It’s incredible how many people think the UK is better than the US when it clearly is not.

Usually dark patterns are viewed as design patterns that implicitly coerce or deceive the user. As opposed to a banner that explicitly, verbally tells the user to do something.

This is not a dark pattern, it’s just coersion

On Android, apps can read information from each other as long as both apps consent. If these apps are using the same libraries to connect to Instagram then that library may be enabling sharing data between the two apps.

I assume the situation is similar on iOS.

• This is all hearsay from a tabloid.
• Any device could have been hacked in this way, there’s nothing special about Apple watches that made then susceptible to being tracked.
• How were they tracking an Apple watch inside a submarine? Radio signals don’t travel well through water and I doubt they had Internet down there either.

You are lucky, for many people it’s a lot closer.

VPNs still have some practical uses. In terms of privacy, they can help disconnect your IP from your geographic location. Without a VPN every host you connect to can approximate your location down to a few miles.

They are also useful for bypassing country filters or to appear as if you are in another country.

Finally, if it’s your own VPN server, you can use it to access devices on your LAN even when you are far away, negating the need to have a bunch of sensitive servers exposed to the internet. That is actually the original purpose of a VPN.

How do I know a Boinc project doesn’t have malware?

They said they would support other devices if those devices had the security features they were looking for.

Why doesn’t Fairphone collaborate with GrapheneOS?

Even if you immediately explain why they will take the cash anyway. Then you spend months in court paying lawyer fees for the chance of getting it back.

That process requires a lengthy and expensive court case and even then sometimes they don’t get the cash back.

Also even if they give an immediate explanation to the officer they are pretty much guaranteed to take the cash anyway. The cop has a financial incentive to do so and will assume the victim is lying.

People sometimes carry tens of thousands of dollars in cash to buy cars in-person. It’s more common than you think.

SmartPipe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ

That’s in the next update

You don’t have to do any rooting to install it, unlike how you would with Samsung phones in the past. You can’t install GrapheneOS on a phone that doesn’t already allow OEM unlocking and it only works with Pixel phones, but the process is simple and extremely low risk. You just plug the phone into your computer and use the web tool in your browser.

If you ever want to return to the normal Android, Google has a similar tool that allows you to easily reinstall the original OS.

You mean Nova Launcher? That’s an app you can use as a home screen (I’m using it right now actually.) GrapheneOS is a completely different OS that replaces the stock Android on your phone. If your phone is OEM unlocked you can install it very easily: https://grapheneos.org/install/web

You can block apps from accessing the internet completely in GrapheneOS. I have Nova Launcher blocked right now since it collects data, though without access to the Internet it can’t send that data anywhere. You can also block sensor access, useful for preventing apps from getting other data. In general a very big upgrade over stock android.

If you have a Pixel then install GrapheneOS. Zero trackers or bloat, and better security

Good thinking. A privacy policy is very important to protect instances from legal trouble. Honestly, the Lemmy project should hire a professional lawyer to write this.

It would be best if you could use AirTags without having to use any other Apple device.