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AlexanderHanff

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    Comment #49242994

    In this article I discuss how I use Claude Code to replace app store mobile apps with local PWAs that have the same functionality without the privacy abuses and explain that if mob…

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    Comment #49212379

    No matter how many laws the US States pass for online provacy, none of them are fit for purpose because they are all based on Notice and Choice (OPT-OUT) which then hits the Same O…

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    Comment #49046712

    Many people have asked me how I manage my privacy first stance when it comes to AI - the answer is simple so I wrote a blog post about it.

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    Comment #48835100

    OK it should be fixed now - there was a rate limit which doesn't normally land but due to multiple Tor users coming through the same exit node, it was triggering the limit. Nothing…

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    Comment #48834221

    I cannot see what is causing the issue, the certificate's full chain is sent, the clock is synced, the cert is showing zero errors in OpenSSL - so this is very confusing. The irony…

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    Comment #48834035

    Not sure why, it is working fine everywhere else - I see in Tor it gives an invalid certificate error, but the Lets Encrypt certificate is working fine in other browsers, so seems …

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    Comment #48833609

    I have put up a list of all the MEPs who voted for the urgency procedure yesterday (in breach of EU rules) as well as their voting history on fundamental rights issues and who has …

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    Comment #48830606

    After yesterday disastrous result for democracy, where the President of the European Parliament used her power to force a vote on ChatControl I which the Parliament already voted a…

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    Comment #48813642

    As a CSA survivor I have spent decades campaigning for victims and survivors of CSA/CSAM and even wrote my Master Thesis on the topic. Yesterday I once again pleaded with EU law ma…

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    Comment #48776476

    Whereas the main story here is the Commission's complete failure to do anything about Pegasus - I focused on the fact that the MEP in question and MEPs in general - should not be u…

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    Comment #48772093

    I haven't ever used Google Slides - does that make me special?

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    Comment #48759192

    I saw this - so they are spending money 2x faster than they are making it and offering to give the public 5% of their debt whilst Sam takes home billions... sounds like a fantastic…

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    Comment #48759187

    With Trump vs Slaughter gutting independence of the FTC - the Data Privacy Framework agreement used to transfer personal data from the EU to the US is unlikely to survive.

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    Comment #48744242

    I wanted to see if US Frontier Models are exhibiting censorship so I asked Gemini a question about the current state of the world - the response was quite concerning as Gemini info…

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    Comment #48675804

    Or you could actually read the article and look at the evidence which is based on peer reviewed research...

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    Comment #48675048

    You are assuming that the author (me) hasn't tried to help the UN do it right in the past and that assumption would be wrong. They don't get to shout at big tech when they are doin…

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    Comment #48674175

    The buck stops at him, whether he likes it or not.