arscynic

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[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

“Those damn immigrants taking all our healthcare.”

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“Honestly, I am completely unsure how to proceed with the pages server.
It might be the best idea to deprecate it.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Codeberg Pages if you don't mind a give-or-take weekly 30 min downtime. GitHub Pages if you do. GitLab Pages if you have a creditcard which they require to verify your identity.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Running shirtless at -3 ℃
“On curing sadness with cold showers, excess with Cynicism, and madness with veganism. And if you can't go vegan, eat the rich.” —https://arscyni.cc/file/cynic.html

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Rest assured, I do that too ;)

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Last year I did so by writing the essay “What if I paid for all my free software?” It came across well. Now I'm thinking of ways to reach a broader audience in order to not only be preaching to the choir.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“On Windows 10 PCs without an ESU subscription, however, any security flaws found from that day forward will remain unpatched, making those PCs increasingly vulnerable to online attacks.”

“Windows unpatched […] increasingly vulnerable to online attacks” is a facetious statement since the operating system is inherently malware.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Yes, but Recall is spyware by design posing as a benign feature. This kind of unethical behaviour I vehemently oppose.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

But it doesn’t matter, because everyone else uses Gmail, so any time I communicate with someone, Google reads my emails, despite the fact that I never agreed to their oppressive ToS.

That's avoidable by PGP encrypting your emails though. But I'm sure you know that, and I'm sure you meant that getting most people to use PGP is a pipe dream.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I couldn't wait to post this obligatory fragment of Parks and Recreation - Ron vs. Online Privacy: https://youtu.be/8xn1rO1oQmk

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's more about what Microsoft enforces—spyware—than what other people do.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I'm afraid this comment shows a severe underestimation of the gravity of the issue. Windows recall doesn't stop at borders even if it were illegal there.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by arscynic@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

If one chats/mails with a person using Windows, despite using secure private protocols, every message will be stored by Microsoft's Windoze Recall. Either I'm missing something but this feature seems like the most grotesque breach in online privacy/security.

What are ways to avoid this except for using obfuscated text?

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