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GameEnder t1_jdv054d wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in GrapheneOS: Why I ditched Google for a privacy-focused Pixel ROM by ProgsRS
Install Magisk and Universal Safety net Fix. Fixes pretty much every app that needs safety net to work. The remaining apps that are coded to look for it and you're going to get specific fixes for those. Mainly banking apps.
Medic7002 t1_jduzz5r wrote
F Bill Gates.
[deleted] t1_jduypoe wrote
Reply to comment by matorin57 in Online trolls are taking a toll in China by Crimbobimbobippitybo
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Diddydinglecronk t1_jduynhz wrote
Reply to Microsoft reportedly orders AI chatbot rivals to stop using Bing’s search data by OutlandishnessOk2452
...who even uses Bing in the first place?
Diddydinglecronk t1_jduyhue wrote
Reply to The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127
This can't end well for the guys doing the mind-reading.
They'll marvel, when they see it.
ProgsRS OP t1_jduy8hd wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in GrapheneOS: Why I ditched Google for a privacy-focused Pixel ROM by ProgsRS
> That said, GrapheneOS excels at compatibility compared to running a de-Googled smartphone. Even third-party apps like Uber that rely on Google Maps work without a hitch. > > However, GrapheneOS cannot pass all SafetyNet compatibility checks without Google’s certification. This means that NFC payments in Google Pay and a handful of third-party apps will likely never work. Having said that, most apps don’t mandate SafetyNet. GrapheneOS also supports AOSP’s hardware attestation feature but it’s up to app developers to embrace it. > > But if you’re willing to stomach those two compromises, I can confidently say that you can use GrapheneOS as your daily-driver smartphone operating system. Throughout my time using it, I never felt inconvenienced.
I've never used NFC payments. There's always a certain minor tradeoff and the benefits far outweigh the cons IMO. Plus, it's very easy to switch back to Android or vice versa if it ever becomes necessary.
AthiestMessiah t1_jduy0ph wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
The west treated africa badly for a while now, not sharing technology, using them for raw resources only. Going as far as china to avoid African labour. I grew up in Africa and it’s not easy knowing you can’t have things due to politics
Disastrous_Ball2542 t1_jduxpj6 wrote
Reply to Twitter Blue subscription users may hide their paid check marks soon | After making its paid Twitter Blue with verification service available to all, the Elon Musk-run company is now working on a feature that is likely to let users hide the blue checkmark. by MortWellian
They do this so if there are many high profile accounts that don't pay the monthly fee for blue check mark, there is plausible deniabilty that these accounts paid but are "hiding" it
Plausible deniabilty in case the roll out of paid blue check marks is a failure
[deleted] t1_jduxnt2 wrote
Does it pass SafetyNet? Or is it useless like 99% of the ROMs out there?
[deleted] t1_jduxgwz wrote
Reply to comment by AthiestMessiah in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
Is that really worse than how we treat them?
HanaBothWays t1_jdux4yz wrote
Reply to comment by Educational-Ice-319 in The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies by AlphaWolfDesign
> Even in the EU they don’t achieve 100% compliance all the time.
I mentioned that earlier.
Educational-Ice-319 t1_jduwn7u wrote
Reply to comment by HanaBothWays in The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies by AlphaWolfDesign
No I don’t. You seem to be deliberately ignoring the fact that privacy regulations can either deter or punish, or both. And just because some firms fuck up doesn’t mean the regulations aren’t effective. Even in the EU they don’t achieve 100% compliance all the time.
Silly-One7351 t1_jduwmho wrote
Reply to comment by jacelaboon in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
America is warmonger. Nothing else. I've never heard them doing some great projects Other than setting up military base.
iwangchungeverynight t1_jduwhyi wrote
Reply to comment by Wwwweb in Why Chinese Apps Are the Favorites of Young Americans by PeteWenzel
Unfortunately, all that’s served by these types of posts is reaffirming that social media can be manipulated. My legitimate concern is that people of good conscience but poor critical thinking skills will unwittingly allow themselves to be influenced in their otherwise firm positions.
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AthiestMessiah t1_jduw2b6 wrote
Reply to comment by jacelaboon in China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
You do réalisé Chinese build these crappy mega projects at huge interest loans that get put through with bribes to their politicians and then the country is in debt to china forever
WillingPurple79 t1_jduux9i wrote
Reply to comment by Guilty_Discount1173 in Interactive cinema: how films could alter plotlines in real time by responding to viewers' emotions by giuliomagnifico
Neither does holywood
jacelaboon t1_jduuh4r wrote
America b like: nooooooo - China is the enemy waaaaaaa
_insomagent t1_jdutru5 wrote
Reply to comment by orangejuicecake in The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies by AlphaWolfDesign
Sounds even more extreme than the censorship in China, and nobody fucking cares.
Ok-Equivalent-8509 t1_jduskhv wrote
Sooner rather than later I hope. The quicker this all ends, the better
larmik t1_jdurl90 wrote
He says this now because he hasn’t figured out how to make money off of AI. I’ll know when he stands to make money when he starts saying nothing but positive things about AI.
DAlmighty t1_jdur7uk wrote
Reply to comment by simplescalar in Online trolls are taking a toll in China by Crimbobimbobippitybo
I have a friend who’s married to a black guy and she posted very innocent pictures, and some of the comments would be enough to get the FBI involved it were here in the US.
wamdueCastle t1_jdur3oe wrote
Reply to comment by BigMemeKing in Twitter Blue subscription users may hide their paid check marks soon | After making its paid Twitter Blue with verification service available to all, the Elon Musk-run company is now working on a feature that is likely to let users hide the blue checkmark. by MortWellian
Yes I wouldn't get it.
simplescalar t1_jduqyg8 wrote
Reply to comment by DAlmighty in Online trolls are taking a toll in China by Crimbobimbobippitybo
can you give an example?
BourboneAFCV t1_jdv0fa5 wrote
Reply to China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm In Zimbabwe by Wagamaga
Finally, someone is doing construction in Africa and not kill them