Tracking people is a large industry with it's own economy, it's past due to take control back in all we do. https://puri.sm/posts/mobile-app-stores-and-the-power-of-incentives/
You bought your way into Apple universe. Are you still under impression that something you paid big money for is yours, read this article then. https://puri.sm/posts/apple-users-got-owned/
The best way to stop Instagram from tracking you is to stop using it. Read this article to see how can you clear some data and they also have a link that you can use if you want to delete your account. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-instagram-from-tracking-everything-you-do/
Today is #DataPrivacyDay very sad one, recent events showed us that on those free or even paid platforms you can not be truly private or free. They will immediately censor you, block you, deprive you of functionality once your opinion is not aligned with opinion of their investors. The only way to be free is to have a full control of a platform and I am on personal mission to make it available for non tech people. This where you can find uncensored me, forever https://social.ssbx.dev/@archit3ct
So when moneybags or should I call them "accredited investors" using media to manipulate stocks and wipe out real people savings back in 2008 and then they receive bailouts from representatives they help get elected it's all fine and legal, fast forward 2021 ... moneybags manipulating stocks again and ordinary people stand up to them and now media crying that standing up is illegal, give me a break! (This is not investment advise) https://gizmodo.com/current-status-of-wallstreetbetss-gamestop-run-1846142174
I had pondered to start a podcast on #PinePhone and general Linux topics for a while. So when @PINE64 asked, I just had to do it. @Ezra is an awesome co-host and we had fun recording the first episode!
Go give it a listen at https://www.pine64.org/pinetalk/ !
#podcast #linux #community #Pine64 #pinetalk #opus #mp3
Apple Users Got Owned
https://puri.sm/posts/apple-users-got-owned/
"The illusion that Apple users have control over their computers was briefly disturbed this week when Apple released their new MacOS version “Big Sur” to the world."
Danger of trusting any company with cloud operated web cams/microphones. Cloud comes with a danger of disclosing your private information by company's personnel. The only way to avoid it is to encrypt data with your keys stored locally. https://gizmodo.com/a-home-security-worker-hacked-into-surveillance-systems-1846111569
Regardless of what you think about Parler they were shielded by law (Section 230) from liability of user generated content, no wonder there's significant push to take it down then government could decide what is allowed and not allowed on the internet, look at China, Russia, Belarus do we really want to go that route as a nation? https://gizmodo.com/house-oversight-committee-asks-fbi-to-investigate-parle-1846105887
QNAP is one of the most popular NAS servers, no wonder some folks were after it. https://www.zdnet.com/article/qnap-warns-users-of-a-new-crypto-miner-named-dovecat-infecting-their-devices/
Kindle owners beware and make sure you are on most recent update. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/113743/hacking/kindle-kindledrip-exploit.html
Strategical investments are past due, these days it's easy to write code, there are a lot of materials to teach people to code. Unfortunately experience matter in order to produce great code, and not many companies yet understood that investing into CI/CD will improve code their produce as well as overall security of their systems. Stop complaining about talent and empower your existing employees with CI/CD tools.
@kyle ahhh my favorite one, good to know that team has made it mobile ready.
@kyle which client client is that?
Ugh Nvidia cards are very popular. That not a good news for owners, off you use Nvidia make sure to update. https://threatpost.com/nvidia-gamers-dos-data-loss-shield-tv-bugs/163200/
That would be interesting to learn how Telegram wasn't affected by this one. https://threatpost.com/google-research-pinpoints-security-soft-spot-in-multiple-chat-platforms/163175/
Actual pice of information, especially in a light of changes to WhatsApp terms of use. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-take-your-messages-with-you-when-leaving-faceboo-1846078323
There are a lot of debates going on, while ago I wrote my take on Section 230 https://sergeysh.com/2020/12/14/Section-230/
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