⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

NEW: A marketing firm owned by telecom giant Cox is advertising a service to companies that claims to *actually* listen to embedded microphones in users' phones, smart TVs, and smart devices:

https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/

Tell them you’re doing all you can to remove data rights.

The government is gifting itself powers to check the bank accounts of anyone who claims a benefit.

And that includes the State Pension.

Or say no to welfare surveillance in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.

➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/hands-off-our-data

#HandsOffOurData #DataGrabBill #DPDI #dataprotection #privacy #surveillance #WelfareSurveillance #ukpolitics #spoof #pensions

NEW: A marketing firm owned by telecom giant Cox is advertising a service to companies that claims to *actually* listen to embedded microphones in users' phones, smart TVs, and smart devices:

https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/

There's just a lot of people on here today saying "give facebook a chance" who do not seem to want to talk about what facebook does with the chances it's given.

A deep dive into the GOV.UK cookie banner (more interesting than it sounds!)
https://nooshu.com/blog/2023/12/12/govuk-cookie-banner-browser-privacy-and-security/

By @TheRealNooshu

#webdev

Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040 Series) is now out of pre-order and into normal ordering! Many configurations ship directly from inventory within a few business days, and all ship within two weeks. October and November were both record months for us for factory output.

https://frame.work/products/laptop-diy-13-gen-amd

“I shipped identical boxes, less than a mile, with 6 different delivery companies. One was seized by the police.”

Great read. https://builtformars.com/case-studies/ux-of-parcels

@AnnemarieBridy Sadly, I use Chromium browsers if I encounter those issues since most websites have decided that it's not worth supporting Firefox anymore.

I hope that you can read @BryceWrayTX's post on this which is dire: https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2023/11/firefox-brink/

Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features

Feature opt-out by default bothers users who like to keep their files private.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/dropbox-spooks-users-by-sending-data-to-openai-for-ai-search-features/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Newly discovered LogoFAIL leaves hundreds of Linux and Windows systems vulnerable https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Hundreds-of-Consumer-and-Enterprise-Devices-Vulnerable-to-LogoFAIL #LogoFAIL #Linux #Windows #malware #vulnerability #security #firmware

@nixCraft I do not see such an option 🤷‍♂️

Are you using Dropbox cloud storage? You do not want 3rd party AI technology partners to have access to your Dropbox files? Flip this switch, which is on by default. Go to web->account-> settings- 3rd party AI. Please turn it off. Please boost so everyone know how bad this move is … 😡