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catsup, in Do any hardened Linux distributions exist?

This might be way off, but iirc OpenBSD is pretty secure

geosoco, in If i use a good vpn and adblocking do i need a pi-hole?

It depends on what you're trying to do. What exactly are you concerned about?

Most 'adblocking' is only in a desktop browser unless you use solutions like pi-hole or some alternative. Pi hole can help block some apps, services, and other devices on your home network from doing certain types of communicating in addition to blocking certain ad-related connections.

riceandbeans161, in From FaceID to Amazon One, should you share biometric data online?

at least FaceID is locally stored and not in the cloud

Cat,
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Local storage can still be part of the cloud.

Asudox,
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Can you prove that when it is not open source?

PeachMan, in Mullvad VPN slowing down internet
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Very standard with any VPN, I’d say 150Mbps is quite good compared to the competition. You’re sending your network traffic through a tunnel to another location, then they’re relaying it to other places. There are several bottlenecks along the way.

Carter, in What's your favorite OpenStreetMaps app?

I don’t think the data is there for most house numbers. Everywhere I go, Street Complete is asking me for house numbers.

HughJanus,

They are there. If I zoom in I can see them. If I search in the other apps I can see them.

What is Street Complete?

Kakertratte,
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With Street complete you can contribute to openstreetmaps by entering data for things in your proximity like house numbers, pavement types, directions of lanes, height of buildings and what not.

DavidGarcia, in Google reading signal messages?

I think that is a feature of Google Assistant or some other Google product. It reads everything you have on your screen at any moment to give you “smart” help like easy opening of addresses or phone numbers.

also your keyboard might be leaking data too

HughJanus,

That’s why I disabled network access for my keyboard.

BrikoX,
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That doesn’t prevent it. Keyboard is tied to many core OS processes that connect to Google servers and relay that information. I would recommend replacing it with OpenBoard which is based on Android Open Source Project.

bug, in Google reading signal messages?

Assuming this is on an android phone with the normal Google Play Services on it then you should expect that Google can theoretically read anything that appears on it. It’s probably not that sinister though, I don’t imagine anything is being sent away and logged (though it theoretically could be!), there’s probably just some process which reads every incoming notification and if it thinks it sounds like a task then it offers you the prompt. Is this some setting you haven’t disabled in Google Assistant?

Apollo2323, in Google reading signal messages?

I believe signal uses google to push the notifications and if its giving you the option to add it to google keep the phone obviously know what it is the message content.

rikudou, in If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.
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What dystopia do you guys live in? I’ve worked for some small companies and some corporates and neither did this shit, that really wouldn’t fly here.

Arigion,

It’s illegal in the EU, so probably not there.

rikudou,
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That might be it. The more I learn the happier I am I live in EU.

BlinkerFluid, in Overview of SMS Verify for Crypto Services
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Crypto is a scam.

in all fields, forever.

Asudox,
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ok

adespoton, in What are the recommend changes to make iPhone more private?

Step 1: don’t use iCloud services; use WiFi Sync with a computer for syncing and backups. Step 2: turn on Lockdown Mode if this works for you. Step 3: limit the number of apps you install. Step 4: set up VPN to your own network and run a PiHole or similar to filter access.

For most people, this is more than enough guidance.

AdminWorker, in Threads' New Terms and Conditions Affects the Fediverse

Can activity pub change it’s terms to say that all crawlers that use this must be gnu open sources and all information crawled must be open to the public on gnu open sources software (no crawling to a private enterprise)?

My understanding is all the big tech companies are scared of what happened with router software (openwrt) and they don’t want to be forced to let competition be a foss community via gnu licensing.

Nerd02,
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Isn’t ActivityPub just an application protocol? To my knowledge there’s no ActivityPub inc. licensing the usage of the protocol or anything like that. A web protocol is just a series of guidelines everyone has agreed on following, you can’t attach terms and conditions to it.

Anticorp, in Reflectacles to escape Facial Recognition

Worth the price is subjective. Are you a wanted criminal, or planning a heist? Then probably yes. Otherwise, probably no.

newIdentity,

Maybe you just want to look sick at the next rave.

Not their intended purpose, but that’s the only one that doesn’t sound stupid

Edit: looking at their website, that might be their intended target audience.

LinkOpensChest_wav, in Reflectacles to escape Facial Recognition

I doubt they work, and they’re definitely not worth the price imo

I can get a pair of prescription sunglasses for less than that

chemicalwonka,
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Idk if regular sunglasses will prevent your face from being captured by facial recognition systems.

LinkOpensChest_wav,

I don’t believe the glasses you linked will do so either lol

CapnAssHolo, in Any privacy respecting Instagram frontends?
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