Reach_the_man

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Feeling increasingly nihilistic about the state of tech, privacy, and the strangling of the miracle that is online anonymity. And some thoughts on arousing suspicion by using too many privacy tools. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Remember reading about android custom roms with "false front" feature.
Should read up more on this, current phone xiaomi has abysmal dogshit software performance, but I'm worried about banking apps noticing the unlocked boot loader (if i can even do that on this device, so much bullshit to keep mind when buying phone nowadays).

Feeling increasingly nihilistic about the state of tech, privacy, and the strangling of the miracle that is online anonymity. And some thoughts on arousing suspicion by using too many privacy tools. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Feeling increasingly nihilistic about the state of tech, privacy, and the strangling of the miracle that is online anonymity. And some thoughts on arousing suspicion by using too many privacy tools. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 1 points 5 hours ago

need to get an ebook reader too, you recommend any?

Microsoft OneDrive lets you disable AI face recognition three times in a year! in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

didn't they recent-ish have a "oops, you weren't supposed to see that we're making backups of your deleted photos, sry not sry" incident?

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

reporter with 3 arms

Genestealer caught, praise the Emperor!

OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

'the fuck is that ui tho, combining the downsides of scrolling and page turning into one laggy whateverthatis...

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Manjaro's package update delay thing does tend to fuck stuff up, EndeavourOS been behaving quite fine for me.

It occurs to me that the GenAI Slop problem is exaggerated by algorithmic social media in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago

Thanks, gave me a lot to think about

Firefox: Sponsors on the home page and New Tab page in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] Reach_the_man@awful.systems 3 points 6 days ago (4 children)

firefox extensions still work fine?