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@ Recant @beehaw.org

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Just a guy trying to promote discourse, photography, freedom, good food, and reason.

Personal privacy is a passion of mine.

  • Battlefield 1 will now include EA's kernel-level anti-cheat, making the game unplayable on Linux

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  • I heard somewhere that Microsoft was blocking access to the kernel for third party developers like CrowdStrike and EA because of what CrowdStrike did. Have they reversed course?

  • Switched to GrapheneOS today

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  • If you buy one used that is how you can get around giving Google money.

    From a security standpoint it might give you a temporary benefit since all of Google's tracking IDs will be associated with the original owner. On a new phone I figure it's associated with you immediately.

  • Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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  • But can you trust that a user will pick a difficult to break password? They likely will pick something simple to remember but that is not a good password.

    The we are just back to essentially having a plaintext password because if the attacker has a good dictionary, it will be easy to crack.

  • [Resource] The 35 Healthiest Foods to Eat Every Day

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  • That's what I thought. I didn't know if certain food supply chains were more exposed to PFAS than others.

    The introduction of PFAS into food via containers is something I have been on the look out. That is is why I always use glass containers for food at home.

  • [Resource] The 35 Healthiest Foods to Eat Every Day

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  • I am curious what foods are low in PFAS.

    Do you have a good source?

  • Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?

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  • Well I don't think that is the case. Parents and teachers are observing students not paying attention.

    I would think if an educator can teach a full lesson, while also ensuring that students retain the information, when the student is watching YouTube, endlessly scrolling reddit or lemmy, or on Instagram this wouldn't be an issue.

    The problem is that students aren't retaining the knowledge being provided to them.

  • Privacy on Cars. How to stop data collection and transmission?

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  • For my truck, I ended up looking in the owners manual and found a fuse that is for the modem. I removed it and the vehicle functions without issue.

    I know it works because when I brought it to the dealership to get serviced they said they couldn't connect to it via their online service app. They also asked if I had tried to connect to it via the company app on my phone. I just told them I never needed to.

    Just to be sure I verified they didn't reinstall the fuse and they had not.

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    The 35 Healthiest Foods to Eat Every Day

    www.realsimple.com /health/nutrition-diet/healthy-eating/the-30-healthiest-foods
  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan and Tajikistan for SCO summit

    www.helsinkitimes.fi /world-int/25398-xi-jinping-visits-kazakhstan-and-tajikistan-for-sco-summit.html
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    Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?

    www.aljazeera.com /news/2024/7/6/why-are-us-states-school-districts-banning-smartphones-in-schools

  • Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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  • Fixed it! Thank you.

  • Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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  • Thanks for the heads up on the broken link! I fixed it.

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    Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

    stackdiary.com /signal-under-fire-for-storing-encryption-keys-in-plaintext/
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    ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text

    arstechnica.com /ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
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    ‘Peace mission’: Hungary’s Orban meets Putin in Russia, defying EU leaders

    www.aljazeera.com /news/2024/7/5/peace-mission-hungarys-orban-meets-putin-in-russia-defying-eu-leaders
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    Can Artificial Intelligence be Open Sourced? – Communications of the ACM

    cacm.acm.org /news/can-artificial-intelligence-be-open-sourced/

  • Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivals

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  • That's your opinion on what is and isn't a great analogy.

    Hopefully the maintainers of the project will be more considerate in the future.

  • Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence users

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  • Yes that metadata can exist but can't that be obscured if AWS isn't connected to directly?

    I think some of the technical details of how the ASD intends to ensure data protection/confidentiality/integrity are omitted for national security reasons.

  • Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivals

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  • The Autobahn is a very well engineered German highway system. It is well known but was also was constructed during Nazi Germany.

    While it was built by evil people, it still is a fantastic highway system that is used today.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn

  • Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivals

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  • Great analogy and perspective.

  • Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivals

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  • The piece was definitely slanted.

    Was what the devs did great? No. Does the whole project need to be outcast/abandoned due to what language they use? No. There needs to be nuance with these issues. Open source does not owe individuals anything and that is why it is provided without warranty. On the flip side, individuals can choose not to use it.

    We should be promoting open source software and not have infighting when open source software doesn't have much mass market appeal to begin with.

  • Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence users

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  • Well I would think that if the customer, in this case the Australian Signals Directorate, encrypted all data prior to going to AWS, it would be protected from any data mining that Amazon does.

    I am sure that the ASD isn't just posting the information unencrypted on AWS or solely trusting Amazon's encryption where Amazon also has a copy of the key.

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    Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence users

    www.theregister.com /2024/07/04/australia_aws_top_secret_cloud/
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    Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivals

    devclass.com /2024/07/03/ladybird-web-browser-project-now-funded-by-github-co-founder-promises-no-code-from-other-browsers/

  • some people on this platform

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  • I would caution you about socialism being a way to get to communism.

    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the founders of communist ideology, believed democratic socialism was a sham and true communism could only be achieved through a violent overthrow of the bourgeois.

    The complex restructuring you mentioned is why they thought a transition from socialism to communism would not work.

    Source: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2013/02/18/marxs-philosophy-and-the-necessity-of-violent-politics/

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    The life and times of Cozy Bear, the Russian hackers who just hit Microsoft and HPE

    arstechnica.com /security/2024/01/the-life-and-times-of-cozy-bear-the-russian-hackers-who-just-hit-microsoft-and-hpe/

  • Double standards or something, I don't know...

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  • And that's why we will never have peace in the middle east. Both sides argue for violence and both sides only conduct emotional responses.

  • Double standards or something, I don't know...

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  • Emotional responses don't lead to any solutions. Only reason will create a peaceful two state solution.

  • Firefox FTW!

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    MIT develops a motion and task planning system for home robots

    techcrunch.com /2023/07/07/mit-develops-a-motion-and-task-planning-system-for-home-robots/