An optimistic interpretation is that they feel like they can't stop data collection without being hurt in the marketplace by competitors who will make more money by continuing to collect data, so they want governmentregulations to level the playing field.
That's being really charitable though...
Computer literacy needs to be a subject treated like math and science in school. It shouldn't just be one class that older students take one year, but a class that is taken every year and escalates to more advanced topics as they get older.
And if there's no space in the schedule, then cut back on the science classes. Who even remembers anything they learned in middle school science? Learning about sedimentary rocks and cumulonimbus clouds never helped me, personally.
DDG isn't the only alternative to Google. I use Kagi and love it. The results IME are definitely better than Google's.
In the future, Google will create a chatbot doppelganger of you and use it to recommend products to your friends and family.
It's the least greasy browser that actually works with the modern web.
Nope. I have some that I used as a kid, and sometimes I reuse them when I can't think of a new one for some throwaway service.
The idea of having an alternate online persona doesn't appeal to me at all, nor does the idea of being well known or recognized in general. I don't go out of my way to remain untraceable or anything cool like that, but switching up usernames every once in a while is easy to do.
Brother that is a wild fucking story. Write that shit down and turn it into a Netflix true crime mini-series.
Are you sure? I currently have an online account (because it was easier to give other people access and I too only have these watching my yard), but I remember when I first set it up in my home I was using a local account created in the DVR's portal (a Cloudkey Gen 2). The web portal is hosted on the cloudkey, you can access it via any web browser, and the cameras will record to it without an internet connection.
I could've sworn you could host the camera server without a Unifi DVR, but apparently not. The network stuff can be though. I guess that's important to keep in mind, although I'd be surprised if they removed the ability to use the DVR without an online account.
I think this would be more useful if it separated the results by platform (android, ios, web). Sync is the top result, but it's android exclusive.
Despite the issues, and knowing that a different phone would get me a much better value at a lower price, I was going to buy one of these.
...but then I saw it wasn't available in the US. So I went with a (used) Pixel 7 on ebay instead. Considering this is the 5th iteration and they still don't have a US variant, I'm not going to get my hopes up. I know Murena sells a US variant of the Fairphone 4, but apparently it uses the same exact modem, so using it in the US will result in connectivity issues.
at least I'm recycling!
And Lemmy... stays the same