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by rum3 7y ago
How does the browser verify that the AMP is up to date?
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by rum3 7y ago
This might unintentionally end up being a good thing because it will give rise to more decentralized platforms.
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by rum3 7y ago
The website will be liable for the copyright infringement as if they would have uploaded the material themselves if they do not implement a good filter whatever that is.
34.
by rum3 7y ago
I am almost certain this is true. But hopefully it will backfire and decentralized alternatives will become more popular than these big monopolies.
35.
by rum3 7y ago
I suppose not when it is rational to be paranoid.
36.
by rum3 7y ago
The new UI is absolutely horrible and confusing. I can't remember how many time I have disabled restrictions globally and always forgot to turn it off because the icon says nothing.
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by rum3 7y ago
If people turn it off when they have a choice, and only leave it on when they are unaware it exists then obviously there is a problem. I don't see how it is laughable to be paranoid in this case.
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by rum3 7y ago
If the menu click data is detailed enough then it may already be personally identifying information. You could take tracking data from another software that collects similar information and using ML match these together and suddently you ca
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by rum3 7y ago
This may be how they develop Skype hah.
40.
by rum3 7y ago
With machine learning they might only need to know your pasting habits and what function names you use most commonly, maybe a bit of information about how fast your type and this will be enough information to identify you based on your beha
41.
by rum3 8y ago
To develop some opt-out feature in the future that will record audio as often as possible, activated by an update with this information hidden behind a long wall-of-text terms of service that nobody will read.
42.
by rum3 8y ago
The whole purpose of all these Google services is to collect private data. Very few people actually realize the scope and power of the data they are collecting and how it is used, and how they plan to use it when they will have the technica
43.
by rum3 8y ago
So, more centralization?
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by rum3 8y ago
> All the inmates participating in Molero-Chamizo’s study are volunteers who’ve signed consent forms, yet they’re also in an inherently coercive situation. Under those conditions, the ethicists ask, is it even possible to meaningfully co
45.
by rum3 8y ago
Do we need more open-source Google surveillance software?
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by rum3 8y ago
> Acton told Forbes that he left over a dispute with Facebook regarding monetization of WhatsApp, and voluntarily left $850 million in unvested options on the table by leaving a few months before vesting was completed. (Source: Wikipedia
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by rum3 8y ago
> 'It was not extraordinarily money-making, and if you have a billion users ... you're going to have $1 billion in revenue per year," he said. "That's not what Google and Facebook want. They want multibillions of
48.
by rum3 8y ago
Does it run inside the browser or does it use a server to get the actual torrent?
49.
by rum3 8y ago
Except the fire is not real.
50.
by rum3 8y ago
Smoking a joint makes someone a druggie?
51.
by rum3 8y ago
They have designed the whole android interface to scatter the settings around so it is very difficult to turn off many of the privacy-invasive features. And even if you manage to turn them off, somehow they always end up turning themselves
52.
by rum3 8y ago
Google has a very different definition of optional.
53.
by rum3 8y ago
Most likely they have found another way to get the same data. If not, it will be interesting to see how long it takes until there is a "bug" that reverts the search engine back to Google once they've lobbied enough that they
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by rum3 8y ago
But the internet needs it. A one-browser monopoly will not be good for anyone.
55.
by rum3 8y ago
Probably just a Google employee waking up and becoming sentient again, running around pulling out as many cables as possible to save humanity. It should be up and running again when they catch and reset him.
56.
by rum3 8y ago
Why?
57.
by rum3 8y ago
> It’s not foolproof — there’s always the risk a sufficiently determined thief could steal and imitate your fingerprint — but it’s much more secure than a PIN that someone could learn by simply looking over your shoulder as you enter it.
58.
by rum3 8y ago
I am not affected by this outage but I get a bit angry when I think about how many people are. In a better world it would affect much fewer people.
59.
by rum3 8y ago
I found microdosing DMT to be a very interesting experience aswell though it is not so common to hear about it.
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by rum3 8y ago
The US health care system is dystopian. These are just challenges that are not possible to ignore.

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