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by zb3 1mo ago
PostmarketOS can't partner with any OEM/ODM and volunteers have to use hacks to unofficially implement basic Android 1.0 functionality years after a device was released? That's sad to see. This is just lame, drivers should be
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by zb3 1mo ago
Wait till they block adb access like that for "security" reasons.. The situation is hopeless here, market forces didn't work, the only solution is regulation, but the CCP apparently doesn't care about corporations holdin
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by zb3 1mo ago
Google has started publishing "binary transparency", this would help detect unusual software updates, while other methods (including AI) would help detect normal backdoors. Basically in the AI age, the difference between a vulnera
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by zb3 2mo ago
Besides AdGuard I also have my own extension that loads userscripts from my own server (that uses the new userScripts API), so I think I only see my own point of view and the things that would potentially limit my solutions. So far I'm
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by zb3 2mo ago
I use MV3 AdGuard and it blocks ads for me. I don't get the fuss about MV2 deprecation.. sure, MV3 is limited compared to firefox, but it's not like MV2 was that much better, no version ever supported rewriting request response. M
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by zb3 2mo ago
Steps we're actually taking: - sharing the model with DoD, NSA and Israeli government
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by zb3 2mo ago
I didn't say that about AI, AI will likely get more expensive and it has already worsened affordability of consumer electronics in general.. However, in this particular case, AI has certainly helped us get much more tools, including th
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by zb3 2mo ago
Meanwhile AI has created 10x as many corners, some even open source and without the expectation of being for-profit.
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by zb3 2mo ago
If the manufacturer could add this setting via a software update, but I couldn't - by design - then I stand by my definition that I don't own it, because it's not my interest that gets prioritized there. However, it's po
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by zb3 2mo ago
The number of choices exposed to users is irrelevant, what's relevant is that choices which I'd want exposed are not exposed, and without root, there's no extension mechanism which'd let me load my code into for example
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by zb3 2mo ago
If the toaster acts against my interest and I can't change its behaviour then yes, absolutely. It doesn't have to be named root, the point is that my device should act in my interest to the fullest extent permitted by the law. But
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by zb3 2mo ago
> Vendors aren't doing the hard work for anything but Android. Because of Google's cartel-like structure where OEMs get more profit by joining, Google shares some revenue from screwing the user. > postmarketOS and other proj
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by zb3 2mo ago
Because this will be less profitable. Google created a cartel-like model where if you make a device that doesn't respect user choice, you will make more money because Google will share with you, providing you obey their rules. This mod
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by zb3 2mo ago
Show me where I can get a general-purpose computing hardware with 8GB+ of RAM that fits in my pocket and has a touchscreen.
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by zb3 2mo ago
You misunderstood my comment.. this level of "support" is based on hacks = volunteer work, where the community working together (for free) is able to support one device "almost" completely after only 8 years, relying on
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by zb3 2mo ago
Number of devices fully supported: 0 Oh, you linked to Fairphone 4, let's see: - battery: partial - audio: partial - camera: partial - fingerprint: broken postmarketOS device support is a joke, they couldn't even get ONE vendor to
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by zb3 2mo ago
Antigravity 2.0 is a great solution to the problem called "I have too much money and I don't know where to spend it", agents are doing their job (maximizing token usage) perfectly.
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by zb3 2mo ago
Funny part is that I worry about those AI SEO companies way more than I worry about those people who intentionally poison LLMs.
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by zb3 2mo ago
F... ads and f... Ally Bank. What's Ally Bank? Ally Bank is a company that thinks poisoning LLM models with spam is a good idea. For better experience, do not use Ally Bank.
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by zb3 2mo ago
> I don't see how we can avoid the "trusted" hardware requirement. While this is a good point, what's missing here is that this hardware doesn't have to have Google spyware and other bloatware installed. Yet with
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by zb3 2mo ago
> The real reason, of course, is to force people to connect strong real-life identifiers to online activity. This is worse than that, this paves a way for corporations to shove anti-user crap (adware, spyware, "sideloading" res
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by zb3 2mo ago
It could be used for "good things" too, as you could see in their promo post. If I make a text editor, am I now responsible if someone uses it to write Mein Kampf? Back then people didn't complain that a notepad doesn't
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by zb3 2mo ago
That's a separate issue - of course it's only so that someone at google can tick a box "I've shipped an AI feature" to get promoted. But we didn't gain any new ability to produce fake images, fake images can al
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by zb3 2mo ago
We already have open source image editing models, so how is this Google fault? This is UGC.. If I type something nefarious in Google search bar and then share that screenshot, is Google to blame for not even refusing rendering that text ins
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by zb3 2mo ago
They'll shove AI everywhere, whether it makes sense or not doesn't matter. Sundar said "AI" needs to be everywhere, so they hope integrating AI into X will get them promoted. And unfortunately, this might even work..
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by zb3 2mo ago
But we can already generate these images via image editing models, so what's new here?
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by zb3 2mo ago
This should include the ability to unlock smartphone bootloaders, at least for those that are no longer supported.
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by zb3 2mo ago
> Per FTC, a stalkerware will: geo locate, read call list & record calls, read notifications, texts, & possibly emails, access gallery, camera, & files, and monitor network activity. Like Google Mobile Services on stock Andro
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by zb3 2mo ago
> All of these can be done with a computer. Can you permanently apply chain3 (FIREWALL_CHAIN_OEM_DENY_3) firewall rules, so that when the device reboots these are still applied? I see no persistence. And if I'm forced to install som
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by zb3 2mo ago
> which is the intended use "Intended use" (as understood by Google) for my smartphone is apparently providing them with data, consuming their advertisements and overpaying for apps that display ads and where you need in-app pu

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