I heard someone on a podcast talking about Muse specifically, that when blocked it asks for permission to use your browser to look like you browsing, so they’re getting you to give up more access to work around the issue.…
Didn’t we have a huge antitrust case about Microsoft forcing Internet Explorer on Windows users already, so is this a lesson they need to relearn? Just shows a lack of ethics from a company that never respected their users, hence…
I for one am getting perturbed by the people pushing AI vibe coding, especially non-developers, as you know there is no auditing of the code which they don’t even understand. What is lurking inside that AI generated code? And I’m…
It’s actually kind of feasible as there are a few websites I can’t access unless I turn off my VPN, e.g. Reddit, Ars Technica, XDA… Hilarious, at the moment I can access all three, so it must be a VPN…
The privacy policy is very disturbing, and their lack of morality in prices and weights is equally so. I would never install the Sam’s Club or Walmart apps on my phone, and I set my phone to airplane mode when…
This has some very interesting connections, and pay attention to the predictive policing tied into Flock ALPR cameras which has been experimented with for a long time. Of note, Flock AI gets license plates wrong, so how much more wrong…
France has plans for your money, The high capital gains for just converting to stablecoin is ridiculous along with the exit tax. And having to report self-custody is to build a list for when the government wants to confiscate it,…
And why blocking ads (and elements with uMatrix) along with DNS blocking of advertisement, malware, and telemetry sites is essential, as they just don’t vet these ads they’ll feed to your computer, a gaping security hole you didn’t sign up…
Amazon is the king of getting you to pay for your own surveillance. I wonder what’s going on with megacorp office workers these days, as you know they’d love to have this kind of surveillance. When I left we were…
Sure, I’ll gladly add your Microsoft spyware to my computer after leaving Windows spyware for Linux. Though, this is subscription based service and for enterprise developers who are running Linux desktops, so more for corporate IT management with spyware most…
The interesting bit I wanted to highlight is the steer by wire. We’ve had throttle by wire for a while now, which I’m not a huge fan of, but steer by wire is a solid no thank you. A severe…
A company with a worsening security record, with state level tampered reseller wallets supposedly stealing $86 million from customers so far, now has zero credibility to release such a device demanding such a hefty price tag. And I’m pretty sure…
