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by tcd 6y ago
I get the reasoning, but I don't see this applied to some platforms. Reddit and Discord allow you to both delete and edit older comments, and there's no limits on how far back you can go (so you can, if you wanted, edit or delete
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by tcd 6y ago
> As the businesses still using it either mature, evolve, or fail, the need for PHP will begin to dry up. People have been calling for PHP's death, or saying PHP is a dying language, for as long as the internet has been around. It&#
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by tcd 6y ago
> nobody came to any harm or suffered any detrimental effects as a result of this breach Who gets to decide what "harm" is or whether anyone suffered "detrimental effects"? Surveillance is so common and normalized the
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by tcd 6y ago
You can once the inevitable database leak of driver information details leaks from the DVLA/insurance companies. It might take a few years, but you can use this dataset in the future to understand who owned the vehicle at this time an
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by tcd 6y ago
What does opt-out mean anyway? I've had examples where Google Fit has reenabled itself without my due consent in the settings of my phone (and I have screenshots to prove it). We've seen opt-out abused before so it is down to whet
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by tcd 6y ago
HAHA! What an absolutely trash service, in that page it says: > Facebook says that it does not listen to, view or keep the contents of any video or audio calls on your Portal. No mentions about on their servers though, which we know they
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by tcd 6y ago
Is Mozilla's new browser on Android not included on that list? It contains 3 trackers [1]: Adjust Google Firebase Analytics LeanPlum It also has telemetry selected by default and is NOT opt-in. So yeah, whether it's hardware or so
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by tcd 6y ago
Just drop a line on twitter saying you've discovered a vulnerability in $popularSoftware and mention $company. Say you'll be disclosing in 90 days if $company doesn't issue a reply publicly. Make sure to deal with an actual h
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by tcd 6y ago
Not trying to be cynical, but to me this seems to be a way to get the mass public "okay" with contact tracing. Then somehow they "mysteriously" manage to get more accurate information from other sources (location, wifi b
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by tcd 6y ago
> they could make having this app a legal requirement to go in any shop if they wanted If they can legally mandate an "app" they can mandate me having a device to run said "app". It'd be absolutely absurd to mand
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by tcd 6y ago
None. If you're concerned, do not carry a spy around with you. I know, it's a scary thought compared to 30 years ago, but it's possible.
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by tcd 6y ago
No disrespect but it's pretty useless. My "location" is where my browser "thinks" I am, no ability to correct it, and I was able to report myself as 'sick' which leads to your dataset being polluted. Data
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by tcd 6y ago
Right. But it's not like they're going to "just" announce that. "Hey everyone - so yeah, we're using all your data you're willingly providing all these apps on your phone, like location, contacts, camera..
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by tcd 6y ago
This is why it'd be nice for the APK/installable file to have a hash that can be verified against an open source version. In theory someone should spot anything that doesn't look right. But that can't/won't und
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by tcd 6y ago
I would love to see the raw data on how many transactions have been abandoned because of ReCaptcha; if I had to solve a test to purchase my shopping, I'd go elsewhere (and there are places that are not as hostile out there). I cannot
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by tcd 6y ago
I'm amazed Mozilla hasn't sued Google for discriminating against their browser - I also use Firefox and suffer endlessly using privacy tools. I can prove there are no more busses and I'm 100% right, but I can predict 100% of
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by tcd 6y ago
It's funny that we need to ensure humans are the ones performing certain actions like making a purchase or accessing a service, but we let machines make decisions over very important matters in our lives (credit/financial decision
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by tcd 6y ago
It seems IE11 has become the new Python 2.7. I can only hope one day MS decides to pull the plug entirely, it can't run any new JS features and is clinging onto life. Eventually, the web will just break (for example, http/3), and
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by tcd 6y ago
Even the news outlets themselves are the ones spreading fear and non-substantiated claims. Just look into BBC's reporting of Molly Russell and how they use words like "Instagram helped kill my daughter", in quotes, to try and
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by tcd 6y ago
No, instead they have armies of overzealous AI bots making decisions without any human oversight. That's far more scary to me, but you know, you do you.
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by tcd 6y ago
The whole proposition by Netflix is hilarious. "Hey, everyone's at home now, so enjoy your SD kthx". If I pay for HD I expect HD, if I pay for 4k, I expect 4k. I should be able to play 4K on any device I like, even if it does
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by tcd 6y ago
I feel that transparency would be key, to understand what cloudflare considers good/bad. As we can see in this thread, there's already been a mistaken block - expect many, many more of these to come. They will be chasing their t
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by tcd 6y ago
The web shouldn't block ads, it should block JS entirely. There should be a 'global' permission system (similar to Android) that allows me to control exactly what information websites are allowed to access from my browser. Fo
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by tcd 7y ago
It's our collective responsibility to decide what user agents work with what platforms. The beauty of the internet is that any website is free to decide as they see fit - if they don't want to support IE/Edge/etc then
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by tcd 7y ago
Is this a fundamental problem? I mean, all the code required to make your own browser is Open Source - Microsoft can customize the Chromium engine as much as they like, adding in their own patches and removing parts they dislike. I mean, wo
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by tcd 7y ago
delete your google account. don't use android (or iOS really). don't carry a smartphone. I mean, it may seem inconceivable but you're not forced to carry a spy in your pocket =).
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by tcd 7y ago
I think it's already too late - US is withdrawing from the Paris agreement. Australia is in complete denial it seems We need to reduce emissions yesterday and reduce our plastic output considerably. We're not doing anything on a s
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by tcd 7y ago
That's....Not beneficial, at least in terms of what is going on behind the scenes. 1: App knows your location - most likely is profiting from that 2: App can see how often you visit $place, all for the cost of a few 'sale' it
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by tcd 7y ago
I'm going to flag this (hopefully that's the same as report)? It's pretty irresponsible to publish this if you haven't: a) Checked ALL the screenshots yourself b) got permission for all the PII (names, mobile numbers) of
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by tcd 7y ago
It's hilarious. Many people commented on how long it would take before it ended up in killedbygoogle.com. I don't trust a single product they launch these days. Usually it's best to wait 5 years and get a sense for its longev

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