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pcora··on Fastmail lays off 60% of union bargaining committee in surprise restructure
Just replied with my irks in the thread above.
pcora··on Fastmail lays off 60% of union bargaining committee in surprise restructure
I kept a list with my irks:

Search sucks: really. unable to find stuff unless you know the sender, their full text search seems to only work in a browser and only after indexing (which can take an hour) and it will go away with time as it's browser local storage.

Sending emails directly from share sheet in iOS failed twice.

Unable to add an invite to a calendar invite on iOS or in the Webapp (if invited by someone else).

Emails broken format when forwarding to someone else.

Long delay in delivering a simple email (to google and apple) at least three times.

The way that the emails are threaded. And that trash still shows as being in the same thread, instead of moving apart.

False sense of security as most emails are only encrypted on one side. And mine are visible on the other side.

pcora··on Fastmail lays off 60% of union bargaining committee in surprise restructure
Been to proton for a little less than a year. Really disliked it. It’s too locked in.
pcora··on FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4
At least for the ones sent in the Netherlands, if the iPhone is in silent mode, instead of making noises, it will vibrate strongly for a full minute or so.
pcora··on Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images
It does not seem to be scanning phones, but stuff uploaded to iCloud, which is completely different. The article gives the idea that your device will be scanned.
pcora··on Bibliogram – Open-source front-end for Instagram
How does Pixelfed makes money?
pcora··on CEO of a top Bitcoin exchange warns: crackdown on cryptocurrencies may be coming
Would you bet on it?
pcora··on Virtual passport app presents real data risk, experts warn
This title is very misleading. The app is just for applying to a passport.
pcora··on Why Jira Sucks
that was fast
pcora··on Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
Are you a zombie?
pcora··on Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked
I for one have been enjoying the verge and weather.com without any crap or slowness.. just ignoring the consent at the bottom :P

for websites that do not allow me to navigate or do not have a refuse button, I simply navigate away.

pcora··on Google is moving EU citizens’ data to US?
So, question here: If I move from outside EU to a country that is part of the block, does that mean that my Google Account will change the terms and mention something about GDPR?
pcora··on Wolfram Alpha: {y = Re(sqrt(abs(x)(1-abs(x)))), y = Re(-sqrt(1-sqrt(abs(x))))}
WA is always pretty slow. At least to me.
pcora··on The California DMV Is Selling Drivers’ Personal Information
What about Criteo?
pcora··on New York State Attorney General Investigating WeWork
So, Chuck Rhoades is after them?
pcora··on Moving towards a faster web
I used to hate AMP with my guts. But to be honest, usually when I tried to avoid or loaded the site instead of AMP, I get presented with a worse experience in a bloated web-site, whereas when I click on the AMP version, it loads immediately. So now I don't care anymore. But google is not my main search engine, so I less very little of it.
pcora··on Google's ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions
Move to another country?
pcora··on Google's ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions
yea right. same thing with facebook asking for phone numbers for two factor. they would NEVER use that for ads, right?
pcora··on Friended is a new social network that wants to get real
I just want to be reminded in a year if this still exists or has any real traction.
pcora··on AirPods Pro
Me too! No clue why they keep doing that!
pcora··on Details of 92M Brazilians Auctioned on Underground Forums
This is sad. Because as tech advances, we are stuck with governments that don't have good teams and leave a ton of stuff vulnerable.
pcora··on Visa, Mastercard, Others Reconsider Involvement in Facebook's Libra Network
I have a feeling that they will end just launching something in developing countries with weak regulation and will be done with it. It's a way to get more data from people. It's becoming pretty clear that this will not fly in the US or EU.
pcora··on Facebook to acquire CTRL-Labs, a startup for controlling computers with the mind
In a way, they are already on our minds with all the weird techniques they have to make people addicted to their stuff. But that is definitely going way too far.
pcora··on Apple Change Causes Scramble Among Private Messaging App Makers
I don't think that they are trying to make privacy decisions for you, but they are making sure that an API created for a specific reason stops being abused by many other use cases then the original one.

* edit: typo

pcora··on Just Delete Me – A directory of direct links to delete your account
This is a nice guide, but it's very outdated. I removed battle.net recently without much hassle.
pcora··on Just Delete Me – A directory of direct links to delete your account
they may close if you violate terms. but you can't be sure if the data was actually deleted. I bet most keep it.
pcora··on Instagram’s latest assault on Snapchat is a messaging app called Threads
another app trying to collect a bunch of data from our lives. sorry but no.
pcora··on Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers complain about it.
I am all in for that and believe that Apple and others should ban these trackers or at least display a warning on what sdks are being used directly in the app store. that would be a good starting point.
pcora··on WeWork isn’t a tech company; it’s a soap opera
A hell of a taxi company with that many engineers and research and development areas. But I agree on WeWork as a real estate company. They are not creating anything.
pcora··on Facebook Hit by Apple’s Crackdown on Messaging Feature
Many sites do that nowadays. The Information seems to be pretty nice, but it's super expensive. At least to me.
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