We’ve noted for years how the “smart” TV sector is at the forefront of enshittification. It’s a sector full of companies that have doubled down on annoying ads and surveilla…
How we bypassed Apple's regulatory restrictions, built a Faraday cages and enabled georestricted features on the Airpods Pro 2 for our grandparents
How we bypassed Apple's regulatory restrictions, built a Faraday cage and enabled georestricted features on the Airpods Pro 2 for our grandparents.
Youtube: Free Software Is Under Attack? (Will You Help Defend It?)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21522958
(cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21522265)
A group of people including Drew DeVault are trying to cancel RMS again, basing their claims on ancient misinterpreted quotes. Stallman may be controversial, but these activists are just acid for the entire Free Software movement.
Ford says its system could make law enforcement's job easier.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23048512
"Ain't no snitches riding with us
Ol mo the mouth n***as could holler the front" - Lil' Wayne
Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’ and other purposes
Photoshop's newest terms of service has users agree to allow Adobe access to their active projects for the purposes of "content moderation" and other various reasons. This has caused concern among…
Is owning websites for private individuals become forbidden by our governments ?
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/13465911
Hi,
I'm confuse about those mandatory legal notices that governments impose for websites..
Before going further I invite you to read:
\ A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
\ and
\ Discourse on Voluntary Servitude[^1] \From all the articles[2] that I read about *the mandatory notice to display for website* none of them reference the URL of their claim !! / of the legal text !! WTF[links]
Internet is by essence world wide, and when reading all those legal requirement it's seem that you should display notices for EVERY country !
it's seem also that if you own a private website, just for your own or family use, like for example a web file hosting services. (NextCloud etc..) You should comply with the same requirement that are asked for company ! again... WTF !
Also I don't understand, why make mandatory those notices...(beside the
Microsoft is now nagging Windows 10 customers to switch to a Microsoft account instead of using a local account.
Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program Mac users run, and when and where they ran it
cross-posted from: https://mbin.grits.dev/m/[email protected]/t/95555
Edit: Guys I didn't write the headline; the subtitle that I added, I've now fixed tho
Edit: Also, the information about there being no escape is out of date -- here's a quick guide to how to fix the problem in the modern day
Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them all forever!
Didn't GNU project start because of a printer?
You may need to provide a reason now when quitting OneDrive
Some OneDrive users may get a prompt now that asks them to provide a reason when they try to quit the OneDrive application on Windows.
Say thanks to Juan for the great article:
This Is What Happens When People Start Actually Reading Privacy Policies
A recent controversy about Zoom’s ability to train AI on users’ conversations shows the importance of reading the fine print
Users notice that Zoom changes privacy policy to expressly allow them to use your private Zoom chats, video calls and other services to train A.I. and this IS NO OPT OUT.
It’s just a “proposal,” but it’s also being prototyped inside Chrome right now.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2437896
also on r/privacy
Remember what "subscription" used to mean?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1381019
The article about the "subscription" HP ink made me realise something.
Subscriptions aren't a new idea at all. You could subscribe to paper magazines. And you got to keep them.
I'm just clearing up my old house and it's filled with tons of old tech magazines. Lots of useful knowledge here. Wanna know how Windows and Mac compared in 1993? It's in here. All the forgotten technologies? Old games, old phones, whatever? You'll find it.
Now, granted. You'd only get one magazine a month. Not a whole library of movies or games or comic books.
But still, the very definition of subscription has shifted. Now, the common meaning is "you only get to use these things as long as you're paying". Nobody even thinks it could mean anything else.
Besides, it doesn't only apply to services that offer entire libraries. Online magazines still exist in a similar form as the paper ones. But you only get to access them while yo
