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a1studmuffin , 21 days ago to Technology in xaitax/TotalRecall: This tool extracts and displays data from the Recall feature in Windows 11, providing an easy way to access information about your PC's activity snapshots.

Is it? I skimmed the GitHub source code and couldn't see anything involving encryption, but it's totally possible I missed something. Perhaps just accessing the database from python is enough to decrypt it.

a1studmuffin , 29 days ago to Technology in xaitax/TotalRecall: This tool extracts and displays data from the Recall feature in Windows 11, providing an easy way to access information about your PC's activity snapshots.

Wow, it's pretty wild they didn't even attempt to encrypt or protect this data, even if it is local to your machine. What a treasure trove for malware to sift through.

a1studmuffin , 1 month ago to Technology in 17 cringe-worthy Google AI answers demonstrate the problem with training on the entire web

The author had so many things to highlight that they didn't even mention "as of August 2024" being in the future, haha.

What a trainwreck. The fact it's giving anonymous Reddit comments and The Onion articles equal consideration with other sites is hilarious. If they're going to keep this, they need it to cite its sources at a bare minimum. Can't wait for this AI investor hype to die down.

a1studmuffin , 1 month ago to Technology in ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years

Uh oh!

a1studmuffin , 1 month ago to Privacy in The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024

I did some more research after your comment and it does indeed sound like it's not for the feint of heart.

Spam seems to be one of the biggest challenges, both incoming and outgoing. For incoming, it's a constant arms race with spammers to circumvent spam filtering techniques. But at least that's something you have control over, you can just turn off your spam filtering and ensure you receive all important email. The real problem is ending up in other people's spam filters, which you have very little control over once you've decided on your mail server domain/certificate.

The crux of the issue seems to be that SMTP is ancient insecure tech designed for an innocent era when email was for universities only. We desperately need a more secure open source email protocol designed for the modern era, but capitalism isn't having it - instead we've got corporations wrestling for control of the next big thing with proprietary protocols... Discord, Slack etc. And big tech companies that continue using SMTP (Gmail, Outlook etc.) simply treat any servers outside their sphere with a high level of suspicion.

a1studmuffin , 1 month ago to Privacy in The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024

Has anyone tried self-hosting on a NAS or similar? I'd be interested to hear the practicalities of it, I imagine it's not exactly set or forget, and the realities of the enshittified internet present some obstacles, like ending up in spam filters etc.

a1studmuffin , 2 months ago to Privacy in Safest way of using WeChat on Android?

I'll level with you... I've never used Matrix either. 🤣 But all the cool kids around these parts recommend it, and I fundamentally agree with the cause of the project and saw they had the WeChat bridge, so thought I'd mention it.

a1studmuffin , 2 months ago to Privacy in Safest way of using WeChat on Android?

Ah, that's interesting and makes sense. So I guess your best option (if you must use WeChat) is to use the international version of the app with as many permissions disabled as possible.

Or maybe look at the Matrix WeChat bridge? https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/wechat/

a1studmuffin , 2 months ago to Technology in Magnets are switching up the keyboard game with an additional keystroke setting

... isn't that the point of mechanical keyboards?

a1studmuffin , 2 months ago to Technology in Magnets are switching up the keyboard game with an additional keystroke setting

I feel like you could totally change the switch resistance with magnets. Electromagnetism goes both ways... apply a variable current to a coil in each key that repels it from or pulls it towards the base?

a1studmuffin , 3 months ago to Technology in It’s time for a hard reset on notifications

AliExpress is the worst at this. Which category should I disable? AliExpress, aliexpress, Chat or message push? And even if I figured it out, there's no way to stop store spammers from sending you useless messages constantly, detracting from actual sellers with questions.

a1studmuffin , 3 months ago to Technology in Activision Blizzard’s ex-CEO Bobby Kotick reportedly wants to buy TikTok

It might stop the heat though if he's a US puppet to appease congress.

a1studmuffin , 4 months ago to Technology in Google isn’t done trying to demonstrate Gemini’s genius and is working on integrating it directly into Android devices

No fear-mongering here, I ran LineageOS for years as a daily driver and these were the problems I encountered. Your mileage may vary.

a1studmuffin , 4 months ago to Technology in Google isn’t done trying to demonstrate Gemini’s genius and is working on integrating it directly into Android devices

Also losing camera quality and banking apps/NFC payment sucks. Absolutely not the fault of LineageOS though, they're doing the best they can within the constraints.

a1studmuffin , 4 months ago to Technology in Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort

Couldn't agree more, but I'm just highlighting it seems like a much more profitable and attainable commercial goal for them in the short term than trying to enter the vehicle manufacturing space as a competitor. The fact there's an awesome open source project tackling this idea already (thanks for the link - I didn't know this existed!) says it's viable.

They've already dipped their toes in with Car Play/Android Auto and have the relationships with third party vehicle manufacturers, so this seems like a logical next step. Perhaps that's what they're actually doing by shifting their car team to AI.