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protonmail, (edited ) to random
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Meta wants you to keep Facebook Link History on, here’s why you shouldn’t:

“Meta injects special “keylogging” JavaScript onto the website you’re visiting that allows the company to monitor everything you type and tap on, including passwords.”

https://gizmodo.com/meet-link-history-facebook-s-new-way-to-track-the-we-1851134018

patrickleavy,
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@protonmail easy fix - don't use any Meta products!

mcc, to random
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Okay so the director of Die Hard, Die Hard 3, Predator, The Hunt for Red October, The Thomas Crown Affair, and, uh, Rollerball, apparently has a new movie coming out next year after directing nothing since 2003, and this is the description

patrickleavy,
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@mcc no one in Hollywood can write stories any more. Just set pieces strung together with CGI.
Good stories are born of pain and research.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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We're a long way from anything like this happening, but, man, seeing Threads profiles light up here conjures a potential future where you might follow Instagram, TikTok, maybe even YouTube accounts and more right from Ivory. How much better could it be to be able to repost or quote-post the /original source item/ instead of a link to some external site every time. ActivityPub all the things!

patrickleavy,
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@stroughtonsmith Meta? 🤢🤮 Is there no escaping their #datarape.?

Tutanota, to privacy
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Tech giant #Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for DMs on #Facebook and #Instagram

Finally Big Tech understands that only #encryption can protect your data! 🔒

We've been doing this for a decade already with real #privacy 😎

Will this move stop Meta from tracking you?

patrickleavy,
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@Tutanota no it won't. They still hoover up all the Metadata from the messages. Add it to your data profile and profit from it.

The only way is to stop using Meta's services.

cassidy, to android
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I feel like I post this every few months, but: is there a launcher for #Android AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE to the latest #Pixel Launcher, but lets me use a different search engine?

I love the stock launcher:

• At a Glance
• Combined app/web search
• Very little customizability because good defaults
• Smooth animations/integration w/Recents
• Ability to turn off Google Discover feed
• Simple gestures (⬇️ notifications, ⬆️ all apps)

ALL I want is #DuckDuckGo instead of #Google

#TeamPixel #MadeByGoogle

patrickleavy,
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@cassidy I like the Microsoft launcher. Plenty of customisation.

patrickleavy, to random
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@InfoSecSherpa Who's going to be the new #cambridgeanalytica that will help Trump this time?

vsp, to random
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Oh dear.

I clicked on a video on YouTube (about the mental health of men), and now I'm being fed Andrew Tate and Jordan Petersen videos.

Like, c'mon.

That's no good. That's not only unhelpful, but going in the wrong direction.

At this stage, 𝑰 might need to make a YouTube account just to give a better nudge to the algorithm. I'm not mental health expert, but, jeeze, there's gotta be something better than 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔.

patrickleavy,
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@vsp Google are the worst. Look how much they track people - this video is from my phone, yesterday:

video/mp4

patrickleavy,
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@vsp tell me about it!

I've always suspected it was a lot, because data is gold etc, but it's still sobering to see the sheer volume in real time 😳

If you install the Duckduckgo app on your phone, and enable App Tracking Prevention, you'll see what tracking goes on in your phone.

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