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The least they could’ve done is install one of the abliterated models, so people can see how badly Gemini censors them…

For those that’ll go search that later, you’re welcome.

Heh, take my upvote.

“We know your IP address”. No kidding, that’s how IPv4 works, even if the browser wasn’t leaking offering it.

They clearly only read the headline

They just use the different techniques to fIngerprint you. It’s an arms race, and we lost it years ago.

They can’t be the only one doing this, though. It’s going to be a game of whack-a-mole as long as the carriers are still allowed to sell this data. The only way that’ll change is if some well connected politician gets outed or arrested because of it, probably.

SMB on MacOS has had performance issues for a long, long time. It doesn’t implement SMB very well, and all the Samba hackery people need to go through to work around it is basically just lived with. rsync is much better because of this.

What penalty? What illegal thing are they even doing? If the browsers allow this, they should expect it to happen. Prevent it, or expect it. Websites shouldn’t be able to “scan” for these extensions in the first place.

At best, they might get a slap on the wrist fine they pay to the FTC or FCC, and admit no fault.

Disagree. The fact that these devices are both capable of, and would actively, emphatically, attempt to do any level of data harvesting, is a problem. Can they be defeated? Yes. They should not have to be. We deserve better.

I’ve been using Waterfox for a year or so, after I got tired of the broken update process for Librewolf on MacOS. No regrets.

Wow, this feels like a honeypot/data harvesting site than a call to action. Just contact your reps directly…

It does mention it, now at least.

Think lower level. They own your device keyboard, so they can technically read whatever you type. Whether they send that to the mother ship, I don’t know, but it’s a risk. That’s one example, but same holds true for anything low level, like mic, camera, etc.

+1 for forgejo

The only requirement of yours it doesn’t hit is “decentralized”, since you’d likely be self-hosting it. If you’re looking to host git repos, you’re likely technical enough to fire up a foregjo container in Docker and go wild with it. Just make sure you have a plan for backups, and you’re good.

Good plan, just ensure you isolate that VM from your home network, too. I don’t trust my company at all, so their laptop only connects to my guest wifi.

Some surveillance tools use DNS queries for tracking. Until this can block that, too, having a DNS-based blocker will be crucial for privacy protection.

Agreed, not a fan. The hand would look better if it wasn’t aiming for realistic contours, and instead was more cartoon-ish

Yeah, I agree with that personally, but realistically, “your phone was near a place” is not the same as “you were involved”. If they hijack a phone onto a Stingray, they can get way more info than just IMEI.

I don’t understand why cell phones don’t authenticate the towers they connect to. Is this really just a “standards lag behind modern security” thing, or is it on purpose to allow these Stingray devices to be used?

I donate to my instance.