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swamp-agr
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swamp-agr
19d ago
What would be the next actionable step for bringing these executives to the Congress for further questioning?
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swamp-agr
8mo ago
https://nix-ci.com/
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swamp-agr
1y ago
Anti-spam bot plugin for messengers: - MVP version for Telegram (since spamming is a part of their business model, it feels natural to start with it) - More precisely, data pipeline for weights and measurements for word frequencies. Think o
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swamp-agr
3y ago
Mozilla Firefox + NoScript + DNT works very well for me.
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swamp-agr
5y ago
Just a kindly reminder about filtering out FB/Instagram/Whatsapp on your device or even home network: https://pastebin.com/FAV2f9eA
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swamp-agr
5y ago
Yes, it is possible that I experienced a bug at least three times (2010, 2014 and 2020), certainly. It might be the case, sure. Last email (as of today) about permanent deletion was one year ago. During next year I will give it another try:
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swamp-agr
5y ago
From data modelling point of view it's a challenge to wipe the user data since it will affect a social graph. And there're different strategies to handle corner cases (e.g. how to deal with reactions/replies on "deleted&
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swamp-agr
5y ago
You cannot be quite sure - that someone who takes over your "garbage" account - could fake someone else (on your behalf) - with a traces on corporate servers that will lead authorities to you in the future. It might be highly unli
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swamp-agr
5y ago
I don't know - whether they partially disable functions on purpose - or there are region-dependant backend code errors.
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swamp-agr
5y ago
I am in the middle of exactly that process!
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swamp-agr
5y ago
Disagree. - I explicitly check to avoid any "disabling". - The only intent was to permanently delete the account. - You can believe me or not and I did it really careful.
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swamp-agr
5y ago
The situation is quite interesting here. - Imagine, you're living outside of USA/UK/Europe. - Formally, it's possible to proceed with "Permanently delete my account". - You will even receive email assuring you
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swamp-agr
5y ago
You can go ahead and block FB before FB blocks you. With a simple /etc/hosts update like that: https://pastebin.com/FAV2f9eA Several years without FB and its scripts anywhere. Never regret about such decision.
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swamp-agr
7y ago
Paste content from link below to your /etc/hosts file: https://pastebin.com/raw/FAV2f9eA On Android you could prevent Facebook by blacklisting same hosts via Firefox + NoScript.
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swamp-agr
7y ago
Haskell.