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TipRing , 24 days ago to Privacy in Google is Working on a Recall Feature for ChromeOS - Thurrott.com

ChromeOS is Linux.

TipRing , 25 days ago to Technology in Adobe to update vague AI terms after users threaten to cancel subscriptions

"We are sorry you noticed, we didn't think anyone would read all that." -Adobe, probably

TipRing , 26 days ago to linuxmemes in Linux best

This is why I keep my OS installs on different drives.

TipRing , 26 days ago to linuxmemes in Linux best

Just don't ask for support for your dual boot not detecting Windows. God help you.

TipRing , 28 days ago to Technology in A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back

I know it's WindowsCentral but the article has some pretty naive takes. Given the propensity of threat actors to target Windows due to its market share it's impossible to not see a system that records user activity as a huge treasure trove for both malware and hackers.

It also doesn't mention that Microsoft claimed that it would be impossible to exfiltrate Recall data and of course researchers found it not only possible but trivial, with the data lacking even basic protections. Assurances that there are mechanisms to prevent Recall from secretly monitoring you mean nothing when prior assurances about safety have been found to be paper thin at best.

Further it ignores that telemetry gathered by Windows has dramatically increased in the last several years with methods to disable it being eliminated or undone by OS updates. Microsoft is hungry for user data and it would be absurdly naive to think that Recall won't be a tool they use to gain more of it. If not now, then definitely later.

The author does point out that Recall has been weirdly under wraps, avoiding the usual test bed for new feature rollout. Microsoft has been acting shady about the feature and then the feature itself does shady things (like record PII, credit card data, etc.), of course users are going to think the worst. At this point it's a survival tactic.

Microsoft doesn't have trust issues because of bad PR or a few missteps. Microsoft has trust issues because they have violated user trust repeatedly for decades. They have done nothing to make users feel like they care at all about keeping Windows secure and safe and they clearly have no regard for user privacy. This only question is whether this backlash will do anything to make Microsoft reconsider the way it treats its users. I predict they will learn all the wrong lessons from this.

TipRing , 1 month ago to linuxmemes in the fear of missing out a better compression

It starting 0.5 seconds slower than usual saved us all a bit of a headache as it turns out.

TipRing , 1 month ago to Technology in Copilot Recall and it's consequences

I'm considering moving one of my retired friends to Mint after cleaning 43 threats from her Windows PC. All she does is browse the web and word process. I can set her up with Firefox and uBlock Origin on a Mint install and she likely will never need to worry about malware.

TipRing , 1 month ago to Technology in Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare

Thanks to the Steamdeck Linux users on Steam now outnumber Mac users. Still a tiny percentage of total Steam users but if developers increase support we will hopefully see that number take off.

TipRing , 1 month ago to Technology in Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week

I do occasionally need something from 10 or even 15 years ago, needing the exact date I sold a property or started a new project or even just jogging my memory of an old contact I am reaching again. While none of this is strictly necessary, I could make do without it if I had to, it does create inertia.

I really need to check out Proton, Google is just getting worse and worse and the sooner I can get away from their ecosystem the better.

TipRing , 1 month ago to Technology in Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week

Gmail is probably the hardest one to kick. I'm fine with paying for an email service if it's functional and doesn't siphon my personal data, but finding a quality trustworthy provider and then migrating 20 years of data to it seems so overwhelming.

TipRing , 2 months ago to Technology in Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

I use option 121 as part of my work, though I am not an expert on DHCP. This attack does make sense to me and it would be hard to work around given the legitimate uses for that option.

TipRing , 2 months ago to Privacy in European Law Enforcement Officials Declare Encryption Must Be Broken To Ensure Public Safety

This just results in deniable encryption.

TipRing , 2 months ago to Technology in What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you)

I switched last week. It was pretty easy with only a few small issues.

TipRing , 2 months ago to Technology in Reddit embracing all out enshittification

Every commercial model has a positivity bias baked in, it makes it hard to use any of them as a cowriter because your villains all end up really nice and accommodating. Finetuning can break this but sometimes it creeps back in. Very annoying.

TipRing , 2 months ago to Technology in Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone

I installed Mint last night as a dual-boot and had a few issues, the boot loader would not load into Windows Boot Manager and when I manually selected Windows Boot Manager in UEFI Windows booted but hard locked until it reindexed the drive I partitioned for Linux.

The Mint OS works fine, to be clear. My issue with the dual boot is mostly getting Windows to play nice.