Chrome VPN Extension With 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit
Chrome VPN Extension With 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit
FreeVPN.One, a verified Chrome extension with over 100k installs on the Chrome Web Store, is taking screenshots of sites users visit.Bill Mann (CyberInsider)
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Taliban marks Afghanistan independence anniversary with military display
Taliban marks Afghanistan independence anniversary with military display
Afghanistan has marked the anniversary of its independence from British influence with a military display staged by theAl Jazeera
1950s Petrol Station Wins Photo Of The Year At Architecture Photography Awards 2025
photo of 1950s petrol station crowned winner of APA 2025
architecture photography awards 2025 announces winners across 20 categories, presenting how photographers interpret the built environment.thomai tsimpou I designboom (Designboom)
Third Way circulates ‘blacklist’ of terms Democrats shouldn’t use
Third Way, a prominent center-left think tank, is aiming to shape the way Democrats speak to voters as they try to counter President Trump’s agenda, including avoiding words such as “birthing person,” “cisgender,” “the unhoused” and “Latinx.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5465386-democrats-avoid-political-correctness/
Amherst climate science center could close as US feds freeze funding
Amherst climate science center could close as feds freeze funding | WBUR News
“This is just another way to stop science,” said Bethany Bradley, the center’s co-director. The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is one of nine regional hubs across the country that helps state and local partners develop plans to adapt wil…Vivian La (WBUR)
Israel approves settlement plan to 'erase' idea of Palestinian state
JERUSALEM, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state received final approval on Wednesday, according to a statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
The approval of the E1 project, which would bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, was announced last week by Smotrich and received final go-ahead from a defence ministry planning commission on Wednesday, he said.
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To prove you are Human..... Say something nice about Europe.
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Norwegian man on 'great Canadian journey' still missing in Manitoba as search teams face challenges | CBC News
(Fort Severn First Nation Chief Matthew) Kakekaspan said searchers from his community were forced to pull out Tuesday morning. In the roughly two days they searched, the group incurred $70,000 in helicopter rental costs, something Kakekaspan says they could no longer sustain.(RCMP Sgt. Paul Manaigre) said on Tuesday the police force has one Mountie in the area presently.
RCMP initially said the Canada Rangers were requested to attend, but they decided against it because "it was just too dangerous."
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Both dogs made it. One is at York Factory and one is in Fort Severn.
All the info is posted on Steffen Skjottelvik's fb page.
Trump administration shields Israeli official charged with child sex crime
“The most concerning question is when and how did America become so subservient to Israel that we immediately release a CHILD SEX PREDATOR after arrest, with a 100 percent locked up case with evidence, and let him off to fly back home to Israel?” Taylor Greene wrote, asserting that no other country’s national would receive similarly favorable treatment.
Trump administration shields Israeli official charged with child sex crime
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was arrested in Las Vegas and is accused of attempting to lure a child but was released and left the country.The Electronic Intifada
Yep. Just look at how many people in power knew about Epstein's raping of minors and kept quiet.
We had to find out for ourselves, which should put into perspective who our representatives truly represent.
Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining?
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Sorry to hear your experience was so bad, but welcome back.
The situation with bots and trolls on Reddit is horrific. Do you remember that time a few years back when Russia disconnected their whole country from the Internet? That day there was a dramatic decrease in assholes and trolls. Like, night and day, it was unmistakeable and widely commented on.
So hopefully Lemmy doesn't catch on so will that those folks come here in force, too. For now at least, it's much better.
So hopefully Lemmy doesn’t catch on so will that those folks come here in force, too. For now at least, it’s much better.
At the very least, I suspect Lemmy, as a federated network, has more power to filter them. We saw years ago what happened when the Wolfballs bigots tried to join, they were eventually isolated by most other instances who continued to run without them. So as long as we can retain a situation where the largest instances actually take a solid stance against assholes and trolls and bigots, then it becomes much easier to make them all optional, shunned to register on the more liberalist permissive instances.
The last major push to leave traditional social media was in January, following Zuckerberg and Musk's appearances at Trump's inauguration. Many people leaving X and Meta platforms joined up on Bluesky and Fediverse platforms to replace their activity. It's been 7 months, meaning those who didn't find Lemmy a viable replacement have definitely left by now.
If there was a graph of overall activity, you'd probably see a huge increase around December-January, following a slow decline to a slightly higher baseline than November.
Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine meddling on COVID shot guidance
Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine meddling on COVID shot guidance
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children under age 2 get vaccinated.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
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Vienna announced as host city for Eurovision song contest 2026
Vienna announced as host city for Eurovision song contest 2026
Final of 70th edition of competition to be held on 16 May at the Wiener Stadthalle, Austria’s largest indoor arenaGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Yes, but none that even comes close to Vienna in terms of size. Vienna has over 2 million inhabitants, the next city (Graz) has only 300 thousand.
Innsbruck (132000 citizens, 5th biggest city in Austria) actually also made a bid to host the contest but lost to the capital
At least 78 people killed as bus collides with fuel truck in western Afghanistan
At least 78 people killed as bus collides with fuel truck in western Afghanistan
Children among dead after bus carrying Afghans deported from Iran crashed and caught fire in Herat provinceGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Reading the article, sounds like they have a fuel tanker crash problem. There's been several in the last 3-4 years all involving busses and fuel tankers. I get there's awful road conditions and few regulations but it's suspiciously common for a bus to hit a fuel tanker at least once a year.
Especially, judging by the photos, in such an open space. I've never driven in the desert so correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like there's enough visibility to prepare for crossing paths with another vehicle? I'm sure rolling off-road into the sand is better than ramming into a fuel truck.
French streamer dies live on air after months of humiliation and abuse
French streamer dies live on air after months of humiliation and abuse
Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, was well-known on the streaming platform Kick. The 46-year-old former soldier was regularly beaten and abused by two other influencers during livestreams.Jérôme Lefilliâtre (Le Monde)
In videos posted by this group, Graven – a wiry former soldier – and "Coudoux," a person with a disability and under guardianship, were frequently mistreated, suffering blows, insults and humiliation at the hands of the other two. Cenazandotti and Hamadi in particular regularly slapped their two partners hard on the head, grabbed their throats to strangle them, and spat or poured various substances on them.Despite the hard-to-watch violence, the creators claimed these videos were meant to be humorous. The group raised money from complacent viewers, either through recurring subscriptions or one-off donations. Some viewers encouraged even more degrading abuse in the comments. By the end of the long livestream that ended with Graven's death, the fundraising counter shown on the video suggested they had collected more than €36,000.
French streamer dies live on air after months of humiliation and abuse
French streamer dies live on air after months of humiliation and abuse
Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, was well-known on the streaming platform Kick. The 46-year-old former soldier was regularly beaten and abused by two other influencers during livestreams.Jérôme Lefilliâtre (Le Monde)
The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of public history-making: the Smithsonian. George Orwell would recognize Trump’s impulse.The Conversation
The Terminal Demise Of Consumer Electronics Through Subscription Services
The Terminal Demise Of Consumer Electronics Through Subscription Services
Open any consumer electronics catalog from around the 1980s to the early 2000s and you are overwhelmed by a smörgåsbord of devices, covering any audio-visual and similar entertainment and hobby nee…Hackaday
Yeah, as I said, it is a wacky gimmick, and it does work. My teen kid got a big kick out of it and at the insane price some of the new artists have been charging to get their music in cassette form, it pays for itself in less than three albums if I already had them digitally.
I will say again that it is a $60-ish portable music player, don't expect $1000 Sony gear build quality or interface. I specifically didn't want some sort of Franken-Android DAP, which most newer dedicated music players are, so it worked out.
India and China hail warming ties amid Trump-induced geopolitical shake-up
Visit to Delhi by Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, has seen both countries agree to resume trade ties and work towards resolving border dispute
India’s prime minister and China’s foreign minister have hailed “steady” progress in their countries’ fractious relationship, agreeing to resume trade and other ties, as well as work towards resolving the long-running Himalayan border dispute, amid a global geopolitical shake-up instigated by Donald Trump’s tariff regime.
According to statements from China’s foreign ministry, the two sides agreed to resume direct flights – reiterating a pledge made in January – as well as issuing visas to journalists and facilitating business and cultural exchanges.
On social media, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, noted “respect for each other’s interests and sensitiveness”, while China’s foreign ministry said the countries had entered a “steady development track” and should “trust and support” each other.
India and China hail warming ties amid Trump-induced geopolitical shake-up
Countries agree to resume trade links and work to resolving border dispute after visit to Delhi by top diplomat Wang YiHelen Davidson (The Guardian)
Investigation into horrifying death of French streamer
Investigation into 'horrifying' death of French streamer
Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, was found dead at a residence in Contes, a village north of Nice, prosecutors said.Liv McMahon & Tom McArthur (BBC News)
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Kick is a streaming platform?
I always thought it was some weird messaging platform that scammers always used. Now I get it
I know, i know, reddit ass but still, heres. a thread discussing it with VOD clips linked. TW tho...
Six severed heads found on road in Mexico
Mexico: Six severed heads found on road
Police have not given a motive for the killings in a large peaceful region of central Mexico.Will Grant (BBC News)
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DR Congo rebels killed 140 civilians despite peace process, rights group says
DR Congo conflict: M23 rebels killed 140 civilians despite peace process, Human Rights Watch says
Attacks were carried out in more than a dozen villages last month, Human Rights Watch says.Wycliffe Muia & Barbara Plett Usher (BBC News)
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Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’
Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’
ECAJ says Australian and Israeli governments should use ‘diplomacy rather than public posturing’Sarah Basford Canales (The Guardian)
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Israeli government official charged with soliciting 15-year-old girl in Las Vegas
Israeli government official charged with soliciting 15-year-old girl in Las Vegas
Police say Tom Artiom Alexandrovich brought condom and thought he was meeting teenager for ‘sexual contact’Adam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
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‘It would be a terrible loss’: Ukrainian frontline troops sceptical of ceding land
‘It would be a terrible loss’: Ukrainian frontline troops sceptical of ceding land
Near Dobropillia new trenches are visible, drone attacks continue and there is no sign of the fighting easingDan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
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Malaysian state threatens to jail Muslim men who skip Friday prayers
Malaysian state threatens to jail Muslim men who skip Friday prayers
Under the new laws in Malaysia’s Terengganu state, first-time offenders could be imprisoned for up to two years and finedIma Caldwell (The Guardian)
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Under the new laws in Malaysia’s Terengganu state, first-time offenders could be imprisoned for up to two years and fined
So can they leave Islam and not be bound by the obligation to show up?
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Sounds like that's illegal too. Rather more illegal.
malaymail.com/news/malaysia/20…
Attempted Apostasy and Apostasy offences in MalaysiaTerengganu
Criminal offense
Apostasy
Repentance in 3 days or death sentence and forfeiture of property.
Says that the federal government apparently has a constitutional issue with states imposing the death sentence, so it hasn't been applied, though.
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In Malaysia it's illegal, but it has yet to have a death penalty for apostasy. Kelantan is currently trying their best to make it legal tho, so we'll see where that goes. The punishment is an expendable arrest where the syariah courts will send their officer to detain you for a year or two and sending you to a Muslim therapist or something. Yea they treat people who committed apostasy like they have some kind of mental problems. And how long they will be detained will depend on the syariah courts. If they think they should keep you in their "correction center" for 5 years, then you'll be there for 5 years. Which means, yes, you're most likely are gonna lose your job, house, and car just because you no longer believe in what they believe in.
If there’s one thing better than religion, it’s a religion merged with the state.
American wingnuts see things like this, and are getting excited at the possibilities.
Should we remove XSLT from the web platform?
cross-posted from: lemmy.bestiver.se/post/555312
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My comment: It seems google is trying to pull another Manifest v3 and JPEGXL - propose then ignore everyone and do it anyway.
Should we remove XSLT from the web platform?
What is the issue with the HTML Standard? XSLT v1.0, which all browsers adhere to, was standardized in 1999. In the meantime, XSLT has evolved to v2.0 and v3.0, adding features, and growing apart f...mfreed7 (GitHub)
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Inside Canada's 'Starlight Tours' And The Saskatoon Freezing Deaths
The Saskatoon police perpetrated a series of "starlight tours" in which they drove Indigenous people to the outskirts of the city and left them to freeze to death.Genevieve Carlton (All That's Interesting)
Powerful Libyan official in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza
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Speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, Libyan, Arab and European officials told MEE that National Security Adviser Ibrahim Dbeibah, a relative of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, was spearheading the talks despite Palestinians in Gaza flatly rejecting US President Donald Trump's postwar plan for the enclave.The source said that in an attempt to placate some Libyan leaders, the US was prepared to confer economic support or other benefits in exchange for the country taking in Palestinians.
The idea of Libya serving as a possible new home for expelled Palestinians comes amid reports that Khalifa Haftar, a powerful military leader who also oversees a rival rubber-stamp parliament in the country's east, was offered greater control over the country's oil resources if he agreed to resettle hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
"The Palestinians will not be getting any care from those governments, which will push them to the following catastrophe, [which] will lead to a new wave of migration towards the shores of Europe. And this is also a scary thought, firstly because the past decades have proven to us that many of them will only make it halfway through the Mediterranean, like many of those boats that capsized. And those that would eventually get to Europe, I do not think that Europe would be welcoming of another one million Arabs arriving at its shores, as the Syrians who just made similar journeys just few years ago."
Exclusive: Powerful Libyan official in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza
A senior official in Libya's internationally recognised government has held talks with Israeli officials over a proposal to resettle hundreds of thousands of Palestinians expelled from Gaza, multiple sources have told Middle East Eye.Faisal Edroos (Middle East Eye)
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In this case it is even more insidious in my eyes. After Gaddafi has been ousted, Libya has been effectively split and maintained dysfunctional. Now they try to exploit this split and dysfunctionality to promise recognition to whichever side is willing to play their evil game.
The same is don in talks with South Sudan and Somaliland, exploiting weakened countries that have split off and struggle for international recognition. Of course all of the "candidates" are wholly unprepared to provide any sort of safety to the ethnically cleansed people. In my eyes this has strong resemblance to the Madagascar plan of the Nazis, where the inability of the receiving land to adequately care for the people and subsequent large numbers of people killed by starvation and/or conflict with the local population is by design.
In a way it is offshoring further genocide through ethnic cleansing.
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The regime change in Libya was primarily motivated by France, not the US. It is tied to France continuous presence in its former colonies in North and West Africa.
There is currently a scandal ongoing in France as the Sarkozy Government was probably bankrolled by Gaddafi .
The US is far from the only "player" meddling in Africa and West Asia and they don't need Israel to "order" them in many cases. What is special about the US Israel relationship is that the US is still doing what Israel wants most of the time, even if it is contrary to US interests. Many times their interests unfortunately did align in the past.
How former French president Sarkozy allegedly received millions from Libya's Gaddafi
The trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy came to a close this week, ending three months of exhaustive examination of allegations that the right-wing politician had struck a bargain with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 …Paul MILLAR (FRANCE 24)
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It may have been motivated by France but Libya was one of the "7 countries in 5 years" which the neocons planned on regime changing after 9/11 as part of the Project for the New American Century.
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The Memo that Outlined U.S. Plans to Overthrow 7 Countries in 5 Years
Exposing the Plan The Memo that Outlined U.S. Plans to Overthrow 7 Countries in 5 Years A shocking revelation of a secret memo detailing plans for regime changes in the Middle East, driven by a small …HASE Fiero (Information-Warfare Magazine)
There simply is no "good option" in ethnic cleansing and genocide.
What should be done is forcing Israel to end the genocide and provide full access for humanitarian help. Then Israel needs to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza and all the war criminals need to be brought to justice in The Hague. European countries could easily enforce that by ending all weapons shipments and economic and diplomatic support for the illegal occupation as well as blocking all land, sea and air routes for any shipment to Israel that is beyond food, medicine and other basic necessities for life. Bonus points for threatening sanctions against the Arab states complicit in helping Israel such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Even more bonus points for breaking the naval blockade and allowing unhindered humanitarian access by Sea.
We have seen with the US that Trump actually doesn't fight, once someone stands up to him. China stood up to him and he stepped down quickly in the tariff bullshit. Russia isn't even bothering to pretend anymore and Trump is instead bullying Ukraine on behalf of Russia. If the US would be the only one left supporting Israel in the West, the Arab traitor regimes would also reconsider, if they want to go with the US down this path or quickly switch sides, which is in line with what their populations want.
The continued treachery of the Arab regimes will blow into their face and has the possibility to bring on a new Arab spring in Egypt and Jordan, which could spiral out of control for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states quickly. Ethnically cleansing millions of Palestinians into Egypt or Jordan would certainly be the tipping point for these regimes.
If the EU countries get their shit together, they will realize that they are in the process of setting a region with hundreds of millions of people ablaze by continuing their lackluster response to Israels crimes and could face down a "refugee crisis" compared to which everything before was a walk in the park on a sunny day in May.
I’m just thinking of saving lives here. Justice is too much to ask in this sick world.
Democrats let it all out at their party meeting
Democrats let it all out at their party meeting
The party had some wins to celebrate, but did not settle its arguments left over from 2024.David Weigel (www.semafor.com)
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Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?
Building on some initial reports coming from the FediPact account and Dropsite news, we dive into potential measures admins can take for their instances.
Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?
A new report from Dropsite News makes the claim that Meta is allegedly scraping a large amount of independent sites for content to train their AI. What’s worse is that this scraping operation appears to completely disregardrobots.txt, a control list used to tell crawlers, search engines, and bots which parts of a site should be accessed, and which parts should be avoided. It’s worth mentioning that the efficacy of such lists depend on the consuming software to honor this, and not every piece of software does.Meta Denies All Wrongdoing
Andy Stone, a communications representative for Meta, has gone on record by claiming that the list is bogus, and the story is incorrect. Unfortunately, the spread of Dropsite’s story is relatively small, and there haven’t been any other public statements about the list at this time. This makes it difficult to adequately critique the initial story, but the concept is nevertheless a wakeup call.However, it’s worth acknowledging Meta’s ongoing efforts to scrape data from many different sources. This includes user data, vast amounts of published books, and independent websites not part of Meta’s sprawling online infrastructure. Given that the Fediverse is very much a public network, it’s not surprising to see instances getting caught in Meta’s net.
Purportedly Affected Instances
The FediPact account has dug in to the leaked PDF, and a considerable amount of Fediverse instances appear on the list. The document itself is 1,659 pages of URLs, so we were able to filter down a number of matches based on keywords. Please keep in mind that these only account for sites that use a platform’s name in the domain:
- Mastodon: 46 matches
- Lemmy: 6 matches
- PeerTube: 46 matches
There are likely considerably more unique domain matches in the list for a variety of platforms. Admins are advised to review whether their own instances are documented there. Even if your instance’s domain isn’t on the list, consider whether your instance is federating with something on the list. Due to the way federation works, cached copies of posts from other parts of the network can still show up on an instance that’s been crawled.
Access the Leaked List
We are mirroring this document for posterity, in case the original article is taken offline.Protective Measures to Take
Regardless of the accuracy of the Dropsite News article, there’s an open question as to what admins can do to protect their instances from being scraped. Due to the nature of the situation, there is likely no singular silver bullet to solve these problems, but there are a few different measures that admins can take:
- Establish Community Terms of Service – Establish a Terms of Service for your instance that explicitly calls out scraping for the purposes of data collection and LLM training specifically. While it may have little to no effect on Meta’s own scraping efforts, it at least establishes precedence and a paper trail for your own server community’s expectations and consent.
- Request Data Removal – Meta has a form buried within the Facebook Privacy Center that could be used to submit a formal complaint regarding instance data and posts being part of their AI training data. Whether or not Meta does anything is a matter of debate, but it’s nevertheless an option.
- (EU-Only) Send a GDPR Form – Similar to the above step, but try to get the request in front of Meta’s GDPR representatives that have to deal with compliance.
- Establish Blocking Measures Anyway: Even if private companies can still choose to disregard things like
robots.txtand HTTP Headers such asX-Robots-Tag: noindex, you can still reduce the attack surface of your site from AI agents that do actually honor those things.- Set Up a Firewall: one popular software package that’s seeing a lot of recent adoption for blocking AI traffic is Anubis, which has configurable policies that you can adjust as needed to handle different kinds of traffic.
- Use Zip Bombs: When all else fails, take measures into your own hands. On the server side, use an Nginx or Apache configuration to detect specific User Agents associated with AI, and serve them ever-expanding compressed archives to slow them down.
In all reality, fighting against AI scraping is still a relatively new problem that’s complicated by lack of clear regulation, and companies deciding to do whatever they want. The best we can do for our communities is to adopt protective measures and stay informed of new developments in the space.
Block AI Bots, Scrapers And Crawlers - A Simple Overview - WebLynx
When it comes to blocking AI bots, scrapers and crawlers, you have a few different options, depending on your web platform and how aggressive you wish to beJimmy Julajak (WebLynx)
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias
Comer and Mace Investigate Efforts to Manipulate Information on Wikipedia - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
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Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com
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Flight attendant was four times over alcohol limit, court told
Flight attendant was four times over alcohol limit, court told
Kathryn Scott denies a single charge of performing an aviation function when over the alcohol limit.BBC News
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I really don't care about people not being sober as long as they can function correctly.
Everything else is just strong arming people into the awful state of being conscious in this horrible reality.
I really don’t care about people not being sober as long as they can function correctly.
Regardless of the rest you wrote that I disagree with, she crashed her car on the way to the flight that she was removed from, blaming the steering. Not sure how that would qualify as "function correctly"
That's true. I read over it.
But in general I think we should stop judging people. Except the ones that crash their car of course.
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in reply to IHeartBadCode • • •Am I the only one that sees this shit and thinks:
We are entering an age of very, very inefficient software, which is like a new layer to enshitification.
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felbane
in reply to toiletobserver • • •Chrome = virulent nonsense at this point
When they changed the behavior of the android version to only allow either google password manager or a third party manager (not both, as it was before), they lost my interest completely (and they were already on the cliff's edge because of the adblocker bullshit).
Exported all of my gpass passwords and switched fully to vaultwarden and Firefox mobile.
The internet is steadily regressing.
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in reply to IHeartBadCode • • •2) This turns said service in the ideal place to start any and all surveillance because your subjects have already self-selected for being "interesting" (especially if you intend to go after low hanging fruit)
3) Therefore I must conclude that people using VPNs and TOR, no matter how legitimate their reasons, are in fact advertising that they have something to hide which current status quo is very interested in knowing...
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in reply to Kyrgizion • • •Parola filtrata: nsfw
With China, UK and afaik US (at least some states) attitude to regulation, a VPN is turning more into a necessity to browse the open internet rather than a tool for people who value privacy though
I've been trying to plan a hiking trip and the number of sites, even those without any nsfw or user generated content, that just geoblock the UK because it's not worth dealing with their government's shit is impressive
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in reply to IHeartBadCode • • •And this is why I am so obnoxious any time someone says "I found this plugin to block fandom wikis" or "I have this plugin to fix youtube embeds".
Code is only as safe as the people you trust to review it. And no, being open source doesn't matter in that regard. Yes, it theoretically increases the number of eyes on but how many of those eyes who ACTUALLY look at the code are doing it with every release AND understand how to spot a vulnerability or a... whatever this is.
Same with VPNs. NEVER trust a VPN. And sure as fuck never use a free one for anything remotely sensitive. Understand what your risk of exposure is and that, at the best of times, you are trusting a company to be telling the truth that they aren't keeping a log of every single thing you nutted to.
And before someone says "That is why I do everything over tor!": Maybe also understand the concept of digital fingerprints and WHY it is that Google is able to know someone is pregnant even before they are late.
Understand the risks and consequences of every action you take and act accordingly. And understand that there really is no one size fits all solution.
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in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent • • •I think ProtonVPN might might be an exception here. They're pretty trustworthy as far as I know, and have some free servers.
But my go-to is Mullvad, mainly for the flat pricing. I hate how most only have good prices if you buy a full year or so.
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in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent • • •The only exception to this is IMO ones that have been proven in court to keep NO logs, like they claim. The only one I know of that has been tested is PrivateInternetAccess, which is why they're the only VPN I've used for like 10 years.
NuXCOM_90Percent
in reply to FreedomAdvocate • • •You mean the court case from almost ten years ago?
Yeah, that sounds safe. I mean, Google is still all about Do No Evil, right?
FreedomAdvocate
in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent • • •NuXCOM_90Percent
in reply to FreedomAdvocate • • •Again, how many companies say one thing one quarter and another the next? Let alone a decade later.
I am not saying to go uninstall your PIA stuff right now. I am saying to act with the understanding of what your risks are if they are compromised and how important you would be in the event that they are.
Because companies are not our friends. We may have aligned interests but you have to always operate under the understanding of what capitalism IS and what their interests actually are. And while it is fun to aggressively define yourself by what you consume? To play on a fairly misogynistic "joke": PIA isn't gonna fuck you no matter how hard you stan for it.
FreedomAdvocate
in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent • • •NuXCOM_90Percent
in reply to FreedomAdvocate • • •Homie. Your response to "don't trust companies. Take precautions" is "Well ackshually trust this one" and, upon being reminded that other companies used to have good marketing and even practices, was to double down.
Word it however you want. Either way: Don't stan for corporations and protect yourself.
FreedomAdvocate
in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent • • •If you don’t trust the VPN you use then why do you even use a VPN?
Again - no one is doing any “stanning”. I never said don’t take precautions. One precaution is to thoroughly investigate the VPN company that you choose to use. The entire point of PIA is privacy. If they started lying not only would they get sued beyond belief, but they wouldn’t exist anymore.
NuXCOM_90Percent
in reply to FreedomAdvocate • • •Because, again, it is about managing risk.
Pickpockets and muggers are a thing. Depending on how worried you are, you might consider only carrying just enough cash for the day but... good luck functioning on holiday in a foreign land without your phone. So you take precautions. You avoid the giant masses of tourists but you also avoid the super dark alleys. And you always keep a hand on your valuables.
Same thing here. There are plenty of activities where just having a layer of VPN is a great protection (all those linux ISOs, for example...). But I am also aware that were I to do anything where being identified is a serious risk to my safety? I am using alternative methods. And so forth.
So when someone says
And you reply
You are actively giving bad advice and leading to the kind of shit this thread is about. People who didn't do basic research who thought they were safe and... hopefully are just at a bit higher risk of getting a letter in the mail from the MPAA.
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FreedomAdvocate
in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent • • •Oh are we just making up quotes now? Fun! Why did you say this?
No one is at risk of turning into a newt, witches aren't real! You silly billy!
If we stick to just what people actually said though, you'd see that I said that the ones you can trust to not keep logs and as such actually keep you safe from tracking are who you should use.
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in reply to IHeartBadCode • • •I feel like browser extensions are one of the worst things to have come to the internet in terms of security. People just install them like they're nothing, assuming they're safe and secure because they're on the extension store - not a terrible assumption for the average person, tbf.
Basically every single extension you install is like "hey give me access to everything you type and everything you click on and every site you visit, and I'll change every instance of the word "Elon" to "fElon" for you. Sound fair?", and everyone just goes "Hell yeah! Let's do it!".
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nymnympseudonym
in reply to IHeartBadCode • • •The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online
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