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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
Humorous question: Could moving there be a privacy advantage? I can imagine insanely long locations break a good bunch of databases and CRMs, specially legacy ones... I would give my location to every spammer and scammer and refuse to spel
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
I have been running CalyxOS on a Pixel 6a for 6 months and I'm very happy with it. It does everything I need and found no big annoyances so far. A minor issue is MyFitnessPal not reading barcodes but that's it.
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
I use CalyxOS on a Pixel 6a and a LineageOS on a OnePlus 6. No micro G on any of them. Honestly, I have absolutely no issues with CalyxOS and I use mainstream apps like: UK Banking (Starling and HSBC), Whatsapp, Telegram, MyFitnessPal, som
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
Me too... and this illustrates the sad state of the internet in 2023. Let's keep hope that things improve somehow in the future!
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
I see your point but... not sure if I agree. Here's an example: Mozilla makes Google the default search engine in Firefox for all users. That's FAANG + misinformation + hypocrisy + perversity on my book. Misinformation because you
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
Because Mozilla misleads users with corporate-speak bs, telling them that they respect their privacy when in reality they have a history of doing anti-user nasty stuff. Today, the public is well aware that G, Meta, Amazon, Apple, etc... sp
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
The overarching assumption of this article is that OS sandboxing is a 'must requirement'. I would challenge the author to explain why is the extra layer of sandboxing a must requirement. Do we know the size of the problem? As in..
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
I adopted a philosophy in life that helped me a lot in this regard. I started to see life as a series of 'games' played by 'roles'. My mission in life is to play my 'games' in the best way possible for my &#x2
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
Fun factoid about the Rimac Nevera: it's a crappy name in Spanish (European flavour). Nevera means fridge and it's used in everyday language. It sounds really uninteresting. Now that we're a bit off topic... let's talk a
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
Aside from the risk of breaking things, there's the risk of data leaks and enabling surveillance through negligence or intentional back doors. Hardware and software companies have a story of implementing anti-user features in very shad
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by zorrolovsky 3y ago
"Thread like this" are popular and entertaining for a variety of reasons. You assume that they're only about making money, stealing someone else's ideas, etc. but that's not necessarily the case. To me, the interes
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
It's hard to disagree with the fact that brand identities are being stripped back of personality (aka all look the same). I wonder if there's a cause related to our social context: - It could be that this is the moment in history
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
I agree with your sentiment. To address privacy concerns I decided to use a privacy-oriented fork: LibreWolf - https://librewolf.net/ . I use it as a daily driver for all my use cases and it works like a charm (inc extension
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
This post seem to blame victims for the problem, and that is not fair. People can be in dark places mentally, struggle with disease, family issues, etc. Not everybody is mentally sharp 100% of the time to identify a scam attack and fight it
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
I dislike live chats but many users and businesses see value in such functionality... who am I (or the author) to demand they stop? There's a mantra in UX that says: "you are not your users". The way I interpret that mantra i
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
> either push users to upgrade devices, or push to sign up to paid services. Pushing for both at the same time is greedy. Pushing users to upgrade devices is unethical and harmful. Apple does it all the time and they should be held accou
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
I use a condenser mic so the audio going out is top notch. The mic is the one offered with the Scarlett 212 bundle but you could use any decent mic. HQ mics are great because you can fine tune the volume. It's high enough for my voice
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
That was a great read. It got me smiling!. It's not often that you find fellow control freaks in the wild. Stephen Wolfram's personal infrastructure sounds overall great, but it crumbles in the sound department. If you're goi
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
The other day I casually found Neocities... a sort of Geocities revival that I found interesting: https://neocities.org/browse I also like Fosstodon, a FOSS-oriented Mastodon instance. Plenty of interesting people to browse
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
I share that view. From a usability perspective, Apple's approach is great. From a privacy rights perspective... it's very bad. It has been proven that big tech firms are in bed with govs, and allow them to violate citizen's
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
I think firefox has everything you need already. I use librewolf in linux but any firefox on a desktop OS should behave in the way I describe below. > i want rich bookmark behavior. This points needs specifics. What do we mean by rich? w
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by zorrolovsky 4y ago
This topic has been on my mind for a couple years now, and it's interesting how I came to a similar conclusion as the author. There are a ton of things I really enjoy doing: running, boxing, playing music, writing, drawing... however,
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
Thanks for the update! I was not aware of the situation and just joined the new community. I like the way they start the new page by suggesting users to create a threat model. My threat model is almost zero (I don't do anything interes
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
Not sure if you do it for privacy, ethical or practical reasons, but here's my journey: I removed my life from Big Tech (FB, TW, Gmail, YT, G Drive, MS, and other anti-user/spyware/malware companies). It was surprisingly easy
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
I made the switch on my personal devices from Win/MacOS to Linux a couple years ago. God! it's so liberating not to live behind walled gardens, dark patterns, corporate giants tracking every click you do and selling and/or m
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
I understand how opinions like the one OP expressed can be interpreted as arrogant by many people. And you're probably right in saying that many of those Reddit comments reek arrogance. But to bring a different lens to the topic: to me
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
Nowadays is hard to buy a non-smart TV and that means consumers (almost) don't have a choice anymore. Once that happens, we're at the mercy of manufacturers and we know how much they respect user privacy. Companies like Samsung ar
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
The trick that worked for me is to be absolutely ruthless. I don't allow myself to bookmark "read later" pages again. I have to options: either I read the page here and now, devoting my full focus and attention, or it's
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
To me, both statements are true. Sex work is empowering because it gives opportunities to people that they wouldn't have otherwise. It's also very exploitative and risky, both for workers and clients. In an ideal world, we would f
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by zorrolovsky 5y ago
Very interesting comment! Any ideas on what are we supposed to do in this world? I keep on thinking we need to take a step back, come back to evidence and logic and make things right. But deep inside I know that's not going to happen.

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