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I notice that their user identity verification involves "Entrust": https://help.curve.com/en_gb/your-curve-account-verification... https://www.entrust.com/products/identity-verific…

In general I'd agree. Curve demand a "video selfie" and I've never been comfortable with sending companies such biometric data.

I agree with you that iOS is just as not acceptable, and don't plan to switch to it myself.

Android does indeed still look better. But, I would not consider having to send a copy of my government ID to Google, or having them be able to block apps when so ordered by govern…

When I bought a Thinkpad a few months ago there was an option to order it with a smaller battery (which I selected).

Would there be any means of preventing apps from seeing one's phone number, IMEI etc.?

Definitely. I have spent the last few days trying to get a replacement "Digipass" device for a bank account I run for a small sports club. The bank was very reluctant to issue a ne…

Years ago I worked for another BOINC project, climateprediction.net and I'm pleased to see that they are still operating (see: https://main.cpdn.org/ ). IIRC SETI@Home was well-kno…

There has been very little change for me. The one area where AI has been of use is for providing debugging suggestions in those circumstances when I am so short of ideas that I am …

Indeed; I could probably get away with the minimal uBlock Chrome now offers, but it's no good for me without the containers.

Containers are also very useful indeed; I have to log into various different Google and Github accounts and can do this in a single browser window.

Normally I have had very good experiences as well. My colleagues almost always speak very good English and even those who don't are understandable. Everyone is happy to conduct mee…

I lived in Dundee during the 1990s and they were available. I'm told that they were popular at the Victor ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/9g3je56Gt7spifo26 ) though I don't see them on t…

Readers may be interested to know what my MP had to say when I got in touch about this: Thank you for your email. The UK has a strong tradition of safeguarding privacy while ensuri…

Recently, I was referred by my family physician to a healthcare provider. That provider required a mobile phone number for registration. I emailed them to complain about this and t…

Pixel watches are pretty good now, and I didn't much like the changes made in WatchOS 10. But, it's a fair point.

I've encountered a similar issue in academia - PI's don't want to make their data available to be scraped (or, at least not easily) because the amount of grant funding is limited, …

iTunes used to be extremely buggy for me, and things got a bit better with the Apple Music app. But, within the last week a bug which messes up all the album artwork on a synced iP…

> personalised StackOverflow without the negative attitude Phrased in that way, it does sound very tempting. Over the past few years it's become pretty much a waste of time to post…

Do you have any references for either fascist sympathies or alternative frameworks? I'd be interested in taking a look if so.

Interesting. I don't think I've noticed that, but I have run into various issues with SMS when there's poor signal. On one occasion I could receive but could not send, just at the …

Indeed. Pretty much everyone I know is "texting" with their friends and using whatever is the default app on their phone. Some people will use Whatsapp for specific groups/events, …

A Pebble 2 HR with a colour screen would do the job for me, I think.

It's a major use of the watch for me also, but something like a Pebble 2 HR would tempt me to abandon payments. Do you have any links to examples of these bands you've found useful…

I've managed to persuade some people and groups to use Signal. If I could find a way to use Whatsapp without Meta being able to identify me via my phone number and ransack my conta…