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I get the reasoning, but I don't see this applied to some platforms. Reddit and Discord allow you to both delete and edit older comments, and there's no limits on how far back you …

> As the businesses still using it either mature, evolve, or fail, the need for PHP will begin to dry up. People have been calling for PHP's death, or saying PHP is a dying languag…

> nobody came to any harm or suffered any detrimental effects as a result of this breach Who gets to decide what "harm" is or whether anyone suffered "detrimental effects"? Surveil…

You can once the inevitable database leak of driver information details leaks from the DVLA/insurance companies. It might take a few years, but you can use this dataset in the futu…

What does opt-out mean anyway? I've had examples where Google Fit has reenabled itself without my due consent in the settings of my phone (and I have screenshots to prove it). We'v…

HAHA! What an absolutely trash service, in that page it says: > Facebook says that it does not listen to, view or keep the contents of any video or audio calls on your Portal. No m…

Is Mozilla's new browser on Android not included on that list? It contains 3 trackers [1]: Adjust Google Firebase Analytics LeanPlum It also has telemetry selected by default and i…

Just drop a line on twitter saying you've discovered a vulnerability in $popularSoftware and mention $company. Say you'll be disclosing in 90 days if $company doesn't issue a reply…

Not trying to be cynical, but to me this seems to be a way to get the mass public "okay" with contact tracing. Then somehow they "mysteriously" manage to get more accurate informat…

> they could make having this app a legal requirement to go in any shop if they wanted If they can legally mandate an "app" they can mandate me having a device to run said "app". I…

None. If you're concerned, do not carry a spy around with you. I know, it's a scary thought compared to 30 years ago, but it's possible.

No disrespect but it's pretty useless. My "location" is where my browser "thinks" I am, no ability to correct it, and I was able to report myself as 'sick' which leads to your data…

Right. But it's not like they're going to "just" announce that. "Hey everyone - so yeah, we're using all your data you're willingly providing all these apps on your phone, like loc…

This is why it'd be nice for the APK/installable file to have a hash that can be verified against an open source version. In theory someone should spot anything that doesn't look r…

I would love to see the raw data on how many transactions have been abandoned because of ReCaptcha; if I had to solve a test to purchase my shopping, I'd go elsewhere (and there ar…

I'm amazed Mozilla hasn't sued Google for discriminating against their browser - I also use Firefox and suffer endlessly using privacy tools. I can prove there are no more busses a…

It's funny that we need to ensure humans are the ones performing certain actions like making a purchase or accessing a service, but we let machines make decisions over very importa…

It seems IE11 has become the new Python 2.7. I can only hope one day MS decides to pull the plug entirely, it can't run any new JS features and is clinging onto life. Eventually, t…

Even the news outlets themselves are the ones spreading fear and non-substantiated claims. Just look into BBC's reporting of Molly Russell and how they use words like "Instagram he…

No, instead they have armies of overzealous AI bots making decisions without any human oversight. That's far more scary to me, but you know, you do you.

The whole proposition by Netflix is hilarious. "Hey, everyone's at home now, so enjoy your SD kthx". If I pay for HD I expect HD, if I pay for 4k, I expect 4k. I should be able to …

I feel that transparency would be key, to understand what cloudflare considers good/bad. As we can see in this thread, there's already been a mistaken block - expect many, many mor…

The web shouldn't block ads, it should block JS entirely. There should be a 'global' permission system (similar to Android) that allows me to control exactly what information websi…

It's our collective responsibility to decide what user agents work with what platforms. The beauty of the internet is that any website is free to decide as they see fit - if they d…

Is this a fundamental problem? I mean, all the code required to make your own browser is Open Source - Microsoft can customize the Chromium engine as much as they like, adding in t…