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  • SGNL@kbin.socialtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlAndroid Microphone Snooping
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    4 months ago

    Probably because no one has any proof other than anecdotal evidence. And the vast majority of times it’s looked into it’s because the person reporting it doesn’t understand how else their information is collected (i.e. web searches, intranet data for other people, browsing histories, etc.)

    Look at it this way, is it more likely that the majority of security researchers that look into it, find nothing, and deem these use cases as inefficient and improbable, are wrong; OR is it more likely that data collectors builds good profiles, mixed with some Baader-Meinhof, a little Dunning-Krueger, and a lot of coincidence?

    Not everything is a big conspiracy, nuance is neccesary, or the sky will always be falling.


  • It’s like you didn’t even read the original post. Your first three paragraphs are redundant because the OP already mentioned that they agree with you, barring calling it bullshit.

    Your utilitarianism the the whole problems they’re pointing out, if you read the actual post, you’ll notice that all it does is draw us further and further to the right, with no end in sight.


  • Based on what I leaned from the article about his final message, the protest wasn’t for Israel’s sake, it was to draw those living under the rule of a government’s attention (whether Israel’s, the U.S.'s, or wherever else’s) to the situation. To point out that we are indeed living through a genocide perpetuated by our own government. Like I question his method, but realisticly speaking, you and I wouldn’t be talking about it if he hadn’t.

    And maybe nothing will ultimately come of it, maybe it was a desperate act against his own powerlessness to stop it.

    I would argue self immolation is a pretty powerful statement though, you weigh everything you are, everything you could be; against the hope that a message takes off somewhere.







  • SGNL@kbin.socialtoFediverse@lemmy.worldWhat is going on with Kbin
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    5 months ago

    These types of threads always come across as whiny and overblown to me. Kbin works just fine the majority of the time, and it’s still my preferred method for accessing microblogging/thread data.

    The fediverse is a massive project, if you don’t like what one part is doing go elsewhere, you can access most content in a variety of ways and it’s good to have alternatives.

    I’m far more appreciative of what kbin brings to the table than what all these naysaying posts and circle-jerks bring up everytime there is a lull.

    Is there criticism of kbin, sure? But how is this constructive rather than whiny doom bait.

    Edit: OPs whole post history is kbin whining. Whew.







  • Wikipedia started in '01. I was absolutely using it before '02/'03 for schoolwork. Just because you didn’t know about it or how to cite things doesn’t mean that applies to everyone.

    You’re very combative that anyone could’ve had a different experience than you. Internet in the 90’s was not abnormal. Usenet/IRC/AIM/other various messengers were all big then even if it was the latter end.

    Rage Against the Machine was huge in the 90s, just because you sang along not noticing the lyrics doesn’t mean everyone else did either.