, otherwise you can throw your smartphone out of a moving car every two years to keep your driver license secure.
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by dessant 6y ago
Global Privacy Control [1] is a new specification that is backed by an increasing number of browser vendors and publishers. [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/coming-to-a-brow...
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by dessant 6y ago
The same principle applies to GitLab in regards to account closure, they don't have to close an account without any interaction because the user has at some point logged in from an Iranian IP address, and they can preemptively restrict
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by dessant 6y ago
GitLab has been responding to private support requests from Iranians regarding the account closures, isn't that service considered business activity? Btw, doesn't blocking by IP address go beyond what is required by law, since onl
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by dessant 6y ago
Some companies will block you despite having no legal obligation, because it's more convenient, than to apply the law in a sensible manner. GitLab is apparently such a company. > 118. I have a client that is in Iran to visit a relat
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by dessant 6y ago
They are not whining, and GitLab could have notified them about the account suspension, and sent them a link with their archived account data to download.
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by dessant 6y ago
It's a long enough query parameter to bypass HN's duplicate detector. Previous submissions appear to have been auto-flagged.
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by dessant 6y ago
Google has used security as a red herring repeatedly to restrict user rights and suppress the competition, and now they will offer better integration for third-party app stores in Android 12, because governments around the world are breathi
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by dessant 6y ago
I think they're referring to the fact that as a user you cannot install a third-party app store with the same capabilities as Google Play, F-Droid can't install apps in the background on a non-rooted device. Device manufacturers a

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