woshang
@woshang@lemmy.world
- Comment on OpenAI brings Sam Altman back as CEO less than a week after he was fired by board 11 months ago:
Man just taking a break and comes back with hire salary.
- Comment on Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster 11 months ago:
Yep, decentralized is the key.
- Comment on Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster 11 months ago:
It used to be a decentralized social app + a chat app. But now you can switch between them.
- Comment on Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster 11 months ago:
Decentralized + E2EE, I choose WireMin.
- Submitted 1 year ago to technology@lemmy.world | 23 comments
- TikTok permanently banned account for posting a few videos about the Israel- Palestine situation.lemmy.world ↗Submitted 1 year ago to technology@lemmy.world | 39 comments
- Comment on LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info. 1 year ago:
And we share real background info, like very specific. This could lead them to our friends, colleagues!
- Comment on The SEO world is up in arms after a story said they're 'ruining the internet.' Here's the spicy drama. 1 year ago:
Don’t forget those ads on Twitter, Facebook, instagram, Youtube. They show you the product you viewed before, called re-targeting.
- LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info.lemmy.world ↗Submitted 1 year ago to technology@lemmy.world | 94 comments
- Comment on Millennials: It's ok to mourn the death of social media 1 year ago:
Censorship and Centralized manner killed all the goodness.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
First of all, this is not a spam account, so why blame me for writing a review? I am just pointing out things that I found interesting. I am not convincing or forcing anyone to download the application. As I said, ‘all I need is their source code’ — I am not giving my 100% trust to WireMin. I’m simply saying that if they could publish the source code, they might go viral from my perspective. That’s it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Unable to deliver on their promises? How so?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Yeah. Source code is needed, hard line.
- Comment on YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world 1 year ago:
Yeah, they haven’t published the source code yet. I asked the WireMin team, and it seems they are a small team still finalizing the code. What is the App Manager called tho?
- Comment on A software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebook 1 year ago:
Never download the Meta Threads.
- Comment on DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip 1 year ago:
WTF?
- Comment on One year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billion 1 year ago:
Transforming Twitter into an ‘everything’ app is a terrible idea. Why? Take WeChat, for example. Initially a messaging app, it now incorporates a multitude of services including short video clips similar to YouTube, Twitter-like posts (for friends only), a wallet linked to a bank card, and more. One of my Chinese friends said, ‘You won’t find anyone in China who doesn’t use WeChat because it has everything we need!’ It seems that users are quite satisfied with the services WeChat provides.
However, they may be overlooking the drawbacks of such centralized applications:
- Privacy issues: Identity verification is required; without it, most features are inaccessible.
- Censorship: I suspect that all communications are stored on a central server, with algorithms designed to detect sensitive content or keywords related to politics, NSFW material, etc. Since it’s linked to your identity, you could easily end up on a blacklist.
- Account suspension: The developer has the power to suspend accounts at any time due to the centralized nature of the system.
- Security risks: If someone gains access to your phone or passcode, they could access your money, your contacts’ information, and your personal details, since it’s an ‘everything’ app.
- Manipulation: Show those news that the country or the company want us to, hide those that are not helpful to them.
These issues and risks are inherent in centralized platforms and social media but consolidating them into an ‘everything’ app only amplifies the risks. My friend mentioned that WeChat hasn’t introduced a subscription fee yet, but Twitter and other services have.
I mean, an ‘everything’ app might be feasible in a restricted country like China, in the United States? Hell not! But, Big Tech and governments have the monopolistic power to make these things happen, so we have to find alternatives. The sooner we migrate, the sooner we can reduce the risks that I mentioned above.
The digital world is incredible, but also dangerous. It’s best that we start protecting our own privacy rights, our right to speak freely, and our right to control our own minds and discern the truth.
- Comment on YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world 1 year ago:
Monopolistic and some shit
- Comment on Google app being flagged as a virus by Huawei phones 1 year ago:
Unfortunately, it’s true… Monitoring, data collection, implementing ads, and there’s so little security for our accounts. Idk, I’ve been using Google less than ever since ChatGPT came out. And DuckDuckGo.
- Comment on They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust. 1 year ago:
Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia rollingstone.com/…/elon-musk-wikipedia-twitter-x-…
- Comment on Most of the world's biggest advertisers have stopped buying ads on Elon Musk's X, exclusive new data shows 1 year ago:
No ad is even better, but thats a impossible mission.
- Comment on Fediverse or Decentralisation? 1 year ago:
True, it depends.
- Submitted 1 year ago to technology@lemmy.world | 14 comments
- Comment on X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes. 1 year ago:
Just for you guys to know, a Saudi teacher got death sentence over tweets, cuz it is linked to his identity, and now Elon even wants more specific data from users? People need to give up on Twitter!
- Comment on X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes. 1 year ago:
For safety, security purpose??? Bullshit
- Comment on Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses 1 year ago:
Just for you guys to know, a Saudi teacher got death sentence over tweets, reported form last week.
- Comment on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased 1 year ago:
Driving ur attention to here:
X is a free public service funded largely by advertisers.
X aware that the CCDH gained access to X’s data without Brandwatch’s authorization,
- Comment on Twitter Sues Hate-Speech Research Group Over Claims That Hateful, Racist Content Has Proliferated Under Musk’s Ownership 1 year ago:
I need to drive people attention to here：
**’X is a free public service funded largely by advertisers.‘
‘the CCDH gained access to X’s data without Brandwatch’s authorization.’**
The real problem here is that Twitter/X user’s data can be easily revealed by organizations. While I believe that everyone has the right to express their own opinions, even if they differ from others. However, I do think that expressing oneself privately is much safer and better for one’s own well-being.
- Submitted 1 year ago to technology@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. 1 year ago:
And they will come up with other ways to steal user’s data, so they could sell it or distinguish user behavior to develop new product.
