Jaguar Land Rover Car Production and Sales Crippled by Cyberattack
IT issue leaves JLR unable to register cars on crucial 'new plate' day
No new Land Rover models registered in UK today as firm races to solve system faultFelix Page (Autocar)
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“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35366137
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Aug 27, 2025
Palestinians are describing the assault by the Israeli military to seize and ethnically cleanse Gaza City—Gaza’s largest city, where up to a million people are currently seeking shelter—as the end game.On Tuesday, residents in al-Saftawi neighborhood, just north of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City, were forced to flee in the thousands as Israel’s ground assault bore down, with tanks and warplanes leveling entire blocks.
“For about a week now, it’s been constant bombing, shelling, and destruction,” Ramy, a resident being displaced from al-Saftawi, told Drop Site on Tuesday. “Today we were shocked when the army raided our area and bombed it. We were terrified, really terrified. A quadcopter came and they told us: ‘You have six hours to evacuate.’”
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Aug 27, 2025Palestinians are describing the assault by the Israeli military to seize and ethnically cleanse Gaza City—Gaza’s largest city, where up to a million people are currently seeking shelter—as the end game.On Tuesday, residents in al-Saftawi neighborhood, just north of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City, were forced to flee in the thousands as Israel’s ground assault bore down, with tanks and warplanes leveling entire blocks.
“For about a week now, it’s been constant bombing, shelling, and destruction,” Ramy, a resident being displaced from al-Saftawi, told Drop Site on Tuesday. “Today we were shocked when the army raided our area and bombed it. We were terrified, really terrified. A quadcopter came and they told us: ‘You have six hours to evacuate.’”
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
“No one is spared—no old person, no child, no woman. No human being is spared.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
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“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Aug 27, 2025
Palestinians are describing the assault by the Israeli military to seize and ethnically cleanse Gaza City—Gaza’s largest city, where up to a million people are currently seeking shelter—as the end game.On Tuesday, residents in al-Saftawi neighborhood, just north of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City, were forced to flee in the thousands as Israel’s ground assault bore down, with tanks and warplanes leveling entire blocks.
“For about a week now, it’s been constant bombing, shelling, and destruction,” Ramy, a resident being displaced from al-Saftawi, told Drop Site on Tuesday. “Today we were shocked when the army raided our area and bombed it. We were terrified, really terrified. A quadcopter came and they told us: ‘You have six hours to evacuate.’”
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
“No one is spared—no old person, no child, no woman. No human being is spared.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Google Photos app uploaded all my locally saved pictures completely against my will
I've gotten a new phone and setting it up for the past few days - a Fairphone 5 with Android installed. So obviously, this means I can't escape Googles clutches. Sure, whatever.
I have been VERY adamant about pressing "No" on all prompts, that try to get me to try something out or use some dumb service. I do not want any AI tool or similar to go through my files.
Yet, while perousing the depths of my system settings, I realized Google Photos was using a suspicous amount of storage. Somehow, it had "synchronized" ALL my locally saved pictures - this included pictures of my vacations, my drivers license, private pictures I would have rather not shared, and so on...
And while checking the Google Photos App for the damage done, obviously it had already automatically generated "previews" and "albums" for me, neatly organized.
IT HAD AUTOMATICALLY ANALYSED MY DRIVERS LICENSE AND SAVED IT INTO AN ALBUM CALLED "Identity-related"
How the fuck is this legal? I am so mad at myself right now. I'm usually so fuckin cautious about denying any sort of pop-up and setting all settings as strictly as possible.
So obviously I just had to spent 2 hours figuring out how to turn this "synchronization" off, and how to delete all photos in google photos - spoiler alert: There is no "Delete All" button. You have to manually select every single fucking image.
Sorry for the rant, I hope it's not too off-topic.
I'm just so mad right now.
[RESOLVED] Looking for a way to make links to posts that don't leave the instance.
I know I've seen it before, some website that translated a link to a post into a link to that same post, but on the instance of the user clicking the link. I cannot for the life of me seem to find it again, though.
It was not a browser extension.
Is BOINC safe to run on your personal computer/server with your private files?
The adage that victors write history unravels here. China, a clear victor, was denied the platform to showcase its courage, sacrifices, and contributions. Today, it’s unjustly branded as a threat by Western discourse. World War II neither began nor ended in Europe. China, a founding UN member and the first to sign the UN Charter, remains its most steadfast supporter. It rejects the US-dominated narrative, crafted by a latecomer to the war that suffered the least yet unleashed atomic devastation. China’s WWII legacy fuels its modern mission: eradicating poverty, aiding the Global South, building global infrastructure, and championing peace and a shared future for mankind.
I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy. — Stalin
Maybe some day, but in the Global North they’re still piling on rubbish.
China’s SANY has commenced work on a 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Zimbabwe as part of a mining project
SANY's Zimbabwe mining solar power project - African Review
Energy - Sany commences zimbabwe mining solar power projectafricanreview.com
Fuzzel 1.13 adds new features for menu building and usability
Fuzzel 1.13 adds new features for menu building and usability
Fuzzel, a popular Linux app-launcher and menu building tool on Linux has recently released version 1.13. While Fuzzel may be best known as an app launcher, it's a popular choice for building little menus.Mark Stosberg
German consumer confidence slumps again as job fears rise
German consumer confidence slumps again as job fears rise
German consumer confidence fell for a third month in August, with income and economic expectations dropping sharply amid rising job fears. Willingness to buy declined slightly, signalling a fragile outlook.Piero Cingari (Euronews.com)
Can other lemmy users see my email address I registered with?
"The Fort Bragg Cartel": Book Exposes U.S. Special Forces' Involvement in Drug Trafficking & Murder
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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers
https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/
Israel raids Nablus in the West Bank, injuring 80+, Microsoft workers occupy president’s office in protest of company support for Israel, and the U.S. demands Lebanon's Hezbollah surrender arms
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35350848
Drop Site Daily: August 27, 2025At least 76 Palestinians have been killed and 298 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, with 10 more dying of famine and malnutrition, including two children. An ongoing Israeli raid in Nablus injures at least 80 people. Churches in Gaza City vow to continue sheltering civilians as Israel prepares its assault. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades released footage of a July ambush in Beit Hanoun that killed five Israeli soldiers. In Syria, Israeli drone strikes kill six soldiers near Damascus, part of Netanyahu’s escalating regional war strategy. In Lebanon, Trump’s envoys pitch a U.S.-Gulf backed “economic zone” in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament, while Sen. Lindsey Graham demands Lebanon surrender its arms before any conversation with Israel. In the U.S., Microsoft workers occupy president’s office over ties to Israel as Brad Smith acknowledges the company helps run Israeli military surveillance programs, Delta Airlines faces a $20 million lawsuit over alleged assault of a Palestinian passenger, Silicon Valley billionaires launch a $100 million AI super-PAC. Activist groups advocate for the immediate release of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teenager detained in an Israeli prison. Britain, France, and Germany begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran.
Israel raids Nablus in the West Bank, injuring 80+, Microsoft workers occupy president’s office in protest of company support for Israel, and the U.S. demands Lebanon's Hezbollah surrender arms
Drop Site Daily: August 27, 2025At least 76 Palestinians have been killed and 298 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, with 10 more dying of famine and malnutrition, including two children. An ongoing Israeli raid in Nablus injures at least 80 people. Churches in Gaza City vow to continue sheltering civilians as Israel prepares its assault. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades released footage of a July ambush in Beit Hanoun that killed five Israeli soldiers. In Syria, Israeli drone strikes kill six soldiers near Damascus, part of Netanyahu’s escalating regional war strategy. In Lebanon, Trump’s envoys pitch a U.S.-Gulf backed “economic zone” in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament, while Sen. Lindsey Graham demands Lebanon surrender its arms before any conversation with Israel. In the U.S., Microsoft workers occupy president’s office over ties to Israel as Brad Smith acknowledges the company helps run Israeli military surveillance programs, Delta Airlines faces a $20 million lawsuit over alleged assault of a Palestinian passenger, Silicon Valley billionaires launch a $100 million AI super-PAC. Activist groups advocate for the immediate release of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teenager detained in an Israeli prison. Britain, France, and Germany begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran.
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Israel raids Nablus in the West Bank, injuring 80+, Microsoft workers occupy president’s office in protest of company support for Israel, and the U.S. demands Lebanon's Hezbollah surrender arms
Drop Site Daily: August 27, 2025
At least 76 Palestinians have been killed and 298 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, with 10 more dying of famine and malnutrition, including two children. An ongoing Israeli raid in Nablus injures at least 80 people. Churches in Gaza City vow to continue sheltering civilians as Israel prepares its assault. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades released footage of a July ambush in Beit Hanoun that killed five Israeli soldiers. In Syria, Israeli drone strikes kill six soldiers near Damascus, part of Netanyahu’s escalating regional war strategy. In Lebanon, Trump’s envoys pitch a U.S.-Gulf backed “economic zone” in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament, while Sen. Lindsey Graham demands Lebanon surrender its arms before any conversation with Israel. In the U.S., Microsoft workers occupy president’s office over ties to Israel as Brad Smith acknowledges the company helps run Israeli military surveillance programs, Delta Airlines faces a $20 million lawsuit over alleged assault of a Palestinian passenger, Silicon Valley billionaires launch a $100 million AI super-PAC. Activist groups advocate for the immediate release of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teenager detained in an Israeli prison. Britain, France, and Germany begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran.
Yemeni sources: Israeli propaganda false, airstrikes hit civilians
A senior Yemeni military source told Al Mayadeen that the Israeli occupation’s “psychological and propaganda warfare is ineffective and will have no impact on the course of operations.”
The source emphasized that the Israeli entity is “experiencing significant confusion in presenting its narrative” and is exercising “extreme caution when sending aircraft into Yemeni airspace.” He stressed that “the Yemeni people, together with the Arab and Islamic worlds, rely not on the enemy’s narrative but on that of the Yemeni Armed Forces.”
Additional Yemeni sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen that the Israeli occupation’s claims are false, stating that “the targeting is directed against the Yemeni people, not as the enemy claims.”
The bureau chief further reported that Israeli airstrikes also targeted the residence of Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, which had already been evacuated following earlier Israeli attacks on Yemen. He confirmed that there were no casualties among Yemeni military personnel or officials at the Ministry of Defense.
Yemeni sources: Israeli propaganda false, airstrikes hit civilians
Yemeni sources dismiss Israeli claims as false, saying strikes hit civilian sites and homes, not military targets, with no casualties among defense officials.Al Mayadeen English (Yemeni sources: Israeli propaganda false, airstrikes hit civilians)
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Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35350591
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35350591
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Trump fires CDC director, Israeli military declares “inevitable” forced displacement of millions from Gaza City, and Israel strikes Damascus
Drop Site Daily: August 28, 2025
At least 24 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, while over the past 24 hours, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed and 339 injured. Four more died of famine and malnutrition, including two children. Every member of the UN’s Security Council agreed the famine in Gaza is a “man-made crisis”—except the United States. Israel’s military spokesperson says the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable.” Two additional Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid” sites are slated to open in southern Gaza as Israel closes one GHF site in Rafah. Steve Witkoff is reportedly consulting with Jared Kushner on the Gaza “day-after” plan. In San Francisco, 138 arrested after protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s office to demand action against the Gaza genocide. Israeli strikes on Damascus kill eight Syrian soldiers. Venezuela deploys ships to the Pacific Coast in response to American militarization in the region. The Trump administration fired CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy.
Immigration Agents Arrest Firefighters Combatting Bear Gulch Wildfire
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Nikki McCann Ramirez
August 28, 2025[This takes the cake - read this article and you will hear your blood boil.]
Immigration Agents Arrest Firefighters Combatting Bear Gulch Wildfire
Nikki McCann Ramirez
August 28, 2025[This takes the cake - read this article and you will hear your blood boil.]
Immigration Agents Arrest Firefighters Combating Wildfire
Federal immigration agents arrested two firefighters responding to the Bear Gulch wildfire in Washington state, The Seattle Times reports.Nikki McCann Ramirez (Rolling Stone)
The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame
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Aug. 26, 2025, 7:40 AM EDT
By Angela Yang, Laura Jarrett and Fallon Gallagher[this is a truly scary incident, which shows the incredible dangers of AI without guardrails.]
The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame
Aug. 26, 2025, 7:40 AM EDT
By Angela Yang, Laura Jarrett and Fallon Gallagher[this is a truly scary incident, which shows the incredible dangers of AI without guardrails.]
The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame
The parents of Adam Raine, who died by suicide in April, claim in a new lawsuit against OpenAI that ChatGPT was “explicit in its instructions and encouragement toward suicide.”Angela Yang (NBC News)
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Israeli forces raided a former air defence base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthermost such operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.
The site, near the city of al-Kiswah, about 6 miles (10km) south of Damascus, was a strategic base for Iranian militias during Assad’s rule.
Syrian state media reported that the Israeli military had carried out strikes in the same area a day earlier, killing six Syrian troops who had found Israeli listening and spying devices there. The troops were in the process of dismantling the devices when they were killed, state media said.
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Operation at site south of Damascus is deepest into Syrian territory since ousting of Bashar al-Assad last yearWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Israeli forces raided a former air defence base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthermost such operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.
The site, near the city of al-Kiswah, about 6 miles (10km) south of Damascus, was a strategic base for Iranian militias during Assad’s rule.
Syrian state media reported that the Israeli military had carried out strikes in the same area a day earlier, killing six Syrian troops who had found Israeli listening and spying devices there. The troops were in the process of dismantling the devices when they were killed, state media said.
Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
Operation at site south of Damascus is deepest into Syrian territory since ousting of Bashar al-Assad last yearWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
How do I check the wifi connection in Whonix?
Skip the flavour text by going to the bold text
In my sky high arrogance I thought 'I have never let Linux grace my devices, how hard can Qubes/Whonix truly be?' and I learned my lesson within minutes.
So I come here before you, humbly and beaten by 0s and 1s, to ask for your help.
How do I open a window where it neatly lists available connections and, if so, my current connection?
Usually when I am connected, it has a wifi symbol on the top right where the rest of my panels are. It disappeared.
I tried searching on the internet for answers. My mental capacity is basically non-existent, otherwise I wouldn't be here (probably).
Please. I just want to connect my device via wifi. I do not own an ethernet cable.
Thank you.
You title says whonix, but the text mentions QubesOS. Which one? This distinction is very important.
Edit: in QubesOS the networking is handled by the sys-net qube. If the networking icon does not show up in the tray make sure the sys-net qube is started. If it is, check what programs are available for the sys-net qube in the start menu (hopefully some networking software is available. But I dont have QubesOS in front of me so I cannot check) otherwise try and start a terminal in sys-net and run the command nmtui
Believe me, I wish I could tell you what I've done :') I wanted to get Whonix, but I think the website eventually led me to QubesOS? All I can say is that at startup it shows the Qubes symbol, so it's likely I got that.
When I try to start sys-net it can't start and says that the Qube sys-net has shut down. I'll provide the error message in a moment if I can't get it up with your other suggestion. Thanks!
eta:
Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seconds.
When I want to check the logs, some other qubes cannot start. Bizarre. I even tried creating a qube without the offending qubes (sys-net etc.) yet it still fails.
Flock cams and new program called "delta"
This is some black mirror,
Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras
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In Kiev, they hit the underground facilities of the military—industrial complex covered by civilians - "Legitimate"
In Kiev, they hit the underground facilities of the military—industrial complex covered by civilians - "Legitimate": EADaily
EADaily, August 28th, 2025. Last night, the Russian Armed Forces struck at underground locations of decentralized production of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, which are located in the parking lots of shopping centers and other such facil…EADaily
NGL, I am quite surprised by this move.
They have either already agreed on a peace deal behind the curtains, and the clown just tries to somehow boost his rating (I don't believe it can possibly work..), or.. idk... Voluntarily giving up your cannon fodder is super weird.. The kidnapping can now only be extended to 23YOs (from current 25YOs) - could it really help? All the fascist are saying that kidnapping age should be lowered to 18 and include women as well, and we see the opposite here.. Super weird move, unless a peace deal has been reached 🤷
btw, any lib here wants to take a guess why "the last bastion of democracy with legitimate and democratic president" would want to create a law for imprisoning for up to three years people who want to flee to the "aggressor country that tries to genocide all Ukrainians" (or whatever is the current narrative)?
What idiots would want to that, isn't that literally suicide? And on such a mass scale that they want to create a law for that purpose? Huh.
His rating is irrelevant, he can hold on to power indefinitely as long as he controls the security apparatus. Even if he allows elections which is highly unlikely, it is very easy to rig them given how nearly the entire state apparatus is under their control. So i don't think this is why he's doing it.
A more likely explanation for me is that this is a way of further dialing up the pressure on the Europeans, threatening to unleash a wave of migration that the already strained societies in Europe, already on the brink of economic crisis and with their own social tensions brewing, cannot afford. It's a form of blackmail so they continue to give him a blank check.
He also knows that most of the forcefully mobilized, with rock bottom motivation and nearly non-existent training, are virtually useless at the front as anything but fodder to sit in trenches.
Worse still, this is exactly the demographic that if pushed to the brink could unleash massive protests, and, if too many of them are mobilized at once, meaning faster than they can be broken and brainwashed by the prevailing Nazi culture in the army, there is also a real threat that they could start a cascade of mutinies.
Further, there are also no jobs and no prospects for these people now which makes them even more of a powderkeg, so it is safer to unload them on the Europeans.
His only hope is for the Europeans to put boots on the ground and send their actual militaries, because that is the only way to replenish his now all but depleted stock of real, professional soldiers. He needs to continue to find ways to drag Europe deeper and deeper into the conflict.
Moscow confirms hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine
Moscow confirms hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine
Arms factories and airfields were hit in the long-range operation, the MOD has saidRT
Israeli official Alexandrovich skips US court hearing on child sex charges
A senior Israeli official accused of child sex crimes in the United States has failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing in his case, weeks after he returned to Israel, prompting concerns that he may have fled to avoid facing trial.
The Israeli official was arrested on August 6, but the incident was not made public until more than a week later, when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced an undercover operation “targeting child sex predators”.
Alexandrovich was released and allowed to return to Israel after being charged with luring or attempting to lure a child online to engage in sexual conduct.
Israeli official Alexandrovich skips US court hearing on child sex charges
Judge denies lawyer’s claim that Israeli official could skip arraignment for child sex crime charges in Nevada.Ali Harb (Al Jazeera)
Israeli official Alexandrovich skips US court hearing on child sex charges
A senior Israeli official accused of child sex crimes in the United States has failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing in his case, weeks after he returned to Israel, prompting concerns that he may have fled to avoid facing trial.
The Israeli official was arrested on August 6, but the incident was not made public until more than a week later, when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced an undercover operation “targeting child sex predators”.
Alexandrovich was released and allowed to return to Israel after being charged with luring or attempting to lure a child online to engage in sexual conduct.
Israeli official Alexandrovich skips US court hearing on child sex charges
Judge denies lawyer’s claim that Israeli official could skip arraignment for child sex crime charges in Nevada.Ali Harb (Al Jazeera)
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Young Ukrainians rushing to leave the country – border official (VIDEO)
Young Ukrainians rushing to leave the country – border official (VIDEO)
The exodus comes after Kiev lifted its wartime travel ban on men under 23 earlier this monthRT
OpenAI subpoenaed AI governance nonprofits Encode and CANI, alleging they are part of a conspiracy involving billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
OpenAI thinks its critics are funded by billionaires. Now it’s going after them
The multibillion-dollar AI giant is filing complaints and issuing subpoenas to groups opposed to it, suggesting they’re all part of a billionaire conspiracy.Emily Shugerman (The San Francisco Standard)
Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. The company also lacks a functioning website and lists as its address a modest home in suburban Virginia owned by a 77-year-old retired Navy flight officer.
The mystery over the award only deepened last week as the new facility began to accept its first detainees. The Pentagon has refused to release the contract or explain why it selected Acquisition Logistics over a dozen other bidders to build the massive tent camp at Fort Bliss in West Texas. At least one competitor has filed a complaint.
US air force to grant military honors to Capitol rioter fatally shot on January 6
The US air force will provide military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, the rioter fatally shot during the January 6 Capitol attack, marking another step in Donald Trump’s aggressive rehabilitation of the attack.
The under secretary of the air force, Matthew Lohmeier, confirmed the decision in an August letter to Babbitt’s family. The Biden administration previously denied Babbitt the honors, but Lohmeier said he was “persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect” after reviewing new information about her death.
Babbitt, 35, served in the air force and air national guard and was shot by Capitol Hill police as she climbed through a barricaded door near the House chamber in the mass frenzy to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. The air force had originally refused honors in February 2021, according to Lohmeier’s letter, saying they would “bring discredit upon the Air Force” due to the circumstances of her death. She was the only person killed by gunfire during the riot.
US air force to grant military honors to Capitol rioter fatally shot on January 6
Move to provide Ashli Babbitt with funeral honors marks another step in Trump’s aggressive reframing of the attackJoseph Gedeon (The Guardian)
US air force to grant military honors to Capitol rioter fatally shot on January 6
The US air force will provide military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, the rioter fatally shot during the January 6 Capitol attack, marking another step in Donald Trump’s aggressive rehabilitation of the attack.
The under secretary of the air force, Matthew Lohmeier, confirmed the decision in an August letter to Babbitt’s family. The Biden administration previously denied Babbitt the honors, but Lohmeier said he was “persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect” after reviewing new information about her death.
Babbitt, 35, served in the air force and air national guard and was shot by Capitol Hill police as she climbed through a barricaded door near the House chamber in the mass frenzy to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. The air force had originally refused honors in February 2021, according to Lohmeier’s letter, saying they would “bring discredit upon the Air Force” due to the circumstances of her death. She was the only person killed by gunfire during the riot.
US air force to grant military honors to Capitol rioter fatally shot on January 6
Move to provide Ashli Babbitt with funeral honors marks another step in Trump’s aggressive reframing of the attackJoseph Gedeon (The Guardian)
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I had to ditch Google Photos app because of my paranoia, about this exact same thing that happened to you.
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in reply to basic_user • • •It works fine from the developer build. Better not use the app signed by F-Droid. Also there are two releases of Aves: Aves Gallery and Aves Gallery Libre
Best experience you'll have is from Accrescent
quick_snail
in reply to bloubz • • •bloubz
in reply to quick_snail • • •Quibblekrust
in reply to NarrativeBear • • •NarrativeBear
in reply to Quibblekrust • • •WhyJiffie
in reply to Quibblekrust • • •Quibblekrust
in reply to WhyJiffie • • •nutbutter
in reply to RealM__ • • •Yes, this happens. Even if you turn off all the syncing etc, they will shoot an update and all your settings will revert to default. This has happened with my father's phone a lot.
And even if you keep all these settings off, they are still scanning all photos to check for CSAM.
I highly recommend deGoogling your phone. If you cannot install a custom ROM, check out Universal Android Debloater. There are many sources for degoogling your life. Check out c/degoogle on Lemmy (I forgot the instance name, just search for it). ~~Or if you want we have small group on Signal for deGoogling related talks, DM me and I can share the link to join. (Signal does require a phone number to register, but since usernames are a thing your phone number will not be available publicly.)~~ That group link is disabled, but I can share other group links like Linux and FOSS, or other privacy related groups.
webghost0101
in reply to nutbutter • • •There not even checking for CSAM
That would be near impossIble considering the tech. Even on a normal portrait is hard to judge the age on. Let alone fotos with more complex perspectives and only some body parts visible.
What they are doing is using hashes of specific real pictures that the police know are commonly shared.
Theoretically it could catch some careless content consuming offenders. The worst offenders, that produce new material, are beyond the scope.
But also, obvious what google gets is just the hashcodes and not the actual pics. If the police gave google a hash to target for pics of vances bald head or (trans-positive) memes who would know?
nutbutter
in reply to webghost0101 • • •There was a news some time ago, that a man was arrested for clicking nude pictures of children, later it was found out that he was sending pictures of his child to a doctor for diagnosis. How did that happen?
I'll link the source if I find it.
Update:
NYTimes - nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technol…
Paywall removed - removepaywalls.com/nytimes.com…
www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html
View article without paywallpineapple
in reply to nutbutter • • •webghost0101
in reply to nutbutter • • •That must be some other system indeed.
They don't really provide much information from how the images were actually shared though.
Maybe there is a machine learning algorithm that is trained to detect specific features in a random photo but i cant imagine it being accurate without frequent false possibles.
Could be that if you have a certain amount of “plausible” hits then a google employee has to review them manually and they quickly
Judged it wrongly?
Though that technically implies your
Private medical picture is now seen and possibly covertly copied by a (rogue) employee.
quick_snail
in reply to webghost0101 • • •witness_me
in reply to webghost0101 • • •It’s been well documented.
False positives don’t matter, and there’s no human to talk to when it occurs.
sem
in reply to nutbutter • • •They are literally too big to care.
quick_snail
in reply to webghost0101 • • •False positives are a thing. They do scan all your photos for csam. Poorly.
We know this because of the article during the pandemic when a dude sent a photo of his son's dick to a doctor (it had an infection and the doctor asked to see it). Dude lost access to his entire google account. Lost everything. Emails, files, everything. It wasn't a hash.
Substance_P
in reply to nutbutter • • •I appreciate your comment, replying here for reference, perhaps I'd like to join that signal channel. Being staunchly anti-google I feel I'm on top of things, but my Gmail is used across many of my logins. With the scanning for CSAM issue, many people don't realize that Google installs a hidden app called safetycore, for me it gets reinstalled on every update.
allthings.how/what-is-android-…
What is Android System SafetyCore and why did it appear on your phone?
Pallav Pathak (All Things How)modular950
in reply to nutbutter • • •nelson
in reply to RealM__ • • •If you disable Google photos storage access you don't even have a camera roll :/
That's how embedded the damn thing is
Novaling
in reply to nelson • • •nelson
in reply to Novaling • • •I just checked,
google photos has permanent access to photos and videos. If you disable the app the camera roll no longer works. I get "activity not found".
Maybe with a FOSS camera app it might still work? I haven't tried.
Edit: and that is the only permission which it has ( photos and videos ). Everything else ( location, contacts, ... ) is not allowed. But that one permission is auto permanently allowed.
quick_snail
in reply to nelson • • •quick_snail
in reply to nelson • • •Quibblekrust
in reply to nelson • • •You don't really need a camera roll. Just use your normal gallery after taking pics.
You can disable Google Photos outright. No need to play with permissions.
mnhs1
in reply to RealM__ • • •ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
in reply to mnhs1 • • •unconsequential
in reply to ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝 • • •That’s from the article. But the article is from 2023 so I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s changed.
mnhs1
in reply to ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝 • • •SomeAmateur
in reply to mnhs1 • • •TXL
in reply to mnhs1 • • •AtariDump
in reply to mnhs1 • • •quick_snail
in reply to mnhs1 • • •Tundra
in reply to RealM__ • • •install e/os:
doc.e.foundation/devices/FP5
or:
CalyxOS releases are paused, but when they are back:
calyxos.org/
Info about Fairphone FP5 - FP5
doc.e.foundationwhatsgoingdom
in reply to Tundra • • •I even got my banking apps to work.
birdwing
in reply to whatsgoingdom • • •Eat_Your_Paisley
in reply to birdwing • • •birdwing
in reply to Eat_Your_Paisley • • •Eat_Your_Paisley
in reply to birdwing • • •I don't but its been posted a couple of times on Mastodon, I assume its on their blog and in their forms too.
The jist is Fairphone doesn't have the security HW to run it
TXL
in reply to Eat_Your_Paisley • • •Would be nice if fairphone was in talks of making sure that adequate hardware will be in next version. That would benefit both projects even if they didn't offer official support.
I'll guessing the problem will be the chipset vendor.
Eat_Your_Paisley
in reply to TXL • • •The GrapheneOS folks said they are working with an ODM to put out their own phone in the future.
I'm happy with it on my used Pixel 8 Pro but if they offered a phone I'd probably get one
birdwing
in reply to Eat_Your_Paisley • • •RealM__
in reply to Tundra • • •e/os is most likely my next step, especially with Google disabling installing "unverified" third-party apps in 2026.
Bought a FP5 with e/os in mind as a possible upgrade path, I just was too worried to immediately do the full jump.
Libb
in reply to RealM__ • • •I own an Android phone, for a single app I need to have access to. It's a Redmi something. I could not find a way to just uninstall their own 'Gallery' app nor the Google Photos app so I removed their access to any file. I hope this is enough but I don't know that.
I thought Android was all about choice (against iOS, which is my default phone) but this was not very convincing. I may have missed a way to easily uninstall any app, though? I would like to replace them with f-droid alternative apps so there won't be any risk they access the little data I've stored on that phone.
emergencyfood
in reply to Libb • • •If it is still using the default OS (HyperOS / MiUI), you can uninstall both the Xiaomi and Google Photos apps. The easiest method nowadays is to install Universal Android Debloater on to your computer (any OS), connect your phone to it, enable USB debugging on the phone, and remove the apps you don't want.
GitHub - 0x192/universal-android-debloater: Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.
GitHubLibb
in reply to emergencyfood • • •emergencyfood
in reply to Libb • • •Libb
in reply to emergencyfood • • •quick_snail
in reply to emergencyfood • • •emergencyfood
in reply to quick_snail • • •Yes of course.
Edit: Lot of third-party apps rely on Google Play Services, so removing this is not recommended.
quick_snail
in reply to emergencyfood • • •jinx
in reply to emergencyfood • • •GitHub - samolego/Canta: Uninstall any Android app without root (with power of Shizuku). Debloat your device as you wish, no PC required.
GitHubemergencyfood
in reply to jinx • • •quick_snail
in reply to Libb • • •AceFuzzLord
in reply to RealM__ • • •I was gonna say something about postmarketOS, but it's not ready yet. Mobian is also not ready for it either.
So next best option if you really wanna get rid of this type of stuff is either rooting your device to remove what you don't need or flashing something like GrapheneOS or a different OS.
But I'd consider that a last resort if you already have everything set up just right and have things you don't wanna lose and can't backup easily. That, and if it's a work related device, you're screwed.
TXL
in reply to AceFuzzLord • • •Sailfish OS - European alternative for Mobile operating systems
Sailfish OSquick_snail
in reply to AceFuzzLord • • •AceFuzzLord
in reply to quick_snail • • •davel
in reply to RealM__ • • •FriendOfDeSoto
in reply to RealM__ • • •If you were using Photos as a photo roll app you need to stay angry at yourself a while longer. That's on you when you should know you cannot trust the G. Don't grant an app permissions to photos and videos that could sync it to the cloud. And as another precaution, don't keep sensitive pictures in the DCIM folder. If I have to take pictures of sensitive documents like that I disable WiFi (sync set up on WiFi only), take the picture, move it to a folder that's never backed up elsewhere on my phone, and then turn WiFi back on.
You are not normal because you care about these things. The normal user doesn't care and that's who they are catering for. I'm not excusing their behavior (I don't like it either) and at the same time you need to be more on your toes.
I'm planning to move to Ente this year when my Google cloud subscription runs out. Not looking forward to the work it entails but to the [paints face blue] FREEDOM!
WhyJiffie
in reply to FriendOfDeSoto • • •FriendOfDeSoto
in reply to WhyJiffie • • •Lojcs
in reply to RealM__ • • •Zerush
in reply to RealM__ • • •Not against your will, you accepted this and more in the TOS of your account. But you can avoid it in the permission settings in your phone.
The second biggest lie in Internet: "I've read the Privacy Policies and Terms of Service" the first one "We respect the privacy of the user".
neal.fun/dark-patterns/
sunzu2
in reply to Zerush • • •The lesson here is don't deal with rapists if you care not to get raped.
This is the stage of priavcy in 2025 folks.
It is victims obligation to avoid the rapist and if it rapes youz it is your fault
quick_snail
in reply to Zerush • • •Zerush
in reply to quick_snail • • •quick_snail
in reply to Zerush • • •Zerush
in reply to quick_snail • • •Filen – Next Generation End-To-End Encrypted Cloud Storage
filen.ioMonkderVierte
in reply to RealM__ • • •foremanguy
in reply to RealM__ • • •funkycarrot
in reply to foremanguy • • •/e/OS is a good option to regain privacy from Google, but arguably does some things worse in terms of security than stock.
You can find a good comparison here.
For the Fairphone 5, I'd recommend CalyxOS as soon as they're back from their hiatus. In the meantime, might as well stick with stock.
Comparison of Android-based Operating Systems
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in reply to funkycarrot • • •wizardbeard
in reply to RealM__ • • •Showroom7561
in reply to RealM__ • • •I use Adguard and block Google photos from connecting to the internet.
Features like edit video still work, so I'm good. If editing didn't work, I'd disable it.
quick_snail
in reply to Showroom7561 • • •Showroom7561
in reply to quick_snail • • •I use the firewall feature to actually stop Photos from accessing the internet, so it doesn't touch YouTube.
I use third party YouTube apps to block ads and other crap from YouTube videos.
On desktop, I believe adguard will block ads on YouTube.com, but I also use third party apps to play videos.
frongt
in reply to RealM__ • • •quick_snail
in reply to frongt • • •WhyJiffie
in reply to quick_snail • • •s38b35M5
in reply to RealM__ • • •I got sick of GP when they announced AI learning on user photos (or actually that's just the last straw). I use a combination of these two apps now:
f-droid.org/packages/org.fossi…
f-droid.org/packages/io.ente.p…
Fossify Gallery | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
f-droid.orgEternal192
in reply to RealM__ • • •lefaucet
in reply to RealM__ • • •It's kinda a pain to use 'cause so many apps rely on Google services, so those need to be replaced with alternatives, but e/OS is installable and is supported by Fairphone
community.e.foundation/t/insta…
Install /e/OS v2 on Fairphone 5 - my little guide
/e/OS communityArdens
in reply to RealM__ • • •Well, next time, make sure you have your settings set correctly - test with a few pictures at first...
I use pCloud, and it works great for my needs. I have deleted everything I had ever uploaded to Google, besides the simplest backup from my mobile phone, so I can easily restore it, if my phone breaks and I need a new one.
quick_snail
in reply to Ardens • • •Ardens
in reply to quick_snail • • •Oh, do you think there's any solution without a backdoor?
If you are worried, you can use the extra encryption: "pCloud offers an optional encryption service, providing zero-knowledge client-side encryption. Files placed in the Crypto folder are encrypted before leaving the user's device and remain inaccessible even to pCloud. This feature is offered as a paid add-on."
And if you are totally paranoid, then encrypt what you use, yourself.
quick_snail
in reply to Ardens • • •Ardens
in reply to quick_snail • • •butsbutts
in reply to RealM__ • • •sunzu2
in reply to RealM__ • • •☂️-
in reply to RealM__ • • •that's why i straight up delete proprietary corporate apps now whenever possible, even if i don't use them.
they WILL do what they want unprompted, then make it difficult to undo.
infjarchninja
in reply to RealM__ • • •I feel for you.
training ai on your photo's without even asking. wankers
I have just copied my elderly friends 2000 photos from google photos to my desktop, then deleted all of them from her phone. Had to do it with my browser, they only allow you to delete 30 photos at a time on the phone. tossers.
Installed droid-ify, installed lawnchair, fossify gallery, fossify messages, fossify contacts. perfect.
imported her photos back on to her phone:
Intentionally painful but its done.
bring on ADB, I have deleted everything with a G in it.
first one: I wrote a simple little bash script for these:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.chrome
okgoogle, xgoogle, Gmail, calender, Calendar Sync, videos, googlequicksearchbox, youtube, music, Google Contacts Sync, googleassistant, Google Digital Well Being App, Google Duo, Google Pay, google photos and Google Drive with adb so its doesnt happen again.
This poor women is 84, WTF does she know about modern tech, google are tossers
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I would get rid of fairphone rom and install another rom:
unlock your bootloader. easy guide from Fairphone.
support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us…
then install lineage or E/os custom rom
wiki.lineageos.org/devices/FP5…
doc.e.foundation/devices/FP5
Info about FP5 | LineageOS Wiki
wiki.lineageos.orgquick_snail
in reply to RealM__ • • •RealM__
in reply to quick_snail • • •I needed an outlet and wanted some advice what to do about this, and I'm really happy about the responses I've gotten.
quick_snail
in reply to RealM__ • • •Yes, but you're just screaming into an ephemeral void.
You could actually make google pay for this if you wrote an article about this on substack and then linked to it here.
Google has already paid over a billion dollars for GDPR violations. They do change their behavior as a result of such reporting and legal consequences.
sunzu2
in reply to quick_snail • • •Op should deff fight back but let's temper the expectations here... Realistically nothing will happen.
But yes it should be documented
quick_snail
in reply to sunzu2 • • •manuallybreathing
in reply to quick_snail • • •like this
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in reply to manuallybreathing • • •sunzu2
in reply to quick_snail • • •quick_snail
in reply to RealM__ • • •sunzu2
in reply to quick_snail • • •ScoffingLizard
in reply to sunzu2 • • •quick_snail
in reply to sunzu2 • • •sunzu2
in reply to quick_snail • • •JeeBaiChow
in reply to quick_snail • • •quick_snail
in reply to JeeBaiChow • • •JeeBaiChow
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in reply to JeeBaiChow • • •JeeBaiChow
in reply to 🧟♂️ Cadaver • • •tradingcronjobsforsmack
in reply to RealM__ • • •WhyJiffie
in reply to tradingcronjobsforsmack • • •interdimensionalmeme
in reply to RealM__ • • •What proof do you have that you in fact pressed no ?
Also, didn't you press I agree to anything that gives google indemnity against any of this when you first turned on the phone ?
I think you would need a complete video recording from fresh firmware wipe to the action you describe happening, to establish it is or isn't happening.
Google will have make sure that proving them in the wrong takes a whole lot of effort
GlenRambo
in reply to RealM__ • • •Sorry for your shitty situation.
Try this. No root needed. I'm pretty much google free on FP5 (and others).
github.com/0x192/universal-and…
Removes most google apps and services.
Also try not to ever sign into google on your phone directly. Use Aurora Store, DAVX, Thunderbird etc.
GitHub - 0x192/universal-android-debloater: Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.
GitHubJeeBaiChow
in reply to GlenRambo • • •geneva_convenience
in reply to GlenRambo • • •GlenRambo
in reply to geneva_convenience • • •github.com/Universal-Debloater…
Not sure why the dev dosnt link the old project to the new.
GitHub - Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation: Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted Android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.
GitHubgeneva_convenience
in reply to GlenRambo • • •JeeBaiChow
in reply to RealM__ • • •LordCrom
in reply to RealM__ • • •Ya. I'm sorry for you.
Problem is, even if you delete the Images, Google has already scraped them for info on you and used your Google account and phone number to tie it all together to further its data aggregation profile on you.
Seefra 1
in reply to RealM__ • • •If you have a Fairphone then you can escape Google, Fairphones are one of the few phones that support third party ROMs. If they weren't so expensive I would buy one myself.
wiki.lineageos.org/devices/FP5…
Info about FP5 | LineageOS Wiki
wiki.lineageos.orgAutonomous User
in reply to RealM__ • • •Google Photos fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software.
What did you expect? LMAOO