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16 votes
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Fake news is more likely to be shared by older people — but we don't know why
19 votes -
Facebook knowingly duped game-playing kids and their parents out of money to increase revenue
25 votes -
“Most startups,” [Dan Lyons] writes, “are terribly managed, half-assed outfits run by buffoons and bozos and frat boys.”
9 votes -
How I abused 2FA to maintain persistence after a password change (Google, Microsoft, Instagram, Cloudflare, etc)
16 votes -
Defy Media shut down while owing its creators $1.7 million
5 votes -
"The hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous meatspace of three continents, chronicling the laying of the longest wire on Earth." (Neal Stephenson, 1996)
5 votes -
Microsoft Edge browser flags Daily Mail Online as untrustworthy
24 votes -
The island nation of Tonga is facing a near-total internet blackout. The country’s only undersea cable was damaged during a storm.
12 votes -
Stop trusting viral videos
16 votes -
I tried to block Amazon from my life. It was impossible
13 votes -
Bomb threat, sextortion spammers abused weakness at GoDaddy.com
7 votes -
Thieves of experience: How Google and Facebook corrupted capitalism
6 votes -
“The Linux of social media” - How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging
8 votes -
SELinux's approach (restrict everything unless explicitly permitted) is the opposite of Linux's (permit everything unless explicitly forbidden). That makes setup different,
4 votes -
The CNIL has imposed a penalty of fifty million euros against Google for breaches of the GDPR
12 votes -
A collection of nerdy interviews asking people what they use to get the job done
9 votes -
How to Write Email with Military Precision
20 votes -
Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right?
11 votes -
Machinima, one of YouTube’s biggest and oldest channels, goes dark
12 votes -
Where should I put the 2FA recovery code for my password manager?
So I have all my passwords, TOTP backup codes, and account recovery codes in my password manager (Bitwarden.) In turn, Bitwarden is secured with a master password and TOTP 2FA. I have a recovery...
So I have all my passwords, TOTP backup codes, and account recovery codes in my password manager (Bitwarden.) In turn, Bitwarden is secured with a master password and TOTP 2FA. I have a recovery code for the 2FA in the event that I can't get to andOTP anymore (2FA app.) The thing is, where do I put that code? I can't put it in a note app or anything, because if I'm locked out of Bitwarden, I don't have my passwords. Do you see my problem? I was thinking about physically writing it down, but that makes me nervous because I might lose it. Are there any good solutions to this problem?
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Netflix, YouTube, Amazon and Apple accused of GDPR breach
27 votes -
In the era of electronic warfare, bring back pigeons
4 votes -
Twitter's Android app disabled "protect my tweets" when other settings were changed, potentially making private tweets public
12 votes -
Tesla’s driver fatality rate is more than triple that of luxury cars (and likely even higher)
12 votes -
EU Copyright reform negotiations (Article 11 and Article 13) hit a brick wall in Council
10 votes -
DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps in search results
27 votes -
VOIPO.com data leak
7 votes -
Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants: A Q&A with Twitter’s CEO on right-wing extremism, Candace Owens, and what he’d do if the president called on his followers to murder journalists.
11 votes -
How AI is transforming the fight against money laundering
3 votes -
State official went roaming around Vermont to test cell coverage claims
4 votes -
GoDaddy is sneakily injecting JavaScript into your website and how to stop it
44 votes -
These are all the federal HTTPS websites that’ll expire soon because of the US government shutdown
8 votes -
Pew study: 74% of Facebook users did not know Facebook was maintaining a list of their interests/traits, 51% were uncomfortable with it, and 27% felt the list was inaccurate
21 votes -
Transparency-seeking OPEN Government Data Act signed into law
7 votes -
The internet, but not as we know it: Life online in China, Cuba, India and Russia
13 votes -
Apple launches $129 battery cases for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR
8 votes -
Firefox Fenix for Android mockups
31 votes -
Who owns the internet? (What Big Tech’s monopoly powers mean for our culture.)
11 votes -
Firefox: Moving to a Profile per Install Architecture
12 votes -
Reddit is adding native video ads starting next week
97 votes -
Why the UK's porn block is one of the worst ideas ever
30 votes -
Amazon unveiled Key for Garage—a system that allows Amazon drivers to unlock garage doors to make secure deliveries.
15 votes -
Google drones can already deliver you coffee in Australia
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The Feds cracked El Chapo's encrypted comms network by flipping his system admin
10 votes -
Reviews of the Royole FlexPai - the first foldable smartphone/tablet
Victory, Royole: The FlexPai is the first folding phone we've seen The foldable Royole FlexPai has a way to go World's first foldable smartphone is glorious, and a hot mess
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Over a million IP addresses geolocate to a house in Pretoria, South Africa, causing people (and police) to show up regularly in search of criminals, stolen phones, and more
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For owners of Amazon’s Ring security cameras, strangers may have been watching too
10 votes -
Experiences with LineageOS and/or moving from iPhone to Android (or LineageOS )
Hi there, I'm considering purchasing a used Galaxy S7 and moving to LineageOS and would like to hear about similiar experiences. I currently own a iPhone 5S (only my second smartphone). I plan to...
Hi there,
I'm considering purchasing a used Galaxy S7 and moving to LineageOS and would like to hear about similiar experiences. I currently own a iPhone 5S (only my second smartphone). I plan to continue using Ting as my provider.
I am attracted to LineageOS because it's open source and allows greater control than the standard Android-build I'd get from an ISP. I'm not afraid of installing ROMs or tinkering - I know I'll be doing a lot more of that by moving to an open-source OS.
I was looking at Galaxy S7 because it's well-known and has wide support/information available on forums, etc and of course because it's relatively cheap to get a used one ($200-ish).
I'm in the US and use Ting as my provider.
So some questions I have are:
- Should I expect to use the standard Google Play store? I'm still a little unclear on this after looking at the LineageOS website and wiki. The best I could find for an answer is this article talking about installing default google apps. I think my question is so basic it's not addressed on their site lol.
- Can I drag and drop MP3s from my computer to the phone? In other words, can I get my music on there without having to install something dreadful like iTunes or use Spotify/Amazon Music?
- The LineageOS project looks healthy to my untrained eye...any rumors that it'll vanish overnight?
- I found these instructions for a Galaxy S7 Anything else I should know or look out for?
- Any general thoughts/advice about moving from the Apple to the Google ecosystem? I'm entrenched in Google everywhere BUT my iPhone where I mostly use Google apps.
- What else should I look out for? See any gaps in my understanding?
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(Don't) return to sender: How to protect yourself from email tracking
13 votes