kornhole

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by kornhole 5y ago
Sure but there are not enough cops to follow and record everybody on the street all day. Any number of cops following and recording random people would cause some alarm. One computer can do the job of a million cops and be imperceptible.
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by kornhole 5y ago
I can see this being a good use case for some enterprises. For a more personal solution not using the latest and greatest from Google, I have been playing around with a FOSS implementation of Android for any PC/tablet called https:&#x
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by kornhole 5y ago
What a coincidence that Cloudflare today announced their switch from rCaptcha to hCaptcha. Now that I can assure people accessing my service that they won't get Googled, I have a good reason to switch from Linode VPN VPS to CF Argo tun
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by kornhole 5y ago
Anything you get from Google play store is wrapped with Google's trackers. This ensures that Google knows what you are using at a minimum. Then the promiscuous Google Play Services provides even greater visibility as it processes all y
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by kornhole 5y ago
Yes thanks for clarifying. The federated nature lets communities set their own moderation rules. Like all federated social media, you should join one that has rules aligning with your expectations, or you can create your own instance. Few i
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by kornhole 5y ago
Sorry to hear your bad news, and yes we regularly see these asks for help on all the corporate controlled platforms. There is no solution to this censorship other than switching. Reddit has had a great run, but they are preparing to IPO. We
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by kornhole 5y ago
I have been there too, but then I found solutions, hope, and excitement. Small tech provides alternatives to just about everything being done by big tech. Small tech is run by you or your community using free and open source software. You c
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by kornhole 5y ago
I want friction when I pay for things. Why make it easier for others to get my money?
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by kornhole 5y ago
You can find an unofficial app in f-droid called VoIP.ms for SMS. It works well now and even sends notifications on my phone that has no Google Play.
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by kornhole 5y ago
Please also include: - A chapter on how to setup a philanthropic foundation and a trust for making investments that will double your net worth again in the next pandemic. - How to successfully influence government organizations such as WHO
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by kornhole 5y ago
For those of you outside of the EU who would like to opt out of being tracked by Google analytics on web pages, install the browser add-on Ublock Origin.
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by kornhole 5y ago
Yes they cost me electricity, bandwidth, and time to administer. They are free of advertising, data tracking, and influence of corporations or governments. My friends who use the ones I host can donate money, but I have never asked them.
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by kornhole 5y ago
Why does this and many similar articles frame the debate around comparing different corporate and government influenced social media platforms without mentioning free community run social media as an alternative? https://fedivers
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by kornhole 5y ago
Articles such as these frame the debate around comparing different corporate and government influenced social media and never mention free social media as an alternative. https://fediverse.party/
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by kornhole 5y ago
I am not closely familiar with those features, but I can suggest something to explore. Many mapping applications are now built atop https://www.openstreetmap.org including Organic Maps and OSMand both found on F-droid.org. OSM.o
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by kornhole 5y ago
The analogy that someone who supplies toilet paper is guilty for what their customer does is not fitting here. Let's say I am paid and entrusted to watch and protect a herd of sheep. A guy pays me $150 each time to come over and have s
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by kornhole 5y ago
I am sorry I did not cite these things. You can find this same reporting about Google paying Apple from many sources including Forbes. https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-apple-default-sear... Google's
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by kornhole 5y ago
Both Google and Apple have their own podcast players that collect what you listen to.
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by kornhole 5y ago
Apple's advertising operations are not transparent, but they do collect a ton of information about every user. Google pays Apple ~$15B a year which is surveillance advertising revenue.
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by kornhole 5y ago
TV and podcasts are moving towards surveillance based advertising too. Look at the rise of smart TV's, cable, and streaming services that require identification and location as well as the various ad supported podcast players. Your are
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by kornhole 5y ago
The end of the article mentions but doesn't elaborate on how the beneficiaries are Google and Apple's surveillance advertising business which are booming. Some commenters are speaking about a false dichotomy of Apple verses Google
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by kornhole 5y ago
Journalists need to be everwhere regardless of the political situation. The Guardian's competitor also has operations in the US which supplies the Saudis weapons in exchange for oil denominated in USD. The US jails journalists such as
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by kornhole 5y ago
I would title this "How to switch from being violated a hundred times a day to being violated fifty times a day." We have so many better browsers to choose from such as Brave and Firefox. We would like to thank Microsoft for spons
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by kornhole 5y ago
This is the spiral of businesses based on personal data. They are pressured to meet quarterly earnings targets. As more people flee with their data, they must squeeze more out of what they have and can get. They are trying to diversify into
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by kornhole 5y ago
Yes people in all parts of the world have different levels of data literacy. Understanding what one is giving up by allowing someone else to own so much data about one's self and community is not common anywhere but particularly uncomm
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by kornhole 5y ago
Data colonialism is bad enough on these poor people. I see a future world divided into data literate privileged people who can secure their privacy and those who are colonialized and exploited.
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by kornhole 5y ago
I understand from this that we are forced to share PII with Amazon with every interaction, but we are not supposed to share it with Twitter followers. US citizens can get their dossiers and delete their accounts. https://www.reut
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by kornhole 5y ago
They may just be data collectors, but I did not analyze the encrypted traffic. They are called every minute even when nobody is in the saddle. DNS block does not impair the functionality. So I assume as did the maintainers of the block list
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by kornhole 5y ago
This is another example of why we should use a unique email address and password for each account. If credit card is needed, use a virtual card. Otherwise one breach exposes our other accounts to compromise. anonaddy.com, simplelogin.com, a
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by kornhole 5y ago
It is an Android device that uses internet to show videos. It has a speaker and probably a mic. The things we put up with for love..

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