mle86

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably also a factor is that you would be spinning up a whole production line and automation systems for phones that will only be in production for 12 to 18 months, after which you’d have to adapt or redo everything for the new model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That may be but if they would shorten “female soldier”, wouldn’t they refer to her as “a soldier” and not “a female”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The first 6 years of Firefox were done without telemetry and after it was implemented it was opt-in for a while.

  While I see the use of telemetry for development purposes, I would not call it aridiculous thing to not want

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is a reasonable explanation.

  But I also believe a large part of the firefox user base does not want any data about them collected by their browser, no matter if it is for commercial purposes or simply analytics / telemetry. Which is why the original statement “we will never sell any of your data” was just good enough for them, and anything mozilla is now saying is basically not good enough, no matter how much they clarify it to mean “not selling in the colloquial sense”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digital Fingerprinting: Google launched a new era of tracking worse than cookie banners | Tuta⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So I thought this is never going to fly under GDPR. Then the article goes on to say:

  Many privacy laws, including the EU’s GDPR and California’s CCPA, require user consent for tracking. However, because fingerprinting works without explicit storage of user data on a device, companies may argue that existing laws do not apply which creates a legal gray area that benefits advertisers over consumers.

  Oh come on Google, seriously? I remember a time when Google were the good guys, can’t believe how they’ve changed…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Arch Linux team is now working directly with Valve — SteamOS and Arch should both benefit greatly⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  show how bigger corporations like Valve can still be a helpful, desirable influence in the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) community.

  Unfortunately, as far as bigger corporations go, there are very few that are “like Valve”…