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thanksforallthefish, in Thoughts on this Reddit post claiming 'Lemmy doesn't care about privacy'?

Slanted but accurate.

Neither Lemmy nor Reddit are private, they’re both publicly indexable (google et al).

On the other hand reddit goes to a lot of trouble to capture everything about you. Lemmy is not quite that greedy.

One is a for profit willing to do whatever it takes to make a buck. The other is FOSS and run by volunteers.

I think it’s pretty clear which is the greater threat.

JohnDClay, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs

Is android auto harvesting data to the car manufacturers, or just the first party replacements?

Schlemmy, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs

It’s not in the EU

apis, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs

Bit behind the times here, but how are cars even accessing this information, unless the phone is built into the car system, and the user has an cellular/data/wi-fi account with the car manufacturer?

Spyder, (edited )

Maybe when the car is serviced? After you Bluetooth connect to have hands free calling and music

neinhorn,

All modern cars have cellular connectivity. The manufacturer pays the monthly fee. Since most cara have gps built in, they always know where you are.

When you connect your phone to the car via bluetooth or usb your phone will trust the car and hand over the data. Want to see that message on the car screen? Well the car manufacturer now has a copy of it. In real time.

apis,

“When you connect your phone to the car via bluetooth or usb your phone will trust the car and hand over the data.”

USB charging I can understand, but seems odd that phones do not block data transfers (besides that needed to manage charging) unless the user explicitly permits it.

I guess people use Bluetooth to connect to car speakers, but again, why are the phones being so permissive with what they send?

Toneswirly, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs

If this is legal, then hacking it to take it out should be legal.

PleasantAura, (edited )

No, because if every piece of your entire existence isn’t dedicated to making profit for the upper class, your life is worthless, and anything that devalues the profit they could make from you is stealing.

To be clear, I’m not saying you’re wrong, just expressing frustration at the current state of the world.

Tibert, in Where to store OTP tokens

Well, the whole point of otp tokens/2fa, is to have a second login confirmation. Mostly on another device, like a phone.

Now maybe if you store your 2fa way on the same device, but locked away with a strong password, it may work, and could be safe enough.

But if it’s the same password as your device or another account, it isn’t that safe.

randombullet, in Where to store OTP tokens

Aegis with the password in a YubiKey.

My password manager and I don’t know the password.

badgrandpa, in Where to store OTP tokens
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I might keep the in Bitwarden, then secured with hardware key.

Guadin, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs
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I hate it that they put al the nice features behind data harvesters. Want to have that nice traffic info (a nightmare on it's own, but it is handy)? Share all your data. Want to have Spotify? Share all your data.

nothingcorporate, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs

Lucky for me, I can’t afford to replace my 20 year old car anyway.

ikiru, in What is the good alternative right now to Google translate?

I use Translate You on Graphene. Works great!

netchami,

Graphene gang

rhythmisaprancer, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs
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This, and the other things I read about (like subscriptions for heated seats) are what will lead to some bizarre third party hack market for cars. Instead of taking a new vehicle to a place for custom pinstriping or whatever, folks will get them privatized.

Anticorp,

Ideally people just don’t buy cars that require subscriptions. That’s what happened with BMW’s terrible subscription model and BMW stopped doing that shit. The only way to make companies stop doing shitty things is to stop giving them money when they do those things.

JoShmoe, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs

GOP “Show us the text messages!”

ANIMATEK, in Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs

GDPR would like to have a word here. Most likely not done in the EU though.

november, in What is the good alternative right now to Google translate?
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Translate You features LibreTranslate, Lingva, DeepL, MyMemory, Reverso, and SimplyTranslate.
While I can’t speak for any of them, I think that all of those should be safe being that Translate You is FOSS

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