Google will soon start testing a new ‘IP protection’ feature for Chrome users, offering them greater control over their privacy. The tech giant the upcoming feature prevents websites from tracking users by hiding their IP address using proxy servers owned by Google....
The difference (AFAIK) is that Apple's business is less-centered around profiting off users' data, so they're less liable to use the data, while Google will almost certainly use the data.
At the end of the day, you have to remember that Apple devices are essentially a sealed unit. Any claims they make about privacy cannot be proven - they could slip tracking and keyloggers into every device, and unless you build a device from scratch and program it yourself, there’s nothing you can do about it. You have to trust that they won’t do that, and Apple is in a relatively unique position (particularly compared to google and facebook) in that the business isn’t designed to profit from this, so they have no real reason to do so.
I was thinking about starting a new creative project recently. But then I thought - with how quickly AI is advancing, in just a few years an AI will probably be able to do this in just minutes. So it made me feel kind of apathetic and think, “Why should I bother starting this big project now if an AI could do it for me in a...
I quit my job to start the year and I'm currently doing a sabbatical year. I'm apathetic about the idea of eventually honing in on a specialty to learn when I re-enter the workforce because I'm unsure how sustainable the skills I learn will be in demand for.
The only thing I can think of is expanding my base level understanding of LLMs. My bet is that they will become the foundation with which future projects are launched in the same way that elementary school is the foundation for basic reading/writing/comprehension skills.
The layer of disassociation is present w/ humans speaking different languages too though, right? My point is that once we can understand each other, we are all building on what already exists
My impression tldr/cheat: Explains most popular arguments using as little words as possible man: Explains the entire command using a more technical tone info: Explains the entire command in slightly more informal tone. Can feel wordier as a result, but on the flipside it connects alternative/related commands in a logical way
If nothing else, the article is great for a breakdown of the features of Firefish. I've been a user for 2-3 months and didn't know a lot of the info covered.
On a related note, I was on firefish.social but it was very buggy for me after a while. Thought about throwing in the towel but eventually realized that it was instance specific.
I have since migrated to calckey.world (Calckey -> Firefish instance that didn't change its name) and the experience has been buttery smooth.
Yeah I like it over Mastodon as well. The UI/UX feels more modern. The only downside is that the majority of the Twitter-alternative fediverse is on Mastodon, so I have to run 90% of accounts through 'search' to follow them.
The article does touch on some of the main instance's issues towards the bottom too I just found out.
Whenever I see a run of spam posts on the fediverse, I’ve taken to looking at the usernames behind them. Nine times out of ten, they turn out to be from kbin instances. Here’s a recent example:...
This post on why lemmy.world temporarily adjusted federation abilities w/ kbin has a bit more insight, especially in the comments: https://old.lemmy.world/post/5289864
Good to know. I will say as a colorblind person, it's always a tad ironic because as a colorblind person, the filters don't make things definitive. It's still a bunch of random colors that I can't identify lol
What I don't like about the article is that the phrasing 'paying off' can apply to making investors money OR having worthwhile use cases. AI has created plenty of use cases from language learning to code correction to companionship to brainstorming, etc.
It seems ironic that a consumer-facing website is framing things from a skeptical "But is it making rich people richer?" perspective
In association with the release of curl 8.4.0, we publish a security advisory and all the details for CVE-2023-38545. This problem is the worst security problem found in curl in a long time. We set it to severity HIGH....
Thirty page custom reports per client within 2 minutes (when nothing broke). It allows you to interact and automate across the Microsoft Suite. That is one of the reasons why it is indispensable to many companies
If the Circuit Attorney says that he's on a list where he can't be trusted to bring cases to court, then why is he still prosecuting criminals if the case will fall apart in court?
I don't understand why he still allowed to operate as a detective.
That my solution. I have a 'Sync' folder on every device's Home folder, and then I use some aliases to determine whether to grab the bash_aliases file or replace it:
alias dba='diff -s ~/.bash_aliases ~/Sync/.bash_aliases' # compare files
alias s2ba='cp ~/Sync/.bash_aliases ~/' # Push from Sync folder to current bash aliases
alias ba2s='cp ~/.bash_aliases ~/Sync/' # Push from current bash aliases to Sync folder
By far, the diff alias is the most used. It allows for a quick check on what is different between files w/o having to open them up
In just one night, more than a thousand migrating birds died after crashing into a single building in Chicago, due to what experts say was a deadly combination of migration season, difficult weather, and a lack of “bird-friendly” building measures....
The average person dont like linux, and if they buy a linux laptop the reason is because its cheaper than the windows one. So why manufacturers still use unknown distros (like lenovo with endlessos) and not something like ubuntu or mint?
My uneducated guess is that Endless OS pays manufacturers to have their OS installed as it has what appears to be privacy-conscious telemetry. It won't be anywhere close to what Microsoft/Apple, but in the Linux telemetry world of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, and so it'll still have valuable data.
Some of the areas that are unlike most other distros I've come across:
Their website for Endless OS does a lot of tracking and has a policy that is more 'business-orientated' than many distros
Privacy policy for the OS is not available online, only when downloading program
They use dark patterns to have the default for telemetry as 'opt-in' which might be the opposite for FOSS IIRC
To me, it's akin to the free third party apps that come packaged with many Android mobile devices. Less intrusive since it's anonymized, but also feels more intrusive because it's the entire OS being monitored. I believe I came across a headline that Fedora is attempting to use the same tracking software in the link above
This review shares a more judgmental view of their practices
Tried Brave Search and felt like it was the closest to Google Search, in terms of a modernized-feel and good UI/UX, but after reading about the company and their questionable ethics, I switched to DDG instead. I'll sacrifice my experience to avoid the more suspect company
Personally, my (uneducated) opinion is that we already have plug-and-play functionality on a program level ie I can add an OpenAI api key to various programs and make them 'smarter'. Since the Linux experience is often pretty piecemeal as is, this would be a solid enough approach for most.
In terms of AI being ingrained within a Desktop Environment, that seems harder for me to imagine... Like how the Office Suite has AI functionality, would the KDE suite of apps allow for cross-program functionality? Would this require a substantial change in system requirements for local processing? Would there be an open-source LLM hosted in the cloud for chat purposes that also mirrors the privacy expectations of the average Linux user?
I understand people's apprehension towards Linux distros seemingly chasing the latest fad, but I think it's also worth hypothesizing the alternative if AI and LLMs are here to stay/differentiate.
Yes wikipedia does have ads every time they fundraise
I use libredirect to complete privacy-focused searches across various front-ends, from YouTube to Reddit to Wikipedia, and my searches are distributed across various instances, so no, a single random third party is not getting all of my searches.
'The point' is to share an article on the guy who owns Brave. I've provided additional context about wikiless as requested, but if you need more context moving forward, please do a google search.
I’m just sitting here frustrated because I’m wanting my family to move away from messaging me over SMS (they mainly use iOS), but they refuse to download any extra apps. But Google’s RCS really doesn’t look like a solution either since it mainly just seems to be a way of enforcing Android as an ecosystem, and they...
Not a huge deal, but if the SSD goes on to last for X more years, buying an SSD today to save a bit of time will seem pretty poorly thought-out in retrospect
An alleged Jan. 6 participant who online sleuths dubbed “Conan O’Riot” due to his resemblance to former late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien was arrested by the FBI this week....
Marcus Silva filed suit in March against three friends of his ex-wife, Brittni Silva, accusing the friends of helping her obtain abortion pills last summer to illegally terminate an unwanted pregnancy in violation of Texas’ harsh anti-abortion laws....
Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out (www.engadget.com)
Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.
Google Chrome to soon get a new ‘IP protection’ feature: Here’s what it does (indianexpress.com)
Google will soon start testing a new ‘IP protection’ feature for Chrome users, offering them greater control over their privacy. The tech giant the upcoming feature prevents websites from tracking users by hiding their IP address using proxy servers owned by Google....
The future of selfhosted services is going to be... Android?
cross-posted from: packmates.org/users/Wander/…/111280488886937575...
Does the advancement of AI make people apathetic about starting new projects?
I was thinking about starting a new creative project recently. But then I thought - with how quickly AI is advancing, in just a few years an AI will probably be able to do this in just minutes. So it made me feel kind of apathetic and think, “Why should I bother starting this big project now if an AI could do it for me in a...
What is the differences between "man" and "info" command
Hi,...
Firefish *Could* Be the Next Big Thing (wedistribute.org)
italics mine
Why does most of the spam I see come from kbin accounts?
Whenever I see a run of spam posts on the fediverse, I’ve taken to looking at the usernames behind them. Nine times out of ten, they turn out to be from kbin instances. Here’s a recent example:...
This week in KDE: colorblindness correction filters (pointieststick.com)
Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch (www.theverge.com)
But repairability is still an open question mark.
The New York Times tried to block the Internet Archive: another reason to value the latter (walledculture.org)
So Far, AI Is a Money Pit That Isn't Paying Off (gizmodo.com)
How I made a heap overflow in curl (daniel.haxx.se)
In association with the release of curl 8.4.0, we publish a security advisory and all the details for CVE-2023-38545. This problem is the worst security problem found in curl in a long time. We set it to severity HIGH....
Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Department Did Nothing to Stop Him. (www.propublica.org)
Sync bash aliases and ssh keys across devices
How do you guys quickly sync your settings (especially bash aliases and ssh keys) across your machines?...
More than 1,000 birds killed in one night after hitting the same Chicago building (www.cnn.com)
In just one night, more than a thousand migrating birds died after crashing into a single building in Chicago, due to what experts say was a deadly combination of migration season, difficult weather, and a lack of “bird-friendly” building measures....
Privacy respecting language learning tool?
Hey,...
Why laptops with linux mostly use unknown distros?
The average person dont like linux, and if they buy a linux laptop the reason is because its cheaper than the windows one. So why manufacturers still use unknown distros (like lenovo with endlessos) and not something like ubuntu or mint?
Kevin McCarthy says he’s willing to return as House speaker (www.washingtonpost.com)
Brave VS DuckDuckGo : Most Privacy Focused Search Ingine
Hello, how are you guys?...
What are your thoughts on potential AI-integration into future Linux distros? (kbin.social)
There has been a noticeable shift over the last few months on other operating systems like Android, iOS and Microsoft....
Brave lays off 9% of its workforce | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
I'm all aboard the Google Assistant with Bard hype train, and you should be too - Android Central (www.androidcentral.com)
'The only option': Migrants say NYC remains best choice amid Adams' discouragement (www.politico.com)
The New York City mayor is in Latin America to dissuade migrants from coming to New York. Migrants say he’s disconnected from reality....
Debian 12.2 “Bookworm” Released with 117 Bug Fixes and 52 Security Updates (9to5linux.com)
The sooner Android accepts RCS is dead, the sooner we can choose the next messaging platform that matters (www.androidpolice.com)
I’m just sitting here frustrated because I’m wanting my family to move away from messaging me over SMS (they mainly use iOS), but they refuse to download any extra apps. But Google’s RCS really doesn’t look like a solution either since it mainly just seems to be a way of enforcing Android as an ecosystem, and they...
Should I replace my SSD?
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/5332699...
A service of some sort to cluster news?
I’m using Feedly (google reader clone) to keep track of my news. However, there are tons of duplicates (same event/topic different sources)....
Most of us hate Microsoft, and yet many of us use VSCode
I get that it’s open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting
DNS-based tracker blocking vs local app-based tracker blocking, (kerala.party)
cross-posted from: kerala.party/post/347631...
OpenAI made chatgpt unusable when chat history is turned off
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/3983399...
FBI arrests redheaded cosplayer dubbed 'Conan O'Riot' by Jan. 6 sleuths (www.nbcnews.com)
An alleged Jan. 6 participant who online sleuths dubbed “Conan O’Riot” due to his resemblance to former late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien was arrested by the FBI this week....
Texas Man Allegedly Used Abortion Lawsuit To Blackmail Ex-Wife For Sex (www.huffpost.com)
Marcus Silva filed suit in March against three friends of his ex-wife, Brittni Silva, accusing the friends of helping her obtain abortion pills last summer to illegally terminate an unwanted pregnancy in violation of Texas’ harsh anti-abortion laws....
Harness launches Gitness, an open-source GitHub competitor (techcrunch.com)