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by drnick1 8mo ago
I am surprised the article does not mention obvious mitigation strategies, including network-wide DNS blacklists, browser ad blockers, and not using proprietary apps on phones.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Looking forward to using one of those robots as a butler.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> I wish I was making this stuff up. Lmao. Yes it's a pretty good summary of what happens in the corporate world, and not only in Germany.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
I wouldn't want a MacBook that can't run a free operating system, but if Asahi gets there, I may buy one to replace an aging XPS.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> 8gb in the Mac world is much different than 8gb in the Windows world. Yes, according to the Apple marketing pamphlet.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Maybe not "barely usable," but it certainly makes it more like a "terminal" of the old days or a "thin client" than anything, especially considering how bloated macOS is. This machine would fly however with Lin
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> Nowadays social networks are so pervasive in society, affecting it and molding it to unknown interests I think this is the real issue. We should free ourselves from "social networks" such as Tiktok, Facebook, Instagram and ot
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Stallman was, once again, right. We need free software and hardware more than ever because of idiotic laws like this. Because of the decentralized development model, there is no single company or developer that can be unfairly targeted and
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Why is this on HN?
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by drnick1 8mo ago
One option for that is to use multiple Firefox profiles. The main general-purpose browsing profile would have a hardened configuration, while dedicated profiles are used for other websites that should remain logged in.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
It shouldn't take more than one second to log into a website using the Firefox password manager.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
The business model of the websites I visit is not my problem. I block ads and trackers at multiple levels, very aggressively, and could not care less if some websites disappeared because of it. Perhaps then we will be left with a more sane
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by drnick1 8mo ago
uBlock is enough for all of that. I would minimize the number of extensions used, possibly to one (uBlock only).
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by drnick1 8mo ago
You should always configure your browser to automatically wipe all data on exit. The Arkenfox user.js user profile does this and more to mitigate fingerprinting.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
The GDPR is theater. An effective privacy law would have prevented data collection in the first place. Data collected will be abused, and a cute little banner won't change this.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
How about using cash for all of this? This has the added benefit of not enabling tracking by financial institutions in addition to tracking by Google, the phone OEM, and possibly other third parties.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> for many banks its essentially compulsory. I would look for a new bank.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> And for travel, location services is often used by the better banks as an alternative to immediately blocking your card every time you go anywhere. I routinely use my (U.S.) credit card abroad and never had issues. I don't have an
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> Last time I installed Backdrops on my phone (a nice wallpaper app), you would literally approve hundreds of uses of your data Why are you using that malware? Is a "nice wallpaper" worth the security risks? Really?
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by drnick1 8mo ago
2027 will be the year of the Graphene phone.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> Realistically, there’s very little an individual can do to completely opt out. Yes, but it's possible, at the cost of some minor inconvenience, to greatly limit data collected about you. Communicate over private channels (Signal,
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Yes, and this is a good start: https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists?tab=readme-ov-file#... Among others, blocks Meta/Facebook/Google/Apple trackers and ads. Every router on the planet should run this
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Absolutely. No monitor of any kind should be connected to the Internet.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
It's better to get rid of Windows completely. You should try Arch if you enjoy tinkering.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Strapping your card to your phone in one of those magnetic card wallets seems to achieve the same level of convenience, or close, and avoids all of the downsides of running a Googled system. I personally find using a plastic card more conve
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by drnick1 8mo ago
I doubt that the model with Graphene will be $200. If it's a $1000 phone it's dead on arrival however. The best we can hope for I think is something priced close to a Pixel a-series, a comfortable mid-range.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
I don't think so, since Play Integrity is incompatible with open source.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
If you don't want your payments to be tracked you need to use cash or crypto. Otherwise, just use a credit card. I really don't see how unlocking a phone is easier or more convenient than using a credit card.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
If you mean ads served as part of the response, and not explicitly marked as ads, then there is nothing you can do. They are like sponsored sections and product placement in YT videos, and no ad blocker can help you. That being said, you ha
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> We all know the pattern: something useful launches → it becomes popular → it needs to make money → ads everywhere. This may be true, but as far as I am concerned there aren't ads anywhere thanks to uBlock (and my own DNS server as

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