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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

IPFS seems similar to what you're looking for.

(See: A copy of Wikipedia on IPFS being censorship-resistant, and globally distributed)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I like ArchiveBox, but in my experience, it kept on running into issues saving pages, and stopped functioning after it worked the first few times. I really wish there was a more streamlined application that did a similar thing somewhere out there.

I've been looking at Linkwarden's page archiving solution, but it crashes whenever I try importing any large number of links, so that's a bust too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just like how the moment their videotape rental history was exposed, that was when privacy became an absolute must in the case of video rental services.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, there are definitely people in the government working on it, but those often require much more substantial reforms and systemic changes before the changes could functionally work. (i.e. banning data brokers would kill off most free services, or banning targeted ads would kill most ad-funded news networks)

If you haven't already, I recommend using the EFF's Action Center to let your representatives know about specific changes you would and would not want made to our laws to protect privacy, free speech, and digital innovation, according to what they've found to be the most pressing issues at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

"1 in 10 people believe they are not at risk when using illicit sources to watch TV, film or sports."

ONE in ten? Man, they're even bad at cherry picking statistics 😂

They even cite a study with only 1,000 participants for their statistic that "32% OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF FRAUD"

In the title, at least. The body of that claim's card says that it's the people, or someone they know that have been victims of fraud.

Gosh, I hate dishonest scare marketing campaigns.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just because an LLM sounds smart and human-like doesn't mean it will magically solve climate change after being directly implicated in resource consumption we know from actual scientists, today, will make the problem worse.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

They don't believe it.

They just think their investors will.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's mildly effective in the sense that it will decimate click-through rates, but if enough people did it, they would start filtering by IP, and you'd need to change how many ads it clicks on so it looks more human.

It also still gives advertisers your data, since it still has to load the ads on your system to click them, so it's not as privacy-preserving as a full-on adblocker that outright blocks every advertisement and tracker related network request in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Better than completely allowing capital to do whatever it wants without even attempting to push back.

[–] [email protected] 208 points 1 month ago (4 children)

As Cory Doctorow put it, "An app is just a web-page wrapped in enough IP to make it a felony to add an ad-blocker to it."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Always demand a human support representative until it gives you the option to, then the actual human will usually manually process your refund if you complain about how the initial refund never happened.

Bonus chance of success if you're a Prime member and say you're thinking about cancelling.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

The highest usage of ad blockers happens within the age range of 18-24, which categorically includes Gen Z.

The second highest age range is 25-34, and the third highest is 12-17, which is also included in Gen Z.

That said, I would argue that, while knowing how to use a smartphone doesn't make you tech savvy, knowing how to use an ad blocker doesn't either. It's as easy as installing an extension.

 

Sharing because I found this very interesting.

The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has a DIY design for a home lab you can set up to reproduce expensive medication for dirt cheap, producing medication like that used to cure Hepatitis C, along with software they developed that can be used to create chemical compounds out of common household materials.

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