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fluckx ,

I guess I'm not updating my routers anymore then.
Sucks though. It seemed to be the only Asus product that wasn't garbage.

fluckx ,

Is the train of thought that if the adult approves they can harvest data from minors regardless? It harvests data from anybody using the internet, not just person handling the settings. It doesn't seem legal that the data harvest agreement binds all users in a household rather than the one managing the settings?

Is that legal in Europe?
is it legal to suddenly semi brick a device if you dont allow them to data harvest? Is it really considered giving consent freely when the device you paid $$ for suddenly no longer does 90% because you disagree with sudden data harvest practices?

I can understand a feature not working because you disagree on sharing something. E.g: can't tell you which pizza place is near you if you dont share your location.

But this? I hope it's illegal and they get sued into oblivion for this. This is super invasive.

fluckx ,

Routers aren't supported by merlin unfortunately :(

fluckx ,

I'd rather update it as well. But the routers are behind my ISP router and aren't externally accessible. The attack surface is smaller in that regard. I'm not happy with the thought of an unpatched router. Maybe I can hold out long enough for merlin to support my routers.

I dont think the latest few updates I did mentioned any security updates. Only bugfixes.

I'll tackle the problem when it presents itself I guess.

fluckx ,

But that's the point. You, the 15 year old, never click or see the box. Your data is harvested because somebody somewhere else agreed to it.

It's like giving any website the right to farm your data because somebody else on the same shared IP clicked accept all.

I'm also totally okay not having to send any identity data over the net. I fully agree there. It's just their standpoint of "let an admin click it and we can farm everybody's data behind that device" seems like a very unstable legal standpoint.

Then again. I'm not a lawyer and the law doesn't work based on how lawful i feel something is or should be.

fluckx ,

I mean my Asus router models aren't supported by merlin. Only 1 of them functions as an actual router.

andrew , to Selfhosted
@andrew@andrew.masto.host avatar

Netris: An open-source cloud gaming platform (GeForce NOW alternative) that can be self-hosted, integrates your Steam game library.

https://github.com/netrisdotme/netris?tab=readme-ov-file#self-hosting

@selfhosted

fluckx ,

So this is basically Xbox game pass ultimate, the cloud gaming part?

Because at one point they mention if you have to rebuy games you already own and they said you can just link your library.

At one point it sounds like they're renting out hardware and are able to stream your library to you ( you own the game ). Other times it sounds like they have a catalog and you just pay for the streaming to your device ( you don't own the game ).

Edit: do not mean this in a negative way. I'm just confused trying to find the answer :D

fluckx ,

Oh I thought the cloud game pass wasn't Xbox games only. But that is entirely possible.

Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

Tack "&udm=14" on to the end of a normal search, and you'll be booted into the clean 10 blue links interface. While Google might not let you set this as a default, if you have a way to automatically edit the Google search URL, you can create your own defaults.

fluckx ,

And this way you'll be sure the intermediate site isn't also scraping your data.

Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....

fluckx ,

Is Windows mobile still a thing? I thought they meant the app in the windows store ( desktop/laptop).

Last time I saw somebody use a windows phone was 10 years afk :/

fluckx ,

The thing that tilted me the most on macbook was that I had to install a 3rd party tool to have shortcuts to move apps between screens. SERIOUSLY?

It's a free app, but still.

fluckx ,

Even if the total gain is determinable, the fine should be at least x% turnover +total gain.

It's easy math otherwise. If i try to steal something from a shop and just have to pay it if i get caught There's not much incentive to not do it.

Well.
Besides being a decent human being that doesn't steal from local shops.

EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again (www.techspot.com)

EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during 'Replay' moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being highlighted in...

fluckx ,

I hope gamers will unite.
Though it seems far more likely that kids will just buy it because "wooooo hype. Who cares about ads, I already watch a bazillion a day when doomscrolling Instagram".

fluckx ,

Get off the gaming market EA.

I can't believe I'm actually going to have to become a retro gamer. Sigh.

fluckx ,

Self hosting email is a rabbit hole I'd rather not go down. :(

fluckx ,

Must be the evidence was more damning than the SCT of destroying evidence

fluckx ,

But we just bought tool X that is ISO certified AND soc2.
How are we not secure yet? Does the tool not work?!?

fluckx ,

To gain the most security value from ZTDNS, system admins will need to enumerate the expected domains and/or IP ranges they expect their clients to connect to,” Jake Williams wrote. “Failure to do so will result in self-inflicted denial of service.”

Glad I'm on Linux/macos at home/work.
Wtf is happening.

fluckx ,

It enticed me to start gaming on Linux.
So its definitely doing some enticing

fluckx ,

The main setup went smooth. I can recommend nobara which is what I used. I tried garuda as well, but it wasn't my style. Personal preference, no hate :).

Most steam games work pretty good ( see protondb ).
( make sure to set your steam settings > compatibility to all games ).

Any game with invasive anti-cheat will likely not work. LoL and valorant come to mind. I think some of the cs2 ones like faceit won't work on Linux. But standard cs2 and competitive work fine.

Battle.net gave me some issues on lutris until I forced it to proton.

Overall I've had a good experience. Sometimes a weird issue if I alt tab ( hots ) that it comes back super tiny. I worked around it by running it windowed fullscreen.

Overall I've no regrets so far. I installed nobara and it's quite user friendly. I've never used a fedora distro before ( more extensive experience with xubuntu/Ubuntu/pop ).

Helldivers 2, heroes of the storm and ff crisis core worked flawlessly.

Hots needs to run full screen ( windowed ) or alt-tab will make the screen tiny for some reason.

So far: no regrets.

When you first play a game it needs to compile the shaders first. So on your initial game there's a few minutes ramp up time. But any next times you start the game should be fine.

fluckx ,

For hots: install lutris through the nobara app store.
Start it and leave it for a few minutes while you run other updates or something ( only the very first time ).

Go to the settings/preferences, ( three dots top right ), click runners, scroll all the way down to wine.

Click the cog and change the runtime from wine-.... to proton-GE. Thrn you can just install the battle.net app through lutris. From the battle.net app you can install hots.

Using the built in wine-.... Runtime I got errors like missing Microsoft arial or unable to validate certificate.

with proton it just instantly worked.

You can also add the battle.net installer as an external steam app and run/install it that way. The only downside would be that you can't play a steam game AND have bnet running ( which you can through lutris ).

Exiting battle.net doesn't seem to be enough to stop lutris running it. So you might have to click the stop button in lutris if you want to restart it.

Battle.net is a bit wonky. But once you've got it IP and running it's okay.

fluckx ,

I didn't really do any CLI commands on nobara. So it's pretty straightforward. I guess the best experience might be with AMD.

I'm running a ryzen 7 and gtx 2080ti( I think ).

It's about 4 years old, but it still gets the job done. I've had no gfx issues. Nobara installed the nvidia drivers on its own.

If you have a spare HD. I'd recommend giving it a try. I ran popos parallel for a short while to try out gaming.

I was angry and leaped off the deep end. New OS and everything. I have a technical background so with google I probably could save my own ass :D

fluckx ,

Weird. If I copy the TOTP code from bitwarden into their 2fa app I get different codes. Not even after a rotation ( one isn't ahead of the other ). That doesn't seem right :/

fluckx ,

Wait - so far its only the Microsoft MFA code that does it.

fluckx ,

My main issue is that if I add the bitwarden TOTP secret string manually multiple times its generating different codes between the entries. Which seems like something that shouldn't happen.

It is a different format to the other ones I've got though.

Fuck Microsoft authenticator though. Had to restore it to a new phones once and if you don't do it on initial startup you can't restore it at all. Good thing I had a secondary app that still had them. Absolute garbage.

fluckx ,

2FA push is on the roadmap. Does aegis have that? Or am I just too dense to realise it does?

fluckx ,

That's indeed what I meant. Similar to how OKTA, battle.net, or the Microsoft authenticator works( in corporate environments).

You receive a push notification which asks if you're trying to log in and approve it, followed by a fingerprint or a pin code to confirm, rather than having to type in the code generated by your app

Can someone explain the "don't put all your eggs in one basket" argument to me? (kbin.run)

I'm (probably) switching to Proton Pass from Bitwarden because its easier to create email aliases (all in one instead of making an alias with SimpleLogin, then copying that to Bitwarden and making a password there) but I've heard people saying not to use Proton Pass to not "put all your eggs in one basket". Can someone explain...

fluckx ,

You can have bitwarden auto generate simplelogin emails as well when generating usernames. You just need to fetch an API key from simplelogin :)

fluckx ,

The battery on their arm devices are insane. I can disconnect my laptop at 100% without shutting it down. Go home. Sleep. And then work another 8h without the battery dying on me.

It's very impressive. I can't think of other laptops that have comparable battery life/performance combo as that macbook pro.

My previous (work) dell laptop barely made 4h ( more like 3 ) and was in the same price range. While I'm not an apple fanboy at all, and there are basis things it just cant do natively ( keyboard window management needs an external app?? ), their macbooks are absolutely the best laptops I've ever worked with.

fluckx ,

I had one of those. It worked well until I filled it up dor 90% ( photo backup while on holiday so I could keep taking pictures. ). It became laggy and slow. Even after doing a full reset.

At one point one of the keys in the keyboard got detached/broke. Was within the warranty period so i contacted them.

Sent the photos they asked.
They still couldn't determine the damage or if it was under warranty. So they wanted me to send it in free of charge. Then they would determine if it was under warranty.

If yes, they would repair it and return it for free
If no, I would have to pay 50€ to get it back unfixed. Or more if I would ask them to fix it.

I never did it because I felt like they were just going to say "no warranty" for a quick and easy 50€...

fluckx ,

Legitimate interest is just bullshit.

Can I have your:

  • wallet
  • emails received
  • telephone number
  • pin code
  • visa card numbers
  • browser history
  • home address
  • dates you won't be home
  • alarm code

I too am legitimately interested in this data.

fluckx ,

WiFi drivers.... Bluetooth in general.... Printers....

It could make a grown man cry I tell ya. CRY

fluckx ,

Steam went better than lutris for me as well.
It all worked out of the box without any tweaks.

Only issue I have is that when i alt tab I can't get back in the game for some reason. Screen stays black or it auto minimises again. I forgot.

fluckx ,

Maybe your filter is set to last 3h or something?

How do you guys handle reverse proxies in rootless containers?

I've been trying to migrate my services over to rootless Podman containers for a while now and I keep running into weird issues that always make me go back to rootful. This past weekend I almost had it all working until I realized that my reverse proxy (Nginx Proxy Manager) wasn't passing the real source IP of client requests...

fluckx ,

The issue you linked mentions using pasta where it does work. Have you tried that or is it not a solution at all?

fluckx ,

LOL. What.
After all this time now they have privacy concerns? Not like the past 15 years it's been around?

fluckx ,

I know people who lived without Facebook for years who created an account just to get info from their kids' sports clubs. A lot of them only post data about events and stuff on the Facebook page. No newsletters or anything. Just Facebook.

They don't really have a choice. You don't want to ask other parents all the time and they won't send you an email specifically because you won't create a profile.

I fully agree with your statement. But in the case above the only alternative is to either annoy other parents every week, not send your kids to scouts camp with all their friends, or just create the profile and only look at those pages.

A lot of clubs removed their website in favour of a private Facebook page. It's unfortunate, but a reality. :(

fluckx ,

Firefox also had a period where it was slow AF. I switched to chrome at that point which was a lot faster.

I've ( happily ) been on Firefox these past few years though. Firefox addons on mobile devices is a blessing too.

I enjoyed vivaldi as well before I went back to Firefox. Too bad it's chromium based :(.

fluckx ,

I actually discovered some interesting things in google play music back in the day. The play random music button actually had a few golden moments too.

Spotify just..... Feeds me what I'm already listening too. The discover weekly suggestions are usually useless for me.

YouTube music is just worse than GPM too.

fluckx ,

How do you do the multilingual typing? I often switch between my native language and English.

fluckx ,

Same.... Sigh...

I don't need people to be hyper-privacy minded.
But just a little bit at least. I'm not expecting everybody to self host a matrix server and use element and run self hosted services on their own RPI.

But just not pick one of the worst ones?

fluckx ,

Their infotainment system and app are pretty great compared to some other brands.

I'm currently driving a VW id5 and it's like they've never designed any kind of software interfaces at all.
Example:

  • the VW app can tell me the car is unlocked, but can't lock it for me.
  • it can't show me the VIN number, even though I had to use it to register it ( it was hidden in my user profile on the site somewhere )
  • I can let it pre-heat and such, but only on two schedules .
  • can't schedule appointments through the app
  • that weird sliding thingy for switching between speed limiter and cruise control is unintuitive AF
  • every other time I'm driving it's giving me a pop up saying "there are new updated user settings for your account". With only an ok and a cancel button. Where are they? What are they? Where can I find them? Did clicking"ok" accept them? Not a clue. When does it show this message that blocks the rest of the UI? After 1 minute of driving.

Not to hate on VW engineers but goddamnit guys. Get your shit together and hire a UX expert. Shortly drove a BMW 1 series before the VW and the infotainment was a lot more practical to use.

fluckx ,

I will need to check that out.

fluckx ,

I think it's related maybe to some anti terrorism law? In certain EU countries for example it's impossible to get an anonymous SIM due to some anti terrorism legislation. SSNs are the only legal identification I guess?

This is a random guess off the top of my head. IANAL or know anything specific on US law.

fluckx ,

I am not a lawyer*

fluckx ,

I just installed it after I ran into it on some other Lemmy comment. I was hoping to replace discord with it.

  • clicking on a voice room doesn't actual join it. You still need to dial in
  • I can't see who is currently in/using the voice room.
  • doesnt seem to remember me granting mic access
  • doesn't seem to support screen sharing

It just feels like it isn't "there" just yet? Unless I'm missing something?

If I showed it to friends of mine today and they had my experience I'm sure they'd go back to discord.

Not hating on the devs though. The product itself seems to be coming along nicely.

In-app browsers still a privacy, security, and choice issue (www.theregister.com)

In-app browsers are like standalone web browsers without the interface – they rely on the native app for the interface. They can be embedded in native platform apps to load and render web content within the app, instead of outside the app in the designated default browser....

fluckx ,

Boost for Lemmy has an option to auto open in your default browser. I just wish that it was a system setting. :(

fluckx ,

I was running Ubuntu at work. And a coworker was running PopOs.

Company didn't really care what you ran. If you opted for Linux you couldn't really rely on device support. Which is usually fine for the average Linux user.

I've used Linux/Mac for so long in a work environment that I only use Windows as a gaming system. And even that has improved a lot.

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