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umami_wasbi OP ,

Isn't tailscale serve only do tcp?

umami_wasbi OP ,

Does that require my friends install & configure Tailscale/WG/OpenVPN? I tried that route like 2~3 yrs ago with OpenVPN and it doesn't works well.

I would like to keep it as simple and easy as it can be. Aka no need extra software and config. Just fireup the game, connect, and play, as if the server is hosted on some VPS.

umami_wasbi ,

https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

How to explain learnings from Digital privacy in an interview and resume

I wish to mention learnings from the coupious time i spend on learning online privacy ,security and anonymity for my b school (MBA) admissions interview. Can I market is as a cybersecurity internship. But Cyber security has a different meaning altogether. I’m pretty much at the advance stage of the privacy journey( read all...

umami_wasbi ,

I don't know what "privacy" you know but I can you a reference of what cybersecurity I know. I had a Cybersecurity course and it's more focused on compliances to standards like ISO 27001/PCI-DSS, regulations like CCPA/GDPR, risk assessment/management, BC/DR, and more. Cybersecurity have a broader meaning to me and essentially a safety net to make sure plans are in place and not let the business down from normal operation.

umami_wasbi ,

Using the phone payment is a convenient to me as I don't have to remember the PIN.

umami_wasbi ,

I use Tasker to filter out notifications

umami_wasbi , (edited )

I guess what he mean the service must proof itself legit by actions, rather saying it out loud in a FAQ.

Still, that FAQ explicitly saying they are legit gives me the feel of "The lady doth protest too much, methinks,".

umami_wasbi ,

Does that applies to accounts registered in the US but now I'm not physically lived in?

Firefox failing several privacy tests out-of-the-box, according to Brave article (lemmy.world)

I understand firefox is free software and greatly customisable. I think forks like LibreWolf are fantastic. But I believe the FOSS community needs to be more critical of mozilla. They haven't been the sharpest tool in the drawer for a while......

umami_wasbi , (edited )

When you look for comparisons between products, look for one that is done by a non-biased neutral organization, third party at minimum. Not from the company making the product hence have an incentive to paint them better than its competitor.

You can make a stronger point if you go and verify each claim in the comparsion chart and proving Brave is actually better than Firefox. Instead of just linking a comparison blog from Brave. Don't trust, verify.

And a matter of fact, privacy is only a part of what a browser should have. Not a complete feature set. I can make an extra private browser that only accepts my custom protocol and only with my websites but that would be not useful as a general browser one wants to daily drive, which is what Firefox aiming to do.

umami_wasbi ,

Why rely on them doing the detective work and just not give 1 more second to think through before hitting that install button? This is basic digital hygiene.

umami_wasbi ,

Ads they won't (At least I believe so.) But I won't be surprised that some data harvesting companies have servers set up to collect all the data, aggregate, and sell it. Lemmy is an openly federated platform after all.

umami_wasbi ,

The vaule of the data totally relies on the aggregation process. It involves grouping, categorizing, and linking the unstructured data into a relatable and structured format. For example, A data harvesting company can use their own existing data and link a Lemmy user to a known identity or the probability to a known identity, using techniques like NLP and statistics. That's value.

Data most of the time are free, but there are also datasets sold for a price.

umami_wasbi ,

If you can, just give up the number and starts new. It's way easier and cleaner

umami_wasbi ,

Or SEPIA

Android phone saving metadata for screenshots (i.ibb.co)

I always remove this data from my screenshots before sharing, but is there any way to prevent this from happening in the first place? I've searched and searched, but all I can find is information about how to remove the data after the fact, which I already know how to do, but it would sure be nice if it never got added in the...

umami_wasbi ,

Wtf. What phone are you using?

umami_wasbi ,

I would say depends. For company owned cars thats justified as it should purely meant for business trip only. For duel use vehicle, that there should absolutely have switch to turn it on or off.

umami_wasbi ,

I feel something is off. I understand that it is an act of vandalism, but those providers are asking for a special treatment for their equipment with higher penalties. Isn't better to just raise the current penalty? Or a new law target not just fibers but "critical infrastructures" which needs to satisfy a set of requirements or criteria?

umami_wasbi ,

Still I'm not going back to the Windows. Even if I do, Win11 wouldn't be my choice.

umami_wasbi ,

Can anyone get me up to speed what claims the bill gave to justify TikTok must be either sold or remove from app stores?

umami_wasbi ,

Thanks.

I also had a brief read on the bill you linked and some relavent articles. The bill only cite "national security" yet doesn't explain what "national security" it causes.

The Bloomberg article states a few reasons, but none satisfied me to justify a ban. For example, reason 1 points out that the algoritm of generating feed is advanced and intoxicating. So they should be punished for a well written and effective algorithms?

Yes, there are and were dumb to harmful contents found on TikTok. However, I think it should be a content moderation issue, not a national security issue. I heard people can find CSAM on Twitter and Discord, harmful and damaging it's, should it get banned too due to "national security" concerns? It just have a smell of unfair.

Just my two cents.

Disclosure: I don't use Facebook, Intagram, Twitter, nor TikTok. I do have a Discord account.

umami_wasbi , (edited )

It not uncommon to see misinformatuon to fabricated information appears on many SNS platforms including Facebook and Twitter. It is not unheard of Russia use social media to influence election too via popular platform that is US based. All SNS are subject to the same problem, but only TikTok have more active users thus more far reaching, but again this is a content moderation problem, not the inherent fault of TikTok itself. Whom should perform content moderation is a business decision. It should not be dictated by law, though they can make moderation standards that companies needs to comply. I think this is a bit unfair to just targeting TikTok only, and should be universal.

EDIT:

political content you’re exposed to selected by an algorithm that is opaque and constantly changing

Isn't TikTok opened access to its algorithm for reviewing?

Actually it is not solely a content moderation problem. While some dumb and physically harmful content should be subject to moderation, speeches should be protected. Isn't American all about the word "Freedom"? It should be free to speak what they believe, right?

However, the recommendation algorithms might need some regulations that categorize content and have relevant display policies. For example, political content, user generated and advertisement, should be distributed equally for all views (i.e. a user will see content for all candidates for roughly same amount of time). The "addictive" thing shouldn't be regulated as that the point of the algorithm: maximize user engagement. However, there could be a rating system similar to game ratings that affect who at what age can use which platform. Otherwise, it should be free for one to addict to something, as long as it doesn't cause a physical harm to himself and others.

umami_wasbi ,

Because the Chinese government has inordinate control over Chinese companies and is not a friendly government.

Friendly or not is subjective. I dislike it doesn't means others are the same, nor I should force them to believe so.

They routinely use technology to control their own population and

In US, instead of the government, companies use technology to influence/control their own users. Personalized adverts is one. Also other recommendation algorithms. Yes the scale and motives is different but is one better then the other? I don't think so.

work closely with hackers in their country that attack US businesses and consumers.

The United States does have its cyber arm that conducts offensive operations, such as the Equation Group. Any country that does not have its own hacking team would be seriously remiss.

There absolutely should be serious legislation on data gathering and how large platforms manipulate public perception with their algorithms,

I totally agree but should be applied universally

but TikTok is a national security threat at a level the others are not explicitly because the Chinese government has control over it.

I can agree that it is a matter of national security if it can affect elections "greatly", not because of other government have controls. However, the determination of "greatly" is hard to quantify. And even if quantifiable, it is not unique to TikTok as there are many platforms can influence elections, present and in the future. Are we going to ban every single platform that can affect elections "greatly"? This is a slippery slop opening for abuse.

All in all, I still hardly justify a bill just to target TikTok or other platforms that is controlled by a "foreign adversary". Law should treat every entity equal and without discrimination, based on some ideological differences or political preferences.

umami_wasbi ,

China can be an enemy of the US, but that doesn't mean all US citizens view China as enemy. You can find a tons of creators on YouTube defending China's way to do things and be friend with which I found disgusting.

I would also believe US also does pre-plan malware to key infrastructures including power, communications, and health care in other potential adversaries, not limited to China. To them is also a matter of national security. It is just simply a cat and mouse game. For randomware though, I didn't heard much a Chinese group doing it, but more by Russia and North Korea.

The keyword here is "uncomfortable", but I highly doubt should this translate to a law. If one can make laws because feeling "uncomfortable" without concrete evidences, that US will become more authoritarian than its commitment on fairness and freedom.

Before banning TikTok, we need to assess what threat it poses, not because others say so. The majority of threats people claim of TikTok is "it is a spyware because Chinese government can view data when they wants", and "it can effect elections". For the first one, a federal level privacy and data collection bill is far more appropriate. This is long due already, and don't do GDPR's where companies can self claim compliant but requires an accredited independent auditor. Second one is more tricky. The root cause can be think as its algorithm being too effective. Maybe a rating system for algorithm like for game would work?

Again, law should be applied equally and without discrimination based on ideological differences or political preferences. Even it looks to be "national security", it must be assessed thoroughly with concrete evidences, rather some hypothetical claims.

umami_wasbi ,

the US is increasingly losing the cyber security war because people can’t do simple things like not plug random usb’s they found on the side of the road into their work computers

I'm not surprised at this when Americans refuse to ware a simple medical mask during COVID.

umami_wasbi , (edited )

Tried, and not a fan of. The organizing features are kind of not what I expected. Sticking to KeepassXC for now.

umami_wasbi ,

First is the organizing feature. It doesn't let me to have sub folders which I need to categorize items.

Second is the TAN management to store my MFA backup codes. A feature the original Keepass have but KeepassXC doesn't. You can use notes to mimic but it doesn't auto expire after use, i.e. more manual work.

Recommendations for a bug tracker/forum?

Does anyone have any recommendations for bug trackers with a forum feature? Basically something where users can report issues, request features, and ask questions, all about a specific service. Preferably, I’d like something that integrates with GitHub issues, but that’s not a requirement. Also I’d like something like a...

umami_wasbi ,

Redmine? https://www.redmine.org/

Haven't use it personally tho

umami_wasbi ,

Maybe also not Ubuntu or RHEL? I heard they also collect telemetries and hard to trun off. Unsure.

umami_wasbi ,

Candy crush is what they put as "recommended software" if I remember correctly.

umami_wasbi , (edited )

LTSC is the enterprise/business version that have extended period for patches with less bloat. It's similar to LTS with Ubuntu.

umami_wasbi ,

Great to know

umami_wasbi OP ,

The most important is actually the copy protection. I don't want the viewer can download the file easily.

umami_wasbi , (edited )

they make clear to you that Facebook can and will have some metadata, but not the contents of the chat itself.

You thought you're safe and private when the content is encrypted? LOL, no. Metadata are much more useful to Facebook, and to the intelligence services.

“We Kill People Based on Metadata.” -- General Michael Hayden, former Director of NSA and CIA

umami_wasbi , (edited )

My point is metadata should be protected as content does. While IM platform needs to know which message should be delived to whom, they don't need that after being delivered, nor have it profiled.

umami_wasbi ,

Soon require your memory and thoughts to be logged as well

umami_wasbi , (edited )

For whatever reason, ppl need SMS OTP. While Telegram is using SMS operators (like Twilio), it can't covers all users globally (which the truth is more about cost and regulations), thus this program is born to cover (bypass) it.

It uses your number to sent the OTP code to random numbers on Telegram behalf, up to 150 per month including international SMS, where you bear the cost and aknowledging your number will be seen by who recieve it. In return, if your monthly send SMS reaches the quota, Telegram will reward you with a monthly Telegram Premium Subscription (which cost almost nothing to them).

What a joke program.

Edit: express in more clarity (they -> Telegram)

umami_wasbi ,

And need a paymemt gateway with a bank which can count as cloud.

How to constructively protest against AI voice transcription at work?

As a medical doctor I extensively use digital voice recorders to document my work. My secretary does the transcription. As a cost saving measure the process is soon intended to be replaced by AI-powered transcription, trained on each doctor's voice. As I understand it the model created is not being stored locally and I have no...

umami_wasbi ,

So what's your concern? I'm a bit confused.

  1. Using cloud to process patient data? Or,
  2. Collecting your voice to train a model?
umami_wasbi ,

Any thing using my data, leaving my device or not, without my explicit concent, or obtaining my concent by obscure means, is spyware.

umami_wasbi ,

Anonaddy/Addy.io to create aliases, then PGP encrypt it before forwarding to my Google mailbox.

I also use Proton but considering ditching it in favor of Anonaddy.

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