I get the reasoning, but I don't see this applied to some platforms. Reddit and Discord allow you to both delete and edit older comments, and there's no limits on how far back you can go (so you can, if you wanted, edit…
> As the businesses still using it either mature, evolve, or fail, the need for PHP will begin to dry up. People have been calling for PHP's death, or saying PHP is a dying language, for as long as the internet has been…
> nobody came to any harm or suffered any detrimental effects as a result of this breach Who gets to decide what "harm" is or whether anyone suffered "detrimental effects"? Surveillance is so common and normalized they…
You can once the inevitable database leak of driver information details leaks from the DVLA/insurance companies. It might take a few years, but you can use this dataset in the future to understand who owned the vehicle…
What does opt-out mean anyway? I've had examples where Google Fit has reenabled itself without my due consent in the settings of my phone (and I have screenshots to prove it). We've seen opt-out abused before so it is…
HAHA! What an absolutely trash service, in that page it says: > Facebook says that it does not listen to, view or keep the contents of any video or audio calls on your Portal. No mentions about on their servers though,…
Is Mozilla's new browser on Android not included on that list? It contains 3 trackers [1]: Adjust Google Firebase Analytics LeanPlum It also has telemetry selected by default and is NOT opt-in. So yeah, whether it's…
Just drop a line on twitter saying you've discovered a vulnerability in $popularSoftware and mention $company. Say you'll be disclosing in 90 days if $company doesn't issue a reply publicly. Make sure to deal with an…
Not trying to be cynical, but to me this seems to be a way to get the mass public "okay" with contact tracing. Then somehow they "mysteriously" manage to get more accurate information from other sources (location, wifi…
> they could make having this app a legal requirement to go in any shop if they wanted If they can legally mandate an "app" they can mandate me having a device to run said "app". It'd be absolutely absurd to mandate you…
None. If you're concerned, do not carry a spy around with you. I know, it's a scary thought compared to 30 years ago, but it's possible.
No disrespect but it's pretty useless. My "location" is where my browser "thinks" I am, no ability to correct it, and I was able to report myself as 'sick' which leads to your dataset being polluted. Data which isn't…
Right. But it's not like they're going to "just" announce that. "Hey everyone - so yeah, we're using all your data you're willingly providing all these apps on your phone, like location, contacts, camera...So thanks for…
This is why it'd be nice for the APK/installable file to have a hash that can be verified against an open source version. In theory someone should spot anything that doesn't look right. But that can't/won't undo the…
I would love to see the raw data on how many transactions have been abandoned because of ReCaptcha; if I had to solve a test to purchase my shopping, I'd go elsewhere (and there are places that are not as hostile out…
I'm amazed Mozilla hasn't sued Google for discriminating against their browser - I also use Firefox and suffer endlessly using privacy tools. I can prove there are no more busses and I'm 100% right, but I can predict…
It's funny that we need to ensure humans are the ones performing certain actions like making a purchase or accessing a service, but we let machines make decisions over very important matters in our lives…
It seems IE11 has become the new Python 2.7. I can only hope one day MS decides to pull the plug entirely, it can't run any new JS features and is clinging onto life. Eventually, the web will just break (for example,…
Even the news outlets themselves are the ones spreading fear and non-substantiated claims. Just look into BBC's reporting of Molly Russell and how they use words like "Instagram helped kill my daughter", in quotes, to…
No, instead they have armies of overzealous AI bots making decisions without any human oversight. That's far more scary to me, but you know, you do you.
The whole proposition by Netflix is hilarious. "Hey, everyone's at home now, so enjoy your SD kthx". If I pay for HD I expect HD, if I pay for 4k, I expect 4k. I should be able to play 4K on any device I like, even if…
I feel that transparency would be key, to understand what cloudflare considers good/bad. As we can see in this thread, there's already been a mistaken block - expect many, many more of these to come. They will be…
The web shouldn't block ads, it should block JS entirely. There should be a 'global' permission system (similar to Android) that allows me to control exactly what information websites are allowed to access from my…
It's our collective responsibility to decide what user agents work with what platforms. The beauty of the internet is that any website is free to decide as they see fit - if they don't want to support IE/Edge/etc then…
Is this a fundamental problem? I mean, all the code required to make your own browser is Open Source - Microsoft can customize the Chromium engine as much as they like, adding in their own patches and removing parts…
I get the reasoning, but I don't see this applied to some platforms. Reddit and Discord allow you to both delete and edit older comments, and there's no limits on how far back you can go (so you can, if you wanted, edit…
> As the businesses still using it either mature, evolve, or fail, the need for PHP will begin to dry up. People have been calling for PHP's death, or saying PHP is a dying language, for as long as the internet has been…
> nobody came to any harm or suffered any detrimental effects as a result of this breach Who gets to decide what "harm" is or whether anyone suffered "detrimental effects"? Surveillance is so common and normalized they…
You can once the inevitable database leak of driver information details leaks from the DVLA/insurance companies. It might take a few years, but you can use this dataset in the future to understand who owned the vehicle…
What does opt-out mean anyway? I've had examples where Google Fit has reenabled itself without my due consent in the settings of my phone (and I have screenshots to prove it). We've seen opt-out abused before so it is…
HAHA! What an absolutely trash service, in that page it says: > Facebook says that it does not listen to, view or keep the contents of any video or audio calls on your Portal. No mentions about on their servers though,…
Is Mozilla's new browser on Android not included on that list? It contains 3 trackers [1]: Adjust Google Firebase Analytics LeanPlum It also has telemetry selected by default and is NOT opt-in. So yeah, whether it's…
Just drop a line on twitter saying you've discovered a vulnerability in $popularSoftware and mention $company. Say you'll be disclosing in 90 days if $company doesn't issue a reply publicly. Make sure to deal with an…
Not trying to be cynical, but to me this seems to be a way to get the mass public "okay" with contact tracing. Then somehow they "mysteriously" manage to get more accurate information from other sources (location, wifi…
> they could make having this app a legal requirement to go in any shop if they wanted If they can legally mandate an "app" they can mandate me having a device to run said "app". It'd be absolutely absurd to mandate you…
None. If you're concerned, do not carry a spy around with you. I know, it's a scary thought compared to 30 years ago, but it's possible.
No disrespect but it's pretty useless. My "location" is where my browser "thinks" I am, no ability to correct it, and I was able to report myself as 'sick' which leads to your dataset being polluted. Data which isn't…
Right. But it's not like they're going to "just" announce that. "Hey everyone - so yeah, we're using all your data you're willingly providing all these apps on your phone, like location, contacts, camera...So thanks for…
This is why it'd be nice for the APK/installable file to have a hash that can be verified against an open source version. In theory someone should spot anything that doesn't look right. But that can't/won't undo the…
I would love to see the raw data on how many transactions have been abandoned because of ReCaptcha; if I had to solve a test to purchase my shopping, I'd go elsewhere (and there are places that are not as hostile out…
I'm amazed Mozilla hasn't sued Google for discriminating against their browser - I also use Firefox and suffer endlessly using privacy tools. I can prove there are no more busses and I'm 100% right, but I can predict…
It's funny that we need to ensure humans are the ones performing certain actions like making a purchase or accessing a service, but we let machines make decisions over very important matters in our lives…
It seems IE11 has become the new Python 2.7. I can only hope one day MS decides to pull the plug entirely, it can't run any new JS features and is clinging onto life. Eventually, the web will just break (for example,…
Even the news outlets themselves are the ones spreading fear and non-substantiated claims. Just look into BBC's reporting of Molly Russell and how they use words like "Instagram helped kill my daughter", in quotes, to…
No, instead they have armies of overzealous AI bots making decisions without any human oversight. That's far more scary to me, but you know, you do you.
The whole proposition by Netflix is hilarious. "Hey, everyone's at home now, so enjoy your SD kthx". If I pay for HD I expect HD, if I pay for 4k, I expect 4k. I should be able to play 4K on any device I like, even if…
I feel that transparency would be key, to understand what cloudflare considers good/bad. As we can see in this thread, there's already been a mistaken block - expect many, many more of these to come. They will be…
The web shouldn't block ads, it should block JS entirely. There should be a 'global' permission system (similar to Android) that allows me to control exactly what information websites are allowed to access from my…
It's our collective responsibility to decide what user agents work with what platforms. The beauty of the internet is that any website is free to decide as they see fit - if they don't want to support IE/Edge/etc then…
Is this a fundamental problem? I mean, all the code required to make your own browser is Open Source - Microsoft can customize the Chromium engine as much as they like, adding in their own patches and removing parts…