I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they're on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can't be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?...
You could also give Shizuku a try! Connects to android's adb bridge over WiFi, right from your phone! From there you can use something like termux to shell straight into your phone!
Damn, hadn't realized Mozilla was doing ad profiling! 😓
Anybody know of a way to disable that somehow, mobile\desktop? If its not a thing I think I might be jumping ship... Really hoped Firefox had their shit together!
I'm taking a class on data privacy at the moment, and it made me think it would be interesting to see exactly what kind of advertising data has been generated by services like Google \ YouTube \ Etc. Is there somewhere online that's easy to punch in an advertising ID & find that sort of data, or is that something you'd have to...
MRI was originally called NMRI (nuclear magnetic resonance imaging), but “nuclear” was dropped to avoid negative associations.[2] Certain atomic nuclei are able to absorb radio frequency (RF) energy when placed in an external magnetic field; the resultant evolving spin polarization can induce a RF signal in a radio frequency coil and thereby be detected.[3] In clinical and research MRI, hydrogen atoms are most often used to generate a macroscopic polarization that is detected by antennas close to the subject being examined.[3] Hydrogen atoms are naturally abundant in humans and other biological organisms, particularly in water and fat. For this reason, most MRI scans essentially map the location of water and fat in the body. Pulses of radio waves excite the nuclear spin energy transition, and magnetic field gradients localize the polarization in space. By varying the parameters of the pulse sequence, different contrasts may be generated between tissues based on the relaxation properties of the hydrogen atoms therein.
Just dug through a lemmy thread of recommended android apps a minute ago and found someone recommending Organic Maps. Pretty damn good compared to some others I’ve seen!
And of course, popping into streetcomplete here and there and contributing some data helps sharpen the data 🙂
“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”...
I personally prefer apps on the matrix network! Www.Matrix.org has a list of client apps, but I’ve found Element is great on windows, steam deck, and android! Call quality and chat stability can get weird sometimes, but overall it’s very very secure and pretty feature rich! 🙂
From the little bit I researched, it’s kinda similar in the way that the fediverse works! It’s decentralized, and one account works everywhere. Good stuff!
Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone ( lemmy.world )
I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they're on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can't be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?...
Mozilla's *Privacy Not Included team digs into privacy issues in "Romantic AI Chatbots". Spooky stuff ( foundation.mozilla.org )
The whole article's a great read, but here's a fun excerpt=...
The Openboard fork reached its first release 1.0 and changed its name to HeliBoard ( github.com )
Is there a way to lookup data linked to your Advertising IDs?
I'm taking a class on data privacy at the moment, and it made me think it would be interesting to see exactly what kind of advertising data has been generated by services like Google \ YouTube \ Etc. Is there somewhere online that's easy to punch in an advertising ID & find that sort of data, or is that something you'd have to...
Woman Enters MRI Machine With a Gun, Gets Shot in Butt ( gizmodo.com )
I deleted my google accounts today
It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.
I've used Lemmy more in the past 12 hours than I have in the past month since signing up. All because of Sync.
Lemmy Finally feels usable! Thank you LJDawson
GNOME Devs Are Working on a New Window Management System ( 9to5linux.com )
I swear just one more week it'll work great ( sh.itjust.works )
I'm doing my best :') ( lemmy.sdf.org )
YSK: Signal is a great secure private messenger app comparable to others on the market. ( restoreprivacy.com )
“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”...