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> Same with PCs... do you really want to run that *.exe you downloaded from that cool site you found?

Yes, I am fully capable of making decisions about what software to run on my personal hardware on my own, thanks. I don't need Apple or Google or Microsoft to make this decision for me.

They're trying to fix social engineering. It's simply not possible.

You don't need to belittle someone else's work. It's a series of articles, and author has 2 more articles that aren't related to articles Ciechanowski wrote at all.

It's not? The only 2 options available there are last gen Strix Point (AI 300 series).

This doesn't sound quite right, I think they put a wrong price there.

Bottom cover alone goes for more than that, even without battery or speakers: https://frame.work/sg/en/products/laptop13pro-bottom-cover-k...

So does the screen: https://frame.work/sg/en/products/laptop13pro-display-kit

I was also surprised by this sentence. It sounds like this is the author's first attempt at running models locally.

Or maybe the author has been running heavily quantized small models all that time — Gemma 4 gguf he's using is Q4 and only 16 GB. In my experience quants like this tend to perform much worse.

You made a few typos in "LaLiga"

I am so glad DuckDuckGo allows blocking specific sites from the search. Just did this for a domain linked in this repository.

Well, lossless over Bluetooth is a mess currently.

Only 1 codec is capable of that — aptX Lossless. Then, your transmitting device, phone / laptop / etc., needs to be compatible with it, and that's often not the case. Samsung and Apple don't support it.

I bought USB-C Bluetooth dongle that I use with my iPhone for that exact reason. It looks janky, but I think it's worth it.

Discord isn't under pressure to implement these measures globally.

I fully agree that they shouldn't be blamed for kick-starting age verification, because governments are pushing for this all around the world. But it's simply ignorant to pretend that Discord isn't helping these governments to normalise this process with their actions. They're also signalling that businesses are willing to comply and that they have all means necessary to do this.

I wouldn't call it a response, but rather another thing that normalises ID verification online. Now all these governments can use Discord as a reference that (1) this is possible at scale and (2) companies are willing to do this.

> Author: A paying Max 20x customer who's done subsidizing Anthropic's infrastructure problems

Shouldn't that be the other way around? Isn't every LLM provider losing money? Especially on premium subscriptions.

> A million years ago when I was in highschool, teachers would make us show them that we cleared our TI-83 calculators.

Comparing high school to a dictatorship is one way to confirm that you have very little experience with the latter. You do understand that if something is causing issues to the regime, then regime will simply make it illegal? Illegal to use, to posses, to buy, etc. — not like specifics matter here.

> Generally just don't come here anymore, but with the US fascists now checking phones at borders, the idea of having low detectability digital "smuggling compartments" (digitally speaking) in our devices is becoming all too real. Some loopback filesystem that your phone can mount that has the rest of the phone, various systemd-sysext layers for bitchat.

Even then, that's just wishful thinking. Only GrapheneOS has something similar right now, duress PIN/password (which isn't exactly designed for cases like this, but still) [0]. It won't help you much in a dictatorship, the police isn't that dumb — you'll be subjecting yourself to physical harm by using it. They know that your phone isn't empty, and they don't need anything to prove it. For them gut feeling is enough, laws and human rights are irrelevant.

Also, let's be realistic, Apple isn't going to have something like that on iOS.

[0]: https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

> We need robust, decentralized mesh networks that bypass state-controlled gateways entirely.

Let's do a thought experiment: assume they're here and that we are talking about a dictatorship. What's next?

If it's something like Meshtastic — it requires standalone hardware. These devices will be outlawed. The entire country will stop importing them, confiscating these devices from whoever uses them, probably jailing people who own them.

Alright, then what if it's something like BitChat instead — you only need your phone. If it gets traction, police will stop you and force you to unlock your phone. They do this already in Russia.

It's not a technical problem and can't be solved like one.

> Indeed, companies will always start using something if it makes financial sense for them.

I agree that this is often the case. I still see Games Workshop as an exception. They could have moved plastic production to a cheaper region (e.g. China), but they haven't done so. Financials are obviously important to them, but they're being very careful and thoughtful about their actions. This AI ban is just another showcase of that.

> Your home server's new sysadmin: Claude Code

(In)famous last words?

Related: EU commission has also criticized AGCOM for Privacy Shield [0].

> The Commission would also like to emphasize that the effective tackling of illegal content must also take into due account the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU

[0]: https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-concerns-prompt-eu-co...

It absolutely is. Why should people receive a free service while their democratically elected officials enact laws that enable them to target global revenue in their fines?

I understand that you’re using it as an example, but I still find it very misleading. Estonia is pro-privacy and has consistently voted against Chat Control.

On the other hand, France has been undermining privacy for a few years now. They supported Chat Control, have attacked GrapheneOS, etc.

A £150 back market phone is not a secure device. It probably stopped receiving security patches a month after its release.

If only banks cared about state-of-the-art security.

In reality, banks couldn’t care less. They only care about checking boxes and don’t consider where these boxes come from; every unchecked box is a risk.

Did the latest sham "security audit" say that root is bad? They'll block it.

Who exactly are "they" in this context? Shared documents don't mention anything like that.

Here's what GrapheneOS said about AphyOS: https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1893469596973220188

> They have a fork of an old version of GrapheneOS merged with LineageOS. They heavily marketed it as being based on GrapheneOS, but it's a very outdated version. Their devices don't have remotely comparable privacy, security, usability or app compatibility to official GrapheneOS.

And so another myth was born, thanks to an anonymous fiction writer from Reddit!

People still believe that "Uber raises prices when your battery is low!", and now they'll be parroting this for years to come. Great job.

I assume that police compile such lists, right? If so, this once again says a lot about their competence.

Because nothing screams you're serious more than throwing large sums of money at a shady gambling website.

Why would it? 5G modems are expensive. GL.iNet makes something like that, Puli AX — it usually goes for around $350 [1].

[1]: https://store.gl-inet.com/products/puli-ax-xe3000-wi-fi-6-5g...

As opposed to blindly trusting the police and LEA? Yes, absolutely — I'd rather trust computer scientists.

I am sorry, but I don't follow — are you saying that Chat Control is a solution to any of these problems?

It achieves the opposite. Undermining encryption under the pretext of "think of the children" won't end well. It only creates more national security risks.

That's very useful, thanks!

One small-ish feature request: could you please add support for EAN-8?

I am not criticizing Codeberg, I'm just adding context that seems very important from my experience.

As mentioned above — I am glad that they exist and do what they do. However, that doesn't mean I should ignore issues like this.