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by dessant 5y ago
Because combined with the abysmal state of education in most places, and a general lack of government action, Facebook is an actual threat to our civilization.
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by dessant 5y ago
> First, you can tell if a zoom is being recorded I'm pretty sure you can record a Zoom call in several ways without the app detecting it. > Colleague's mother-in-law? Seriously? It's a joke. Meaning, you must assume th
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by dessant 5y ago
All your reactions, manners, and living conditions can be recorded and later judged by your collegue's mother-in-law during a Zoom call. It would be a bit more difficult for her to achieve that during an in-person meeting at the office
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by dessant 5y ago
You can install a locally built and signed extension in the release version of Safari, without disclosing the source code to Apple.
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by dessant 5y ago
> What's the harm in simply locking that functionality with a config option? Nothing, there is nothing wrong with educating and informing users, then letting them use an extension privately. Users should not be forced to use unstabl
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by dessant 5y ago
Looking forward to a Google employee lecturing us about how users don't care about these details and how people don't want granular control over site data.
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by dessant 5y ago
This is a new development, please don't try to suppress news.
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by dessant 5y ago
Facebook lied about its intentions to keep Instagram and WhatsApp user data fully independent, and in that light the FTC is reevaluating its position.
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by dessant 5y ago
Is there a way to learn that an issue has been converted to a discussion using the GitHub REST API? I'm having problems with GitHub actions attempting to comment on converted issues that no longer accept comments, and the API does not
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by dessant 5y ago
It's understandable that people have concerns about a HTTP header that could be used as part of a fingerprinting system. Is there an option in Chrome to opt-out of this data being sent to Google?
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by dessant 5y ago
Google's aberrated view of privacy and the role ads should play in our lives is partly why we have to constantly be on the lookout and expect to end up being screwed regardless, even if we pay $4000 for a device that runs Google TV.
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by dessant 5y ago
Did you know that since GNOME 3.36 extensions are automatically updated, and you can't officially turn off the feature? On top of it, I think updates from GNOME Shell Extensions aren't even signed. https://gitlab.gnome.
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by dessant 5y ago
I'm not familiar with the source, but can you give us a reason why one should be pro-Israel in this instance? I see nothing wrong with condemning the actions of the Israeli government, nor questioning why one of the prominent exports o
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by dessant 5y ago
No, my account was not initially deleted, it was disabled a couple of days after creation, and it was reinstated only after the issue has received attention on HN. Since then I have used Wit.ai services for 8 months without issues, then two
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by dessant 5y ago
Facebook will delete your account without notice, even after they've messed with your account once and reinstated it after making the issue public. https://github.com/wit-ai/wit/issues/1946#issuecomment-8
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by dessant 5y ago
I guess you will change your views about human rights when you and your family will be the ones being specifically targeted by your own government.
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by dessant 5y ago
I think what's important is respecting human rights, not ideological affiliation, and in that sense Hungary has noticeably regressed in the past decade.
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by dessant 5y ago
People voting themselves right to the edge of a totalitarian regime does not make that criticism any less legitimate.
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by dessant 5y ago
Or they could just spend some time literally anywhere else after work, like visit a park. Though that may be difficult after a 12 hour shift. A company that indirectly punishes people for bathroom breaks can only end up abusing such initiat
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by dessant 5y ago
Interacting with the page as if your code would have been loaded by the page is only possible if you inject your code in the page context, typically using a script tag in Chrome, at which point you are governed by the CSP restrictions of th
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by dessant 5y ago
When you want to hook into page functionality and extend it. For example, extensions for YouTube will routinely access the JS objects of the page and listen to player events in order to introduce new features. This is only possible if you r
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by dessant 5y ago
People were selling body parts for cooking during the Russian Revolution. NSFL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1921%E2%80%9... Widespread cannibalism has also been documented in the Soviet Union. http
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by dessant 5y ago
Thanks for your helpful answer! I have some experience with using vermicompost, though I do daydream about making my own stuff one day. I've read that vermicultures have a bit of an issue with not neutralizing plant pathogens that you
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by dessant 6y ago
Are you saying that Google collects and uploads your location data (GPS and cellphone tower ID), despite opting out of data collection on Android?
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by dessant 6y ago
No, I'm not saying that, and the potential issue I have shared has nothing to do with the current takedown of the extension.
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by dessant 6y ago
I don't think you understand the issue. There is an accidental backdoor in the extension. The maintainer can manipulate and access the pages you visit at will, without needing to release a malicious update. All these features can be im
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by dessant 6y ago
I can no longer edit my comment, if someone has the time, please verify this vulnerability and follow up with the maintainer and Firefox reviewers, remote code execution is against add-on guidelines. My impression is that the maintainer is
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by dessant 6y ago
I'd love to use ClearURLs, though last I checked it had a major flaw: it allows arbitrary code execution by the provider of the filter list. Among other things, it can redirect script URLs to arbitrary sources, and the filter list is p
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by dessant 6y ago
Facebook may ask you to log in to view the video, here's a direct link to the video file: https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t66.36240-6/10000000_...
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by dessant 6y ago
I'd rather have a preactivated and effective US news filter on my phone.

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