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by krono 4y ago
It is also quite a ways away from "This isn't even remotely close to true.", which is what I felt the need to correct.
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Saving that IP to the webserver's log is rather necessary for it to function, whereas these detailed records of user behaviour can almost never be. Just because someone uses an application, does not mean you "own" them and ha
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At least some data is definitely shared with Google's safe browsing service by default, more and with greater detail still when "enhanced protection" or "make searches and browsing better" is enabled. https:/&
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says something about arbitrary interference in a person's privacy not being okay, so there's that. https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-huma...
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"No pinky promises in whitepaper format that leave out the most important bits" Difference here, is that the promises are verifiable and their concequences avoidable altogether (by self compiling and hosting). The developer also a
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by krono 4y ago
You plucked the word "promises" out of the context it was written in.
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This is how I've seen most professional writers work too, except they edit quick in-place copies of previous iterations in case some path doesn't work out. Should sound somewhat familiar to programmers.
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The most important bits aren't the technical aspects, but rather who controls them. It is entirely meaningless when the keys are generated by a closed source application, when there exists no way to verify that the data isn't exfi
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From the FAQ[1]: > Will you know what topics exist, can you spy on me? > If you don't trust me or your messages are sensitive, run your own server. This is the way. No pinky promises in whitepaper format[2] that leave ou
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> All metadata is unencrypted And all the rest of the data too, for all intents and purposes. After all it is Meta that provides the keys, operates the network, and controls the closed source apps. Also, it is precisely Meta's type
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by krono 4y ago
Solutions aplenty yes, just not for, say, my mother. Not providing a normal way for users to select a an alternative default (like competitor Spotify), is disproportionally inconvenient relative to the benefits for Apple. Accidental music a
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by krono 4y ago
The pushing and pulling was there all along: The play/pause media key automatically starting the Music app, suggestions defaulting to include content from paid services (hey that movie is available on Apple TV!), maps links only workin
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Only very few things worth having with an actual finite supply will remain. Land ownership on earth would be a big one. As a great filter candidate, this transition could either allow for those massive technologically advancements, but it c
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FYI: It comes with opt-out Sentry crash reporting. Edit: Shipping such a component enabled by default might be unexpected for applications of this nature and easily overlooked, which is why I mention it.
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Clearly you are not aware how debilitating ADHD can be at times, even with proper and continuous care/treatment. This is a hereditary neurodevelopmental disorder, not just a feeling anyone can pick up tomorrow and be cured of again in
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The level of detail that will be available to servers will not be reduced at all, but rather repackaged and split up into separate headers that the server can individually request. The information contained in these headers will likely be m
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That same Postal Inspection Service also had a large role in the creation of the Secret Service. Highly trained and well-armed mailmen :)
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I partially have to concede on that point. The anology could have been better, and I should have put greater emphasis on the massive scale and the lack of recourse for those affected. Nevertheless, stealing remains illegal so at the very le
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Farmers plant their crops out in the open too. Should Boston Dynamics be allowed to have their robots rob those fields empty and sell the produce without having to at least pay the farmer? They'd be walking and plucking just like any h
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Never got my Pebble Time 2 either and I'm still sad about it today. The continuous trickle of articles about how great these second generation Pebbles turned out, and my ongoing wait for an alternative that comes even close certainly h
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Not too dissimilar from Google Analytics official global opt-out browser extension. It injects a consistent/unchanging item into the global window scope of every single page you visit. https://tools.google.com/dlpage&#x
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> worse case interpretations More often than not those end up not having been too far off. The total time to implement might get stretched out, components dirtied by general public resistance will be repackaged or repurposed, and any deb
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The EU's Digital Markets Act[0] will require interoperability for various kinds of services between what they call "gatekeeper" entities. You might be thinking "sounds to good to be true" or "no such thing as a
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Benevolence that favours me, might not be particularly advantageous to thee
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US Court rulings do not automatically apply worldwide, and not everything it would apply to exists within its jurisdiction.
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We're talking large scale commercial repurposing of source code with worldwide redistribution here. Not some project you whipped up in 5 minutes to learn from, or automate some minor annoying task. Unlicensed source code - the default
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> trained on publicly available code Fully respecting the licenses this code was published under, one would hope?
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Revolving doors and escalators are simply downright evil too. Many buildings that have them offer the general public no alternative method to enter or to access the other floors. Special access through normal back-entrances is often only gr
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"People aren't against you, they're for themselves." A classic of unknown origin. "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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Those podcast recommendations (i.e. advertisements) that appear as image tiles in their apps are annoying but avoidable. Recently they have started inserting random podcast episodes into my "Release Radar" playlists. Not happy wit

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