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slashtab··on Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam
There is nothing better than degoogled Android, or at least limiting google to some extent.

Why choose one evil over another? Sure Apple device is more convenient but "Privacy", that's Joke.

I get that people want convenience and feature but I would choose Google over Apple anyday, why? because it's not trying to lock me in.

slashtab··on India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots
>Outsiders Problem

Not so much, these scammers looks for easy targets which both gullible old foreigners and Indians. The latest scam is Sextortion and Job promises, because there has been a lot of push to educate people to not share OTP, so these scammers keep looking new way to extort money.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/309435/india-cyber-crime...

slashtab··on India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots
Class/Caste has 0 relevance to this problem.
slashtab··on Chrome now tracks users and shares a “topic” list with advertisers
You shouldn't be suggesting Opera. Opera is full of Chinese foot print.
slashtab··on Internet-connected cars fail privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla
Open source Car!!
slashtab··on After Vietnam, the Philippines could be next to ban 'Barbie.' Here's why
It's not about what people in Vietnam see and how much money it loses. It's about message it sends, you can't simply push an agenda and get away with it.
slashtab··on HackerRank takes down FizzBuzz Q&A on Stack Overflow
Interesting!! thanks!
slashtab··on HackerRank takes down FizzBuzz Q&A on Stack Overflow
Can someone please, explain, give some context?
slashtab··on Debris found came from missing Titan sub, says friend of passengers
Hey BoxOfRain, sorry for jumping in like this. I would like to Invite you to tilde as you asked earlier, let me know how. If you haven't got one already, cheers.
slashtab··on Anyone using that LibreTube App?
Yes! I'm using it. So far no problem.
slashtab··on Try: run a command and inspect its effects before changing your live system
This is what "Elizabeth Holmes" beleived in. I think this is a quote from Star Wars.
slashtab··on Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit
I can...but where?
slashtab··on Reddit.com appears to be having an outage
slashdot
slashtab··on Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?
Is jumping from one corporate ship to another a good idea? At some point they peak and become greedy. I don't know what's the solution. Can we have better open source alternative and people fund it? Recently I learned DPRreviews went down because Amazon didn't profit enough from it. There are way too many stories like this.
slashtab··on Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?
The way Amazon buy and clear out its competition.
slashtab··on Addressing the community about changes to our API
Many old redditors are jumping to https://tildes.net it feels like old reddit, don't know which direction it would go. It is invite only.
slashtab··on Reddit bans subreddit detailing how to move to competitor Kbin
Redigg
slashtab··on Reddit bans subreddit detailing how to move to competitor Kbin
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/155371/warning-lemmy-doesn-t-care-...
slashtab··on Reddit bans subreddit detailing how to move to competitor Kbin
tildes.net feels like a better potential alternative to reddit. People have been raising privacy issue with lemmy.
slashtab··on Element is one of fourteen messaging apps blocked by Central Indian Government
Instead of finding solution to to terrorism they keep banning aaps.

Although I'm using element and it working fine.

slashtab··on Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end?
You forgot to mention Google's contribution in open source projects. Even their hardwares are OEM unlock-able. If it wasn't for Google, smartphone market wouldn't be what it is today.
slashtab··on TikTok’s greatest asset isn’t its algorithm, it’s your phone
I don't know for sure but sneaky apps stills gets the location data through scanning nearby devices, looking for nearby wifi addresses, bluetooth, network traingulation etc. Few of these doesn't give them the exact location but still if you're a person of interest thar may be enough to connect the dots.
slashtab··on TikTok’s greatest asset isn’t its algorithm, it’s your phone
I don't know about IQ but it does reduces people's attention span and that's the reason to limit the video length to few seconds.
slashtab··on Is Web3 Bullshit? (Transcript)
(1+13)2 ?
slashtab··on Is Web3 Bullshit? (Transcript)
People with your logic agrees with mass surveillance because good people have nothing to hide. Privacy doesn't mean you have something to hide.
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