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IzzyOnDroid

@IzzyOnDroid@floss.social

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#Android Enthusiast, #Privacy Proponent, #FOSS Promoter, #Linux User

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digitalcourage, to random German
@digitalcourage@digitalcourage.social avatar

„Ihre Grundrechte können Sie ausüben, wenn Sie diese App herunterladen, sich einen Account anlegen und diesen mit Ihrem Fingerabdruck freischalten …”
Digitalzwang begegnet uns an immer mehr Stellen. Wir finden: unsere Grundversorgnung muss für alle zugänglich sein – auch für Menschen ohne Smartphone, ohne Google-Play-Store und für alle, die nicht wahllos Apps auf ihrem Gerät installieren wollen. Wir forden den Bundestag auf, das Recht auf Leben ohne Digitalzwang ins Grundgesetz aufzunehmen. Jetzt unterstützen: https://digitalcourage.de/recht-auf-leben-ohne-digitalzwang
#RechtAufLebenOhneDigitalzwang #Grundgesetz #75JahreGrundgesetz

sarahjamielewis, to random
@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social avatar

"Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

The computer, however, will stop you from recording DRM'd content.

Find it fascinating that when faced with drawing safety and security boundaries, the primary beneficiary is not the owner of the device, or the person using it, but random corporations who control the intellectual property rights.

The system doesn't work for you.

molly0xfff, to ai
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar

back in my day we called this spyware

ulrichkelber, to random German
@ulrichkelber@bonn.social avatar

Nein, Axel Voss, die Behauptung „Je mehr Trainingsdaten, desto besser für die KI“ ist nicht nur ein Datenschutzproblem, sondern einfach technisch falsch. Es geht um gute und repräsentative Daten, andere können das System sogar verschlechtern

bkastl, to random German
@bkastl@mastodon.social avatar

"At first glance, the Recall feature seems like it may set the stage for potential gross violations of user privacy. Despite reassurances from Microsoft, that impression persists for second and third glances as well."

Ah ja. Microsoft Recall. Super Idee. Bestimmt.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

SylvieLorxu, to github
@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social avatar

Catima 2.29.1 is out!

This is a small bugfix release, fixing some balance and spend/receiving issues (mostly reduced confusion + workaround for some broken Android keyboard apps that don't correctly listen to the list of allowed symbols).

It also contains various translation updates.

The update is available on right now and will most likely be available on within 24 hours. It has also been sent to Google Play Open Testing for review.

kuketzblog, (edited ) to privacy German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

An alle: Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica und Vodafone Mobilfunknutzer: Widerspruch bei der Online-Werbeplattform Utiq einlegen - für ein Jahr gültig. 👇

https://consenthub.utiq.com/

kuketzblog,
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Auch nochmal ausführlich: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/datenschutz-utiq-tracking-in-drei-schritten-deaktivieren-verhindern/

kuketzblog, to firefox German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Firefox: Weshalb man LibreWolf und andere Forks bevorzugen sollte. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/firefox-weshalb-man-librewolf-und-andere-forks-bevorzugen-sollte/

shiftphones, to Futurology German
@shiftphones@mastodon.social avatar

So langsam tauchen wir in eine spannende Phase ein.💦

Das ist der erste Wasserdichtigkeitstest! Das sieht schon mal gut aus.🙂

Das ist der erste Wasserdichtigkeitstest für das SHIFTphone 8! Das sieht schon mal gut aus.🙂

raganwald, to random
@raganwald@social.bau-ha.us avatar

A rallying cry for the "Make Something Wonderful" crowd.

🪖 @aral

https://social.bau-ha.us/@aral@mastodon.ar.al/112427628706932284

susannekleiber, to random German
@susannekleiber@norden.social avatar

Fröhlichen Muttertag!

SylvieLorxu, to random
@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social avatar

In a world where most people only express their displeasure with things it is really nice to randomly get an email from an user of one of your projects thanking you for writing it and stating their appreciation for the maintenance and all the updates over the year.

No expectations, no requests to add anything new, just a heartfelt "thank you". Really makes your day much better :)

KathyReid, to stackoverflow
@KathyReid@aus.social avatar

Like many other technologists, I gave my time and expertise for free to because the content was licensed CC-BY-SA - meaning that it was a public good. It brought me joy to help people figure out why their code wasn't working, or assist with a bug.

Now that a deal has been struck with to scrape all the questions and answers in Stack Overflow, to train models, like , without attribution to authors (as required under the CC-BY-SA license under which Stack Overflow content is licensed), to be sold back to us (the SA clause requires derivative works to be shared under the same license), I have issued a Data Deletion request to Stack Overflow to disassociate my username from my Stack Overflow username, and am closing my account, just like I did with Reddit, Inc.

https://policies.stackoverflow.co/data-request/

The data I helped create is going to be bundled in an and sold back to me.

In a single move, Stack Overflow has alienated its community - which is also its main source of competitive advantage, in exchange for token lucre.

Stack Exchange, Stack Overflow's former instantiation, used to fulfill a psychological contract - help others out when you can, for the expectation that others may in turn assist you in the future. Now it's not an exchange, it's .

Programmers now join artists and copywriters, whose works have been snaffled up to create solutions.

The silver lining I see is that once OpenAI creates LLMs that generate code - like Microsoft has done with Copilot on GitHub - where will they go to get help with the bugs that the generative AI models introduce, particularly, given the recent GitClear report, of the "downward pressure on code quality" caused by these tools?

While this is just one more example of , it's also a salient lesson for folks - if your community is your source of advantage, don't upset them.

Tattooed_Mummy, to random
@Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party avatar

But is AI a scam?

Tick tock video asking if AI is a scam. the answer is yes.

SylvieLorxu, to random
@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social avatar

Another day, another malicious Open Source app clone on

Of course, according to Google, this app does not violate the "impersonation" policy. Probably because they're making money off the malicious clone (given it contains ads) but not off the original app.

Legit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=protect.card_locker
Malicious: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobilepocket.loyaltycard.virtualcard

A screenshot of "Loyalty Card Keychain" by "UniqueApp Technologies" on Google Play. This app uses the same name as the Open Source app and a logo almost identical, but has added advertisement. The app developer clearly attempts to mislead users looking for the first app to get more installs.

SylvieLorxu,
@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social avatar

I can't put into words how I feel about Google constantly mistreating FOSS developers that just want to share their code to make the world a better place with increasingly hostile store policies even banning donations while actively turning a blind eye whenever Open Source apps get stolen and filled with ads/sold despite the license disallowing it, even when reported.

To this day, Google still refuses to take any action against malicious Catima clone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ALKmk.dCard too.

Google sucks.

kuketzblog, to random German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Bahnkunden, die seit Jahren per Lastschrift bezahlen, sollen nun über den Dienstleister Tink ihr Konto verifizieren bzw. ihre Identität nachweisen. Solche Meldungen erreichen mich seit Tagen gehäuft. Meine Meinung dazu: Unverhältnismäßig und datenschutzrechtlich bedenklich. Aber von der Deutschen Bahn kennen wir es ja nicht anders. 😉

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tagesschau, to ChatGPT German
@tagesschau@ard.social avatar

Europäische Datenschützer reichen Beschwerde gegen OpenAI ein

Das KI-Programm ChatGPT veröffentlicht Daten über Privatpersonen, deren Herkunft unklar sei. Das werfen Datenschützer dem Anbieter OpenAI vor. Zudem ließen sich falsche Angaben nicht korrigieren.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/openai-chatgpt-datenschutz-beschwerde-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

jwildeboer, to random
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net avatar

Renaming "Bug Tracker" to "Hallucination log" immediately makes your project modern and "AI" ready.

SylvieLorxu, to random
@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social avatar

It's so frustrating to see Microsoft copy inventions from the Linux world and act like they're new. Ads in the start menu? Come on, we had that in Ubuntu back in 2012 already, you're late to the party again.

mcfly, (edited ) to fediverse German
@mcfly@milliways.social avatar

Facebook gave Netflix all of your private messages in exchange for all your watch history.

rocks.

Edit: Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/netflix-ad-spend-led-to-facebook-dm-access-end-of-facebook-streaming-biz-lawsuit/

kuketzblog, to random German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Der Messenger »Doctolib Siilo« richtet sich an den medizinischen Bereich. Direkt nach dem Start verbindet sich die App zu:

  • Google Firebase
  • Adjust (Tracking)
  • Google Crashlytics (Analyse/Tracking)
  • Google Firebase Remote Config
  • Google Firebase Logging

Um Erlaubnis wird nicht gefragt. Besonders brisant: Das personenbezogene Datum (Google-Advertisting-ID) wird ausgelesen und an Adjust übermittelt. und Verstoß.

Genau so geht Datenschutz nicht. 🤷‍♂️

jwildeboer, to random
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net avatar

An EU-wide has been adopted by the EU parliament with 584 votes in favour, 3 against and 14 abstentions. The directive now goes to the council and after it is officially published, member states have 24 months to implement it in national law.

And yes, smartphones are included.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240419IPR20590/right-to-repair-making-repair-easier-and-more-appealing-to-consumers

kuketzblog, to security German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Politische Überwachungsphantasien, die mit dem Vorwand gerechtfertigt werden, "schlimmste Verbrechen wie den sexuellen Missbrauch von Kindern zu bekämpfen", sind unerträglich.

Wer wirklich etwas für Kinder tun will, engagiert sich im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel, für sichere Schul- und Radwege, für Bildung, gewaltfreie Familien, Chancengleichheit und freie Entfaltungsmöglichkeiten.

Stop this bullshit! 🫵

SylvieLorxu, to random
@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social avatar

I really don't understand Lite apps.

Your app is slow and way too big because you never cared about usability on slower devices or saving storage. Clearly you do not have a methodology to develop thoughtfully.

So, instead of starting to clean up your app and ensure more care in the future you... write a second app? Now you have 2 codebases to maintain, effectively doubling the maintenance costs. And if you still have no methodology the Lite app will eventually meet the same fate too.

Why?

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