According to the latest reports, Windows 11 has made an independent choice by automatically turning on OneDrive folder backup for Desktop, Pictures, Documents, Music, and Video folders without your permission. This signifies that, whether you approve or not, everything is becoming coordinated with the cloud....
I don’t think that’s necessarily the case: Google knows as well as I do that a total crackdown would give governments like the European Union and United States more ammo for antitrust lawsuits.
They do not care, never have, never will. Cost of operation.
It would also be a motivator for more people to switch browsers, which would weaken Google’s browser monopoly.
Not enough even care that would make noticable difference in market share.
A lot of people were upset 23 years ago when Windows ME removed real mode DOS, too.
And they all stopped using it, right? Right?
The new Declarative Net Request API is still a downgrade in capability compared to the older API, but the feature gap has closed significantly.
Chrome now allows extensions to include 100 rule lists, with up to 50 lists active at once. There are also additional filtering options, including an option to have case-insensitive rules, which cuts down on duplicates in filter lists. The maximum number of filter rules now varies by use case — an extension can now have up to 30,000 dynamic rules (filters downloaded by the extension) if they are deemed as “safe” (block, allow, allowAllRequests or upgradeScheme), an additional 5,000 other types of dynamic requests, and more filters included in the extension package.
for context, EasyList is just one of the lists enabled by default in uBlock Origin and other ad blockers, and it has over 75,000 rules.
Scribd has some pdfs I want to download but they charge 15 dollars a month to be able to download stuff and require you to view an ad for every few pages you read using the in-site viewer. Does anyone know a way to get past this and just download or read it without the subscription or ads?
On May 26, a user on HP's support forums reported that a forced, automatic BIOS update had bricked their HP ProBook 455 G7 into an unusable state. Subsequently, other users have joined the thread to sound off about experiencing the same issue....
We need to do something against this. The EU plans to apply a law for a chat control in the territory. The approval say that all the chats and the emails would be send to the government to do AI scanning to in fact “find the children abuses”, even when using apps with end-to-end encryption (the EU will ask the services to...
Handling data, data protection
Boeselager wants to advocate that data collected through digital devices should not only be available to the manufacturing companies, but also to the end users. He also advocates using non-personal data as information to improve products and making it available on data marketplaces. This could be particularly useful with regard to improving wind turbines, for example. Based on this, the EU's Data Act was drafted.
Transparency
Boeselager calls for more transparency in politics. It should be clearly visible whether and how much additional money MPs receive and what they spend public money on. He therefore also calls for EU-wide transparency of lobbying activities.
Sound ok, but no blog about what happen inside parliament as close or detailed (has blog, but rare post and look like more broad), and his website has large cookie banner (https://damianboeselager.org/en/).
and on german wikipedia page say got called out may 2024 for not completely transparent on meeting with lobby group.
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI's Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
Recently I just hit by stolen card detail and makes me searching a virtual card service. Anyone knows any works in the UK and EU region? Apparently Privacy.com needs SSN to work now. Thanks.
Even if you have encrypted your traffic with a VPN (or the Tor Network), advanced traffic analysis is a growing threat against your privacy. Therefore, we now introduce DAITA....
Port forwarding removed because hosting threatened to kick mullvad out. Lot of shit hosted through that. No hosting, no vpn, so needed to remove to continue operate.
A new bullet point specifically prohibits using real-time face recognition technology on mobile cameras, such as dashcams and body cameras, to identify a person in uncontrolled, wild conditions.
Furthermore, it excludes facial recognition using stationary cameras in controlled settings, such as a back office.
Still problem with recorded video of mobile camera. How long until not „real-time“ anymore? 15 minute?
The Content and Services are licensed, not sold. Your license confers no title or ownership in the Content and Services. To make use of the Content and Services, you must have a Steam Account and you may be required to be running the Steam client and maintaining a connection to the Internet.
But steam some track record for keeping game. Game removed from store (like rocket league) still in library.
OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions ( windowsreport.com )
According to the latest reports, Windows 11 has made an independent choice by automatically turning on OneDrive folder backup for Desktop, Pictures, Documents, Music, and Video folders without your permission. This signifies that, whether you approve or not, everything is becoming coordinated with the cloud....
Pity, really.
It's all in the past now ( lemmy.world )
Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) ( www.spacebar.news )
Does anyone know a way to download the documents off scribd without paying?
Scribd has some pdfs I want to download but they charge 15 dollars a month to be able to download stuff and require you to view an ad for every few pages you read using the in-site viewer. Does anyone know a way to get past this and just download or read it without the subscription or ads?
Being one with the natural world ( lemmy.world )
Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats ( stackdiary.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16374600...
Which decentralized social media? Minds? Deso? Or Bastyon?
Which decentralized social media do you use? And why?...
HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware ( www.tomshardware.com )
On May 26, a user on HP's support forums reported that a forced, automatic BIOS update had bricked their HP ProBook 455 G7 into an unusable state. Subsequently, other users have joined the thread to sound off about experiencing the same issue....
Smartphones May Affect Sleep—but Not Because of Blue Light ( www.wired.com )
EU approval for chat control ( www.patrick-breyer.de )
We need to do something against this. The EU plans to apply a law for a chat control in the territory. The approval say that all the chats and the emails would be send to the government to do AI scanning to in fact “find the children abuses”, even when using apps with end-to-end encryption (the EU will ask the services to...
I hope it's not gross this time ( lemmy.world )
OpenAI backpedals on scandalous tactic to silence former employees ( arstechnica.com )
One way ticket to midnight ( lemmy.world )
T-Mobile imposes $5 monthly price hike on customers using older plans ( arstechnica.com )
FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery ( www.404media.co )
People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? ( www.bbc.com )
They don't make 'em like this anymore ( lemmy.today )
Useless red circle, I know, but in my defense I didn’t put it there, it was already like this when I found it.
Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years ( www.extremetech.com )
Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs ( mastodon.sdf.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15741608...
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora ( arstechnica.com )
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI's Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
SGE, ChatGPT and the likes are the stupidest thing to come from AI
This may be an unpopular opinnion.....
Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal | WIRED ( www.wired.com )
Members of the software developer community have reported deleting or altering their posts to prevent them from being used by OpenAI.
Privacy.com alternative for the UK & EU region
Recently I just hit by stolen card detail and makes me searching a virtual card service. Anyone knows any works in the UK and EU region? Apparently Privacy.com needs SSN to work now. Thanks.
OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn ( www.wired.com )
Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) ( mullvad.net )
Even if you have encrypted your traffic with a VPN (or the Tor Network), advanced traffic analysis is a growing threat against your privacy. Therefore, we now introduce DAITA....
Like getting 9 women pregnant and expecting a baby in 1 month ( sh.itjust.works )
US Police Banned by Microsoft from Using Azure's AI Facial Recognition Technology ( www.techtimes.com )
30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok ( www.honest-broker.com )
YARRR ( slrpnk.net )