Kobold

@kobold@social.troll.academy
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Father of three, nerd, mountaineer and biker.
Occasionally to be seen @binary-kitchen.
Wenn jemand auf Graffiti steht...
My honest opinion: Taxpayer money should be spent wisely. That means investing in #opensource software, not expensive proprietary technology. Better value, more transparency, and no vendor lock-in.

If there is one thing I hate most whenever I have to use #windows and #ms365 it is #microsoft persistence of me having to work the way Microsoft wants me to work and not vice versa.

Note to my next employer: If you want me to work using #ms365, you will need to double my compensation.

Canada: That's a hard no on the 51st state thing. 👏 👏
@Saupreiss @mrxlix @schmittlauch Erst wenn es keinen großen finanziellen Unterschied macht, Reiseentscheidungen ganz spontan zu treffen, ist #Bahn eine Alternative zum Auto. Insbesondere dann, wenn man als Familie reist.
@GossiTheDog Definitely genuine Microsoft software, then

Apparently #PerplexityAI CEO is annoyed that people are sharing that article where he is quoted saying that their browser will track everything users do to sell more ads.

> “That’s kind of one of the other reasons we wanted to build a browser, is we want to get data even outside the app to better understand you,” Srinivas said.

This is that article, in case you'd like to share it:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/

Receipt:
https://xcancel.com/AravSrinivas/status/1915812398470205461#m

#SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #StreisandEffect

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

TechCrunch
@GossiTheDog this is all horrible, but this bit feels like the icing on the cake:
"By adding a rule with a malicious name and setting the start and end IP to ‘0.0.0.0’, our malicious rule will still exist. It will appear as a checked check box with the text “Allow Azure services to access this server.”" 🫠
@bert_hubert And... I think it's reasonable to say that the "lock-in" is the primary objective of the AWS and Azure business models.

Regensburg, Sunset.

#regensberg #sunset