Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10 (www.xda-developers.com)
New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program Mac users run, and when and where they ran it (sneak.berlin)
cross-posted from: mbin.grits.dev/m/technology@beehaw.org/t/95555...
TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award (www.pcgamer.com)
Didn’t GNU project start because of a printer?
Polish train manufacturer Newag proven to use geolocation to lock-up trains at third party service depots (social.hackerspace.pl) Polish
A Mastodon thread by @q3k, who, together with @redford and @mrtick have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs
You may need to provide a reason now when quitting OneDrive (ghacks.net)
Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage until Mexican government stepped in (odysee.com)
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)
Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud (www.home-assistant.io)
Today’s story is about Philips Hue by Signify. They will soon start forcing accounts on all users and upload user data to their cloud. For now, Signify says you’ll still be able to control your Hue lights locally as you’re currently used to, but we don’t know if this may change in the future. The privacy policy allows...
This Is What Happens When People Start Actually Reading Privacy Policies (themarkup.org)
Users notice that Zoom changes privacy policy to expressly allow them to use your private Zoom chats, video calls and other services to train A.I. and this IS NO OPT OUT.
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2437896...
Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed (httptoolkit.com)
also on r/programming
When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Source Hardware Companies (blog.adafruit.com)
also on r/StallmanWasRight
Remember what "subscription" used to mean?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1381019...
Expected: I cancelled our subscription with HP and they blocked us from being able to use the rest of the ink in our cartridge. (younsfw.com)
also from r/StallmanWasRight
Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1874795...
Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it could be wrong (www.theverge.com)
For the past 20 years UK Post Office employees have been dealing with a piece of software called Horizon, which had a fatal flaw: bugs that made it look like employees stole tens of thousands of British pounds. This led to some local postmasters being convicted of crimes, even being sent to prison, because the Post Office...
Autodesk screws customers by turning lifetime licenses into subscriptions (farside.link)
Louis Rossmann bringing us good summary again
AdBlock and signal are for TERRORISTS - Louis Rossmann (farside.link)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1438631...
3D model of stallman?
I would like to build bust of stallman from concrete. The plan is to 3D print him and then make a mold. Then i would bolt that bust in place infront of shity software companys with some of his quotes. So how do i get a 3D model of him to start?
We need more of Richard Stallman's ideas, not less (ploum.net)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1366662...
St Stallman: A Hero of the Highest Order – things twice (oestrem.com)
Algorithm Used in Jordanian World Bank Aid Program Stiffs the Poorest (theintercept.com)
The algorithm used for the cash relief program is broken, a Human Rights Watch report found....
Edge sends image you view online to Microsoft and raises privacy concerns (alternativeto.net)
