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The F-91W has long been associated with terrorism for it's use in improvised time-bombs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Usage_in_terrorism
Oh so now we target people for buying inexpensive things? "Oh no! This guy doesn't have a $500 watch".
Am i the only one that finds System Information: Hardware specs, OS details, architecture Usage Patterns: Active time, session duration, feature usage Performance Metrics: Response times, resource consumption Unique Identifiers: Machine ID, user ID, device fingerprints Workspace Details: Project information, file paths (obfuscated) Not to really bad that obtrusive? Like i don't really see anything there that i'd be o…
Am i the only one that finds System Information: Hardware specs, OS details, architecture Usage Patterns: Active time, session duration, feature usage Performance Metrics: Response times, resource consumption Unique Identifiers: Machine ID, user ID, device fingerprints Workspace Details: Project information, file paths (obfuscated) Not to really bad that obtrusive? Like i don't really see anything there that i'd be o…
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Arguably it was Microsoft who started the whole trend of calling spyware "telemetry" to obfuscate what they were doing.
I can't prove it, but I think that's untrue. Anecdotally, I've only heard MS using it in the last 10 years or so, and it's been pretty common terminology for years before that.
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> debuggers Parent mentioned >> DAP Here's the docs[0] > popup context windows for docs These are called "balloon"s[1]. Plenty of people have setups for things like docs (press "K") or other things (By default "K" assumes a man page) > contextual buttons on a line of code I don't know what this means, can you explain? > minimap Do you mean something like this?[2] Personally, I use tagbar[3] as I like using ctags and…
> These are called "balloon" And are not interactive as far as I know. I've not seen a way to get a balloon on the type in another balloon and then go to the browser docs from a link in that. > Do you mean something like this? Yes, but that's still restricted to terminal characters (you could probably do something fancy with sixel, but still) - for larger files with big indents it's not useful anymore. > contextual b…
> [balloons] are not interactive as far as I know
> [tabbar is] still restricted to terminal characters (you could probably do something fancy with sixel,
> For example options to refactor based on the current location.
Second, sure, I refactor all the time. There's 3 methods I know. The best way is probably with bufdo and having all the files opened in a buffer (tabs, windows, or panes are not required). But I'm not sure why this is surprising. Maybe you don't know what ctags are? If not, they are what makes all that possible and I'd check them out because I think it will answer a lot of your questions.
> Basically where's the "extract this as named constant", "rename this type across the project"
But honestly, I really can't tell if you're just curious or trying to defend your earlier position. I mean if you're curious and want to learn more we can totally continue and I'm sure others would love to add more. And in that case I would avoid language like "vim doesn't" and instead phrase it as "can vim ___?", "how would I do ____ in vim?", or "I find ___ useful in VS code, how do people do this in vim?" Any of those will have the same result but not be aggressive. But if you're just trying to defend your position, well... Sun Tzu said you should know your enemy and I don't think you know your enemy.
[0] https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Browsing_programs_with_tags
[1] https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Search_and_replace_in_multiple_b...
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> Telemetry arguably helps with deobfuscation. Can you please expand on that? I have trouble understanding how telemetry helps me, as a user of the product, understand how the product works.
You can capture the telemetry data with a HTTPS MITM and read it yourself. Or (if you're working lower level) you can see an obfuscated function is emitting telemetry, saying "User did X", then you can understand that the function is doing X.
That's not helping me, the user.
That's helping me, the developer.
> Or (if you're working lower level) you can see an obfuscated function is emitting telemetry, saying "User did X", then you can understand that the function is doing X.
Again, it helps me, the developer.
Neither of these help me, the user.
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Every single piece of telemetry sent over the internet includes PII - the IP address of the sender - by virtue of how our internet protocols are designed.
This is like saying every physical business is collecting PII because employees can technically take a photo of a customer. It's hard to do business without the possibility of collecting PII.
Distinguishing factors from your example include
1. PII is actually encoded and handled by computer systems, not the mere capability for that to occur.
2. PII is actually sent off site, not merely able to be sent off site.
3. It doesn't assert that the PII is collected, which could imply storage, it merely asserts that it is sent as my original post does. We don't know whether or not it is stored after being received and processed.
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eclipse still is alive holy shit
Installing the VSCode extension pack for Java runs a headless version of Eclipse JDT under the hood, which isn’t quite what I think of as lightweight.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=redhat.j...
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Mhhh it is not really about “nothing to hide”, it was more that if you use niche services targeted at privacy, it puts a big target on you. Like the Casio watches, travelling to Syria, using Tor, Protonmail, etc… When it is better in reality to have a regular watch, a Gmail with encrypted .zip files or whatever, etc. It does not mean you are a criminal if you have that Casio watch, but if you have this, plus encrypte…
1. I don't really think this is true generally. 2. Using a secure, but niche, service is still more secure than using a service with no privacy. Sure, you can argue using Signal puts a "target" on your back. But there's nothing to target, right? Because it's not being run by Google or Meta. What are they gonna take? There's no data to leak about you. If I were a criminal, which I'm not, I'd rather rob a bank with an…
Actually, there was a case... I can't recall but it might have been in Argentina, where the robbers did explicitly use fake guns when robbing the banks because doing so still actually worked for the purposes of the robbery, and it also reduced their legal liability.