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Sweet Baby Inc extortion scheme exposed(nichegamer.com)
5 points by echevil 2y ago|0 comments
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by echevil 3y ago
A great milestone! Congrats
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by echevil 4y ago
"supposed" to. That's how the "democratic" governments market themselves to be
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by echevil 4y ago
Why I don't feel any surprise at all?
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by echevil 4y ago
Meta hired them and required them to fit into Meta's culture
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by echevil 4y ago
As far as I can remember it all started since Trump got elected. Before then the tone on Facebook was much more positive than it is now
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by echevil 5y ago
It's just what media always do. No surprise in the words they choose. The words the choose shows they report based on opinions not facts
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Chinese Researchers Detail Linux Backdoor of NSA-Linked Equation Group(securityweek.com)
16 points by echevil 5y ago|0 comments
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by echevil 5y ago
Nah, that is also bogus claim shifting people's attention away from what really matters. A government ultimately needs to deliver policies benefitial for the country and its people. It is a failure if it cannot do that, not matter how
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by echevil 5y ago
Democracy is overrated, period
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by echevil 5y ago
lol doesn't look legit. not surprising it malware built in
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by echevil 5y ago
Curious because I do use a lot of devices from Chinese makers myself and had no issues so far. If it's from a legit brand, I'd need to take a closer look at their products before buying more.
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by echevil 5y ago
What was the brand / model of the tablet? And did the malware do anything else than force setting your homepage?
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by echevil 6y ago
I'm not familiar with news media consumption in Australia, but I wonder would this push users to news aggregators like "News Break" or "Apple News"?
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by echevil 6y ago
Does Australia have businesses in similar model like Facebook? Or are you talking about completely different models?
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by echevil 6y ago
No this is not "be like China", don't flatter yourself. When Facebook and Twitter was banned, there were imminent security threats as these platforms were used for organized crimes in China, and these companies simply ignores
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by echevil 6y ago
AirBnB would still get crushed like most other American companies when they face strong local competitors even if they have full support from CCP. These companies are usually terrible at localization and what works in America won't jus
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by echevil 6y ago
I was able to use Google fine for many years before it was banned. It can get banned when you search for certain keywords, not arbitrary at all. Google was about the only one I can think of that is not worse than their competitors, and thei
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by echevil 6y ago
How so? Google operated in China for more than a decade and never got a major market share, and they already did fairly well compared to others. Facebook was largely unheard of after being available in China for many years before finally go
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by echevil 6y ago
Good examples. AirBnB operated fine in China even has a China BU last time I checked. Uber sold it's operation in China to local competitors as they were losing any way.
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by echevil 6y ago
That explains so much
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by echevil 6y ago
WeChat has lots of things hidden behind low impression entrypoints. You can explore them when you want. Its primary features, chat and moments, are dead simple, like WhatsApp. Facebook on the other hand, are mixing lots of stuff into their
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by echevil 6y ago
Douyin is a mix of lots of things but you barely realize that. It has one main surface - the feed. IG on the other hand, feels like several unrelated things stitched together
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Sinopharm started phase 3 trial of COVID-19 vaccine(mobile.reuters.com)
1 points by echevil 6y ago|0 comments
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by echevil 6y ago
In China (especially in tier 3,4 cities and rural places) and similar markets alike where many user have low digital literacy, installing apps from App Store is a skill that lots of users don't have. Their first few apps on their phone
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by echevil 6y ago
Chinese companies are also thinking about that so it's matter of what works better in those markets
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by echevil 6y ago
I think it largely depends on how much Apple Pay / Google Pay could abandon their western centric design and invest heavily on localization. Payment solutions are just hard to unify - Lots of people in Indonesia don't have bank ac
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by echevil 6y ago
Apple Pay works in China, but basically nobody use it. It's designed with mindset that works in developed markets, and never worked out well in China.
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by echevil 6y ago
Yeah, if Apple Pay and Google Pay has the same market share then website could integrate those service and achieve the same, I agree. However, Apple Pay and Google Pay are also harder to use from the perspective of both consumers and mercha
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by echevil 6y ago
No it's not. With WeChat you can easily get new features by visiting mini-apps. It is actually a distribution channel

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