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Hirom ,

Ahah, I just told myself: cannot wait for Adam Something to debunk this

Hirom ,

Many of these are Google Play Services features, so it won't be available to users open-source Android flavors that are google-free.

Hirom ,

In that blog post, google does not commit to open sourcing these play services features, to integrate in future system upgrade.

I would love to be proven wrong.

Hirom , (edited )

Ghostery, Disconnect, Privacy Badger, etc

Privacy Badger does more than dFPI. dFPI just isolate cookies. Privacy Badger blocks cookies. And completely block connection to some hosts that are dedicated to tracking, which prevent other forms of tracking that aren't cookie-based.

Hirom OP ,

I wonder if that'd work, or if the Great Firewall of China already blocks it in Hong Kong

Hirom OP ,

They had a choice between complying to censorship, or refusing to play along and if necessary stop doing business in Hong Kong.

In the past, Google Search got out of China for the same reason.

Hirom OP ,

There are 42 RIPE Atlas probes online in Hong Kong.

Someone part of the Atlas network could check this against various probes.

https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/public?sort=-id&toggle=all&page_size=100&page=1&status=1&country_code__in=HK

Hirom ,

.. hackers are invited to find new ways to break into widely used software, like Safari, Adobe Flash

Flash? What year is this !?

Hirom ,

What about users' copyright?
Would Bright Data have to obtain permission from every user to scrap data while following copyright law?

I guess this wasn't a question raised during this lawsuit.

Hirom ,

The same ToS which the judge says X cannot enforce because it conflicts with copyright law.

Hirom ,

They had backups at multiple locations, and lost data at multiple (Google Cloud) locations because of the account deletion.

They restored from backups stored at another provider. It may have been more devastating if they relied exclusively on google for backups. So having an "offsite backup" isn't enough in some cases, that offsite location need to be at a different provider.

Hirom ,

That would indeed be a good backup strategy, but better be specific. "Offsite" may be interpreted in different ways.

Hirom ,

Having a backup at a cloud provider is fine, as long as there is at least one other backup that isn't with this provider.

Cloud provider seems to do a good job protecting against hardware failure, but can do poorly with arbitrary account bans, and sometimes have mishaps due to configuration problems.

Whereas a DIY backup solution is often more subject to hardware problems (disk failure, fire, flooding, theft, ...), but there's no risk of account problem.

A mix is fine to protect against different kind of issues.

Hirom ,

Okay, I misinterpreted your comment.

Hirom ,

They should look into exponential backoff

Hirom ,

Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make

Lord Farquaad

Hirom ,

I'm going to assume lack of volonteers.

Hirom ,

Arkane is a gem, don't close it damnit

Hirom ,

This team will hopefully find jobs elsewhere very easily. Competitors should take this opportunity to hire skilled workers.

Hirom ,

Nice list. Note MicroG doesn't appear in F-Droid's default repository. It probably cannot be installed as a regular app, or requires adding a different repository.

Hirom OP ,

I'm currently trying HeliBoard, and was about to say I also miss the multi language cabapility.

But HeliBoard do have that capability, it's just not obvious to enable.

Hirom ,

NewPipe supports PeerTube and others, give it a try to lower your dependency on YouTube!

Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract ( www.nbcnews.com )

"Google issued a stern warning to its employees, with the company’s vice president of global security, Chris Rackow, saying, “If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again,” according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC."

Hirom , (edited )

That's a convenient way to make troublemakers go away. Even it some of these terminations are technically justified, it gives the appearance the company is looking for an excuse to fire critics.

Protesters probably need to be more savvy and respectful, but also need better protection against retribution.

Hirom ,

Mozilla should also investigate it own processes to understand how that happened, and question the person who approved this partnership.

Then publish a postmortem analysis. This may earn back some trust from their users.

Hirom ,

Apple would still feel pressure to add interoperability if all other big players do. iMessage would have a competitive disadvantage if it's the only one where users are unable to message the rest of the world.

Hirom ,

Yes. Still, it would be harder to not give a f if others walled gardens open up, and iMessage get disadvantaged by that wall.

It's as if iPhones were only able to make calls to other iPhones. Whereas all other devices where able to make calls to any device from any other vendor.

Hirom ,

Firefox Monitor and Firefox Relay are good ideas for subscription services that may be useful to users and hopefully get revenue.

When I looked closely at Firefox Relay, the email feature was redundant because I also have a service which does this, and the phone feature isn't available yet. Looking at Firefox Monitor and the list of companies/brokers it monitors, these appear focused on the US which isn't where I live.

I hope they can get revenue by promoting these services and making them useful for more people. This would be better than showing ads. I'd pay for a useful service, not to have an-free experience for something which is freely available with ads.

Hirom ,

Firefox Monitor is great as well. The premium version looks nice, you can pay to have it go remove your data from many data brokers. It seems mostly focused on US brokers, I'd pay for it worked with more european data collection companies.

Hirom ,

I observed racism and toxicity on X. Reported a couple pretty bad posts (eg a user wishing for drowning of immigrants), but the platform decided they're okay based their own moderation rules.

Hirom OP ,

That's good to hear! Did you had to tweak any setting to get this working?

There's another comment where someone wonders if there's any setting to enable this.

Hirom OP ,

Quoting from another comment:

Nope, just install 1.19 and A-Apps that are installed should start working.

Google's Chrome Browser Analyzing Your Browsing History with so-called "Privacy Sandbox" Feature

For nearly two years now, Google has been gradually rolling out a feature to all Chrome users that analyzes their browsing history within the browser itself. This feature aims to replace third-party cookies and individual tracking by categorizing you into an interest category and sharing that category with advertisers. It's like...

Hirom ,

That's just one out of many chrome settings to keep track of. It's just easier to change browser and pick one that provide decent privacy by default. See Firefox, Brave, Tor Browser.

Hirom ,

Great to see Taler continue to move forward. I hope a bank and/or fintech company finally adopt this. It shouldn't stay an experiment and deserve adoption for day-to-day purchases.

Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too ( www.theverge.com )

Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft...

Hirom ,

Look at me! I am the browser now

Hirom ,

Twitter/X is such a cesspool. The end of nitter is an occasion to completely stop using Twitter, and instead go to the fediverse, subscribe to a newspaper.

Hirom ,

I had to start using Google Messages recently because Signal dropped SMS support. It sounds like it's time to switch SMS app yet again. Sigh.

Hirom ,

Of course, a better course of action could have been “actually” improving the incognito mode instead of just updating the notice.

An even better course of action is for people to switch to a browser that care about users' privacy and block trackers by default.

Google makes billions from targeted advertising every year, don't expect it to improve privacy unless it's forced to by regulation or competition.

Hirom ,

Yes. And my point is: the best course is a action is not waiting for Google to do the right thing, but to move away from Google

Hirom ,

Finally! I wish OpenSSH also plan making RSA optional at build time, and set a timeline for removal shifted 1 or 2 years after DSA.

We are also likely to start exploring a post-quantum signature algorithm soon and are mindful of the overall size and complexity of the key/signature code.

That's great news, if OpenSSH contributors commit to adding post-quantum cryptography, it's bigger news than DSA removal.

Hirom ,

This reminds me of Glootie.

Glootie is a character that first appeared in Introducing: Glootie! […] He has DO NOT DEVELOP MY APP tattooed on his forehead.

Someone like Glootie once once asked me to develop his app. I expertly dodged the bullet by referring him to an organization that coordinates freelance developments. Someone explained to him that he’d need 1 or 2 developers plus a project manager, and probably told him typically hourly rate and number of hours for such projects. Never heard him again speak about the app.

Players who don't like survival games as a genre: Which survival games are your personal exceptions, which ones have you enjoyed nonetheless and why?

Personally, I really don’t like most of these games due to the tedium and frustration that comes with hunger/thirst mechanics. Most of the exceptions that I do actually like either make up for it through something else that elevates the experience enough - or they either don’t have these mechanics or allow for players to...

Hirom ,

Prey

It has a good storyline. It’s not horror focused, and ennemies won’t suprise as much as in resident evil or doom. They’re mostly there to add difficulty or be part to the mission. Recycling makes the low amount of munitions/inventory tolerable.

Hirom ,

That may be stretching the definition of the survival genre a bit, but the game does have some survival characteristics.

Anyway that’s the closest thing to a survival game that I enjoyed playing.

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