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    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Is there an answer to that question that would make these practices reasonable? (while also being plausibly true)

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    You were already provided with examples in this comment thread:

    Non-apple watches, for instance, can't use GPS from an iPhone or cause it to emit sound to local lost phones, despite being previously able to, demonstrating no technical limitations just a walled-garden limitation

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    In what way is a device you've purchase and paired with your phone, requesting that the phone it's paired to make a noise; a security flaw/issue?

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Are you high?

    Tracking?

    Explain to me how you would perform any sort of tracking via a secured communication between two devices: 'hey phone, can you beep once' 'sure' beep.

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    My family hasn't been subscribed a satellite/cable tv service in almost 16 years... 8 if you include streaming services.

    Their shitty services, comercials, deceptive pricing, arbitrary limitations, and lack of content drove me away long ago. 🏴‍☠️

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    As well as subpoenas from lawsuits / law enforcement.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    They weren't storing your name in the first place; they've acquired a new service 'blowfish' for which an account is automatically created for you if you currently or in the past have used glassdoor. Blowfish demands a real name to be used at all. (including to delete your account)

    Ontop of this, after linking the two services on your behalf; glassdoor will now automatically populate your real name and any other information they can gleam from blowfish, your resumes, and any other sources they can find, regardless of whether the information is correct (users have reported lots of incorrect changes). This is new.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Finger missed the n key... Didn't mean to type gleam

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Companies like to keep posts/comments/other data, but they rarely keep the history of changes you've made to that data.

    So before deleting the account, replace all the data in it with garbage. Then it wont matter if they keep it.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Guess I'm the one in ten.

    Spent a good 30sec staring at the top line wondering wtf the writer was smoking before I read the bottom...

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    That's weird; I've never seen any of those....

    Oh yeah, that's because I haven't visited reddit in ~9 months.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/f31d077a-3c45-4fac-b1f0-1392a2e74d7b.jpeg

    Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media (www.technologyreview.com)

    From the article: "In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill. The danger comes from who wields the sword, and in what direction it is swung....

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Bahahahahahha, NEVER gonna happen.

    Humanity learning from its mistakes, I mean.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Meh, I purged windows from my systems last month. I will never be forced to (re)install Edge, use the garbage search, or link my pc to a gd Microsoft account again. I've had enough of Microsofts bullshit.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Or you actually bought a 'pro' license in the hopes of being treated less like an insolent child by a device you own.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Ahh shit, Freudian slip...

    I thought we were talking about copilot. Microshafts desktop AI tool. Not autopilot, the corporate device deployment/lifecycle/recycling program...

    I'd imagine most of the upvotes thought the same.

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    At least they actually got to choose which browser they wanted.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    According to the indictment, Ding, who was hired by Google in 2019 and had access to confidential information about the company's data centers, began uploading hundreds of files into a personal Google Cloud account two years ago.

    Lmao. Stole googles trade secrets, and uploaded them..... To google.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Lmao, none of the images posted to these comments are loading...

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    The only real issue I've had with Linux is trying to get my old Drobo 5C to work. (it's a self-managed dynamically adjustable/resizable raid array that just presents itself as a single 70tb usb hard disk. The company that made them dissolved a few years ago)

    It's formatted in ntfs and loaded with 25tb+ of data from when I ran windows primarily.

    It'll mount and work temporarily, but quickly stops responding, with anything that tries to access it frozen. Particularly docker containers.

    Then it'll drop into some internal data recovery routine (it's a 'black box' with very little user control, definitely wouldn't be my choice again, but here we are), refusing to interact with the attached system for half an hour or so. When it finally comes back, linux refuses to mount it. 'dirty filesystem', but ntfsfix won't touch it either. Off to windows and chkdsk, then rinse and repeat.

    I gave up when one of those attempts resulted in corrupt data (a bunch of mkvs that wouldn't play from the beginning, but would play if you skipped past the first second or two). I can't backup this data, (no alternative storage or funds to acquire it) so that was enough tempting fate.

    I ended up attaching it to an old windows laptop that's now dedicated to serving it via samba :(

    Really looking forward to setting up a proper raid array eventually, but till then I'm stuck with 11mbps. I'd love to rent storage temporarily so I can move the data and try a different fs on the drobo...

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    I'd need a windows system to put it in. The Drobo isn't upgradable beyond stuffing more drives in it, and the laptop is an old hp craptop...

    I've got a second desktop that's got usb3 (drobo is usb3), so that'd probably improve things, just not by a lot (pretty sure the slowdown is in the samba share, but I need to do more testing and see where exactly the issue is), and I kinda want to keep that system free for other experiments.

    Idk, still thinking on it.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    After reading this thread and a few other similar ones, I tried out BorgBackup and have been massively impressed with it's efficiency.

    Data that hasn't changed, is stored under a different location, or otherwise is identical to what's already stored in the backup repository (both in the backup currently being created and all historical backups) isn't replicated. Only the information required to link that existing data to its doppelgangers is stored.

    The original set of data I've got being backed up is around 270gb:
    I currently have 13 backups of it.
    Raw; thats 3.78tb of data.
    After just compression using zlib; that's down to 1.56tb.
    But the incredible bit is after de-duplication (the part described in the above paragraph), the raw data stored on disk for all 13 of those backups: 67.9gb.

    I can mount any one of those 13 backups to the filesystem, or just extract any of 3.78tb of files directly from that backup repository of just 67.9gb of data.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Instructions unclear, put dick in beehive...

    Darkassassin07 , (edited )
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    Since the other guy couldn't be bothered:

    That's Dianna Rigg in the British TV show 'The Avengers' (1961).

    Not sure what's going on in the scene tho.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Because British TV is apart of everyone's culture...

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/8e28db14-7449-48de-a5e4-6b96368b207b.jpeg

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Such a helpful Muppet

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Linux?

    I just use sshfs to mount ssh shares and move files between them like any other folder.

    Same with samba shares (windows).

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    If the issue is they broke the rules, then tell them they broke the rules and specify which ones.

    Instead; they hid behind a completely bullshit 'we don't participate in political activities' excuse.

    If it's not about shying away from political activities, then don't say it's about shying away from political activities. Pretty simple.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    How dare you bring logic and reason into this!

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Woot! 🇨🇦

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    That is, if customers can find the hydrogen to power it.

    That'd be my big concern; where tf would you re-fuel it?

    There one single hydrogen fuel station in each of the two major cities near me.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Nothing to hide...

    It's the same reason I don't support free speach: I've got nothing to say.

    /s

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    They've known far longer than that....

    When was the invention of the immobilizer again? Oh yeah: 1919 104 years ago. With keyless entry being 1981 43 years ago.

    Yet theres still cars on the road, built long after those creations, that you can start with a usb cable... (and that's just for the physical shape, not any sort of data)

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Configure ethernet with fixed IPs, and configure wifi to use your phone hotspot.

    Then you can use one to troubleshoot the other as needed.

    Then your normal setup would be wired between the pi+laptop, with the laptop connected to local wifi for internet.

    Password Manager that supports multiple databases/syncing?

    I currently use keePass, and use it on both my PC and my phone. I like it because I can keep a copy of my DB on my phone and export it through a few different means. But I can't seem to find an option to actually sync my local DB against a remote one. I've thought about switching to BitWarden but from what I can see it uses a...

    Darkassassin07 , (edited )
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    Bitwarden is (primarily) a single db synced between devices via a server. A copy is kept locally on each device you sign into.

    Changes made to an offline copy will sync to the server and your other devices once back online. (with the most recent change to each individual item being kept if there are multiple changes across several devices)
    /edit: the local copy is for access to your passwords offline. Edits must be made with a connection to the server your account resides on, be that bitwardens or your own.

    If you host your own sync server via vaultwarden, you can easily maintain multiple databases (called vaults) either with multiple accounts, or with a single account and the organizations feature. (options for creating vaults separate from your main one and sharing those vaults with multiple accounts) You can do this with regular bitwarden as well, but have to pay for the privilege.

    Using vaultwarden also gives you all the paid features of bitwarden for free (as it's self-hosted instead of using public servers)

    I've been incredibly happy with it after setting it up ~3 months ago. Worth looking into.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Interesting, that I was not aware of. I've never run into a scenario where I've had to add/edit while offline.

    When using vaultwarden however, you can be offline as long as the client can still reach the server (ie they are within the same lan network or are the same machine). You'd still be fine to add/edit while your home wan is out for example, just not on the go.

    Plus there's the no-internet package mentioned in that link, but it's limited to the desktop application.

    Darkassassin07 , (edited )
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    True, the browser extension can be rather annoying. I tend to do any edits through either the android app, or the web page.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    FUBAR isn't a combination of those two at all. It's just an acronym...

    Fucked

    Up

    Beyond

    All

    Recognition

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    I haven't visited youtube with anything except Youtube (Re)Vanced in at least 6 years...

    Darkassassin07 , (edited )
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    It's slowed down significantly; but I'm so sick of getting a reply to every comment I post, disguised as the video creator, trying to phish me over to telegram or some other external bullshit.

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    Ultimately the third-party individuals did not receive direct access to Twitter's systems, but instead worked with other company employees who accessed the systems on the individuals' behalf.

    So they got the data anyway...

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Your email is often the only method used/available to recover an account you've lost access too. Changing it requires absolute certainty that it is the account owner making the change.

    It's frustrating, but a necessary evil imo.

    At least changing it is an option; many places build their account systems around your email being immutable. If you want to change it, you've gotta make a new account and request anything you can't manually move be moved over for you.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    I'd also note that often 2fa can be disabled with access to the registered email account. People lose shit, services have to offer recovery options. That's usually via email.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying as that's what it sounds like.

    If you can buy a new amazon device and have it connect to all your stuff without your input; what stops someone else buying an amazon device and connecting to your network with it?

    Obviously I'm not worried about the device I actually receive; I'm concerned that someone can buy their own device and use it to connect to other people's networks via existing amazon devices.

    Darkassassin07 , (edited )
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    First of all, they have to already know you have that device.

    Ie: any amazon smart device; which are becoming increasingly popular and found in many homes globally.

    Also, I'm not taking about someone targeting me, you, or anyone specifically. I'm talking about someone wandering around looking for homes that happen to have a vulnerable device and seeing where they can get from there.

    Really not hard to find.

    THEN they have to hang around long enough for any sort of updates and shit to happen.

    Trivial when you consider not everyone lives in a single-family home with significant yardspace around it. Apartments exist, so do smaller multi-family dwellings.

    THEN THEN they have to try and figure out how to get any useful data from this connection

    The useful info here being your WIFI password (the info this connection is intended to spread) allowing an attacker to piviot to the rest of your network.

    THEN THEN THEN they have to find a way to remove said useful information to a device that can actually store it.

    This would be where I've repeatedly talked about an attacker being able to purchase an amazon device, jailbreak it, and use it to connect to your network

    They can buy a device from Amazon then have all the time in the world to figure out a method of retrieving data from it. Once a method is worked out, they then deploy it against unsuspecting victims. (ie any random home they can get near and find an amazon device thats broadcasting looking for new devices)

    if someone is able to just walk up to your house with a random device and hang out long enough to establish a wifi connection and pull out any sort of useful data you have WAY BIGGER PROBLEMS

    I completely agree which is why I'm not happy with Amazon providing a hole to achieve exactly that.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Jesus, would you like some fries to go with all that salt?

    Have a good day m8.

    Darkassassin07 ,
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    Possibly.

    A) has amazon actually implemented such a system?

    B) do you trust it's functioning correctly? Both now and for the foreseeable future.(would/could you even know if it wasn't?)

    Side note: does this feature work with factory reset and/or re-sold devices?

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