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Smart TVs Are Watching You | Feisty Duck (www.feistyduck.com)
 

The researchers have discovered that automatic content recognition (ACR) tracking is active most of the time, even when TVs are used as “dumb” HDMI devices. In other words, the TV manufacturers are monitoring your private moments as well. There’s apparently no monitoring of streaming content in the UK, but there is in the US.

The only good news is that these TVs can seemingly be configured to disable ACR, provided the owners know this activity is taking place and are able to find the right settings. (I recently looked at the configuration of our TVs again, and understanding the various settings was far from easy.)

What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I did check that out and their web page. It says

When it's needed for the website to work properly, it will automatically accept the cookie policy for you (sometimes it will accept all and sometimes only necessary cookie categories, depending on what's easier to do)

So maybe I'll test it alongside Ublock.

What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm going to take this one away, create a new FF profile and configure. That way I can compare results with my original profile.

What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

selectively, I hope.

What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There is Easylist Ads (currently enabled) and EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices (disabled) should I enable this?

What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's something I should research more then.

As far as laws go, I'm in the UK and AFIAK privacy laws are still the same as before we left the EU. Other countries such as the US seem to have less strict laws (apart from the CCPA) which means a lot of US news sites I visit will geoblock me as they don't want to comply with EU standards.

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What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? (fedia.io)
 

I have been using Firefox with Ublock Origin as my main browser for a long while. Usually when I get a privacy prompt, I reject cookies, or maybe some sites that are more difficult take me a to a panel that wants me to switch off loads of individual trackers.

How does Ublock handle the cookies? Obviously some are required for site functionality, such as being logged in here, but if I accept cookies (or can't reject them) then presumably they are still accepted? Or does it accept the essential ones and delete third-party trackers?

The surveilled society: Who is watching you and how in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I watched the movie "Enemy of the State" the other day. It was released in 1998, but it was a true prediction of the future.

What's a good open source IMAP client for android? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Good for privacy, IIRC the default is not to load any images/trackers in emails. Mine currently handles three imap accounts inc. a M$ one.

Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That was my point - there's commercial support for those who require it and community distros for those who don't. Personally my daily driver is Arch with a Cinnamon desktop.

Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Or you are free to install the Cinnamon desktop on any other distro.

Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I prefer mine to not look like Windows.

Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

How Mega are IBM (Red Hat) and Canonical (Ubuntu) these days?

Alternative to Google Maps for sharing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

+1 for Organic Maps. Just back from a road trip, used OSM via a browser, this is much better.

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