So I checked out reddit after a long time and was going through the top of r/videogames subreddit and I could clearly see a pattern in most of the posts there. Posts were mostly like “what game ______ for you?” or “what game _____ like this?” Now I could be wrong but it doesn’t feel ‘organic’ (if that’s correct...
If you believe that’s really true I’m probably not the one to change your mind.
Browsers usually don’t even ask for any permissions, where iOS and Android apps do, and explicitly state what data they’ll steal.
It’s much easier to fingerprint your behavior when using the web than it is when using apps.
Unless you’re only talking about “the wrong kind of apps” but then I could continue about “the wrong kind of websites”.
But hey, you do you. Happy tracking.
Edit: I feel sad that sites like The Verge et al. trick people who want to learn in those kind of directions. They’re writers, not tech people. They earn from ads! Don’t listen to them.
Hey, I’ve been hearing a LOT about the xz backdoor. Crazy story, but rather than reading 10 different articles about it from 3 days ago when the story was quite new, does anybody know a high quality write-up that has all the juicy details and facts? I really like in-depth guides that cover every aspect of the story....
You’re correct. Right now many experts are scrambling all those small pieces together as to how this could happen in the first place, as a lot of it was public too: the social pressure on maintainers, random software changes that now seem suspicious, and the absence of a real identity of the perpetrators. Every expert who’s onto this seems to be a real person, with a real identity and a real face to the name.
Prior to the first commits, there must have been months if not years of planning too.
But just the fact that some of the code those perpetrators wrote took +0.5 seconds more for something that would normally only take 0.2-0.3 seconds is what gave them away.
0.5 seconds of CPU time vs. years of planning.
It’s an intriguing story.
They tried so hard, they got so far, but in the end, it didn’t even matter.
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence....
Personally subscribed to 126, and it’s steadily growing by 2-4 each week. But curious to how many you are subscribed to too. Feel free to share your favorite community too!...
Is it me or does reddit feel, weird?
So I checked out reddit after a long time and was going through the top of r/videogames subreddit and I could clearly see a pattern in most of the posts there. Posts were mostly like “what game ______ for you?” or “what game _____ like this?” Now I could be wrong but it doesn’t feel ‘organic’ (if that’s correct...
Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, 200 artists say AI poses existential threat to their livelihoods (arstechnica.com)
Could you please fuckıng not, Urban Dictionary? (lemmy.sdf.org)
It’s time for a hard reset on notifications (www.theverge.com)
Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web (www.macworld.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13810367
Best article about XZ backdoor?
Hey, I’ve been hearing a LOT about the xz backdoor. Crazy story, but rather than reading 10 different articles about it from 3 days ago when the story was quite new, does anybody know a high quality write-up that has all the juicy details and facts? I really like in-depth guides that cover every aspect of the story....
JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law (www.bbc.com)
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence....
You will certainly not regret (lemmy.world)
What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world (arstechnica.com)
How many communities are you subscribed to?
Personally subscribed to 126, and it’s steadily growing by 2-4 each week. But curious to how many you are subscribed to too. Feel free to share your favorite community too!...
What have I done to you, pen? (feddit.de)
Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment (www.androidpolice.com)
FF Evangelists (lemmy.ml)
Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps (www.gamingonlinux.com)
20 years of Gmail (www.theverge.com)