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"People are arseholes. They're just always gonna be that way."
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- on I am required to use Gmail as the email client for my school email in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 14 Sep 2026
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on Spotify’s Lorentzon Says He’d Leave Sweden If Wealth Tax Imposed in c/europe@feddit.org · 6 Sep 2026
Just the latest reason to boycott Spotify.
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on would you wait for the Grapheneos-Motorola phone or buy a new pixel now? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 Sep 2026
That doesn’t seem to be true in practice.
People on the secondhand market seem to be more drawn to other “premium” brands and to features that are less important for a smartphone than security (e.g. camera zoom).
Most places I’ve looked, secondhand Pixels are priced similarly to or lower than other brands’ secondhand “flagship” phones of similar age - even though Pixels have a killer feature the others lack: security hardware to run GrapheneOS.
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on Blur your house in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 30 Aug 2026
I don’t judge but I do get annoyed…
Getting annoyed is a form of judgement.
… at US defaultism
Yes, U.S. defaultism is problematic.
Still, as long as companies, especially US-based ones like Google, are exporting their US-centric products & practices, people outside the US will be exposed to products & practices shaped by US law.
Because enforcement is rarely watertight, the above holds true even if the importing country’s laws forbid those products & practices.
Therefore, unless you wish to live in ignorance, it’s worth being aware of the laws that most strongly shape the technologies that in turn shape your society - even laws from jurisdictions outside your own.
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on Blur your house in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 30 Aug 2026
Exactly how does it have implications in a country it’s not a law of?
Because it had, and continues to have, a significant bearing on the development of technologies that are used internationally, many of which shape the society you live in.
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on Blur your house in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 30 Aug 2026
Not gonna dispute that.
However, someone like that not only probably wouldn’t want to submit residency evidence to Google, they probably wouldn’t have utility bills or land registry documents etc that could prove residency. Therefore, they’d be outside the scope of this post.
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on Blur your house in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 30 Aug 2026
They might not know it.
But they would, if anyone with your name & address ever:
- Stored it on a Google server. (Maybe a business you once placed an order with uses GSuite?)
- Made a Google/GMail Contacts/Address-book entry with that info. (Maybe you invited a friend or colleague for dinner?)
- Made those details public (land registry, company officer registry, etc).
- Etc.
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on Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
The clankers in the OP are from mainland China, so are ultimately under CCP control.
The CCP has indicated for decades it plans to invade Taiwan (CCP refers to this as “reunification”).
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on Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026
People should be concerned. Robots like these may be deployed against Taiwan in the next few years.
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on Fooling Flock: The Car Wrap That Blinds Plate Cameras in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026
Is the word “Donut” kryptonite to Flock?
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on How to compromise your system with a job interview in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026
Why wouldn't you be concerned about VM or container escapes?
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on Question: searching and browser randomly injecting Cloudflare etc. "checks" in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 20 Aug 2026
Somewhat relevant: https://thebrainbin.org/m/linux@lemmy.ml/t/1858588
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on Retention.com Founder on 'Email Laundering' in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 19 Aug 2026
It would probably be a better use of time for those people to vote and lobby their legislatures for decent privacy protections in law.
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on Retention.com Founder on 'Email Laundering' in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 19 Aug 2026
Yet another example of why US citizens would benefit from GDPR-equivalent privacy laws.
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on iOS 26.6.1 And iOS 18.7.10—Update Now Warning For All iPhone Users in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026
"The iOS 26.6.1 update fixes three flaws in the iPhone Kernel and nearly 20 in WebKit."
- on Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call in c/technology@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026
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on Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
As a Keynesian, I’m in favour of gas pump attendants, while gas stations exist.
As an environmentalist, I’m in favour of phasing out fossil fuel.
As a human, I’m opposed to companies that engage in union-busting, labour casualisation, and surge pricing. AFAICT, all the robotaxi companies engage in those practices.
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on Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
So-called “ride-share” companies scam people on a bigger scale than individual cabbies ever could. Uber had a whole team devoted to avoiding legal scrutiny.
Robotaxi companies will most likely be just as shady, since they’re backed by the same investors.
As for NJ gas, that’s a false equivalence. A better analogy would be that NJ gas stations are like having a chauffeur, everywhere else is like doing your own driving.
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on Kansas Schools Now Collect Phones at the Door – Spends $180K On Smartphone Lockers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
What a pointless reply.
I debunked your concerns. Hopefully, that reassures you schools can function just as well, if not better, without smartphones or even cell phones.
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on Kansas Schools Now Collect Phones at the Door – Spends $180K On Smartphone Lockers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
gonna be a shitshow
Pure doomerism.
The schools where I grew up had one landline for over a thousand kids. The sole school secretary answered it as well as handling other duties. It had a call-waiting system. If there was an issue that might prompt lots of parents to call in, they'd just update the OGM: "If you're calling about the such-and-such, here's the latest information. Blah blah. Otherwise, please hold to speak to someone." It was always fine.
As for checking-in to class, no need to use smartphones: teachers can take the register (roll-call) at the start of each class.
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on Kansas Schools Now Collect Phones at the Door – Spends $180K On Smartphone Lockers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
Landlines worked fine for a century or so. Any specific reason you think they wouldn’t work today?
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on would you wait for the Grapheneos-Motorola phone or buy a new pixel now? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 16 Aug 2026
How does resale value “support Google”?
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on would you wait for the Grapheneos-Motorola phone or buy a new pixel now? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Aug 2026
If you want GrapheneOS without funding Google, why not get a secondhand Pixel?
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on Budgeting Software in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 Aug 2026
This reminds me I need to have another look at Ledger, Beancount, et al. More info at https://plaintextaccounting.org
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on OS Tier List in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 10 Aug 2026
Nice. It would be good to put the distro name beneath each logo, for people who don’t recognise the logos.
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on Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026
Your mum is a rounding error.
Similar discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/i7vaq8/how_can_i_degoogle_at_school/
Anyway, if you want maximal compartmentalisation between your school identity & the rest of your life: