Better link, I hope

“Pause” and not “Stop” is concerning.

Is it just me, or was the addition of AI summaries basically predetermined? The AI panel probably would only be attended by a small portion of editors (introducing selection bias) and it’s unclear how much of the panel was dedicated to simply promoting the concept.

I imagine the backlash comes from a much wider selection of editors.

You claim to hate the carnivore community, and yet you’re here posting your beef… Curious

Firefox exists in name as a thin wrapper over the Apple iOS WebKit engine. I personally don’t think that counts, although it’s arguable I guess.

There is no Tor Browser for iOS. There is an alternative, but it is notably hacky and flawed, due to iOS itself. The app also originally cost money in an attempt to recoup Apple’s developer licensing costs, before becoming free in 2017.

(IMO, this paints a picture of antagonism between Apple vs its users having nice things in general.)

AltStore (classic) is something I’ve tried, but it’s incredibly janky and painfully limited and, last I checked, kinda costs money every month. ?AltStore PAL operates only in Europe and at the express allowance of Apple itself.)

Again the antagonism of Apple against the iOS user rears its ugly head:

Apps installed with AltStore expire after 7 days, at which point they can no longer be opened…

Due to restrictions by Apple, you can only have 3 sideloaded apps installed on a device at a time.

And the file system with Apple iOS is not something I have a lot of experience with, but my expectations are below sea level…

If you’re expecting anything remotely like an Android experience on Apple’s devices, you’re going to have a horrible time. Anything even vaguely resembling your own file system, or non-Apple browsing engine, or alternative app store is basically nonexistent. And the way Apple squeezes indie developers means you’ve got less choice between decent apps even if you look on their store.

Among other missing apps, you get no Syncthing, no Firefox, no Tor Browser, nothing remotely like F-Droid or Obtainium…

… And as far as I can tell, there’s no such thing as an alternative to the Apple App Store (which mandates an identity and a signin), which isn’t also run by Apple…

This is interesting, how do you see these?

Some acronyms you might see.

• PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.

• YDI - You Deserved It: The commenter thinks you deserved that mod action.

• YDM new - You Deserved More: The commenter thinks you got off too lightly.

• BPR - Bait-Provoked Reaction: That mod probably overreacted in charged situation, or due to being baited.

• CLM - Clueless Mod: The mod probably just doesn’t understand how their software works.

Ironically, this new China policy would only require them to give you an ID that the government knows is associated with you. In other words, on a technical level, it might be more private than their current system.

In the United States, the concept of a digital ID is reprehensible because it would be far worse than the status quo.

Note this court order is exclusively for an ongoing case into copyright infringement.

I’m of two minds of this.

• On one hand, I don’t want to normalize forcing companies to collect data on users and retain it past their stated deletion dates. OpenAI (allegedly) deletes customer data after some time, and I’d like to hold them to that!
• On the other hand, I trust OpenAI as far as I can throw them. The only reason they would ever delete data, as they state themselves, is for business interests. They probably want to keep corporate clients more than they want to risk the leakage of sensitive client information.

I was about to say the same thing for people who end words with “-oid”

I wish. Elon Musk was inspired by WeChat, and the US has already started sending undesirables to faraway labor camps. Praise of the Taliban has been… Not uncommon in conservative circles as far back as 2021, and there’s nothing unusual about the current administration copping CCP rules while pretending to oppose them.

That is sneaky. I might need to give that a shot… Although I have the feeling it might not like whatever VP and I sign onto first

Is this an AI-generated news article? At that point, it might as well link to the original source. Thankfully, it looks like it was resolved:

Issue was fixed 7 months ago but raised concerns about developer expertise

I realize that hackers don’t differentiate between incompetent and malicious backdoors, but I personally think the Zen developers are doing their best to make a good and private browser.

You’ll find most of those in the sidebar (except AI, but I figure you’re good with that one)

I imagine they might care because advertisements are their source of revenue on that platform, which I believe loses money regardless. They’re also getting increasingly adamant about breaking people’s ad blockers.

It also appears to me that every combination of functional use requires some form of identification:

• If you’re logged out, they’re okay with you browsing from an identifiable home IP address.
• If you’re on a VPN, they’re okay with showing your videos if you log in so they can track your viewing habits.
• If you’re on a VPN and make a new account, they want your phone number so they can tie your identity to an actual human being.

It might be a bit paranoid, but these factors combined suggest that Google does not want us to watch videos without providing some form of (inferrable) personal identification. And if Google can’t get what it wants, specifically data and ad revenue, they might be very willing to terminate an account that’s draining their coffers.

Do you mean the Privacy community on lemmy.ml?

I got temporarily banned there after criticizing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and a moderator proceeded to remove most of my comments from the thread. Only the ones with >0 upvotes, interestingly. I give the ML mods brownie points for technique, at least.

(Regarding if “off topic” is PTB: I’m not sure if AI generation specifically regarding Tianmen square is on-topic for privacy, but I imagine it would be at home in communities discussing technology, AI, even free speech. But let’s be fair, it’s definitely pretense for an unwarranted instance-wide ban. Far more PTB than BPR.)

I’m personally just not that excited about needing a YouTube account to be signed in, in order to view/download videos. I imagine they wouldn’t take too kindly to that if they caught me. My existing account kind of matters, and apparently now you need a phone number to register a new one

With or without cookies?

I’ve recently been told to sign in when trying to access YouTube videos not just on a VPN, but now at my own residential location

I believe so, based on another article I read

Interesting you added “Russia” to the title, but couldn’t be bothered to name the US as another surveillance state.

If I didn’t know better, I’d say you didn’t care about privacy at all, and were only stoking nationalistic fears.