Paddy66

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Tech Deadline 2025 - leave big tech! in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

oops. linked now...

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Tech Deadline 2025 - leave big tech! (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Paddy66@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Please help promote the hashtags #Deadline2025, #BigTechWalkout2025 and #Reclaim2025 to reach those still using big tech platforms.

And share this great video that a friend of mine made showing how lame the big techbros really are.

If we starve big tech of data, their power diminishes.

PeerTube crowdfunding to develop mobile app in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They don't have to be, as far as I understand it. I've installed a few websites as apps on my phone (because their app had trackers in it) and they can work really well. Examples are Bluesky and Flipboard.

An example where I agree with you is LinkedIn - installed as a web app due to trackers - but they know this, and the whole point of their app is to get you with Facebook and Microsoft trackers, so they make the web app experience miserable on purpose.

But (and correct me if I'm wrong) a PWA made by a non-surveillance capitalist could be just as good as a native app.

PeerTube crowdfunding to develop mobile app in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Valid. Except on some browsers e.g. Vivaldi you can put sites on a list that retain their cookies even when you clear the rest.

PeerTube crowdfunding to develop mobile app in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

Why not a PWA?

GNU Taler (a swiss FLOSS alternative to Visa, Mastercard and Paypal) begins operating in Switzerland as Version 1.0 releases in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

It says "Payments are made after exchanging existing money into electronic money with the help of an Exchange service, that is, a payment service provider for Taler."

Do they say anywhere who that payment service provider is? And are there options for who to use?

GNU Taler (a swiss FLOSS alternative to Visa, Mastercard and Paypal) begins operating in Switzerland as Version 1.0 releases in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

What is the relationship of fiat currency to tokens? is it €1:1 token?

Tech map showing some of the best European privacy tech in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

Good tip! I had heard of them, but they fell off the list somehow. I'll add them in soon. thank you!

My journey towards more European, open source, privacy-oriented, and decentralized alternatives in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

We just put some of these privacy alternatives on a map: https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html (scroll down)

What's missing is anything truly FOSS with no fixed country of origin, but it's still fun to see how some of the main players spread out.

Enjoy!

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Tech map showing some of the best European privacy tech (www.rebeltechalliance.org)
 

Our tech map is European-centric so I thought this community would like to see it. Scroll down a bit on the linked page.

All suggestions for updates welcome!

Netflix Puts AI Ads in Paid Tier: Pirate Everything at This Point in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Is there not a service like Bandcamp, but for movies and TV?

I want to pay for stuff, so the creators are rewarded, and then I own a copy.

Netflix Puts AI Ads in Paid Tier: Pirate Everything at This Point in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Is Emby totally self hosted (like Jellyfin)? Or do they host your stuff (like Plex)?

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can access this via Duck AI, and compare to other models on the fly.

GNU Taler (a swiss FLOSS alternative to Visa, Mastercard and Paypal) begins operating in Switzerland as Version 1.0 releases in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Currency? I thought it was a payments handler to rival Visa and MasterCard.

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Klarna Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back (futurism.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Paddy66@lemmy.ml to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
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Well, wouldn't you know it - leopards ate their face!

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Sham consent popups finally deemed illegal! 🎉 (www.iccl.ie)
 

Great news for online privacy!

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UK petition to ban harvesting of behavioural metadata for ads (petition.parliament.uk)
 

Please sign this petition to get this topic discussed by the UK government.

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Separate file for navbar? (lemmy.ml)
 

Post is in the link - simplest method possible please: my web dev skills are weak!

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Anyone know why this happens? Drive dismounts (lemmy.ml)
 

I'm running Mint, and have an external USB drive plugged in. It is not powered - it gets its power from the mini-PC.

Occasionally I get this message and I've no idea why. It might be after rebooting the machine but I'm not sure (sorry).

The only thing I did with the drive is rename it (to "1tbDrive"). Could that be the problem? (I did that in the Disks application).

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Privacy is a team sport - how do we get more people to play? (www.rebeltechalliance.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Paddy66@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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This is an open question on how to get the masses to care...

Unfortunately, if other people don't protect their privacy it affects those who do, because we're all connected (e.g. other family members, friends). So it presents a problem of how do you get people who don't care, to care?

I started the Rebel Tech Alliance nonprofit to try to help with this, but we're still really struggling to convert people who have never thought about this.

(BTW you might need to refresh our website a few times to get it to load - no idea why... It does have an SSL cert!)

So I hope we can have a useful discussion here - privacy is a team sport, how do we get more people to play?

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SimpleX group chat about privacy (simplex.chat)
 

I thought people here might like to join this if you want to see what other privacy folk are talking about. I think it originated on Nostr.

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How can we avoid fingerprinting? (lemmy.ml)
 

I've been worried about this since Google switched to it in Feb this year.

Apparently the short answer is "you can't". Which is terrifying. Surely some clever peeps out there can find a way round it (for normies)?

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Development of the ActivityPub protocol - data portability and persistent ID (lemmy.ml)
 

I'm trying to find out where the development is at right now for ActivityPub, specifically about data (posts) portability, and persistent IDs.

For the former I think that's fairly self-explanatory, I'm just trying to get a flavour of if it's a priority, who's working on it, what the anticipated timeline is etc. It's a clear advantage that ATproto has, so are we trying to close the gap?

By the latter I mean is there work happening to work towards us being able to have one ID that can be used to log in to any fediverse network (as per nostr)? This approach makes so much sense to me - is it even possible?

The link here to W3.org doesn't seem that up to date - but I'm not that knowledgable so may have misinterpreted that site. So I'm looking for education on this subject 😊

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Grant funding for helping people get away from big tech (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi there fediverse people!

I'm starting a non-profit to help people get away from big tech and use alternatives. Besides providing info via a website we'll put on events, and we're also planning to start a certification service so companies can prove they don't support the surveillance business model.

Does anyone know of any grant funding, either UK or EU, that might help with this?

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