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Microsoft advertising Copilot on lock screens

https://lemmy.world/post/12899902

Microsoft advertising Copilot on lock screens - Lemmy.World

https://www.howtogeek.com/microsoft-was-showing-qr-code-ads-on-windows-lock-screens/ [https://www.howtogeek.com/microsoft-was-showing-qr-code-ads-on-windows-lock-screens/]

Just say “I’ll miss you!” instead

https://lemmy.world/post/12247789

Just say “I’ll miss you!” instead - Lemmy.World

I need to rant: This box buster challenge in FFVII:R Intergrade is f-ing ridiculous.

Whoever as Square Enix decided this is how “fun” is defined needs to be firmly slapped across the face and fired....

https://kbin.social/m/[email protected].works/t/850653

I need to rant: This box buster challenge in FFVII:R Intergrade is f-ing ridiculous. - games - kbin.social

Whoever as Square Enix decided this is how “fun” is defined needs to be firmly slapped across the face and fired....

Enshittification is coming for absolutely everything

https://beehaw.org/post/11716395

Enshittification is coming for absolutely everything - Beehaw

Apple and a couple other providers have been experimenting with a multi-hop system of making your connections private.

Here’s what Cloudflare says.

Here’s what a competitor, Invisiv, says.

Your data takes a path like this

  • Your computer, your IP address, your message to a destination gets encrypted in a couple layers and passed on.
  • Your ISP knows exactly who you are and that you’re reaching out to server 1. They can’t see your data but to them, you’re using a VPN probably.
  • The first server also necessarily knows who you are, unpacks one layer of your request and sends it on to a second server (in Invisiv’s case, Fastly; in Apple’s, Cloudflare).
  • The second server now knows that data was requested from the first server, and it can see the name of the domain you’re requesting (YouTube, for example) but because the request came from the first server, it theoretically won’t know it’s you making that request
  • The data moves on from the second server to the destination, with the destination only knowing it’s receiving data from the second server, and not knowing about the first server.
  • The obvious issues here:

    • Do you trust the people providing the multi-hop VPN-like service?
    • Do you trust the two servers, which have necessarily entered into an agreement of some sort, to not collaborate regarding transmitting data?
    • How easy is it to audit the code we can see?

    In the case of Apple/Cloudflare, reputation is rather poor. From PRISM to false advertising to notification telemetry, Apple hasn’t exactly delivered on their promise. In terms of Invisiv, the company has some big names on board but Fastly and Cloudflare both have a rather significant grip on the internet (with Cloudflare’s being bigger) but any CDN gets a good view into personal data most of the time.

    But on the bright side: a VPN has far more issues than either of these, as it’s basically #4 above except the same service also has your identity by necessity. An untrustworthy VPN is as harmful as an untrustworthy ISP, with very little separating them.

    iCloud Private Relay: What Cloudflare Customers Need to Know

    iCloud Private Relay is an Apple service for browsing more privately and securely. Learn how to ensure the best user experience using iCloud Private Relay.

    The Cloudflare Blog

    I’m not able to copy/past my changes from my phone’s about:config but here is a great tutorial and most of the parameters I changed:

    wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Privacy

    Keep in mind that to use about:config on mobile phone you have to use the beta, dev or nightly version of firefox.

    Also this could and will break some sites, I don’t know how much you want to harden your firefox but here are the addons I use with Firefox:

    They all work on mobile and desktop.

    Firefox/Privacy - ArchWiki

    Grindy games on Deck - tchncs

    Hi everyone, I’m looking for some grindy games to play on the deck (any genre is OK). Currently playing monster hunter world and I think I’ll give factorio a try. Any suggestions?

    Then what is that sub for? Is there an alternative sub where i could post these ?

    https://lemmy.ml/post/10790445

    Then what is that sub for? Is there an alternative sub where i could post these ? - Lemmy

    Skipped ordering optical inserts in the interest of speed, so tried to order a second one with them and still managed to get Feb 2nd pickup, but at 7:30 PM instead of 8 AM 😬 I wonder if I can just get the second one at my first appointment and cancel the first when I’m there…

    "A Woman's Place" by Litterbox comic

    https://lemm.ee/post/20983045

    "A Woman's Place" by Litterbox comic - lemm.ee

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