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- Comment on make like a tree ii 13 hours ago:
Looks like a sphincter to me.
- Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not. 1 day ago:
A truly open source (and functional) phone can’t come fast enough.
- Comment on International Shitpost Wednesday! 2 days ago:
Never seen it.
- Comment on International Shitpost Wednesday! 3 days ago:
That’s a turtle.
- Comment on Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data 3 days ago:
I mean, some parts of the protocols we use for the Internet need to be in the clear to work, DNS comes to mind. If you want that kept private as well you need to use something like tor.
Not really. We also have DNS over HTTPs, DNS over TLS, and DNSCrypt which are all becoming more popular. But that’s still application level data that I’m not really talking about.
But regardless, what people generally actually care about keeping secret is the content, not the protocol.
A lot of information can be gleaned from protocol metadata though. Source, destination, which applications are being used, maybe more depending on protocols. Not exactly information I want to be easily available to the public, but also not exactly critical either.
- Comment on Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data 4 days ago:
I should’ve been more clear, I didn’t mean the data, but at the protocol level it’s all open.
Same with the Internet traffic through these satellites.
- Comment on Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data 4 days ago:
“Generally, our users choose the encryption that they apply to their communications to suit their specific application or need,” says a spokesperson for SES, the parent company of Intelsat. “For SES’s inflight customers, for example, SES provides a public Wi-Fi hot spot connection similar to the public internet available at a coffee shop or hotel. On such public networks, user traffic would be encrypted when accessing a website via HTTPS/TLS or communicating using a virtual private network.”
Can’t decide the side of the fence I am on for this. Of course the vast majority of Internet traffic across the world is unencrypted. Anyone could be on the line between me and this Lemmy instance, just as they could if there was a satellite between us. However, you’re also broadcasting it to like 25% of the globe and not even making any kind of physical infrastructure efforts.
Quest can’t entirely guarantee nobody will snoop a fiber line, but they do bury them.
- Comment on ChatGPT safety systems can be bypassed to get weapons instructions 1 week ago:
As much as I don’t want chatbots to explain to morons how to harm people, I don’t like that this just seems to be a form of censorship. If it’s not illegal to publish this information, why should it be censored via a chatbot interface?
- Comment on Me irl 1 week ago:
That dog will growl when you pet it but also when you stop.
- Comment on ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day 2 weeks ago:
You should really talk to some real in-the-flesh people.
- Comment on ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for including the mirror, OP.
Companies that obtain mobile phone location data generally do it in two different ways. The first is through software development kits (SDKs) embedded in ordinary smartphone apps, like games or weather forecasters. These SDKs continuously gather a user’s granular location, transfer that to the data broker, and then sell that data onward or repackage it and sell access to government agencies.
The second is through real-time bidding (RTB). When an advert is about to be served to a mobile phone user, there is a near instantaneous, and invisible, bidding process in which different companies vie to have their advert placed in front of certain demographics. A side-effect is that this demographic data, including mobile phones’ location, can be harvested by surveillance firms. Sometimes spy companies buy ad tech companies out right to insert themselves into this data supply chain. We previously found at least thousands of apps were hijacked to provide location data in this way.
I really despise these practices. I don’t know how people can build these tools with a clear conscience.
- Comment on Swift To Build a Global Financial Blockchain 2 weeks ago:
This isn’t likely to be open at all.
- Comment on Fallout: London's first DLC, Rabbit and Pork, is finally out and adds 30 new quests 2 weeks ago:
Did London ever become compatible with the latest FO4 release?
- Comment on How do you secure your home lab? Like, physically? From thieves? 2 weeks ago:
May as well just rig the house to burst into flames
- Comment on How long can someone physically walk for? 2 weeks ago:
Like Dean Karzanes. Dude can run almost indefinitely.
- Comment on European banks to launch euro stablecoin in bid to counter US dominance 2 weeks ago:
Money transfers, online payments for whatever, place to park your assets in volatile times in the market, integration into other on-chain investment systems, etc…
- Comment on Dedicated mobile apps for vibe coding have so far failed to gain traction | TechCrunch 3 weeks ago:
I’m really curious who these people are that actually use these things.
- Comment on Arc Raiders' devs would you like you to slam its servers with one last, open to all tech test next month 3 weeks ago:
Third person shooters are weird.
- Comment on The internet doesnt really spark any joy. Sure the stuff can be funny but mostly just feels me with dread that for this cat meme I have to watch others suffer. 4 weeks ago:
So it’s either be uninformed or miserable.
- Comment on Please make it stop - Google Chrome to be reimagined with AI 4 weeks ago:
Difficult things like “booking a haircut” or “ordering your weekly groceries” will be a thing of the past Google hope, as they’ll get their AI to do it for you.
I gotta wonder how the ad business will fit into this. Are companies just going to make a bid for consumers that Google will just deliver via blind AI orders like this?
Consumer choice comes down to who bribes the AI the most. This seems almost inevitable.
- Comment on When “Ordinary People” on TikTok Turn Out to Be Professional Actors 4 weeks ago:
It’s about media literacy and the unhealthy parasocial relationships of their audience
Ironic.
- Comment on When “Ordinary People” on TikTok Turn Out to Be Professional Actors 4 weeks ago:
Her videos are framed as off-the-cuff, but if you actually pay attention to it, the delivery is very controlled with precise, deliberate phrasing (scripted).
This describes literally any half successful youtuber.
Another commenter also pointed out the stark pivot in messaging from recent videos, to which I replied that she might want to take a screen shot of the comment for posterity (as I wish I had done!) as comments were being deleted, and I was swiftly blocked.
Sounds to me like a creator wasn’t a fan of your obsession with their life off-camera.
Lots of people seem to be turning fascist for whatever reason. That’ll include content creators. Especially ones that think they can build an audience from exploiting the latest controversy.
That makes them opportunistic and shitty, sure. But thinking everyone with a shitty opinion is a paid propagandist isn’t healthy thinking.
- Comment on New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂ - Ars Technica 4 weeks ago:
What could go wrong
- Comment on When “Ordinary People” on TikTok Turn Out to Be Professional Actors 4 weeks ago:
Paid by whom? Everything here looks like pure speculation to me.
- Comment on When “Ordinary People” on TikTok Turn Out to Be Professional Actors 4 weeks ago:
Actors can have hobbies, too.
- Comment on The song that never ends announces what it is in the first line, then expects us to believe some people started singing it without knowing what it was 4 weeks ago:
We all know damned well you sang the first line in your head though.
- Comment on Saw this on another instance and knew it belongs here. 5 weeks ago:
They’re so proud of themselves.
- Comment on US to target more businesses after Hyundai raid, top official says 5 weeks ago:
Damn it Reuters. They’re not targeting the businesses. They’re targeting the workers.
- Comment on Blue 1 month ago:
Can I eat it?
- Comment on At least 15 dead after Lisbon funicular derails 1 month ago:
Well that doesn’t sound very fun^icular^.
