ursugardaddy

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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if there was some weird telemetry tied to this too
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
It's still a non-zero chance it triggers a no-knock raid by the police that kills your family or pets. it happens all the time
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
large corporations are the least american thing in american society
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
I'm really not convinced that what we're communicating on isn't already the metaverse
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
A smartphone is not a requirement for life.
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
I don't know if the 215 supports tethering, but there are feature phones that do paired with a laptop or even something like a steam deck (running linux) is the way to go if you really need mobile internet you get privacy and freedom f
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
well now they can argue everyone in the industry already scans locally on device for illegal content, not a huge step a few years from now: "it's been such a success we're going to do it everywhere for everything now"
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
Apple's just really weird when it comes to the control they exert over devices. they do it with 'privacy' in mind and what they come up with is usually better than the worst case but it can still be pretty iffy eg. a few mont
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
Well, do you only wear one while grocery shopping? how much time do you spent outside of your home?
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
It requires a 'collection' of images to trigger an alert to apple who then has someone manually reviewing the photos before taking further action there's still our justice system/due-process as well
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
Mozilla needs to drop the whole 'we need the web equivalent of a slave uprising'/'more than deplatforming' thing
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
this is how it always starts, Apple went from 'no it's not possible to unlock the shooters phone' to 'yeah you can give us the fingerprint of any image (maybe doucuments too) and we'll check which of our users has i
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
TBH I've been considering just dropping a smartphone all together, I don't really get much value out of it since i'm on my laptop most of the time when I want to internet anyway
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
that's kind of a stretch, but I hope not. the way the laws go good or bad is going to be up to everyone
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by ursugardaddy 5y ago
No, I'm being serious. technology like this could be very beneficial. there's a good chance that if we continue to improve surveillance law enforcement agencies and justice departments could begin to focus on rehabilitation and gr