mwinatschek

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   by mwinatschek 1y ago

   The first thing I do when I reinstall macOS is to disable most of the ”features”, services, and apps Apple added over the last decade. I can’t imagine how cluttered my digital life would be if I’d depend on all those useless toys Apple stuf
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   by mwinatschek 1y ago

   Could that become a problem with any electronic product made by US companies? If their government demands Apple, Google & Co. to remotely brick computers, phones, and tablets for whatever reason, why should I bother buying them in the f
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   by mwinatschek 2y ago

   I’d love to install Fedora Asahi Remix on my MacBook but without built-in disk encryption the whole operating system is unfortunately quite useless for me. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39941021
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   by mwinatschek 2y ago

   Many US companies operate via subsidiaries and manufacture their products in Asia. But that doesn’t matter if the main business is based in the US. The current US government, its seemingly random tariffs, and their plans to cut their countr
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   by mwinatschek 2y ago

   I’m with you on this one. I’d be fine with Apple opening up their ecosystem in a safe and careful way to other companies but only if the security stays, at least, at the same level - and if I’m able to turn off these options in the settings
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   by mwinatschek 2y ago

   I’d love to try out their products, but as an European it could become a problem in the near future that they’re an US-based company.
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   by mwinatschek 2y ago

   Hot take: If the US and EU secret services stop sharing any intel with each other, wouldn’t it be smarter for Europeans to use American services now more than ever? Because even if they’ll get their hands on your nudes, tax docs, or pirated
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   by mwinatschek 2y ago

   I thought the whole point of this post is to get away from US clouds. So why should I choose Cloudflare and Azure in the end?
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   by mwinatschek 2y ago

   "- I'm AI. (Normal text) − І’m󠅘󠅟󠅜󠅑 ΑІ.󠅓󠅙󠅑󠅟 (AI-tainted text) ’ (U+2019) is a right single quotation mark instead of a regular quote" I think AI just uses the correct apostrophe, isn’t it? https://dictionary.cambrid
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Every failure of once-famous Web 2.0 platforms proves that websites are products of their time - temporary and ultimately irrelevant. Each generation has its own favorite services, apps, and channels, all destined to fade away. Some collaps
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    Unreasonable mass surveillance to be expected in Germany(netzpolitik.org)

    5 points by mwinatschek 2y ago|1 comments
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Okay, so that means the US is gonna force Apple to disable Advanced Data Protection too. And soon also Germany wants to start mass surveillance [1]. Privacy is dead, the future looks bleak. [1] https://netzpolitik.org/2025&#
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Thank you. My first two steps will be to switch over my computer from macOS to Asahi Fedora Remix and make myself comfortable with finding alternatives to the iCloud service, maybe an encrypted NextCloud hosted on some non-US server provide
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Thank you for your real-life insights and recommendations. I’ll consolidate your points one by one. My main challenge is balancing independence with mobility, especially if my lifestyle changes drastically. For example, relying on a homelab
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Thanks for the list. It's really sad for me that Fedora is in the "stay away" section because the Asahi version of it probably would be the best one for my MacBook.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    I remember installing OpenSuse on my PC from a random magazine CD over 20 years ago. Back to square one I guess. But how exactly would choosing a European-based Linux distro be better than a US-based one in the event of a Transatlantic war?
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Yeah, but there are scenarios between no war and a nuclear war - and I want to be at least somehow prepared for those.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    I've backed up my personal files. But they lie on a with macOS encrypted and APFS formatted hard drive. So even if I have backups I have to make sure that they are encrypted but also readable by all operating systems...
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Dropbox is based in San Francisco - and also needs some kind of operating system to be accessed.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    It’s fascinating to see people developing operating systems for a post-apocalyptic world. I’m not that pessimistic - yet. I just don’t want to wake up one day to some random pop-up saying all my data and software are gone because I trusted
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    Ask HN: How can I prepare my digital life for geopolitical disruptions?

    31 points by mwinatschek 2y ago|28 comments
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    I love the Internet Archive in its current form, but let’s assume that a court rules it can’t operate as it does now. Why couldn’t it adopt a system similar to YouTube’s ownership claim? For example, if the Internet Archive hosts a song own
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Shit’s getting real when mom’s getting involved.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    Social media was doomed the moment its users were demoted from customers to exploitable sources of data. Bluesky will inevitably follow the same path of enshittification as every other social network before it. Its current success hinges so
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    I do think Apple would comply with either administration, but Trump might change the laws enough to make it harder for Apple to protect its system integrity.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    The problem is that I don’t know what’s happening behind the scenes at American tech companies or how secure their systems truly are from their own state agencies. Can I safely upload furry porn and torrented anime to my (by Apple encrypted
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    The problem with dictatorships is that you often don’t realize you’re in one until it’s too late.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    I would argue that Apple had an easier time defending its system against government surveillance under the Biden administration than it might under the next one, depending on how far Trump’s team extends their vision of control.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    I already have this activated, but the issue is that you still essentially have to trust Apple that their encryption is as robust as advertised and that there’s no secret backdoor the next government could misuse.
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    by mwinatschek 2y ago

    I hope Matt gets the psychological help he needs. However, the fact that people like Nicholas Garofalo are enabling his behavior through proxy blog posts like this, instead of helping him realize that, even if he was right at one point, he