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Google Play rejecting app update without substantive reason(github.com)
74 points by proactivesvcs 2y ago|20 comments
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
Background: Syncthing is an open source automatic file synchronisation project. As such it needs permissions for full access to a device's filesystem. Since Feb 2024 Google Play has been rejecting updates to the app because it requests
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
From someone who I think works for GitHub: "We think that GHSA-78xj-cgh5-2h22 still has potential, albeit low, security impact. We believe it makes sense to keep the advisory but to lower the severity to low." https://g
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
iCloud sometimes silently fails to download files. Dropbox have, on multiple occasions, resurrected years-deleted files, Drive is a dumpster fire - it doesn't even support exclusions, so will happily (try to) sync multi-gigabyte PST fi
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
What happens when your files are considered Bad and Microsoft removes them? When the OneDrive backend suffers bit rot or misconfiguration? What happens when your Microsoft account is compromised? When the photos of your kids in the bath are
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Lost access to my Signal account due to phishing(community.signalusers.org)
2 points by proactivesvcs 2y ago|1 comments
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
The victim doesn't seem to have any redress after their requests for support from Signal have gone unanswered. A hidden cost of centralised services.
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
Ironically, since I think Windows ME, Windows has been doing this anyway. It became smarter in Vista - I believe it would preload binaries at a time of the day when they were most frequently opened. Also how often are people logging in afre
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
"Since ordering the vehicle, Raddon's living circumstances have changed, he told Business Insider. He said that he and his wife separated and he's since moved into a new apartment complex, and his new Cybertruck doesn't
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
BBC News report of a substantial hack of Santander bank; linked to Snowflake. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ppv06e3n8o
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
I had an 81MB (87MB?) 2.5" hard drive for my Acorn Archimedes A3010 circa 1996ish. I'd guess after then and before 2000 - by then I had a proper, grow-up job doing tech support and PC building and I'm sure we rarely, if ever,
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
We're not always in control when telemetry cannot be turned off, when informed consent cannot be given, when choices are repeatedly overridden. They've proven this time and time again, as well as being unable to keep their own hou
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
"Mozilla Connect is a collaborative space for ideas, feedback, and discussions that will help shape future product releases. Whether you’re a longtime Mozilla fan or new to our products—welcome! This community is for you. Please use th
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
There were many more, but these were all dang could find after pg threw them in the river.
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
"Go search for “iPerf3 on Windows” on the web. Go ahead, open a tab, and use your search engine of choice. Which I am certain is Bing with Copilot." For many people it won't be by choice, it'll be because Windows' p
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by proactivesvcs 2y ago
Wasn't this also around the time of the "free speech ideals" incident? I wonder how the appearance or suggestion (accurate or otherwise) of supporting Nazis might also affect the platform.
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
Here's me, a Uniformly Dopey Peasant. nmap -sV -p 53 35.223.197.204 Starting Nmap 7.94SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-04-01 20:16 BST Nmap scan report for 204.197.223.35.bc.googleusercontent.com (35.223.197.204) Ho
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
Huh, so those factory and warehouse levels in Quake II were accurate? Stuff does just get ferried around on conveyor belts for seemingly no reason. Pleasing taste, some monsterism.
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
Huh you're both right, I hadn't checked carefully enough. I guess the Mastodon threads UX needs a bit more work.
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
You're equally messed up if your account on a centralised service is banned, in which case you chose the wrong one. You could choose a server that's signed up to the Mastodon Covenant to provide some more peace of mind, and should
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
676 (original post) does lead to 733 (screenshot of clarification) but the latter is about the sixth reply down the list. Both links guarantee readers see the entire thread, but they would have to know that they need to scroll for additiona
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
I think it's because tumblr is the McMansion of blogging services ;-)
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
"Radio Free Fedi" is mentioned in the article; if you're curious they're a community-driven Internet radio station "celebrating sound, agency and discovery supporting independent fedi artists." You can find the
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
From what I understand, some of the academic data must be stored for some years after publishing. This isn't dark data. It must be kept, so it is being used.
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
For people interested in writing, tech or code, Mastodon has so many posts that I cannot hope to keep up with them all. I used to be able to scroll to the end of several interests quickly, even if I hadn't logged in for a few days. The
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
Discourse is currently working on AP federation: https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794/117 I am pretty excited for the future of the open Web for the first time in a long time.
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
That was, indeed, one of the people I was referring to.
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
I wonder if this is meant to be read as "it'll still be experimental this year", as opposed to "it will not survive this year."
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
Being part of, and tacitly validating, an ecosystem that welcomes Nazis, sex traffickers and the sort of people who abuse the bereaved parents of murdered children.
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by proactivesvcs 3y ago
And the MSN Messenger button on the headset that I'm wearing :-)

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