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Xatolos

@ Xatolos @reddthat.com

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2mo ago

Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’
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Xatolos @reddthat.com 2mo ago
Your comment is embarrassing you.
Read the actual article, not the second hand one linked:
Military intelligence has also exposed repeated “honeypot” schemes in which operatives posed as women online to lure personnel into installing malware, most notably in Operation HeartBreaker. Analysts noted that such campaigns sought access to contacts, photos, and real-time location data on soldiers’ devices.The new step follows earlier efforts to harden mobile use across the force, including training and internal drills designed to raise officers’ awareness of social-engineering tactics. In recent years, the IDF even staged scenarios mimicking Hezbollah-linked “honeypots” to stress-test units’ digital discipline.
It's not due to security, it's due to social engineering. The user will always be the weakest link.
The real article is linked in this second hand one. https://archive.is/Y7iCJ>>

3mo ago

Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip.

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 3mo ago

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7

"Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat RICOCHET Anti-Cheat Boot Protection - Requires both Secure Boot & TPM 2.0"

Battlefield 6 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2807960/Battlefield_6

"Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat EA Javelin Anticheat - Requires manual removal after game uninstall Boot Protection - Requires both Secure Boot & TPM 2.0"

4mo ago

Why too many websites are showing in Chinese on my Android Firefox?

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 4mo ago

At the beginning of your post, you wrote that "This does not happen with any other chromium based browser". This would indicate that it's a unique problem to Firefox and would in turn be a Gecko engine issue. Now, if this was an issue with other browsers, then I'd agree with you.

4mo ago

Why too many websites are showing in Chinese on my Android Firefox?

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 4mo ago

Sorry, but this isn't something Google could do anything about, even if you were able to contact them. Firefox isn't based on Chrome, it's based in their own Gecko engine. You could try to message Firefox though about it.

(if you are wondering, Firefox is based on the Gecko engine. https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/overview/gecko.html

4mo ago

Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.”

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 4mo ago

Just calling them out. A lot of the things they've said are either incorrect or contradicts other parts they've said. I called out the easier parts but then there are the more subtle parts that I didn't bother with yet.

They are following the usual "Oh, I'm huge into A and an expert, but B really is better and we all have to agree. Trust me bro".

4mo ago

Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.”

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 4mo ago

I'll just back up what I said with real links and not "trust me bro".

https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-advertising/ Apple collects in real time info about you like "Your name, address, age, gender... your approximate location (when turned on, kinda needed for many functions so pretty much everyone does)" I could go on.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/111754 Apple explaining that yeah, they give the Chinese government full access to Chinese iCloud users. You know who actually cared about their users privacy and didn't do that, preventing them from selling in China? Google.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android&pli=1 Book ad tracking on Android from all apps. Notice that it's on the Play Store? Where is the equal to it on Apple's App Store?

https://support.google.com/a/answer/14328489?hl=en Gooe built in CSE.

Just because I was able to call you out and prove you wrong, doesn't mean I'm a shill. The fact you just doubled down on your mis-information does out you as the shill though.

4mo ago

Feel old yet?

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 4mo ago

Me having to explain.... LOL

Games that came on 5.25 floppy disks.

Sierra's Kings Quest 4 came on 9 disks.

4mo ago

Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.”

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 4mo ago

You do know that Apple privately scrapes every piece of data you put on their phones right? Go read the privacy and ad policies. Apple also gives access to a lot of their users private information (China has full access to its users iCloud), will remove apps like this (while Google still allows apps that block ad trackers like DuckDuckGo that block Google own trackers). And Google supports CSE.

We get it from your post, your a huge and blind Apple fan that wants to do anything you can to confuse others into believing falsely like you that Apple is somehow a great company and product. But the truth is, Apple doesn't care about your privacy, lies to your face about it, and makes you less secure and your information less private as these situations show. And if you were in cybersecurity, you'd know this.

5mo ago

Apple Announces iPhone Air With Ultra-Thin Design

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Because Samsung did it.

https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s25-edge/

5mo ago

Why do iphone users still see their phones as a status symbol

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

I think this comment highlights just why people still think iPhones are a status symbol. They don't know any better or even anything of the market but they are sure confident about it.

IPhone will get 5-6 years of updates, but Android phones from Google, Samsung, and some others will get 7 6 years. Somehow that means the iPhone is better?

What next, they will claim that iPhone is private and Apple doesn't spy on everything they do to sell them ads? Something that if they read Apple's privacy policy quickly would find out is also wrong. Or then claim it is somehow more private that Android which can actually block most of the adware spying with apps like DuckDuckGo which are officially on the Play Store?

5mo ago

Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Then why aren't they already doing that by blocking DuckDuckGo?

The DuckDuckGo app blocks all apps from sending to Google (and other advertisers) tracking/ad data on a system level. And it's freely available on the Play Store (has been for years.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android

If they wanted to prevent apps from blocking their ad abilities, this app would never have been allowed on the Play Store.

5mo ago

"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

How do I turn that feature on?

I keep turning off captions off, and every few days they are automatically turned back on.

5mo ago

Just some memes about linux

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

You forgot the MacOS Sequoia requires a T2 chip, which is Apple's version of the TPM 2.0. So claiming it as a negative for Windows but not for MacOS feels very bias.

As for the CPU, MacOS needs a at minimum a 4 core i3 (lowest supported CPU) that's running at 3.6 GHZ. This is a much higher minimum for Windows 11.

The storage requirements aren't being compared the same. The MacOS storage listing is how much MacOS storage space is taken and not how large a drive should be to store and run. Windows 11 takes around 27-30 GB of space when installed, which is less than MacOS.

In short, MacOS does take up more resources to run. The difference is Apple is strict in cutting off which systems can run it to prevent the end user from noticing the bloat whereas Windows will let you install it on a much slower base system.

(Yes, you can override the MacOS requirements with open core legacy patcher, but you can also override spec requirements such as the TPM 2.0 requirements of Windows with unofficial patches. The difference is, you'll notice MacOS starts to get real sluggish on older MacOS because they don't have that extra power the newer versions need. I noticed it myself when I used OCLP to forcefully upgrade MacOS on unsupported hardware).

5mo ago

Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

~~DMA is only partly for choice.~~ Sorry, different act, but same group (EU). But the rest pretty much stands the same, the EU won't see it as malicious compliance, but as a great design choice.

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en

This is also huge part of it about being able to “prevent illegal” content.

“easier reporting of illegal content” “less exposure to illegal content” “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”

This will help give paper trails for everything, and that allows for easy reporting which is the bigger part of the DMA.

5mo ago

Inspiring. Innovating.

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Which Trump has canceled many projects of those.

5mo ago

Apple Envy

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Never read Apple's privacy policy, huh?

5mo ago

New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

The Steam Deck, like most mobile devices, don't have issues with voltage as most don't deal with it. It's their charging cables that do that, which are external.

In the Steam Decks case, you just need a plug adapter as the stock USB plug that comes with it is rated for 110-240 volts. Your voltage is 230 volts, so no problems.

I've already had to do this, so already know it works. I've used my Canadian Steam Deck (110 volts) in Ireland (230 volts), and well as in Korea (220 volts). All I needed was a plug adapter, not a voltage adapter.

If you are still worried though, the Steam Deck is powered completely through USB C so you could just get a different USB C adapter to charge it. The stock plug charges at a rate of 40 watts, but can go slower though charging speed will show.

5mo ago

Those of you who install non-google-play apps (aka: sideloading), what's your gameplan for the upcoming Google restrictions on Sideloading?

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Oh, of course. When you get trapped in your confidently wrong BS, you move the goal post.

The whole thread is about supposedly not being able to install beyond the Google Play Store, its literallyin the posts title. Trying to rewrite what "sideloading" is now isn't helping you're argument.

5mo ago

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

From what I've read about this lawsuit is that the UK isn't blocking the site, they are sending them daily fines for not IDing every user. The 2 sites are arguing back that they aren't UK companies and don't even have any business/physical presence in the UK, so as they have nothing to do with anything of the UK then UK laws and legal threats have no meaning to them. Which I agree with here.

I think they are seeking legal lawsuits like this to help prevent any future issues (like having arrest warrants issued for them in the UK, preventing them from ever being there, or the risk of other countries arresting them and shipping them to the UK to face the fines/charges).

5mo ago

Those of you who install non-google-play apps (aka: sideloading), what's your gameplan for the upcoming Google restrictions on Sideloading?

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Xatolos @reddthat.com 5mo ago

You literally pointed out that sideloading will still be available, which is what this is about. It's not about if developers need to be registered, that's its own issue with is separate own issue. Blocking sideloading means no more 3rd party stores, which will still be very much allowed even in these ruling.

And when did I say anything about you being any type of user, regular or otherwise? And what does that have to do with anything about this false claim that sideloading will be banned?

Did you reply to the wrong comment? Or are you taking confidently wrong to a whole new level?