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risencode ,

When the switch to run it on a server is "/unsafe" I think I'll pass 🤣

risencode ,

This is a ridiculous statement. Copilot should be opt-in, not opt-out and the setting is new.

Perfectly reasonable by the sysadmin to not have that already set.

risencode ,

Makes MS seem desperate. Fordicing it down everyones throat and displaying ads in the OS...

risencode ,

There are a lot of stuff on that list that I don't understand how it's "self hosted"

Hugo for example. It is just an application/framework to generate static websites. I guess you can self host the websites, but....

It's like saying notepad.exe is self hosted.

This was just an example, but I saw several such cases.

risencode ,

But... Hugo is not a self hosting solution. Hugo just makes html files, it doesn't host anything.

I am genuinely horrified to see how much data google collected from me

I created a google takeout and in that zip file I found some files containing a ton of data about me. It has logged every single page I visited while using the google search engine and chrome browser. It even logged every single time I opened an app on my old android phone. It even has VOICE RECORDINGS of me and a log of every...

risencode ,

now they have your email.

That's why you use hide-my-email aliases when you sign up to sites, so they can't tie "your" email to you anymore.

Every time I 'm forced to use a google account

Create a few junk accounts, send recovery to a hide-my-email alias

If you use password managers it really is no bother to have multiple accounts, and Proton Pass integrates hide-my-email, it's pretty neat.

risencode ,

Today you learned a valuable lesson:

When an online service is free it generally means you're the product.

risencode ,

And this is a privacy issue?

risencode ,

You give of "if she wears a short skirt she deserves it" energy

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers. (www.vox.com)

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.::undefined

risencode ,

Well yeah, there's a lot more of them on the internet.

risencode ,

Oh no not my email adress and username

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    risencode ,

    The only privacy setting I can encourage on any social media site is don't share private stuff about yourself and never link to your account from other accounts

    risencode ,

    Thanks for the warning, switching to Jerboa.

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