Maintaining a level of anonymity.
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 1d ago 100%

    Google will just add your new account to your profile and keep right on selling your shit.

    This is exactly why I used a pseudonym from the outset.

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  • Coca-Cola Recalls Its Popular Zero Sugar Drink Because It Contains Full Sugar
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 1w ago 77%

    Thing is though there's around 12-24 bottles per case depending on the size of the bottles.

    Our fastest filler here at work does 36,000 bottles an hour, so you definitely won't be getting 13,000 cases in 30 seconds I can assure ya ;)

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  • 5th Circuit rules ISP should have terminated Internet users accused of piracy
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 1w ago 100%

    I've had a couple of vapid emails from VirginMedia for one (Animal Kingdom) of many TV shows I've downloaded over the years.

    Shame they didn't send it by snail mail, could've got some free toilet paper out of them then.

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  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qualcomm-patches-high-severity-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/

    cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/18563178 > Qualcomm has released security patches for a zero-day vulnerability in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) service that impacts dozens of chipsets. [...]

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    Discord alternatives?
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2w ago 100%

    Some groups have allegedly used the “901” tag in their usernames to identify themselves, raising alarms among officials and parents alike

    What does this mean? I can't seem to find info on what a 901 tag even is.

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  • Mobile network not available
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2w ago 100%

    If you can get someone else's SIM card to see if it's a carrier issue, and I know factory resetting sucks but it is the easiest way to discount a hardware issue :/

    Good luck!

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  • Google Drive started killing third-party apps: End of the Road for Google Drive in Transmit
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2w ago 100%

    Aye, I've given my old NAS enclosure to a family member and they've never been so happy having the arrrr stack running on it and I think it's like magic to them still.

    However one step at a time and I'll get them off Google Photos (I've plonked Immich and Jellyfin on their bedroom n100 box) and Drive if it kills me. Screw this bullshit of paying to store our data only for them to double down and invade their privacy.

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  • Xiaomi will reportedly end its global bootloader unlock program
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2w ago 100%

    We do, twice a year and it annoys me no end since I work some shitty continental hours and sometimes have to watch the clock go backwards through the night.

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  • Mobile network not available
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2w ago 100%

    Have you tried a factory reset?

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  • China-linked security breach targeted U.S. wiretap systems, WSJ reports
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2w ago 100%

    It’s possible the hackers had access for months or longer to networks the U.S China country uses to make lawful requests for communications data, the newspaper wrote.

    I'd be curious how that works on the opposite end of surveillance states.

    I'm pretty sure GCHQ here likes my noods

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  • British travel bloggers ‘sugarcoating’ China’s Uyghur problem to the delight of Beijing: Influencers claim to be exposing 'Western lies' about Xinjiang, claiming they have not seen human rights abuses
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2w ago 100%

    That's strange. When I click the link from my front page feed I get the above but clicking from the comment section it's fine 🤔

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  • Signal Piracy group
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 3w ago 100%

    Aye, I've seen this misconception before and suspect it's specific countries in the European continent where you have to register.

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  • Signal Piracy group
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 3w ago 100%

    I don't know if you're in the UK right now but I can tell you right now that I can go round the corner and buy a SIM card in cash plus a top-up voucher, from someone like this guy

    https://www.coregroup.co.uk/assets/img/cards/independent-retail-sim-distribution.jpg

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  • Signal Piracy group
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 3w ago 83%

    No you don't.

    I can go to the corner shop/local garage right now, buy a SIM card for 99p and then buy a top-up voucher in cash to have a completely anonymous phone number.

    Albeit is the UK in Europe again? 🙈

    edit: where I would be worried if my privacy was on the line is I could also go to the local pawn shop / Cash Converters to ensure that SIM card isn't associated with an IMEI I've previously used and buy in cash a cheapo phone.

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  • From Samsung to HTC: The worst Android phones ever made
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 4w ago 100%

    :facepalm:

    Completely missed the non-capitalisation on the HTC one. Oops

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  • From Samsung to HTC: The worst Android phones ever made
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 4w ago 100%

    I had both HTC One's and while the camera on both of them especially the m7 was dire purple durple shite, the battery life was never an issue for me and was when I first started seeing 6hr+ SOT constantly.

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  • https://stopscamsuk.org.uk/159

    Was aware of the 7726 short code for spammers https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/phone-internet-downloads-or-tv/stop-getting-nuisance-calls-and-texts/ but never heard of 159 before. Heads up?

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    Nice Telegram client, based on Telegram X.
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2mo ago 75%

    Telegram has the very public, very purposeful eye of the government on it right now.

    Which, "government", are you referring to here if you could expand please?

    Or are you saying all governments are averse to Telegram?

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  • Firefox Just a Puppet for Google
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2mo ago 100%

    Yes, we can change, but it's still installed and running services in the background if I recall.

    You can disable or remove Chrome depending on your device

    I run a simple combo of Firefox and Kiwi Browser so I get a taste of both browser engines and don't really have any issues since I get extensions too in both.

    The thing we do need to be observant about is Google Play Services and its tentacles of that sticky little system-priv framework and what it can do. AFAIK, it can still use Chrome even if disabled/removed during a Factory Reset and why there are FRP exploits using Chrome + webviews.

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  • [Weekly thread] How are you doing with your communities?
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2mo ago 100%

    Hai!

    Just rewatching The Terminator to check my Tailnet and a family members Jellyfin

    Can confirm it's working, good 🥳

    Thanks for doing this as peeps need a place to chat even if I'm been nostalgic lazy.

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  • A Modern Private Messenger
  • ladfrombrad ladfrombrad 2mo ago 100%

    Sticker repository? lol, Telegram has that market cornered and you know it :)

    https://matrix.org/ is probably the only reasonable solution to your problem but reading between the lines you're inferring that Telegram is dead in the water.

    I'm a popcorn fanantic and await to see the, corns?

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  • www.skylo.tech

    cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/11927852 > Skylo announced the support of an innovative satellite SOS feature on the new Google Pixel 9 series in the US

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    www.skylo.tech

    Skylo announced the support of an innovative satellite SOS feature on the new Google Pixel 9 series in the US

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    https://x.com/realmeespana/status/1801524985108070454?s=19

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    github.com

    I seem to be suffering from the above bug https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/11139 but it only seems to pervade if I'm using Tailscale to VPN ~~home~~ to my exit node at a family members house? Is Google / YT blocking the use of VPN's here / anyone else experiencing this?

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    www.bbc.co.uk

    https://archive.is/XVnMk *update* caught in Buckinghamshire https://archive.is/wXSmq

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    www.youtube.com

    Another of the old classics that I'd never seen from TOTP

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    https://archive.is/HTdJb

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai

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    www.youtube.com

    One of my most favourite mashups from Harry Hard and the FNP crew.

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    https://files.catbox.moe/0jkhxb.jpg

    Petition to make a wiki page to make a Approved Wiki page of Approved Printers?

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    xiaomi
    Xiaomi ladfrombrad 1y ago 100%
    CUKTECH
    https://cuktech.com/

    https://files.catbox.moe/b6tyjc.jpg

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