Radiant_sir_radiant

Radiant_sir_radiant , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Memes in got em

Yeah. I'm hardly a fan of everything he says or does, but it's a bit like appointing a new captain an hour after the Titanic hit the iceberg, then blaming him for not stopping the ship from sinking. Argentina was well on its way to hyperinflation long before the presidential elections.

Radiant_sir_radiant , 4 months ago to Free and Open Source Software in Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames

There's actually an option to turn GMS off entirely if that's a concern (Settings-->About-->Advanced). It comes at the cost of slightly increased battery usage. Sadly Google does have a bit of a monopoly on mainstream Android there.
Having said that, the messages themselves should never pass Google's servers, just a packet saying "check your Threema server, there's new stuff waiting for you."

Radiant_sir_radiant , 4 months ago to Free and Open Source Software in Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames

If that's a concern you could also always use Threema, which has been built from the ground up to use anonymous random IDs and optionally lets you link a phone number or e-mail address to that ID. The company has also won important court cases against having to store metadata preemptively and responding to blanket requests by law enforcement.

Radiant_sir_radiant , 5 months ago to Free and Open Source Software in Android network audio stream client

I use VLC for the handful of streams I need regularly. In the More tab you can create launcher (home screen) shortcuts for recently viewed streams and then rearrange them into a group. It doesn't get any more straightforward than that.

Radiant_sir_radiant , 5 months ago to Technology in Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch

Especially with the fake "eye" it creates for you on the front of the device.

I can totally see a fringe use case for meetings etc. where you can look super attentive while daydreaming or sleeping.

Radiant_sir_radiant , 5 months ago to Technology in Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines

I don't know, a percentage of revenue hurts more than the same percentage of net profit. Maybe some companies need to be forced to operate at a net loss until they clean up their act.

Radiant_sir_radiant , 5 months ago to Technology in Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines

The EU knows fines of 'up to' 4% of revenue for privacy violations, which means the company still gets to keep 96% of whatever it's made by breaking the law. The fine should be a minimum of 50%, plus jail time for the managers responsible. Any punishment that does not make the shareholders cry with fury is too low and will do nothing to change the situation.

Radiant_sir_radiant , 5 months ago to Technology in Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles

IMHO the full title should read, "Hertz replaces shoddily built and expensive-to-fix cars, which just happen to be EVs, with more reliable models, which happen to be ICE cars."

That, and there was something about charging infrastructure.

Radiant_sir_radiant , 5 months ago to Technology in Facebook introduces another way to track you - Link History

TL;DR: Meta has been tracking your every move on the web for years and probably won't be stopping anytime soon. Now they've announced a feature to share the information they're collecting with you.