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LainTrain

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Vaguely a hobbyist computing hipster, a dilettante in all things.

Generalist in a world of specialists. Fork in the world of soup. Grass enjoyer in the world of astroturf.

Self-Hosting is praxis. Piracy is praxis.

Beneath the pavement, the beach.

All takes my own.

$(CURRENT_YEAR) is the year of the OpenBSD desktop.

EFF/GNU/GPL simp.

C is not good for memory safety, but it's good for your soul.

All minors will be blocked.

LainTrain Oct 12, 2024

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J Lam 👩🏻‍💻👩🏻‍🎨Aug 2, 2024

The sequel

LainTrain Oct 12, 2024

Electronic Frontier Foundation Oct 12, 2024

If you used 23andMe, you’re probably wondering if you should be worried about your data in the event that the company gets sold. Yes, but you have rights. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/sale-23andmes-data-would-be-bad-privacy-heres-what-customers-can-do

A Sale of 23andMe’s Data Would Be Bad for Privacy. Here’s What Customers Can Do.

The CEO of 23andMe has recently said she’d consider selling the genetic genealogy testing company–and with it, the sensitive DNA data that it’s collected, and stored, from many of its 15 million customers. Customers and their relatives are rightly concerned.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

LainTrain Sep 30, 2024

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Amber

Sep 29, 2024

federates with you

LainTrain Sep 30, 2024

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Amber

Sep 29, 2024

I'm laughing at this one because they have a mastodon account. I am not linking it because I do not want harassment towards that particular individual and I know that even if i put as many disclaimers as possible "do not harass this person' that it's still bound to happen. I just find this fucking hilarious, because they have listed other "hacker" ip blocks that were just... requesting normal endpoints for loading wordpress...