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Anyone in Wi-Fi range can exploit the device. The sensors of the air purifier can be used for spying, and the device could also serve as a hopping point for exploiting other device…

The issue is what happens to these toothbrushes in a couple of years when their vulnerabilities will be discovered. Their inevitable exploitation could be prevented by simply allow…

A warning about Philips electric toothbrushes: you cannot turn off Bluetooth on them, even if you are not using the smart features. Also be careful with all Philips air purifiers t…

Of course, but these are thinner and prettier because of the pre-cut shapes.

LightDims solved the problem of bright and blinking status LEDs in our home, they sell sticker sheets in various colors that dim or completely block the light: https://www.lightdim…

Through a series of unfortunate events I ended up briefly owning seven brand new Beoplay Portal PC/PS headphones in the summer of 2022, and keeping the last one that was purchased …

From a quick look on GitHub the projects were not just an initial effort with little time invested in after release, but were actively developed for years. This year alone there ar…

Maybe it's not your intention, but from your comments it comes across like you're putting very little value on other people's work. It was probably a substantial effort that took y…

I'm not familiar with these projects, so I'm not sure how much time it would take to just keep them afloat, but I've seen they are popular and beloved apps. Looking at the GitHub a…

Some of the largest projects on F-Droid are all funded either by having a paid version on Google Play, accepting donations, or a company funding their development by hiring the mai…

> Exactly what kind of funding does it need? I assume your time also has value. Open source software does not have to be shared free of charge, especially not when you need to inve…

> Oh, no. I liked those tools, but I don't let them update since they started having "premium versions". Expecting project maintainers to solely fund the development of open source…

Web preservation projects usually submit their content to the Internet Archive, or at least make it accessible through the Memento protocol. It seems the blog you're looking for al…

> Yes, and it's people's prerogative to write reviews criticizing the software that is published, regardless of whether it's paid or not. Do you think that review was respectful, n…

It's definitely a strange proposition, but you could try it yourself. Install Signal on your phone and start using it, in a couple of months you will be shown a donation popup a si…

You've lost the plot if you think that it is normal or acceptable to call the maintainers of an app or extension beggars and panhandlers if there is a donation prompt shown once a …

Of course, though the frequency of repeated abuse makes all the difference.

I think empathy is a much more relevant superpower, and the lack of it can be disgusting.

A donation popup is shown once a year, and only when you use the extension, it does not randomly interrupt your browsing experience. Te popup can even be disabled from the extensio…

It also feels awful to be called a beggar and a panhandler just because you're trying to find a balance and build a sustainable project by having a donation popup (that can be disa…

Personal data is shared with Google and the carrier, that's why they need to ask for consent to enable the feature. Here's the consent popup: https://imgur.com/a/PIqcDgR The design…

The constant nagging when you tell Google "no" shows how little respect they have for their users. Messages by Google, which is primarily an SMS app, is asking me every 1-2 weeks t…

Maybe they were referring to my extension :), as of now you can still access the old search results. https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image

The classic reverse image search results from Google will not be around for much longer, I've been getting reports about my browser extension no longer working with Google Images i…