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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by supercheesecake@aussie.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

If I look at a news app on my iPhone, for example, I can see in iOS’s privacy report that the app is using various Google APIs for analytics, amongst others. I understand why (it’s free and easy for them) but means that despite the app not collecting data on me, Google still is.

In this case, is using the web version of the app (which is often an option) more private?

Here I’m assuming mobile Safari with privacy relay, plus some extensions to stop trackers etc.

Thanks in advance.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 34 points 2 years ago

Or you could tear the Dyson hand dryer off the wall and carefully jimmy the door open with it

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 51 points 2 years ago

I know I’m going to get downvoted to oblivion here, and people love to hate on Apple. But this was in response to older phones with old batteries sometimes not being able to keep up with the demands of the latest iOS and features and unexpectedly shutting down. So they would “dampen” the demands to keep them running.

We want to keep our old phones forever but we also want them to do the stuff that the latest phones can do. Something has to give.

This is litigation culture run rampant.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 20 points 2 years ago

I thought we were just basically training google’s image recognition AI by selecting the squares it asks etc. Nothing to do with security (in practise).

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[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 71 points 2 years ago

When you’ve done everything that’s reasonable, and no one in power listens, so have to become unreasonable. And people say, why can’t you just be reasonable?! 😕

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by supercheesecake@aussie.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Title.

Trying to buy an audiobook with my US account from Australia. Am using a VPN and a fresh log in using a private browsing window. Still getting the “not for sale in this country…”

How does Amazon/Audible still know my country?!

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your suggestions, but I feel like we’re no closer to figuring out how Amazon is detecting my physical country. If they have some new “trick” surely this is a privacy issue as well?!

EDIT 2: Important details, this is on my iPhone using both the Amazon and Audible apps, and via the web with Safari (mentioned below). Doesn’t work.

I gave up and went to my desktop and was able to complete the purchase following the same steps without issue. So 🤷‍♂️ ?!

Clearly Amazon is scraping some information from the phone to region lock the purchase. Still would love to know given VPN isn’t masking my location apparently.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 119 points 2 years ago

Different rules for the rich and powerful.

What baffles me is his supporters all rage against stuff like this but don’t recognise their orange idol sits at the top of the pile.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 33 points 2 years ago

It’ll be back. Star Trek made a historical documentary about it.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 21 points 2 years ago

I remember playing Alien Isolation on the original Xbox one(?) with the spy camera thing. Anyway, you could activate the mic on it and the Alien would react to sounds in your (physical) room. So tense when I’d be hiding from the Alien and my toddler kids would come in making noise and I’d be ripped to shreds. Good times.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 24 points 2 years ago

Didn’t we just finish one circuit of this merry-go-round 6 days ago? https://lemmy.world/post/1967628

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In particular for a user, so they get a notification that they were mentioned.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 48 points 2 years ago

This resonates with me … sadly

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 26 points 2 years ago

Nah you’re right and this person has obviously never used a Garmin.

The Apple Watch is a great smartwatch though and solid for sports. My wife has one and loves it. I’m on the Garmin side, so we’re always comparing.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 44 points 2 years ago

This is a troll comment.

Let’s review: has “had a couple of Garmins”, but doesn’t know that both speed and lap speed are default data fields in the bike activity. And can be trivially changed to average speed or essentially a bazillion other types of data (HR, power etc) in a highly customisable way.

[-] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 25 points 2 years ago

One of mine is called “download virus” to stop my neighbours accidentally trying to connect.

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