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by fghtr 8y ago
>What exactly is their issue with Apple? https://puri.sm/posts/apple-is-right-about-privacy-but-wrong...
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by fghtr 8y ago
Not effective. Use Tor Browser instead. https://panopticlick.eff.org/
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Ethical Tech Giving Guide v9(fsf.org)
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by fghtr 8y ago
> I haven't investigated invisible watermarks yet. I'm definitely interested in those. AFAIK, a tool called "Convert to trusted PDF" in Qubes OS should make sure there are no invisible markers. It just makes pictures
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by fghtr 8y ago
Did you hear about smartphones?
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by fghtr 8y ago
We have a lot of measurements in astronomy, which often proove or disprove our hypotheses.
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by fghtr 8y ago
On what is it based then? There are computer simulations ("hypotheses"), which scientists compare with available data ("verifications"). Then verified simulation tools are applied to predict what happens depending on our
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Improving DuckDuckGo(duck.co)
329 points by fghtr 8y ago|138 comments
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by fghtr 8y ago
And one more project is https://neo900.org .
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Apple is right about privacy, but wrong about freedom(puri.sm)
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by fghtr 8y ago
> I think we need to push hard to require all taxpayer-funded research to make any code that results in a journal article publicly available. "Already 18824 SIGNATURES – sign the open letter now!" https://publiccode.
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by fghtr 8y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18351733
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by fghtr 8y ago
Give her some time. Who knows, maybe she really needs time to solve some serious problem.
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by fghtr 8y ago
See also "List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots (eff.org)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14501894 and "Why printers add secret tracking dots (bbc.com)" https://news.
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by fghtr 8y ago
Try peertube.
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by fghtr 8y ago
If being "comparable to iPhone X" is more important to you than being repairable, then Librem 5 is not for you. It does not indicate that it's "pure marketing" in any way.
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by fghtr 8y ago
My setup is to basically have two systems: a work laptop, on which I try to keep everything professional so that if and when it is hacked the damage will be minimal, and then a second laptop, which I use for anything personal and never con
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by fghtr 8y ago
Not every manufacturer is doing it. Purism does not. User upgradeable, no planned obsolescence Solid aluminum with regular screws—not screws designed to screw you and prevent user servicing, repairs or experimentation [0] [0] https:&#x
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by fghtr 8y ago
You do not give up any right when you look both ways before crossing the street. Which other situations you can suggest?
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by fghtr 8y ago
Like this one? https://fsf.org/ryf "The "Respects Your Freedom" computer hardware product certification program encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as possible to respect your fr
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by fghtr 8y ago
No, this is the old Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...
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by fghtr 8y ago
Trust is not a boolean (trust / no trust). We trust DDG more than Google and that's enough. Also, their official privacy policy says they do not track: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy while Google admits permanent
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by fghtr 8y ago
https://www.quora.com/Why-should-I-use-DuckDuckGo-instead-of...
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by fghtr 8y ago
There is also https://yacy.net , peer-to-peer web search based on FOSS, although the search quality suffers from the lack of users.
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by fghtr 8y ago
Qubes OS disagrees with you here.
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by fghtr 8y ago
This is not poverty. It is "extreme poverty", very different thing.
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by fghtr 8y ago
What about Free Software Foundation? https://fsf.org/ryf
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Campaign targets Apple over privacy betrayal for Chinese iCloud users(amnesty.org)
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by fghtr 8y ago
>But I kinda just want a phone that just starts a linux based operating system like a PC, and lets me do everything I can on my linux PC in a touch-centric way. Here you go: https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/ (alte
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by fghtr 8y ago
Today's discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18031249

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