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random65837, in ̶P̶r̶o̶t̶e̶c̶t̶ Obfuscate your content from bots and AIs

So people without the extension would only see gibberish?

touzovitch, (edited )
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Exactly!

For example, here’s a Medium article with encrypted content: https://redakt.org/demo/

otp, (edited )

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Wow, I couldn’t read a thing without the extension! Works perfectly!

Haha

touzovitch,
@touzovitch@lemmy.ml avatar

😂😂😂

hakunawazo,

That explains so many subs/comments. But maybe I’m out of touch like Skinner.

But on topic: I see the same problem as with link shorteners. One single service or extension disappears and all good content or links are gone.

Tippon, (edited )

That’s the biggest problem. I used to use a suspension service for Chrome that would change your open links to its own format when a tab was suspended. I bookmarked hundreds of links in their format over the years.

The service was bought out by a third party, then sold to a scammer, leading to it getting banned by Google.

I’ve now got hundreds of links that are obfuscated, and the only way to get them back is to manually edit them and see which ones are important.

touzovitch,
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But on topic: I see the same problem as with link shorteners. One single service or extension disappears and all good content or links are gone.

Not exactly. The extension is open source so even if the official extension is gone, you would still be able to decrypt previously “redakted” content.

ares35, in ̶P̶r̶o̶t̶e̶c̶t̶ Obfuscate your content from bots and AIs
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concept is 'workable' in an open, but small, tight-knit community.

but in general, if google can't read it--few eyeballs will ever see it.

touzovitch,
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but in general, if google can’t read it–few eyeballs will ever see it.

You bring up a good point. The Internet is full of spider bots that crawl the web to index it and improve search results (ex: Google). In my case, I don’t want that any comment I post here or on big platforms like Reddit, Twitter or LinkedIn to be indexed. But I still want to be part of the conversation. At least I would like to have the choice wether or not any text I publish online is indexed.

Noctechnical, in 2024 mustang extensive invasions of privacy

Just buy a bike, bro. /s

interdimensionalmeme, in Gitlab now requires phone number/credit card verification

What’s the best way to circumvent phone number verification ? My burner YouTube account, which has nothing unsavory on it, has been marked for phone number verification or else I can’t login at all.

Of course I’m not giving them my real phone number. What the best way to fake this?

hottari,

There are no ways to beat this. They want your real number. That’s the point.

interdimensionalmeme,

There had to way to defeat the pots system, it’s an antique, not a security system

AtmaJnana, (edited )

get a burner sim. pay cash.

ChaoticNeutralCzech, (edited )

Impossible in some countries, like Germany with mandatory ID validaion. Luckily, our Pirate Party leader, a telecommunications expert, blocked this proposal here.

https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/04109612-6c86-4203-9153-643746ad3151.png

interdimensionalmeme,

But using the sim will identify location and IMEI. Anyway that’s quite expensive, like 10$ per account ? Ouch !

Nugget,

There are paid services that offer phone number masking such as Firefox Relay

interdimensionalmeme,

I tried VoIP addresses and got the message “we can’t use that number”. Is Firefox relay immune to that?

slazer2au, in Next smartphone I buy, which one do you recommend?

Gigaset. I am using the GS5. 2 Sim slots and a SD card slot, not those Sim/SD slots that most manufacturers use. Replaceable battery.

made is Germany, run stock android. Stock to the point of I have it bugging me to install Oct 2023 patches for the past 2 weeks. Kinka wish I could talk it I will patch when I get back from holidays.

random65837, in Next smartphone I buy, which one do you recommend?

Pixel w/GrapheneOS. Insane to do anything else when Privacy and Security is something you want, while also having the ability to have a fully functional phone.

humancrayon, in Media Backups
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Media I don’t take as seriously as other backups. Except for a few hard to find ISO’s, I have a Fractal R5 case that I’ve crammed full of all the rando extra drives I have sitting round, and pool those all together in TrueNAS. So far it’s more than the total storage of my media NAS. It gets a monthly backup automatically.

slazer2au, in Media Backups

Backup?

marcos, in How bad is TPM on a laptop for privacy?

The TPM doesn’t do anything by itself.

But if Windows is sending all of your data, including stored files and passwords for some third party like its TOS says it can, than that’s Windows breaching your privacy. Or if the remote management hardware that comes with every computer is allowing some third party to access it with more capabilities than even you have, like they are normally designed, than that’s your CPU’s manufacturer breaching your privacy (but those are supposed to be turned off).

But again, the TPM by itself doesn’t do anything.

LWD, (edited )

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  • marcos,

    You are looking at the wrong place. The TPM is a very standard piece of hardware, that shouldn’t even need firmware (it would completely cancel the entire point of it). It enables a whole lot of shit, but it isn’t the thing that does the shit.

    Now, you can go look at the always-on network enabled uncontrollable management unity that exists inside your computer’s processor… Intel pinky swears they can’t access them in any way and will only activate them if you pay extra¹; AMD AFAIK doesn’t even try to say anything.

    1 - Makes sense to you? Well, how do they activate it if they can’t access it?

    Slotos, in Gitlab now requires phone number/credit card verification

    Sourcehut. The answer is sourcehut.

    You don’t even need an account to submit patches, just configure git send-email.

    intrepid,

    Some people seem to think that setting up send-email and mailing patches has too much of a learning curve and ‘barrier to entry’.

    fluffery,
    @fluffery@lemmy.ml avatar

    Forgejo?

    possiblylinux127, in Gitlab now requires phone number/credit card verification

    Codeberg looks interesting but it would be nice to see a US based version. Anyway I think its clear gitlab is problematic

    Fisch,
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    Why does it matter where it’s based?

    possiblylinux127, (edited )

    Because I don’t want to use services that are across that ocean

    intrepid,

    Honestly, the servers not being in the US is a feature these days - even for US-based customers.

    possiblylinux127,

    Not really as you don’t have control over them whatsoever. I can’t vote in Europe

    Fisch,
    @Fisch@lemmy.ml avatar

    Why does that matter? It doesn’t make a difference

    possiblylinux127,

    I does though, with all of the sketchy laws around tech. The US isn’t great but at least I can vote here.

    manokox400, in Gitlab now requires phone number/credit card verification

    Looks like gitlab is pozzed now. (((They))) are at it again.

    LWD, (edited )

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  • ada,
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    The three brackets are a nazi dog whistle.

    Jordan_U,

    For anyone unfamiliar and wanting more background, and an explanation of why you may see Jewish people add ((( ))) around their own names on social media,

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses

    (I agree 100% with the person I am replying to, and I’m sure they know all of this already)

    Vexz, in Media Backups

    I have a Synology NAS so I use Hyper Backup and upload my backups in the Synology C2 Cloud. Of course all my files are encrypted first before they get uploaded.

    adespoton, in Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster

    Well… that was… expected.

    elias_griffin, (edited ) in Why Bluesky over sth like Activitypub?

    When I entered by beta code to get into Bluesky, I was immediately, instantly followed, which doesn’t sound private, an API that lists new accounts?, by funny blogs, photo bomb accounts, and a profile that said, “This is the trans Witch your mother warned you about”.

    It’s a …select community that seems at first glance, all in the same think where cogntive reinforcement is the norm.

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