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The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by cod1r »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #13

>Do we want, at a time when Russia is considering the UK as an enemy, to be providing all our personal details to a server in Moscow? Depends how good the search is. Google doesn’t seem to want to provide me proper results anymore, even very basic image search tasks on google now net you only about 20 results all of which are wrong or useless. Yandex image search actually works. If you don’t want me to use the Russia…

Yandex search is superior 100%. I use it too when I'm trying to reverse search for an image.

Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by keithalewis »

undefinedland wrote: post #70
throw-ru-938 wrote: post #17

Context: Yandex is in the news right now because a couple of days ago its cofounder and former CEO Arkady Volozh was caught trying to hide his Russian past [0], and today he finally issued a public statement condemning the war [1], almost 1.5 years after the full-scale invasion began. [0] https://kz.kursiv.media/en/2023-08-07/co-founder-of-yandex-e... [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-yandex-volozh..…

This is the West. You are either with us or against us. Forever.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8717.Perpetual_War_for_P...

Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by afavour »

chaosbolt wrote: post #43
whywhywhywhy wrote: post #13

>Do we want, at a time when Russia is considering the UK as an enemy, to be providing all our personal details to a server in Moscow? Depends how good the search is. Google doesn’t seem to want to provide me proper results anymore, even very basic image search tasks on google now net you only about 20 results all of which are wrong or useless. Yandex image search actually works. If you don’t want me to use the Russia…

>Do we want, at a time when Russia is considering the UK as an enemy, to be providing all our personal details to a server in Moscow? (answering to the OP) Yes, there is nothing the Russians can do with my data that my government hasn't done. >Depends how good the search is. Google doesn’t seem to want to provide me proper results anymore, even very basic image search tasks on google now net you only about 20 results…

> Yes, there is nothing the Russians can do with my data that my government hasn't done.

I understand anti-government sentiment but whenever I see a statement like this it makes me devalue anything that comes after it. You really think there is nothing a foreign government might do with your personal data that your government hasn't already done? You really feel like there's a similar level of accountability at stake?

Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by VincentEvans »

undefinedland wrote: post #79
VincentEvans wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As russian, when I encounter people comparing the state of media in Russia to the worst excesses of government influence in media in US like they are comparable - I think to myself “what a bunch of fucking idiots”. It’s the same ignorant halfwit crowd that compares minor inconvenience to Holocaust, having to follow an HOA rule to Stalin’s repressions, and anyone telling them what they don’t like to Hitler. I live in…

As a person with Polish heritage, it's interesting how we see things differently. Best of luck to you. Edit: I live in Australia.

Perhaps the difference is having heritage vs having lived for a large portion of life and still having ties and relatives there?

Also, please elaborate. How does does having come from Poland figure into this conversation? You yearn for Soviet rule and hate what capitalism stands for? Or sympathize with Russian justifications for their aggression against a neighbor state and their own people? I can only speculate lacking any detail.

Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by tuukkah »

The name of the Yandex taxi service that shares data with Russian FSB is Yango: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yango_(ride_sharing)

In EU, it's registered in Amsterdam so the responsible authority is Dutch data protection authority, who should force the service to shut down.

Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by Alifatisk »

dessant wrote: post #41
Alifatisk wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s the name of the extension? Didn’t know you could use the old Google images.

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

Cool, any plans on making it web based aswell?

Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by anononaut »

azangru wrote: post #67
londons_explore wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It mostly happens via private messaging, but yes. It's part of the "you are either with us or against us" mentality of many campaign groups. See ~2 years ago when every opensource project was forced to publish a code of conduct and diversity and inclusion policy... Often the people asking for the policies weren't even users of the software involved, let alone interested in writing code for the proect. That campaign s…

> That campaign seems to have ended, and nobody cares if your project has either anymore. Has the movement to rename every master branch to main quietened down as well?

This still makes my blood boil. I've seen people dance around the word master now.

Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by Craighead »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #13

>Do we want, at a time when Russia is considering the UK as an enemy, to be providing all our personal details to a server in Moscow? Depends how good the search is. Google doesn’t seem to want to provide me proper results anymore, even very basic image search tasks on google now net you only about 20 results all of which are wrong or useless. Yandex image search actually works. If you don’t want me to use the Russia…

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Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by talldatethrow »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #69
azangru wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you don't, you will probably have twitter brigades trying to smear your name. Do Twitter crowds actually do that? Do they keep track of anyone more or less prominent, and write in their comments "Have you spoken out against the war yet?" "I haven't seen you denounce the war"?

Remember that time a year ago in February when the Namecheap CEO gave every person with a Russian ID, living inside and outside Russia, 1-week notice that their account is terminated and they have to host elsewhere? Including expats, refugees, objectors, what have you. Your contract with Namecheap is terminated for being connected to Russia. Prove to us you're not, if you want to keep your service. His justification?…

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Re: The Yandex leak: How a Russian search giant uses consumer data

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Post by vogre »

azangru wrote: post #54
londons_explore wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> today he finally issued a public statement condemning the war Would you issue such a statement in his position? Think carefully. If you don't, you will probably have twitter brigades trying to smear your name. If you do, your family back home might be at risk, and you will probably never be able to visit them again. Personally, I cannot in good faith demand anyone condemn the war, if to do so, they are putting fami…

> If you don't, you will probably have twitter brigades trying to smear your name. Do Twitter crowds actually do that? Do they keep track of anyone more or less prominent, and write in their comments "Have you spoken out against the war yet?" "I haven't seen you denounce the war"?

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