kornhole

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by kornhole 4y ago
I think I will opt out of the chip in my hand. I have a shortcut on my phone's homescreen to a QR code linking to my site with all my details including .vcf file.
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by kornhole 4y ago
This depends on the types of projects. If you are doing a project where you have decent control and scope, project billing is ideal for both client and contractor. Unfortunately many projects I work are huge and shift constantly due to othe
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by kornhole 4y ago
Did you have difficulty receiving or sending mail? I haven't noticed such problems with my Gandi inboxes, but I know the big email providers like Google and MS do a lot of gatekeeping. If the host in France is the problem, you can use
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by kornhole 4y ago
Gandi.net gives you two mailboxes with unlimited aliases in France for every domain you rent. This is a very easy alternative for most people who cannot run a mail server.
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by kornhole 4y ago
Data may be their core business.
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by kornhole 4y ago
It is getting harder to stay out of Amazon's view. I am setting up a new VLAN to contain my partner's Peloton, also on Amazon acquisition list, and the kids game boxes to ensure those devices can't probe my devices on the net
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by kornhole 4y ago
That is exactly what I was thinking. I suspect the algorithms in the real time bidding engines put anybody with Linux in their browser signature in a very cheap ad category. The market researches probably concluded that these people continu
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by kornhole 4y ago
They have a few though. Certainly they don't have captive users who only install what they are allowed to and use the default settings. Linux users are probably the worst target market for advertisers.
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by kornhole 4y ago
Isn't the company called 'Meta' actually short for metadata?
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by kornhole 4y ago
I don't know, but that seems like a reasonable funding solution given that Google is expected to pay Apple ~$20B this year: https://dazeinfo.com/2022/01/05/google-pays-apple-for-not-la...
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by kornhole 4y ago
kodi.tv doesn't require any account either. The 2TB SSD I have connected to the RPI hosting it works as a good enough media server for my whole network. I love the unique channels and the ability to stream Newpipe from phone to it. I m
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by kornhole 4y ago
We live in a world where the powerful have very good privacy and security and the masses have high transparency. It should be the other way around. While we are in this state, we can generally only theorize about what is happening at high l
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by kornhole 4y ago
I am also shocked at such allegation. Intelligence agencies are usually quite transparent about the deployment and identities of their agents. If someone can't prove it, there is no reason to think governments would do such a thing. Th
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by kornhole 4y ago
I think you are referring to corporate and state controlled social media. There is a big difference between those platforms and the fediverse instances I am running on a RPI sitting on my desk.
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by kornhole 4y ago
What more pressure do you think intelligence agencies would want to enforce? https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number...
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by kornhole 4y ago
This should get the attention of politicians who are probably the most active users of Twitter. Having their contacts, coms, and metadata such as phone location exposed and collected by adversaries is probably a concern for them and our ent
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by kornhole 4y ago
I think there are hundreds of channel add-ons. You can also connect a TV receiver. I like playing content from Newpipe on my phone directly to Kodi. You will find that button in Newpipe settings.
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by kornhole 4y ago
It is probably one of the most difficult things to prove given the secrecy of such arrangements, but I have to assume that in order for many of these services to operate in countries, governments require concessions be they data sharing or
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by kornhole 4y ago
You are not crazy nor paranoid. You are just ahead of others. Those of us who take the precautions have heard it or ask ourselves the same thing quite often. I no longer use a SIM with my phone running a custom OS. I pay cash and wear a mas
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by kornhole 4y ago
I wasn't making an argument about privacy with that statement. I said that if certain knowledge is valuable to you, then visualizations of that data would be valuable. Some people like to be watched and controlled similarly to how some
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by kornhole 4y ago
I think it is a combination of shell shock reaction and lack of data literacy. Some companies have abused their sysadmin privileges, and people now have much less trust for other big entities. I also work in the data business albeit current
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by kornhole 4y ago
The visualization is useful for those who already understand how it harms them and society. If someone likes to be watched and controlled, this type of visualization is not of much value.
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by kornhole 4y ago
It has some and more. There are many add on channels with content you won't find on any of the commercial boxes. For example, Films for Action is a great channel addon with a curated set of alternative films. They don't fit the de
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by kornhole 4y ago
Your TV probably has more than one HDMI input. So you can try kodi.tv by repurposing an old computer you have laying around. I haven't yet convinced my partner to ditch her Comcast set top box. So we use both. Kodi is my first choice f
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by kornhole 4y ago
Good idea. I should start first with just graphs. Later we could video or gamify it.
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by kornhole 4y ago
I don't know if you have been following the news about Apple expanding its advertising business. If you don't want a corporation collecting data about your viewing, you could modify your approach slightly and try kodi.tv. I have L
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by kornhole 4y ago
A common explanation I get from people with poor digital hygiene is that they do not see how it is affecting them. Making the imperceptible perceptible is a great concept for more innovations. I have sent the kids in my house logs for their
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by kornhole 4y ago
We are taking it back, bit by bit. This is why I make these comments to make people aware that it is possible and really not that difficult anymore.
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by kornhole 4y ago
If you are not using a custom Android OS such as Graphene, Calyx, Lineage that don't have Google Play Services,.. you can still remove Google Play Services and other bloat used for ad tracking by using the universal android debloater f
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by kornhole 4y ago
Yes. https://github.com/marcelklehr/recognize I run Nextcloud on a Raspberry PI running yunohost.org for all my family.

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