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utopiah

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  • Don't Delete Your Data - POISON IT INSTEAD

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  • Worthwhile yet tricky. Companies like OpenAI, Google, Meta, etc are full of experts in statistics and they have access to a lot of storage space. If use a service from those companies, say 4hrs per day between 7am and 9pm, at a certain frequency, e.g. 10 requests / hour, then suddenly, when you realize you actually do not trust them with your data, you do 10000 req/hr for 1hr then that's a suspect pattern. Then might be able to rollback until before that "freak" event automatically. They might still present you as a user your data with the changes but not in their internal databases.

    So... I'm not saying it's not a good idea, nor useful, but I bet doing it properly is hard. It's probably MUCH harder than do a GDPR (or equivalent) take out request then deletion request AND avoiding all services that might leverage your data from these providers.

  • Can anyone recommend a privacy respecting 4K streaming device?

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  • I don't think that's possible. I think streaming in practice (not in theory!) is nowadays monitoring everything you do with the content they provide. In fact you yourself blocked your own TV from accessing the Internet.

    Anyway I saw quite a few technical solutions (general purpose computers) but I didn't see any service to then use those with. There are quite a few streaming services I would trust though, e.g. public services like Arte.TV or PBS (well... I did, not I'd be cautious) that can be accessed without an account.

    So it depends in the end of what kind of content you mean to stream. You don't have to answer that specifically but... if it's not something that is genuinely public, available on services like PeerTube but instead rely on surveillance capitalism, e.g. YouTube, Netflix, etc then I'd argue the kind of streaming itself you want is not compatible with your privacy requirements.

    Edit: I'm not streaming except public radio (specifically fip.fr that's all) on my desktop. I just download the content I need what from whatever sources provide it DRM-free. It's both a technical alternative and a healthier practice IMHO.

  • No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog

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  • Mozilla Names New CEO, Firefox To Evolve Into A "Modern AI Browser"

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  • so long as it’s optional, local, and private.

    ... yes but also

    • open source,
    • open model,
    • all annotations done with proper respect to
      • labor law (ideally verified by 3rd party)
      • IP
    • clear on ecological cost
      • CO2 eq in model card (ideally verified by 3rd party)
      • analogy non technical user can understand

    ... which makes for a rather limited list.

    My own constraints https://fabien.benetou.fr/Content/CollaborationRelyingOnAI recommendations welcomed, both on such rules but also on models that do fit, if any.

  • What are some of your most useful or favorite terminal commands?

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fabien@debian2080ti:~$ history  | sed 's/ ..... //' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
# with parameters
     13 cd Prototypes/
     14 adb disconnect; cd ~/Downloads/Shows/ ; adb connect videoprojector ;
     14 cd ..
     21 s # alias s='ssh shell -t "screen -raAD"'
     36 node .
     36 ./todo 
     42 vi index.js 
     42 vi todo # which I use as metadata or starting script in ~/Prototypes
     44 ls
    105 lr # alias lr="ls -lrth"
fabien@debian2080ti:~$ history  | sed 's/ ..... //' | sed 's/ .*//' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
# without parameters
     35 rm
     36 node
     36 ./todo
     39 git
     39 mv
     70 ls
     71 adb
     96 cd
    110 lr
    118 vi

  • What are some of your most useful or favorite terminal commands?

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  • Maybe I interest you in pgrep? pkill? killall?

  • Why did you move from Windows to Linux?

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  • Because I can tell it to do whatever I want. I get to control the device I own. Pretty basic. Same principle for my others devices, so deGoogle Android phone, earbuds with open source firmware, keyboard with open source firmware, Zigbee for IoT, etc. My stuff should do what I want.

  • Linux is awesome at home, but aren't y'all forced to use Windows at work?

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  • That's what shadow IT is for.

    You try through the normal channels, explaining why, and if it's not enough, you find a way to still be productive DESPITE the rules of the place. Then eventually you move on to a saner place.

  • I created a guide/website that helps beginners discover and switch to privacy-focused tools

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  • Is Google Fi privacy-invasive with regards to mobile data?

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  • Honestly why even ask the question or read the ToS when you know the business model of Google?

    To be clear Google is NOT a technology company! Google is an advertising company which, unlike traditional advertising companies selling physical ad space, sells online ad space. Through vertical integration they also happen to distribute software, e.g. Android, Chrome, etc, services e.g. Google Search, GMail, GDrive, GCloud, and hardware, e.g. Pixel, Nest, etc which they are not giving for free but at a low price, and infrastructure, e.g. Google Fi.

    ... but ALL those products are ONLY existing to sell ads!

    I let derive your own conclusion for Google Fi and every other product they provide.

    TL;DR: of f*cking course.

  • How is there not a ubiquitous modding platform for Linux yet?

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  • We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥

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  • Who could have guessed... /s

  • I don't have an idea for the title

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  • AFAIK the packets are for discovery of other devices relying on mDNS / DNS-SD which is used by plenty of other services.

    More importantly though, does it matter? What are you actually broadcasting while doing so? That you are using KDE Connect? Also the typical use case for it are on trusted networked, e.g. home WiFi but if it's problematic on public networks then do not use KDE Connect on other networks?

    Edit: what alternative device discovery solution could be used by KDE Connect to make it more private on untrusted ntetworks?

  • Installed Linux for the fist time in Feb, I've now started saving ISO's

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  • Ugh... why? I mean it's a fun process to distro hop and better understand the different package managers, boot process, default services, etc but beyond that I'm confused at what the point is.

    FWIW one can distro hop "virtually" in minutes using containers via Podman or Docker (or even QEMU to be more isolated) with images that do have a window manager, e.g. https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-webtop/ provides Alpine, Arch, Debian, Enterprise Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu with i3, KDE, MATE or XFCE. Switching from one to another takes minutes (basically download time of image content) and if you mount the right directory you can even use your own content for your tests.

    Edit : if one wants to install nothing https://distrosea.com/ is quite neat but it's online.

  • I don't have an idea for the title

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  • digital privacy and security

    I bet there is an amalgamation going on there.

    People who wants to maximum amount of security might not care as much about privacy, thinking relying on a famous actor which spends a ton on security (and runs ads to say so) give them privacy, typically Google or Meta, while ignoring their interests in using private data for profit.

    The other way around some people claim they cherish privacy, which sounds like your uncle, yet can not realistically achieve it by using outdated systems leading to poor security and thus potentially bad privacy.

    The 2 go hand in hand yet are different.

  • I don't have an idea for the title

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  • LineageOS and asked if I could use it [...] He went to the Google Play Store and installed Files by Google after logging into my account.

    Ugh... sorry to say but if your goal is "what a phone without Google services" then your father did not understand that. He might be able to help you but he might not. The point though is that have to clarify with him WHY you want to try that. Only then can he help with the how.

    Anyway for music I recommend VLC, it even has an option to become a Web server to receive file. If you do exchange files often with your Linux desktop I also recommend KDE Connect which helps for SMSes too and more, you can even define custom commands. I recommend removing the PlayStore entirely and relying solely on F-Droid and on a case by case basis potentially on .apk from sources you trust, e.g. Signal Website.

  • rsyslog Goes AI First — A New Chapter Begins

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  • What's your favorite font for reading ebooks?

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  • Yes.

    TL;DR: I don't actually know, that's how much I care.

  • Proton getting big encourages centralization

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  • Agree but nobody forces you to use anything except ProtonMail or ProtonVPN. In fact I have a visionary account and I mostly just use ProtonMail. I do use ProtonVPN but I also have WireGuard. Also my ProtonMail addresses are behind domains I host. If tomorrow I decide to switch away from Proton, I can.

    So... sure Proton is not perfect and centralization is bad but IMHO it's like saying Firefox is imperfect so it's fine to use Chrome or Chromium browsers. Imperfect alternatives to BigTech and surveillance capitalism is better than relying on the things you hate until something "perfect" never comes along.

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    utopiah @lemmy.ml

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