shittyadmin

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by shittyadmin 7y ago
That's factually incorrect. No one in the EU can sue a California company for failing to comply with EU laws so long as the company does not have a physical presence in the EU. They'd have to block their site or something as an EU
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I accept payments from the EU and do not comply with GDPR. They can't sue me in my country's court for violating their laws. It really is that simple. They'd have no repercussions except to block my site - and I'm guessi
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
You don't reside there, you're not liable to abide by their laws. I run a small US company, I don't have to comply with GDPR for example. Same applies here. I don't see why any company would implement this, perhaps appea
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
There've been a few cases where the ransomware was not decryptable - sites like BleepingComputer frequently discuss which ransomware have been cracked by researchers, which are currently actively run and will provide keys and which are
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I feel this is actually a decent service for a few reasons: - Many average users don't want to understand cryptocurrencies, how to safely and securely buy and use it is a challenge in and of itself. - They're on the hook and the c
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
> That sounds like a contradiction --- if you can already execute code, I'd say you're quite privileged. If you're in a VM, you have no privileges over the host CPU, you can't switch to another VM or to the host itsel
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I only focused on the JAMA study as I'd seen it before, sorry about that I see it may have looked pretty slanted now, I wanted to have a better look at the positive metaanalysis, however the link on wikipedia was broken, look at where
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
If you don't believe me, I'd highly recommend checking out this paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar... "We found low evidence of no effect or insufficient evidence of
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
Did you read your own link? One line from it mentions the study that actually brought me to this conclusion: "A meta-analysis on meditation research published in JAMA in 2014,[167] (that included a combined total of 3515 participants),
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
Who hasn't had a bad experience with spirituality? This is the same kind of thing that's used to promote anti-vax campaigns and scam people out of thousands of dollars for fake medical treatments.
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I mean the whole idea of "mindfulness" and "meditation" are the sort of pseudoscientific bullshit that just plain don't belong in a scientific class. Sure, they may have some benefits, but they're essentially j
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
Or like they already don't make them for the Switch... https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchPirates/comments/9lspva/compl...
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
They can't just pay BAT directly out to an address and bypass KYC by not providing an exchange? Would seem a really stupid move...
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
> Like - imagine if US was attacked and the attacker killed 60 million Americans. I can almost guarantee that no matter how strongly Americans believe in the 1st amendment, saying that it hasn't happened would be made illegal. Why w
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I'd argue the type of malware described in this article is fairly to completely harmless to the user. Harm to ad networks and a bit of wasted bandwidth is basically the worst case scenario. The wasted bandwidth would be made clear by t
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
> because you can just ask for permission from Android You cannot ask for permission to bypass sandbox restrictions on Android. You need root access, which means physical access to do things like unlock the bootloader or an exploit. iOS
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
Why exactly should that be illegal? The government should not be the decider of truths. At least if private entities implement this kind of thing, those who wish can still discuss it someplace else. Though pushing these things under the rug
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
A redacted version of it, but yes.
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I'd say that the sandboxing introduced by mobile OSes today solves the vast majority of the problem. By isolating applications and introducing permissions, malware that can steal or encrypt user data isn't possible even for people
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
BuzzFeed News is a trash rag, what are you expecting?
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
Good. This is what advertising agencies asked for and what they deserve. Implement a "click button to get money" system means of course people are going to try to beat that any way they can. I'm surprised any web advertising
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I think the main factor here is that the Chinese government spying on me likely would have no impact on my life, while the US government spying on me has a direct impact. So as an average US citizen, I should be far more concerned about US
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
What you seem to be saying is that they're sending location data periodically even after disabling location history. That I believe is false. Any location sending after that is by user or app demand. Achieving this on an Android device
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
From your linked article: > For example, Google stores a snapshot of where you are when you merely open its Maps app Yeah, that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. In order to download map tiles around you, show near
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
Yes, this is why I said most of what I feel is problematic, you're able to disable automatic location collection but not all location collection. Your opening maps question is an interesting one, I automatically assume any data that go
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
I think you're misunderstanding what was said in that testimony. Yes, Google still collects your location if you turn off location history and then use Google Maps or an app calls their fused location API, they do not periodically coll
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
Most of this can be disabled simply by disabling Location History. Apple is definitely better for not keeping this kind of thing - however even with an Apple or Librem device, your carrier will store your location and hand it off to law enf
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
It was based on his wording that I drew my conclusions, they provide many services outside of location history which do mandate on demand location data, you know? Do you have any evidence that they're still doing periodic location afte
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
What they're referring to in that article is that when you use Google Maps and as you're following driving directions, their servers get your location so they can compute your route and offer you better routes and notifications ab
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by shittyadmin 7y ago
> It's not like it's a button you can press to "turn it off". Yes, there's literally a button you can press. No rooting, no reflashing necessary. Google Account -> Data & Personlization -> Location Hist

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