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whatsthatabout··on Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
The Nokia website only states 2 years of OS updates - so its e-waste from the beginning. What a joke *EDIT: And 3 years of security updates
whatsthatabout··on Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on Facebook
Well I like the features it can have connected to my local network like clean specific rooms or setting no-go zones but this should be done local only. Syncing settings from my phone app to the cloud back to the robot is so dumb...
whatsthatabout··on Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on Facebook
I love the idea of robot vacuums. In fact I own one. In my opinion one of the most useful "smart home" device currently made. Too bad the good ones are all tied to some shitty cloud (whilst they could work locally 100%). Fortunately projects like https://valetudo.cloud exist...
whatsthatabout··on Docker sends usages even if you've opted out
"It's a feature not a bug" - Docker devs probably
whatsthatabout··on Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin
2 people got injured and mostly all fish are dead...
whatsthatabout··on Show HN: Onin – E2EE calendar and chat app
Also I don't get why GitHub is fitting as a hoster? Because of git and the commit history? Definitely not because of their strong believes in privacy as a company owned by microsoft...
whatsthatabout··on Dropbox acquires Boxcryptor assets to bring zero-knowledge encryption to storage
Time to switch to cryptomator I guess...

https://cryptomator.org

whatsthatabout··on VMware Fusion 13 – native support for Apple Silicon Macs
Never heard of quickemu - looks really cool! Thanks for sharing
whatsthatabout··on The Iran Firewall: A preliminary report
Pretty crazy that a country can just completely block all internet outside of what they want to be accessible... One app that came to my mind reading this is Briar [1] - no real internet required, can connect to other briar participants via bluetooth and WiFi. Sadly only for Android...

[1] https://briarproject.org

whatsthatabout··on macOS 13 Ventura review
I'll just update to 12.6.1 for now and wait... Seems like there's nothing new exciting enough for me to upgrade right away - I want stability on my machine.
whatsthatabout··on TOTP tokens on my wrist with the smartest dumb watch
For me there’s an export option under „Settings“ ->„iCloud“ ? Or do you mean something different?
whatsthatabout··on TOTP tokens on my wrist with the smartest dumb watch
That's what I use as well. Nice apps, fair pricing (One-time payment) and no data collection. Started using it only because of its feature to sync between devices with iCloud - so no more stress if my phone breaks.
whatsthatabout··on RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TVs
I‘ve rooted my LG tv with this method a few months ago and have no issues. Everything works just fine including 4K Netflix/Prime/Disney. I like the homebrew apps and the fact that this jailbreak somewhat limits the data my tv sends to LG.
whatsthatabout··on RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TVs
That’s true for ads from youtube (I have yt premium myself) but not for ads directly in the video. The yt app from the homebrew store has sponsorblock[1] integrated which can skip these too.

[1] https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock

whatsthatabout··on Ask HN: Ads triggered by WhatsApp “end to end encrypted” messages?
"Also note that both iMessage and WhatsApp strongly encourage you to enable iCloud backups, which are not e2e encrypted and readable by Apple"

-> That's not completely true (at least for WhatsApp): It is possible to enable a e2e encrypted backup right in the chat-backup menu.

whatsthatabout··on EA announces kernel-level anti-cheat system for PC games
Bad news for proton / the steamdeck I believe?
whatsthatabout··on Ask HN: M1 MacBook Pro/Air users, how is it going?
Same for me. This thing is so awesome. I really hope it stays like that for a few years and doesn't slow down with future updates. The only thing missing for me: Multiple Monitor support.
whatsthatabout··on Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
Always thought Meta would absolutely do something creepy like this. Just ditched my app for the web app - bonus feature: No more ads (if you have a safari adblocker installed)
whatsthatabout··on Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN
Yes I know but that's what the parent comment(s) are about? Using a profile for DNS settings instead of a fake VPN because you can't run more than one active VPN at a time.
whatsthatabout··on Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN
In addition to running a VPN? That's what the main comment was about, wasn't it? The profiles alone do work.
whatsthatabout··on Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN
Is this really true? Because on macOS exactly this "workaround" does not work: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS/issues/214
whatsthatabout··on Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN
This is particularly unlucky for macOS if you want to use a application-firewall like "Little Snitch" - since Apple removed kernelextensions on macOS (which LittleSnitch and others used before) they now have to also fake a VPN. Because of this, you cannot use a custom DNS and Little Snitch. [1]

[1]:https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS/issues/214

whatsthatabout··on Show HN: Offline voice messages transcription in Signal Desktop
This is really cool! It's one of the features I miss in every single chat app. The fact that its done locally here is a nice privacy bonus.
whatsthatabout··on Kagi search and Orion browser enter public beta
I've been using the Orion Browser as my secondary browser for the last couple of days and so far its really good! All my web extensions work, I can download them straight from the google or mozilla extensions store. It also uses waaaay less energy to run on my MacBook then any non webkit browser. If this gets polished and maintained as well as I hope, this could be a real competitor on Mac.
whatsthatabout··on My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a day
You're running an 20 players mc server with that hardware? How? In my experience Minecraft-servers are insanely resource hungry, especially whilst generating new parts of the map or larger red stone contraptions. Back when I played around with hosting servers I used the "most optimized" mc-server fork called Tuinity - and even with that I had to allocate way more cpu and ram to the vms then u use. Would love to hear about your setup.
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