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  • Pretty sure you can see their email address. This should give you the opportunity to message them stating you'll be canceling the subscription. They'll still be able to subscribe on their own.

  • PSA: A website called SteamHistory enables stalkers through Steam mass data harvesting. Here's how stalkers found me despite creating a new, private, anonymous account.

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  • ...well yeah...

    If a US based company (via their websites) collects data on citizens in the EU, they have to comply. Otherwise the EU can issue fines. This is why some websites are geo-blocked.

    If you are a website admin and know some of your traffic will come from the EU, you have to comply with the GDPR set for their residents, or block anyone from that region from accessing. You have complied by taking one of those actions.

  • Blizzard locks you out of account if you don't agree to new terms; no ownership, forced arbitration

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  • Your use of the Platform is licensed, not sold, to you, and you hereby acknowledge that no title or ownership with respect to the Platform or the Games is being transferred or assigned and this Agreement should not be construed as a sale of any rights.

    From the Blizz terms.

    WoW has always revolved around having a server handle everything and your client is just the textures/models viewer where you tell the server what to do, I have been fine with this. But I do agree, it should say something else on the button. Other games that are not MMO shouldn't be a "license" to play. If you buy it, you can play it whenever and wherever. Features that are not multiplayer should work regardless. Some things just shouldn't be tied to a server. I really despise modern gaming because of this.

    Anecdotal experience: Gran Turismo Sport recently lost its servers. When they went down, the Mileage Exchange shop went with it. This means all the cosmetics for cars. and a few unique cars, are now unobtainable for future players. PD could have patched the shop to be a complete list of everything and you buy it with the plethora of points you will collect in the future as you race. But no, they didn't.

  • Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago

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  • It's called a relay attack. Thieves just amplify the normally very weak signal and intercept communication. This allows them to unlock the door, and if push start, bypass the immobilizer to start the car. If a key is still required, this doesn't work for starting the car.

    The general rule for key fobs is never keep them near the door where the car is parked. Place them on the opposite side of the house. If you want to, some suggestions around the web include making a homemade Faraday box to put your key fob in.

  • Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.

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  • Point 4 is listed twice in the comment. So I used "4 (2)" to point out what I was responding to. The second point 4.

  • Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.

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  • That's not a very strong argument.

    When you started a job, did you understand it all? When you first started using Windows, Android or iOS, did you understand it all? No you didn't. As with anything you've never used or done before, you won't understand the ins and outs or know what to do in many situations. You learn about them. I certainly didn't know much about Linux when I started using it. In an IT environment, I had to learn. I work with Windows and Linux on a daily basis. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. I use both on my personal devices.

  • Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.

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  • All but one of your points here appear to be your lack of understanding Linux and/or user error. Point 4 (2) is understandable due to Windows just being the default and most popular choice.

  • Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature

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  • Depends. Not every site, or its pages, will be crawled by the Internet Archive. Many pages are available only because someone has submitted it to be archived. Whereas Google search will typically cache after indexed.

  • Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading

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  • Joke aside, Apple has always been anti-consumer and shitty. Unfortunately.

  • Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

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  • It's a version of Windows 10 targeted at businesses that choose to run Windows on "Internet of Things" devices. It is a "Long Term Service Channel" release that receives primarily security updates (little to no features updates), because the devices that will use this need to be in service for a very long time. Enterprise Windows typically activates with a licensing server that's subscription based. But you can use the "Microsoft Activation Scripts" to activate it as if it were a retail copy you pick up the store.

  • App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

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  • The iPad doesn't have a calculator???

  • App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

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  • Google Play policy forbids PornHub from being allowed. But yet we have web browsers... Idgi

  • App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

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  • 'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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  • Best Buy started doing this with their app. I've used it multiple times already. It's so convenient. Scan the barcode with your camera in the app, it adds to the cart, pay when you're done.

    Anecdotal experience: Unfortunately, products that are locked up create a problem. I went in for two items. One of which was a single RAM stick for laptops. The employee refused to give me it even though I was literally going to pay for it on the spot as I had already collected the other item I wanted. He insisted it goes to the register per policy. I quickly got the barcode as he held it, then paid. "There. Paid for. See" as I showed him the screen. Dude was so annoyed as he handed me the RAM.

  • Authy authenticator apps for desktop are being discontinued in August 2024 (Apple Silicon not included)

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  • Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support

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  • Your entire statement here stems from not knowing what you're talking about. That's OK. I'll provide some insight.

    Secure Boot is a security feature of UEFI that only allows trusted, cryptographically signed operating systems to boot. The nature of this prevents rootkits. Software that runs before the OS and injects itself. BIOS has many hard limitations and disadvantages over the modern standard that is UEFI. Your comparison going from 32 to 64 bit architecture is quite fitting. It's not that different. There are many hard limitations and disadvantages to 32 bit. It's unfit for today's standards due to lack of features and security. All aspects of technology have to move forward.

  • I love it when I have to scream at a computer

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  • macOS has a caps lock timeout? The fuck...

  • Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud - Home Assistant

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  • Why do you use firefox?

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  • If you're interested at all:

    Google Chrome is a fork of the open source Chromium with several Google proprietary features. Chromium uses the Blink engine. Blink is a fork of a large component of WebKit called WebCore. Apple primarily develops WebKit (and by proxy WebCore), itself being a fork of KHTML and KJS which were actually discontinued this year.