Mastodawn

This mini brownie was tasty, and its resemblance to the poop emoji made it even more delicious. #enshittification

So, you may want/need to adjust which browsers you're deeming as being a 'good' standard recommend for use:

* MS Edge browser is storing (all) passwords it manages in clear text in memory. A memory dump can be created very easily using on-board Windows (or other) tools to compromise them from user account level.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32954
* Google is to install a 4 GB in size local LLM silently on Chrome browsers (No consent dialogue. No opt-in. No opt-out. Reinstalls itself if the user removes it manually.)
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

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#browsers #LLM #GenAI #enshittification #privacy #security #BigTech

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Monedula 3h ago

@2ndStar thema KI-Blase und KI Vergiftung auch im Unterricht? Sonst fehlt die Perspektive von uns, die wir unsere Arbeit für Scraper mit Glasur verfeinern…

#Glaze #nightshade #aibubbleburst #noAI #enshittification ☺️👌

dave cykl 4h ago

Bah. #LidlUK seem to have totally enshittified #LidlPlus now. Looks like no more regular discounts, prizes, 50% off or occasional free things, just 1 pathetically stingy point per £1 to have to save up to redeem for items. So you basically have to spend at least ~£70 to get anything at all. Rubbish! 😠
#Lidl #enshittification

Jon Snow 5h ago

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent

At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install

#Google #Chrome #malware #AI #enshittification #environment #climate #technology #software

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude Desktop case I wrote about last month, but the scale is between two and three orders of magnitude larger. This article does the legal analysis and, for the first time, the environmental analysis. The numbers are not small.

That Privacy Guy!

ℂ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖@world: /# ▯5h ago

Paypal has just become entirely unusable to me.
Now they're apparently asking for SMS verification AND a WhatsApp code, that I have to enter.
I don't use WhatsApp.
Time to discard Paypal as well, since Wero is coming up anyways and I now have a Debit card I can use for online payments...

#enshittification #paypal

Robin Wren 6h ago

How many sliders do you need to adjust to mute your phone reliably?

Or do you simply:
... turn on the flight mode?
...switch it off completely?
...smash the screen into pieces with a giant hammer?

Read about why I miss the one true mute button:
https://open.substack.com/pub/wrenwrites/p/where-is-the-silent-mode-button-or?r=5emdhk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#TechStruggles #Newsletter #Enshittification #DigitalNoise

A. Rivera 7h ago

> Fans Are Trying to Bring Back Spirit Airlines—And Have Raised Millions So Far
https://www.rd.com/article/fans-try-to-buy-spirit-airlines/

This has got to be Stockholm Syndrome passengers, masochists, or both. Spirit was the pioneer in the #enshittification drive to being #FlyingCattleCars. TBH, calling airlines flying cattle cars now insults actual cattle transports.

Should be allowed to die, but some people. . .YMMV.

#travel #BadEconomy #SpiritAir

Kai und der Andere 🎗️7h ago

Es gibt KEINEN einzigen Grund, Ordner nicht vor Dateien anzuzeigen. KEINEN!

#Fedora #Gnome #enshittification

Patrick 8h ago

Great news everyone! Sony settled the class action accusing them of monopolizing PlayStation digital game sales.

Bad news: your share is $1.78. In store credit. For the store they allegedly monopolized.

The UK looked at the same conduct and said $2.7 billion.

Funny how that works.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/sonys-monopoly-fine-gets-paid-in-monopoly-money

#bigtech #blog #drm #enshittification #gaming #playstation #sony #userhostile

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