Can't fix everything, but Google drive is easily replaced by proton drive. Google notes/keep or any kind of note taking is easily replaced (and improved) by Obsidian, and on android you can install f-droid as an alternative store.
Downside is that these thinks cost money. But everything has a cost, and at least here the cost is clear, and upfront.
Isnt that like, a usual part in the game development cycle? I've seen news reports like this for over 15 years now. Developer starts with ideas for a new game, small team. Developer starts actual production of game, team grows. Developer realizes how much work there actually is to be done, team grows even further. Game is almost done and in a good state, team starts to shrink since there is no longer enough work for everyone. Part is laid off and part is reassigned to early development of DLC. Game is released, and smaller team is able to do patchwork. Developer starts with idea for new game, cycle repeats.
Perhaps the main reason we havent seen a lot of these news blurbs over the past few years is that A: CDPR is a good punchingbag. Common memory of the target audience hold the bad release of CP2077, so its easy to get back in the habit and haul in these clicks. And B: TripleA game development mas mostly conglomerated into a few big developers/publishers with several teams around the world. That means that when one project winds down, surplus personnel might be easily integrated into a different team that is just winding up. CDPR is one of the few tripleA developers not able to do this (yet).
Since you opened up to a response; Yeah. A little bit gibberish. But thats okay.
blockchain is a public ledger. There is no increased anonimity in it. Its core essence is that it is open and public, and everyone can check and validate it. The privacy part comes from not knowing which person is behind which wallet. But hey! You can do that here! Or anywhere.
Looking at the article:
According to Kolektiva, the seized database, now in the FBI’s possession, includes personal information such as email addresses, hashed passwords, and IP addresses from three days prior to the date the backup was made. It also includes posts, direct messages, and interactions involving a user on the server. Because of the nature of the fediverse, this also implicates user messages and posts from other instances.
Focussing on that last part first; Posts, PMs, and other interactions are open and public in the ActivityPub protocol (which lemmy and KBin and Mastodon work on). If the FBI wants that, they can just go to the website and make an account, no raid needed. Blockchain tech wouldnt chance that.
Focussing on the first part: email addresses, hashed passwords, and IP addresses, those are not all open to the public. And you may want to protect those better. But as I said, you dont need hip blockchain for that!
Dont use your primary email directly when making an account, but hide behind an email-alias. SimpleLogin, HideMyEmail, Guerilla Email, 10minute mail, Proton Pass, are all services that let you provide an email that is not your own, but does connect to your actual inbox.
Dont reuse passwords. Use a password manager to generate random ones for each website. Bitwarden has a good rep. LastPass is still used, KeePass exists, Proton Pass is new and promising.
Dont browse without a VPN.
bonus (use a privacy focussed browser with extensions that block un-whitelisted javascripts, block trackers, and block canvassing/fingerprinting).
Can your private info now still be obtained? The answer ranged somewhere in between possibly and probably. But you've made it a lot of work. Work that almost only a governmental agency can perform, in a way that takes manpower time and warrants. You'll have to have them very interested in you as an individual to go through all of that.
I compare it to going outside. You wear clothes so that you arent naked, shoes that protect your feet, and if you touch something icky you'll want to wear gloves. The internet is basically the same. Just remember, like outside, most of the internet is a public space. Information that you volunteer, conversations that you have are public. And differently from the real world, they are recorded forever. Need to discuss sensitive stuff in private, switch to "private places" such as encrypted email, Signal, or Matrix based platforms like Element.
Now this post probably isnt complete, and flawed. So I welcome anyone who wants to build further from it.
No sense in engaging with tankie talking points. China indeed has a long history of conquering and then culturally and ethnically assimilating everything into Han. Makes it a lot easier to rewrite history into saying you are just uniting your people. Same playbook on why the Uyghurs are experiencing genocide by China.
Despite the rules they claim to enforce on their instance, when I see a racist, bigoted, or obnoxiously offensive take here it’s pretty much exclusively a user from there....
I've been a mod on a game subReddit. Mostly because there was only one active mod before and they couldn't handle it all. Game wasn't particularly universally loved so general internet hate and Reddit hivemind hate often spilled over into it. Why I did it? Because I enjoyed talking about that game in a positive environment.
In all honesty: the negative vibes on Reddit towards moderators took a lot of the joy out of it. Imagine temp banning someone because they keep calling racist slurs towards other users, then perma banning them because they continue, and then they start making new accounts over and over to send hateful messages towards you. Then you browse some Reddit for your own leisure only to read the general consensus that all mods are powerhungry faggots.
End result was worth it though, I guess? Sub is in a good place now. Positive vibes, and little bullshit. No longer an active mod though, because without RIF I don't have to proper tools to keep moderating from phone. Can't even enjoy it the way I used though. Bitter? Slightly. But I have good hopes about my new online social environment here.
Before too many people come in saying she needs a longer sentence just a quick reminder; The singular only reason she is serving time at all is because she stole money from other rich assholes. Had she just scammed the poor rubes likes us here as the top class is supposed to do she would probably still be on several boards and gotten press coverage as the "inspirational power woman who bounced back".
The mental image of me looking at a qr code on my phone screen, and only then wondering how I would catch that on the phone's camera did make me laugh.
I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated, but I am guessing there are a lot of adblock users here and I was wondering if anyone has seen the youtube adblock warning message in the wild. I use ublock origin and still haven’t seen it once.
I’ve recently played with the idea of self hosting a LLM. I am aware that it will not reach GPT4 levels, but beeing free from restraining prompts with confidential data is very nice tool for me to have....
I’ve recently learned that DDG does not follow its own guidelines for privacy. I’m curious what search engines people here would recommend. I would prefer a search engine that not only respects my privacy but also doesn’t hide or shadow ban content it doesn’t like. Any recommendations?
There is a lot of "in my eberron" going on in our campaign. Long story short; in the eternal battle of manipulations between the Chamber and the Lords of Dust there is now a third player; The Knights of the Golden Eclipse were once founded by a former Chamber member who believed that there should be a party that fought for the (relative to their games) short term interests of mortals, to stop the average lives on Khorvaire from being less than a playball in the large games. This founder then disappeared into "plot".
This worked for a while, and then the Knights radicalized and became a "only we can guide the way" cult, scheming to gain all relevant political power on Khorvaire while still fighting the Chamber and Lords of Dust left and right.
The party is in between all of this. For most of their now level 3 to 13 campaign, they have been fighting the cult. But now they are very strong. Their actions and past begin shaping the world. So a member of the Chamber has started to make moves that include them, and soon one of the Rakshasa will follow.
Because my job as a DM isnt over until the party truly and fully understands that on this level there are no objectively good or bad guys. They are all dicks. They will need to realize that at one point you need to stop following, and start leading, and avoid the pitfalls of The Knights of the Golden Eclipse, or dont...
How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone?
On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices....
The Kremlin's propaganda machine will likely use the conflict in Israel to undermine the West's support for Ukraine: ISW (www.businessinsider.com)
The Institute for the Study of War says Russia’s propaganda machine will likely use the conflict in Israel to erode the West’s support for Ukraine....
Stash v0.22 released - adult video organizer (github.com)
Google tries to defend its Web Environment Integrity (techreport.com)
I’m happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it’s a lot at stake....
"I said to fire a warning shot *across* their nose, NOT UP IT!" (sh.itjust.works)
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Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher studio CD Projekt laying off 100 staff (www.pcgamesn.com)
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)
China secretly sends enough gear to Russia to equip an army (www.politico.eu)
Shipments of military-capable hardware expose a China-sized loophole in Western sanctions.
Ok, this is my official petition to defederate from sh.itjust.works
Despite the rules they claim to enforce on their instance, when I see a racist, bigoted, or obnoxiously offensive take here it’s pretty much exclusively a user from there....
"It has to be Chromium" (lemmy.world)
Shodan lifetime membership discount. (lemmy.world)
Google is a search engine for human readable content. Shodan does the same for machine readable content....
Dutch government officially launches Mastodon server (fediversereport.com)
Anti-drone netting fails to protect a Russian MT-LB from a kamikaze drone. (streamable.com)
Translated from source:...
Why would anyone want to be a moderator?
Are moderators just purely altruistic? Or do they have an ulterior motive?
Christopher Nolan isn't happy 'Barbie' will premiere the same weekend as his film, 'Oppenheimer,' sources say (www.insider.com)
Elizabeth Holmes’ 11-year prison sentence shortened by two years (www.theguardian.com)
Elizabeth Holmes’ prison sentence was quietly shortened by two years, new records show....
Let the Platforms Burn by Cory Doctorow (archive.ph)
The Opposite of Good Fires is Wildfires
Einde van een tijdperk. Rutte geen lijsttrekker meer voor de VVD. (nos.nl) Dutch
Dit verandert een boel. Een VVD zonder Rutte.
Is switching to Aegis really worth the hassle?
Hello! I’m in the process of slowly de-googling my life and taking my privacy more seriously....
Youtube adblock blocking
I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated, but I am guessing there are a lot of adblock users here and I was wondering if anyone has seen the youtube adblock warning message in the wild. I use ublock origin and still haven’t seen it once.
Selfhosted LLM (ChatGPT)
I’ve recently played with the idea of self hosting a LLM. I am aware that it will not reach GPT4 levels, but beeing free from restraining prompts with confidential data is very nice tool for me to have....
Search Engine Privacy
I’ve recently learned that DDG does not follow its own guidelines for privacy. I’m curious what search engines people here would recommend. I would prefer a search engine that not only respects my privacy but also doesn’t hide or shadow ban content it doesn’t like. Any recommendations?
What’s happening in your Eberron campaign?
A thread to discuss goings-on in your roleplaying campaign set in the world of Eberron!