ultratiem

ultratiem, 9 months ago

You could have, if you went to Hustlers University, like I did!

/s

ultratiem, 9 months ago

Tixati, Deluge and Transmission are also good, modern clients

ultratiem, 10 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

Yeah another stellar case in point to show Sony would rather you eat glass than have to do anything for you.

Let’s not forget the ridiculous court case against Geohotz for jail breaking the PS3. They pulled out every dirty tactic they could in that suit. Really showed their colours and how they actually “fight” in the court of law.

Scum of the earth.

ultratiem, 10 months ago

lol. You give an ad spot way too much credit

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Using Wipr on iOS, which has no special abilities other than blocking ads using EasyList and don’t have any issues.

Also, I don’t see why thetvdb would be so aggressive given their content is crowdsourced.

ultratiem, 10 months ago

I used to turn the faces backwards in their helmets so you couldn’t see the dumb faces they painted on them lol

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Read your EULA; they aren’t responsible for any data loss.

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Hugs mullvad

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Oh they don’t want to kill it, just own it 🙃

ultratiem, 10 months ago

My old domain registrar set an 7 character limit, no special characters of any kind. Just numbers and letters. This was back in 2020 🫠

ultratiem, 10 months ago

This guy doing gods work, literally open up a shell, copy pasta, get a full license from Microsoft lol

ultratiem, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

That’s just a fundamental problem with security. You can vault up your home but give your idiot brother in law a key and find the back door wide open, him drunk on the kitchen floor.

Prompts don’t work and aren’t really the right way to go because they are annoying and pretty cryptic as apps often assign a myriad of features to a single permission. Everyone’s just going to hit OK.

It’s a difficult issue to solve because there are so many edge cases. And fundamentally you can’t really control what others do with your number.

Honestly. I wish we started talking about doing away with phone numbers altogether. I feel tech is there. And it’s honestly such a massive fingerprint. I’ve had mine for 20 years ffs.

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Why do people list Ecosia when they talk about privacy???

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Because the entire internet is one big Amazon link back. I’m not even joking. Ran DDG earlier on a dvd burner model and the first two pages were Amazon links. The next were other competing stores. WTF.

But I mean we gated it all behind like 3 companies. Can’t believe it didn’t turn out good.

ultratiem, 10 months ago

TL;DR: yes.

Follow up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnDWSvaQ1I

ultratiem, 10 months ago

I don’t know if I’d be all that upset serving General Krul and the intergalactic federation

ultratiem, 10 months ago

I think working the last panel back into the fortune tellers reaction would have given it a stronger punchline.

Instead of ice cream, “She gave me my money back! Looks like it’s time for those sky diving lessons!”

Give it some predestination vibes

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Dad? Who’s Bill Cosby?

ultratiem, 10 months ago

Mods? I think a lot of people find this dude insufferable.

ultratiem, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Behaviour patterns.

Surveillance is less about knowing specifics about one person, but broad trends on large groups. How communities respond.

This is why prices are 2.99 not 3 in many parts of the world.

Why we frame it “free delivery or 10% off for pick up” instead of “10% more for delivery.”

Why all commercials are louder than the content they play from.

Why you’re more likely to pay extra for the same item if it’s packaged nicely.

These are the data points of value to capitalism. And this is why mass surveillance is so dangerous. Because it arms those willing to exploit us with vast amounts of information, most of it unobtainable without the invasion of privacy. It’s these data that makes things like V for Vendetta possible (given the right timing).

Espionage (foreign and domestic) are the byproducts of the Information Age.

ultratiem, 11 months ago

The segment of pirates that try to hunt for the highest quality are a small niche. Most pirates will sacrifice just to have it.

ultratiem, 11 months ago

I love crimes. But I need to hear about your crimes to rev me up! Go!

ultratiem, 11 months ago

That is our win condition. To make it so costly for them that they bail on the idea. Because if we don’t, then it’s one step closer to their internet: locked down, hidden charges everywhere and content under their terms.

This isn’t just about ads, it’s about keeping information free.

ultratiem, 11 months ago

So Gore didn’t invent the internet??

ultratiem, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

They killed Netscape and had to put in a toggle with the option of other browsers like 10 years later. They paid next to nothing in fines and legal battles, basically putting a stranglehold on the internet itself that took another 10 to kinda of undo.

Not sure if that’s a “loss.”