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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
If that is the video conferencing in the desktop then I can tell you that that has not been my experience with it both on windows and w/ Wayland
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve been using matrix.org, it doesn’t work with the desktop app on windows, & I use the element-desktop package from the arch extra repo, which also doesn’t work. I do use Wayland, as I am unable to run an x11 de for various reasons
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Except audio on the screen share, it is my biggest issue with matrix currently.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
The thing that’s insane to me is that most of the alternatives have screen sharing with working audio on the back burner, while I can tell you that the first one to get it working will be my go to. Hopefully with this extra cushion, one of them can get it working it’s the only thing discord has over its competitors other than general stability related things.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I think it is notable that it never makes assumptions about the verification method, so it could just be a simple parental control system. Granted I have no doubts that the corpos will take this as requiring Id, but the bill itself makes no such requirements.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t think it will be cut and dry on state vs federal, although if we follow trends it will get shutdown because the feds love abusing the commerce and elastic clause. And I’m not overly familiar with the Colorado constitution, but the actual text isn’t actually that invasive, it makes no requirements on data collection, it only requires for it to be obtained somehow, which could be self reporting ala parental controls, it only requires that once the data is obtained that they must provide an age bracket and only and age bracket to services that request it and only services that request it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Unfortunately, if left unchecked, an incompetent ally is just as destructive as a malicious adversary. If you are from Colorado and take issue with this legislation you should contact your representatives and let them know that they are being idiotic since that is the only meaningful difference between the two. Overall, we can continue giving the dems a pass because they are the lesser of the evils, or we can attempt to use what little political capital we have to make them realise their errors.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube frontend, Grayjay is coming to Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
That is more confusing since free software is a double entendre. The software could be monetarily free, or it could be free to use for development. I think the best way to move forward is to make active attempts to distinguish open source, ie freely modifiable code, & source available, ie code can be viewed but not modified. There are probably some shortfalls here and I would love to hear them, but this is what I have been doing when I talk about software.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Unless I am missing something obvious, the simplest solution is to require both uppers and lowers to be stamped. As far as I can tell, this would only be a burden to manufacturers unless there are some weird interactions with the idiotic “stamped part is gun” definition of a firearm.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes: SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
What do you mean by spending boycott, if your thinking about the corporations that are enabling this administration I can agree on sentiment but not on effectiveness, the involved corporations are already propped up by nonexistent money, removing the real money won’t have any noticeable effects other than accelerating the economic collapse, which I will grant you is not necessarily a bad play, but it is not quite as cut and dry.

If you are talking about tax evasion, I would highly doubt that that would end well, especially with the propaganda machine in full swing
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DHS Orders Tech Giants to Unmask Anti-ICE Accounts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
From preliminary checking I would have to agree with you, but the only sources I could find said that the clauses that were explicitly sun set clauses have since lapsed, I see no mention of what clauses still remain, does anyone have a source for the original text?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DHS Orders Tech Giants to Unmask Anti-ICE Accounts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You’ve got to love the patriot act
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ruling by bullying: Threats of regulation as an internet governance device⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Good old Bud Cubby
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If you don’t care about audio on screenshare you could use matrix, that’s what I do.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’m not too well versed in it, but just based upon how it works I would imagine you would be at greater risk without taking at least as many precautions as the normal internet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
So long as you are careful about file formats you shouldn’t have any issues, but there are a decent amount of measures you can take.
1. Do all your downloads inside a VM that is sandboxed away from your main system, and then monitor the system processes when you run the file. 1.1 if you really want to isolate it watch things on that VM, but that’s a bit of a pain
2. Have your download system on a vlan that isolates it from the rest of your network.
3. Only download from well trusted communities and make sure to verify checksums.
4. With a little bit of time to kill you can learn how to run a sandboxed video player on Linux or could go the extra mile and run a system like nixos which is isolated by design
It doesn’t have to do with device security, but you should only do downloads over a VPN with a kill switch enabled to stop your ISP from sending you a cease and desist letter. Keep in mind that you are just trading your ISP for your VPN server when you do that though, so you may want to pick one that has been proven to not record logs, I use PIA for that reason, but I have also heard that mullvad also got subpoenad and demonstrated that they didn’t hold logs.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I assumed that they didn’t have old hardware lying around, in which case they are not incorrect as they will need at the very least 8gb to run the server effectively which by itself is approx $100 unless your looking at the second hand market.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve been saying for years, water makes things wet, so one molecule of water is not wet, but once you have more than 1 the collection of them becomes wet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t know about the launcher, but I do know the that all storage is wiped in the process of switching over.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Discounting some minor comparability issues, the process just requires a computer, an internet connection, a cable, and the ability to read through a couple paragraphs of instruction.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US tech firm Palantir extends deal with French intelligence agency⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t know how it operates under French law, but governments have been tending to use palantir’s services since it let’s them circumvent the procedure for issuing a warrant since a lot of the laws that require warrants to be procured were written in such a way that assumes that the government would be the only ones able to spy on their citizens, and thus make no provisions against corporations spying on people.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I cannot get behind the hosting part, it is too abusable. If that was changed for promoting, I could support that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Is it just not in the cards to request a separate device for work, I know I would tell my employer that I cannot guarantee that my personal device will meet their expectations.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

Have you tried the above yet? Try it.

I fail to see how it would help, the issue arises when I try to use a payment portal like there is for caixa bank transactions, SMS is a valid way for me to sign in to my account, but not to confirm a payment.

And if that doesn’t work contact their customer service and say you don’t have the option to use another device and you need to set up SMS verification or you’re going to have to consider another card. I bet it will work.

I would have to disagree with your take, their customer service is 80% ai and 20% call center, none of the people you would talk to care or have the power to answer a threat like this.

I appreciate the ideas, but at the moment I don’t see a way of getting around my issues.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I mentioned it elsewhere in the comments, but in my experience, payment portals have redirected me to a verification page that has two options app verification and customer support, even though I have SMS setup. I contacted capital one and the rep said it was working as intended.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
What is your 2fa method, I cannot sign in to the website without it and the only options I have been presented are SMS and app verification.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I guess it is a matter of semantics at this point, but i take the year of the Linux phone to be when a phone running a Linux os is viable for the masses, which as my original message states is at least 10 years out.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The standard for banks like capital one is, in order to login in a browser you must use their app 2fa, they do not support third party 2fa methods, and their app doesn’t work under compatibility layers. That last part may come with a workaround, but my earlier point is that the normal end user wouldn’t feel comfortable using such a thing if it is not officially allowed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
How do you deal with 2fa? For capital one in particular, I don’t believe there is an option not to use their app, and the other banks that I use are in the same boat or adamantly recommend to use their app.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Hiw do you deal with 2fa? For capital one in particular, I don’t believe there is an option not to use their app, and the other banks that I use are in the same boat or adamantly recommend to use their app.