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macallik, in Privacy respecting language learning tool?

Depending on your privacy concerns, ChatGPT might be an option. Check YouTube for reviews and how to create a course outline

Rose,

ChatGPT is worse than Duolingo. The former will study and likely store how you talk, what you ask about and so forth. On Duolingo, unless you speak in the mic, you never have to reveal anything.

shadycomposer, in Should I worry about "legitimate interest" tracking cookies?

Legitimate interest is their interest, not yours.

splendoruranium,

Legitimate interest is their interest, not yours.

The interest might be theirs but the “legitimate” part absolutely has to incorporate a written justification somewhere within the the depths of the mandated records of processing activities that explains why the business/institution couldn’t possibly do what they’re doing without processing that particular piece of user data. “I want that” is not legitimate interest in the sense of Article 6.

shadycomposer,

Agree. But practically they may claim using such data to improve their systems. This is a valid LI justification. But still it provides no benefits to users to whom those data are collected from, while at the same time increases their risks (such as mishandling of their data - which is common since it’s very difficult to handle data 100% correctly).

PublicLewdness, in Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program
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Sounds like more reasons to not use Reddit. No sympathy for those this effects.

Haui, in UK passport database to be used to identify suspects from CCTV footage
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Boring dystopia any% speedrun

krimsonbun, in A end-to-end encrypted survey tool - Purplix, now in early alpha

I’ve always wanted a proper alternative to google forms, thank you!!

leraje, in Website domain and hosting?
@leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar
  1. njal.la
  2. 1984 Hosting
  3. Orange
  4. Incognet

All offer domains and hosting/VPS which you can use Monero to pay for.

Things to bear in mind: totally anonymous domain purchasing means you have no real control over it as it can’t be proved you are the owner. If the registrar fucked you over, you lose the domain.

laylawashere44, in I am considering installing TikTok. Any suggestion on how to make it less privacy-invasive?

I mean just use YT shorts, 99% of TikTok creators post on YouTube anyways because you get paid way more.

nosteponpython, in Standard Notes is changing its license
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Thank you for raising this. My subscription was up for renewal next year, and I think I’ll look elsewhere now.

The only reason I chose to support S Notes in the first place is they were the best designed FOSS notes app at the time, and 4 years later they have plenty of competition in that space fortunately. Honestly I expected better from them, they say all the right things but I guess the greed just got too much for them.

doggy, in I am considering installing TikTok. Any suggestion on how to make it less privacy-invasive?
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I use ProxiTok to view tiktoks

AllNewTypeFace, in Which one do you trust the most for your privacy?
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Telegram is, by all accounts, a privacy garbage fire. They rolled their own crypto, bless them, and as they say, anyone can design a cryptosystem that they themselves can’t break.

dingus, in Which one do you trust the most for your privacy?
@dingus@lemmy.ml avatar

If you trust Telegram you’re naive. Here is a great breakdown earlier this year from Kaspersky.

usa.kaspersky.com/blog/…/27662/

Signal isn’t perfect either, but their mistakes are far less egregious. They also have removed some of the more egregious mistakes, like needing a phone number (edit: incorrect, see below) or google play services to function. It can be run on a device without Google Play Services because it only uses Google Play Services for push notifications.

quaff,
@quaff@lemmy.ca avatar

Thanks for the article. That’s a really good breakdown for most arguments of Telegram propagandists. 🙌

Infiltrated_ad8271,
@Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social avatar

Are you both bots? How can anyone read that crap and say it's a great breakdown?
It's a single widely known issue, and it can literally be summed up in one short sentence: by default it doesn't use end-to-end encrypted chats, which are also far inferior in functionality.

I've never seen a pro-telegram propagandist, but you anti-telegram propagandists are swarming and very tiresome.

bastion,

lol.

  • post asks which app is preferred
  • a clear winner with lots of reasons why emerges
  • "propagandists!"

I dislike Signal because of the abandonment of SMS as an option. Without that, it’s on par with (not really ahead of) most other secure messengers. Session is pretty decent, and I am curious if SimpleX will take off.

Anyways. Not a Session fanboy by any means, but I cam still see that (given the two options asked about) session is the clear winner. But your take on this all is hilarious.

quaff,
@quaff@lemmy.ca avatar

We are in a privacy community. A privacy community with a specific website that makes recommendations on messenger apps. And yet, OP is asking for an opinion on comparisons between Signal (recommended by the guide) and Telegram (which isn’t even in the guide). Why would this be necessary if they weren’t thinking Telegram could be a private and secure messenger too? Even tho it’s not recommended on privacy guides. Draw whatever conclusions you want to fit your own world view. But just because others do so differently, doesn’t mean they’re bots. That’s a very lazy way to view the world. And that is also just my opinion. If you wanted to discuss the points of the article, I’m down. But if you’re coming in here to be reductive because you have a differing opinion, then this is all I’m going to be saying to you.

quellik, in Which one do you trust the most for your privacy?

I use both but for different purposes: Signal for group chats and Telegram for channels (news and piracy).

I trust Signal more.

Wander, in Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport | TechCrunch
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I’m planning on bringing a spare phone only on my trips to the US.

CookieJarObserver, in Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport | TechCrunch
@CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yeah plug my phone in and see what happens… There is totally no virus on it…

Uniquitous, in How to use GroupMe in a private manner?

GroupMe is still around? Fuckin hell.

MagneticFusion,

Yea and for SOME FUCKING REASON it is the default messaging app for many university related events and whatnot. Shit I would rather use WhatsApp over this shit at least it is end to end encrypted and has a better UI

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