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Rikj000

@ Rikj000 @discuss.tchncs.de

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Full stack developer and privacy advocate. I like to keep the mentality, if you can program one language well, then you can program in any language!

  • Blocking Copilot + AI feed bloat on Github?

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  • Thank you, that's already a nice start! 🙂

    But I was mostly hoping to block the UI elements,e.g. today they added a Copilot button,and they also moved the search bar,and replaced it's old position with "ask copilot".

    Would be lovely get the feel of the old Github UI backwith all the Copilot references filtered out.

    Edit: Figured it out, check my main post edit for the filters!

  • How do you search for blogs/forums/media directly from experts rather then the usual SEO slop google/big tech shows you?

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  • Oh wow did not know that.

    Well, if them spying on you and selling your data was not enough to make you switch to an alternative, then maybe/hopefully lack of search operators will be!

  • How do you search for blogs/forums/media directly from experts rather then the usual SEO slop google/big tech shows you?

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  • You can use the - (minus) sign,which excludes pages that contain the word which has the - in front of them.

    For example, currently I'm replaying GTA V single player, but when I search for content related to it, I'm often given articles about the online version.

    To solve that I search:

     
        
GTA V <insert-topic-of-interest> -online

    Which excludes all articles containing the word online.

    I use SearXNG though,but afaik this is implemented by most search engines.

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  • Please edit the post,as a few people pointed out already,it's not true.

    They do ban based on IP,just switch your VPN connection until you can access it again.

    They're trying to block third party and privacy respecting solutions though,but that's been a cat and mouse game for a while now.

  • I like how the title pretends *nix operating systems don't exist

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  • Bootkitty?

    However,you can already patch your BIOS to become secure again! :)

    All in all, Windows security is a joke compared to Linux's.

  • Forced to accept all cookies on gadgethacks

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  • I've been using CAD (Cookie-AutoDelete) to do exactly that:https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete

    Edit: I'm well aware that FireFox/Chrome support this natively, but with this I can share my exclusion rules between browsers and devices, albeit with manual import/exports.

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    What keeps you away from doomerism despite crurent world trends?

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  • My coping mechanism:Block/filter out the news!(Except for positive/uplifting news)

    It does wonders for your mental health!

    Most news sources are for-profit,and they did some research,apparently depressing news draws more attention / clicks, which results into more profit for them, but it isn't good for your mental health.

    Other news sources just drive an hidden agenda, and aim to manipulate you to believe whatever the rich guy that owns the news site wants.

    Also, try to have fun while humanity is sliding down in the background!

    Whether you're depressed or acknowledge and then ignore the facts, will have zero impact on the final outcome which will apply to the whole world.

    So might as well aim to be happy in the meantime :)

  • Why do NOTHING's earbuds need my browser history?

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  • Oh yeah I know!

    Lately I aim to only install FOSS apps from F-Droid for that reason.

    If no F-Droid app available / only Play Store, then I always scan them with ClassyShark3xodus against trackers.

    If they're filled with trackers (very likely) and not absolutely nessecary for my daily workflow, I uninstall them immediately.

    Currently about 75% of my apps come from F-Droid, and hope to only increase that percentage! :)

  • Why do NOTHING's earbuds need my browser history?

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  • Bose headphone owner + IT guy here,their app is filled to the brim with spyware last time I checked!

    Uninstalled it immediately after de-compiling and scanning for known trackers with ClassyShark3xodus.

    No regrets, the headphones work perfectly well without that stupid app!

  • EU Vote this Thursday: Monero, VPNs, Chats, and all Encryption

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  • EU Vote this Thursday: Monero, VPNs, Chats, and all Encryption

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  • Are you certain that they still are voting this week?

    I thought it was last week and that it was stopped again (for now at least),see the message by Patrick Breyer here: https://lemmy.ml/post/23312136

    But if you still want to take action anyways, which can't hurt,I've found following Change.org petitions regarding it:

  • Authorities urge U.S. citizens to use encrypted messaging apps to combat Chinese telco hackers

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  • This is actually quite good news!Hear me out though.

    Encryption has been under attack by government instances for a while now.

    They always aim to weaken / backdoor it,so that they can spy on all their citizens.

    China abused the backdoor implemented by the US government,which sends a message across the world,being: "Do not backdoor encryption to spy on your citizens, or other countries might abuse it"

    Hopefully this will put a stop to governments attacking encryption, at least for a while,since now they're reminded of the risks which it brings! :)

  • Is Google Chrome sandboxed by default on Linux?

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  • Afaik Qubes runs all software in containers,which isolates them from each other,which is great for privacy.

    However, OP only asked for Chrome,and I assume the jump to Qubes might be too big.

    To only isolate Chrome,I'd recommend a Flatpak instead.

    Or even better Ungoogled-Chromium.

  • Windows VS Linux (part 2)

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  • Windows is not getting better,CoPilot, Recall, all more unwanted spyware..

    UniGetUI is a good way to maintain software on Windows in a Linux fashion through package managers,however that does not change that the underlying OS is pure spyware.

  • "What Is Your Dream for Mozilla" - Mozilla is doing a survey, and it could be a good opportunity to share some of the feedback that usually gets commented here :)

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  • Regarding AI, I filled it in as following:

    • What is most important to you right now about technology and the internet?
      • Other (please specify): Fuck AI
    • In your opinion, what is the most important work for Mozilla to do right now?
      • Other (please specify): Do not implement AI
    • What is most important to you in AI?
      • Select nothing

  • [Release] SVN-to-Git-convert

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  • Yes, the script uses git svn under the hood,however it simplifies the process of a fair amount of steps,to just x1 easy CLI command with an in/output parameter.

  • [Release] SVN-to-Git-convert

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  • Nope, only SVN => Git

  • What search engine should I use?

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  • SearXNG: https://github.com/searxng/searxng

    It enhances and respects privacy,is open source and self hostable,and queries multiple configurable search engines (google, bing, brave, duckduckgo, ...)

    You can find a list of public hosted instances here:https://searx.space/

    However I prefer to slap an instance randomizer on top, so each of my queries goes through another public SearXNG instance, for more privacy, and mostly, to bypass rate-limiting after frequent queries.

    For this I use:

  • I enjoy creating conflict

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  • That behavior fucking sucks actually

  • Anyone know how to filter my online experience?

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