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by drnick1 7mo ago
Not that I know of, but I have seen tutorials on Youtube for popular makes and models, and the issue is frequently discussed on car forums.
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by drnick1 7mo ago
> I've often thought the touch screen should be replaced by a socket that accepts an iPad, The last thing I need is Apple spying on me when I am driving.
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by drnick1 7mo ago
> Finally, there's the issue of privacy. Most manufacturers contract with analytics vendors to send your data back to them. You can't even turn it off. You absolutely can. Pull the fuse of the cellular modem aka "telematic
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by drnick1 7mo ago
I am not sure I fully understand the usability trade-offs when it comes to these "atomic" distros. One the one hand, security seems to improve markedly, since the root filesystem is largely immutable. On the other hand, it does s
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by drnick1 7mo ago
What long-term damage? Also, he stepped back from politics.
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by drnick1 7mo ago
Same remark here. This reads more like paid promotion for UniFi than anything. It should be mentioned that any Linux box can trivially accommodate multiple WAN interfaces. You don't need to pay the UniFi tax for this.
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by drnick1 7mo ago
So, become a lawyer? The profession is benefiting from AI (reducing costs), while gatekeeping and regulation limit entry and competition.
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by drnick1 7mo ago
AFAIK, YouTube has been doing that for years and uBlock has consistently adapted. It's also easier for Google to do that since it owns the ad network and doesn't need to verify ad prints are legitimate and not inflated by the thir
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by drnick1 7mo ago
$549 for consumer grade headphones, really?
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by drnick1 7mo ago
It's almost criminal that the article does not mention network-wide DNS blocklists as an obvious solution to this problem. I stop nearly 100% of ads in their tracks using the Hagezi ultimate list, and run uBlock on desktop for cosmeti
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by drnick1 7mo ago
> You specify an age at account creation that sites and apps must query. The Internet has been a free place for 30+ years and I don't see a reason to change that. I grew up with the ability to access all kinds of content on the Inte
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Yes, and the last thing we need is Google's cancer spreading to Linux.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> I’m sick of this idea that “free” services are beneficial to society. There is no such thing as a free lunch; users are essentially bartering their time, attention, IP (contributed content) and personal/behavioral data in exchange
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Why? Like many people I don't do serious work on my laptop. It is used for Web browsing, email, and to SSH into other machines. A simple, affordable, but well built machine like the Neo would be ideal for this, on the condition that I
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by drnick1 8mo ago
No, just supported by, say, Asahi.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> but both Mac and Linux are too far behind Windows or consoles to be considered as gaming machines. That's absolutely not true, the vast majority of Windows games now run flawlessly on Linux via Proton. This is especially true for
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> You cannot buy an x86 PC laptop in the $600–700 price range that competes with the MacBook Neo on any metric — performance, display quality, audio quality, or build quality. And certainly not software quality. I would argue the opposit
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by drnick1 8mo ago
The issue is that data is also shared with third parties, such as insurance companies and possibly the government. I could not, in good conscience, drive a car that spies on me and can be effectively controlled remotely.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
The best course of action here seems to return the TV. Any TV that cannot be permanently switched to HDMI input without nags is unfit for purpose and should be rejected.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> Pro tip for devices that refuse to simply remove working WiFi credentials Is there examples of such devices? AFAIK every smart TV can be switched to HDMI input without being ever connected to the Internet.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Better yet, use a Linux HTPC. The Apple TV box is comically restricted. For example, because there is no web browser, there is no straightforward way to watch YouTube ad-free on it.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Cars already do, and the solution is to remove the modem.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Chances are the dealer and manufacturer can still get telemetry data through the cellular modem built into the car. You will need to remove it to be reasonably sure that data isn't extracted.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Absolutely, and the cheapest Android phones are actually around $100.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Is there anything inaccurate in that post by the Graphene devs however?
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by drnick1 8mo ago
They should have collaborated with GrapheneOS like Motorola instead of starting from scratch with Linux and a proprietary user interface. As it stands, this phone will have worse security than a Pixel with Graphene or the upcoming Motorola
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by drnick1 8mo ago
It should be noted that the Rust community is also guilty of something similar. That is, porting old GPL programs, typically written in C, to Rust and relicensing them as MIT.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
They do, when they are enforceable and the punishment for violations is credible. But in the tech world, punishment for things such as privacy violations and market abuse most often amounts to a trivial fine, and business then continues as
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> We need legislation to pass. Laws don't prevent firms from doing illegal things. Without public awareness, nothing will change.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Agreed, I just don't see the point for a "homelab." Unlike many, I like very straightforward setups based on a regular distro like Debian. I also run many services bare metal. This includes nginx, email stack, DNS server, gam

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