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by dessant 6y ago
Yes, the default installers from chip.de were embedding Cliqz and used malware distribution techniques to have Cliqz stealthily installed along with other software. The important part is that Chip and Cliqz are owned by the same parent comp
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by dessant 6y ago
You might also have gotten that impression when it auto-installed through unrelated chip.de downloads [1], without a way to opt out. This [2] post also documents Cliqz being covertly auto-installed with .NET Framework. [1] https:/&#x2
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by dessant 6y ago
Your employer being dishonest does not necessarily qualify you, so I'm not sure why it is being taken personally. There are also several incredibly talented people at Google who do awesome things, some even fight for human rights and p
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by dessant 6y ago
> Cliqz lost the fight against Google. There’s no way to sugarcoat this. > A cynic might say that Cliqz failed because of our strong passion for technology and a missing drive from business development. A cynic might also say that you
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by dessant 6y ago
Were those ramsons flowering? Lily of the valley leaves could easily trick Google Lens, they would be more likely to find in a park, and they are deadly.
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by dessant 7y ago
This [1] is a good read on what you can expect as remote work becomes widespread in a competitive job market. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/upwork...
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by dessant 7y ago
> Estimated Primary Completion Date: April 1, 2021 Can we expect preliminary data from this trial before the primary completion date?
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by dessant 7y ago
Alienating some of your most loyal users whom have spent decades advocating for Firefox has its costs too, and there are always ways to safeguard or hide configuration options, such as about:config. Personally I wouldn't mind a slight
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by dessant 7y ago
I'm guessing this change was pushed forward after a Mozilla employee noticed the new Chrome and Google Search design [1] (click on the search bar to see it pop out and expand in a similar way), and nobody found the power to protest aga
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by dessant 7y ago
Some of the replies are focusing too much on specific examples rather than applying the idea in general. Checking out a local news source and government announcements once a day during a crisis may expose you to information that you would
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by dessant 7y ago
I agree and that's what I'm advocating too, checking a trusted news source once a day.
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by dessant 7y ago
> I would never know about bus and local supermarket hours and changes through the news in any of the two cities that I lived in my life (Sao Paulo and Los Angeles). I would (and I did) find the supermarket and the bus company websites.
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by dessant 7y ago
I think it again comes down to one's priviledge. If you have the possibility to isolate yourself for months and you don't have to worry about anyone else, you may be able to afford to block the news entirely. Everyone else needs t
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by dessant 7y ago
Similar articles just show how spoiled and priviledged the authors truly are. I've seen some baffling things here on HN too, such as people preferring to only be informed using push notifications about the crisis, personalized for th
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by dessant 7y ago
> The only information you absolutely need to hear is "am I under a stay at home order or not". I doubt that's the case for most people, unless they have the luxury to completely isolate themselves for months.
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by dessant 7y ago
I don't know. I think it's important to stay informed about the evolution of the pandemic, and local news are also extremely useful for staying prepared and anticipating certain actions that you'll need to take. It might be b
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by dessant 7y ago
I don't see anything similar on google.com, maybe the message is geo-targeted. Btw, it would be good to always disclose your affiliation to Google on similar threads, or at least in your bio.
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by dessant 7y ago
> Not couple billions I think we should stop giving them a pass. If they can spend billions on fines, it's possible that they could afford to spend a comparable amount to help people and save lives. Don't you find it insulting
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by dessant 7y ago
Google has announced a $800+ billion support package for small businesses and crisis response, $810 billion of that are ad credits and an investment fund for small businesses. There is certainly more that Google could do to fund the manufac
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by dessant 7y ago
I think Google could afford to spend a couple billions more to fund the manufacturing and distribution of masks and ventillators, instead of announcing a support package with the bulk in ad credits. Also, Google employs some of the best mar
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by dessant 7y ago
The threat has been known for months. But regardless, there are several factories around the world that are being repurposed to start producing masks immediately. While mask production ramps up, it would be essential to stop spreading the m
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by dessant 7y ago
I agree with the sentiment, though it's practically still legal to own slaves in some places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century
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by dessant 7y ago
Some of my browser extensions depend on querying the DOM, and I'm also worried about not being able to fully inspect web pages that use closed shadow root elements.
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by dessant 7y ago
Again, the associated risks of overtime are not comparable between the two jobs in this period, and it was insulting that they were compared.
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by dessant 7y ago
I think working more hours as a software developer is way less taxing on your health than overtime on the warehouse floor, and physical exhaustion brings additional risks for those infected. Overtime should be optional, so that people can d
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by dessant 7y ago
That payout is indeed quite low, especially because access to an authenticated client session could lead to compromised Google servers when the vulnerability affects web services used by Google employees.
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by dessant 7y ago
It depends on the country, in the US you should subscribe to CDC alerts and follow the news. https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/healthalerts/index.h... In South Korea people get emergency alerts on their phon
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by dessant 7y ago
Yes, ashamed. Prefer? This is not the time to have preferences, but regardless, there are official sources that send you notifications. You will know when the virus is near you before the operator of this service has a chance to update th
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by dessant 7y ago
The right way to get notified when SARS-CoV-2 is near you is to follow the news and official sources, and whomever put this service up should be ashamed of themselves.
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by dessant 7y ago
Regarding security at PayPal, I've got a PayPal donation not long ago to my email address in the form of {@example.com. This email was not attached to my PayPal account, so I tried to add it to claim the payment, but client-side valida

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