Darkassassin07

Darkassassin07 , 5 months ago to Selfhosted in Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking?

DNS based ad blocking does not block video ads served by streaming services. You'll need a modified client specific to the service you want to block ads for to achieve that.

Darkassassin07 , 5 months ago to Privacy in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?

Theoretically an app could use a custom DoH endpoint to retrieve ads instead of the standard dns provided by the system. As this uses purely https without a preceding dns request, pihole/adguard would fail to block it; but it's just not something currently employed.

Darkassassin07 , 5 months ago to Privacy in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?

Pi-hole blocks ads served by these networks just fine. Never seen an ad in Boost for Lemmy or for Reddit, though I tend to use Jerboa now that I've gotten used to it while I was waiting for Boost for Lemmy to release.

DNS based adblocking like Pihole or Adguard limits you to receiving advertising hosted by the app provider (youtube for example) which is usually better curated than third party advertising networks and less commonly found at all.

Darkassassin07 , 5 months ago to Privacy in Remove Modem/SimCard from a Car

While this seems like a great plan; I wouldn't put it past manufacturers to throw an error message and disable the vehicle for 'safety' when it detects a missing network connection for an extended period and/or disabled hardware during self-test.

I hate this dystopian hellscape :(

Darkassassin07 , 5 months ago to Memes in 🧙‍♂️

Who lets randos into their wedding?

Darkassassin07 , 6 months ago to 196 in Kink rule

'speed of sound' is clearly an exaggeration...

MRI machines have some pretty powerful magnets, but they still won't accelerate anything to the speed of sound, let alone an object held reasonably securely and only within the space of ~12 inches.

It's not a particularly large or sharp object; I could see it being pulled through the inside of a chest cavity mostly pushing stuff out of the way. Definitely 'major injuries' though.

Darkassassin07 , 7 months ago to Comic Strips in Hydra in training [Goofy Gods Comics]

I wonder how fast they re-grow.

That could get out of hand in a hurry, if he just stood there taking it....

Darkassassin07 , 7 months ago to Technology in Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family

Plex isn't hosting the illegal content and that which they are hosting they properly license. Plex in particular is pushimg harder and harder to host content for you, instead of you hosting your own.

Officially, the 'personal media server' side of things is for sharing home videos/pictures, not commercialized content. (this applies to Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin)

It's the users/server operators responsibly to have the correct licensing for whatever they are hosting to others.

Darkassassin07 , 8 months ago to Memes in Gambling is addictive

sports Gambling shouldn't be advertised on tv

FTFY

Darkassassin07 , 9 months ago to Game Development in Garry Newman: The new Unity pricing would have cost him $410,000 of lifetime revenue

That's part of the problem; they aren't charging you for the install, they are remotely tracking that you've done so and then billing the dev for it.

If you grab a cracked version, did the person cracking that game also remove the install telemetry, or did they just make it functional? Can you be sure?

In many cases, the dev would still be billed for you installing the game you didn't even pay for. Unity has no incentive to ensure each install is legitimate, as they profit from failing to catch that.