[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They collect all kinds of data, and it's tied to users Instagram account. There are tons of data that could indicate given users geographical location without IP (gps, phone service provider, credit card uses, user profile, etc.)

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Specifically speaking it branches off tor browser bundle which itself is modified firefox-esr.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Their gadgets built their fame because they just worked and were built like a tank. My grandparents had their stuff (from Goldstar era) and they still keep chugging.

None of this "as a service" bs will please the lifetime customers.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Most of us will be overjoyed to see 1M deposited in our bank accounts. Not for Elon.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

NSFW links don'g anymore. My favorite artists are either stuck or moving elsewhere.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Assuming they don't mess with fediverse protocols, here's hoping that I could interact with their users without using Meta's proprietary apps, when it's absolutely necessary. (This is separate from mastodon instances choosing to defederate from Meta servers)

If anyone is chiming in with "just plain don't", I'm talking of situations like Spanish speaking countries where every single fucking thing is done through whatsapp. Everything. There's no avoiding it.

If I can use a self hosted instance and foss app to talk to the borg instead of their borgware, that's a tiny point in my favor.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Catering to natural language search queries are fine, I used to think, as long as we could optionally use our search operators.

Now they took the operators away, and all search results are either blatant ads or SEO spams pretending not to be spams.

Fuck.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Anything in particular you did so it does not store any data? I'm thinking I should try out the same on a cheap VPS.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Email analogy is good to explain the systems architecture, but it still doesn't communicate ethics of proper use (decentralization). Just look how many people have gmail or outlook as their mail account.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's like saying the police is preparing for thieves robbing the bank or the fire department preparing for a wildfire. It's part of their job and it would be stranger not to have a contingency plan.

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Are you in Russia right now? How are things over there?

[-] dustedhands@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's not like everyone visiting /r/piracy was part of the community itself (which moved to greener pastures). Many visited the sub as part of casual browsing.

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