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Precisely. As humans, we use our senses to discover what is true and to what degree. When online, there's always a reality distortion machine running; the question is how much dist…

You're right, it's a shallow take in response to a straw man of my position. Clearly content moderation is a HARD problem and the decision-makers at Facebook know this better than …

Opting for community notes rather than provably biased fact-checkers is akin to massacre, got it.

I consume on social platforms, rather than creating. I was growingly aware of the platform's bias on the content I saw and opted out for reality (as close as one can get to it, any…

Funny, I just signed up for a Facebook account this week after the news,having deleted mine in 2017. In my opinion, they are taking a step in the right direction. Clearly others di…

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I love DDG's bangs. If I want to see Google results, I use !s for Startpage instead. It's Google results through Startpage's search proxy.

Fair enough, but some of the protections in Lockdown Mode seem straightforward enough that I'm not sure why they aren't enabled by default. A couple of examples: 1. Device connecti…

I'd suggest turning it on and seeing if you can live with it. Some issues that I've had: 1.) FaceTime calls from people not in your recent calls will be blocked with a silent notif…

> In one encouraging sign, some of the most recent attacks failed against users who had activated Apple’s recently introduced Lockdown Mode, which stops some communications from un…

This is true in general, but not in Apple's CSAM detections that have been abandoned. They were only scanning for images that matched a know hash of CSAM. This did nothing to preve…

I've been a PIA customer several years and have been concerned about them since their acquisition by Kape in 2019. This audit is good news for them and does make me more inclined t…

One can upload a file to their Dropbox via a cURL post, provided they have created an app and have an access token, which just takes a few minutes to set up. curl -X POST https://c…

I'm glad someone is finally holding John McAfee accountable. A bet is a bet. Thank you DOJ! Will it be livestreamed? https://jacobedawson.github.io/dickening/

For the Twitch issue, it's likely that Twitch stored a secret in your Keychain that persists. If you have a Mac, you can enable iCloud Keychain on your devices to sync and explore …

Still waiting for Apple to provide end-to-end encryption on iCloud Backup for devices. Their documentation on this has always seemed intentionally vague. https://support.apple.com/…

Most people won't purchase and use a Yubikey either though. Really just depends on your threat model, if remote attacks or local attacks are of higher risk. An obvious improvement …

Alternate title: guide to changing your single factor authentication from "something you know" to "something you have."

“Tax” is a great model on which to view the situation! I also think of these leadership positions, critical race theory / anti-racism / unconscious bias trainings, and diversity in…

The wonderful comedic film "Burn After Reading" immediately comes to mind.