[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 52 points 4 weeks ago

Not all applications on your computer may be encrypting their packet traffic properly, though. That goes especially for the applications that might be trying to reach out for resources on your local home network (like printers, file shares, and other home servers) as well as DNS requests which are usually still made in the open. I would not recommend eschewing an entire security layer willy-nilly like that. On public Wi-Fi, I would definitely still suggest either a VPN or using your cell phone as a tether or secure hotspot instead if possible.

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Rant incoming:

This was spurred by having just read https://www.androidpolice.com/google-tv-streamer-questions-answered/ , particularly this bit:

When I asked directly, a Google representative told me they couldn't confirm which chipset powers the Google TV Streamer — essentially, Google declined to answer.

I've been noticing an increasing trend by device makers to not disclose the SoC their devices run on. I've been seeing it with e-readers, network routers, media streamers, etc.

It's incredibly frustrating to have devices actively exclude important information from their spec sheet and even dodge direct questions from tech news reporters. Reporters shouldn't have to theorize about what chip is in a released device. It's nuts.

If you're wondering why this infomation is important, it can be for several reasons. SoC vendor can have significant impact on the real world performance and security of a device. It also carries major implications for how open a device is as SoC vendors can have dramatically different open source support and firmware practices.

I've had to resort to inspecting the circuit board photos of FCC filings way too much lately to identify the processors being used in devices. And that's not a great workaroud in the first place as those photos are generally kept confidential by the FCC until months after the device releases (case in point the Google Streamer).

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 1 month ago

Firefox everywhere. It's not perfect, but is still the closest a browser gets.

Unless I need a PWA on desktop, then Edge (windows) or ungoogled chromium (linux).

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 2 months ago

They're being sued by the DOJ too.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 46 points 3 months ago

I think you're misunderstanding the comment you replied to.

The "do nothing congress" was a specific Congress back in the 40s — not a Congress that literally does nothing.

The do nothing Congress passed 906 bills. I believe the current congress has passed something like 68 three-quarters of the way through. That's the comparison the commenter was making.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 5 months ago

I wonder if the decline in morale correlates with the decline in morals.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 8 months ago

This appears to be an experimental initiative within Mozilla right now. It's not available to the public and may never be if it doesn't pass muster for them.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/share-your-thoughts-on-how-you-shop-online/td-p/43015 https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/the-future-of-shopping/

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 87 points 9 months ago

The irony is that AI will probably be able to do the jobs of the c-suite before a lot of the jobs down the ladder.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 91 points 10 months ago

I swear everytime Twitch updates their policies for clarity, they just get even more confusing.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 61 points 11 months ago

Altman and Brockman were the founding leadership of the company/organization and many of these employees are "rockstar" researchers. They wanted to be a part of what they were leading — so it makes sense they still would even if it's under Microsoft.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If they had just made it a 2.5% revenue share for the high-revenue games in the first place, I doubt even many game news outlets would've covered it, let alone "real" news. Now, after the massive dustup and pissing off all their customers, falling back to that may be a bit more difficult.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 year ago

Fast chargers at sizeable gas stations make sense. Sheetz has already been putting them in at some larger locations.

[-] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 1 year ago

That's the downside of nuclear. Cost and build time. Upside is it's reliable and carbon-clean.

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