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Coming to terms with no longer having privacy and control over my technology
I miss the days of VHS and DVD shelfs in homes, for example. If you bought the tapes and had them in your home, no corporate entity could alter those tapes without your consent, monitor how many times you watch them, sell your data to whomever they please without your knowledge, roll out new mandatory conditions to a 'user...
Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government (www.theregister.com)
Anti-web discrimination by banks and online services - is this even legal?
Banks, email providers, booking sites, e-commerce, basically anything where money is involved, it's always the same experience. If you use the Android or iOS app, you stayed signed in indefinitely. If you use a web browser, you get signed out and asked to re-authenticate constantly - and often you have to do it painfully using a...
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy (www.theregister.com)
The EU's Data Protection Board (EDPB) has told large online platforms they should not offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and consenting to their personal data being used to provide targeted advertising....
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Manifest v3 is Worse than I Thought (tube.kockatoo.org)
A great video about the Manifest v3 and how Google is trying to make you view ads.
EP rejects mass scanning of private messages - European Digital Rights (EDRi) (edri.org)
My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)
I've always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don't really want to hand all my keys over to a company....
This is Depressing
Does anyone else feel as if it's over when it comes to really owning your own things?...