- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
cross-posted from: https://social.fossware.space/post/123876
In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”
Trackers, trackers and ol’ Zucc’s roboface galore.
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Not sure just mildly infuriating 😅
Also infuriating: the number of my friends who have installed this shitty app 😑
Okay, this is an honest question.
Why do you care? How does it matter at all to you what apps your friends use? How does it affect you?
I can totally understand people valuing their privacy strongly and refusing to use mainstream corporate social media. I can also understand people who don’t care about that and decide that they get more out of it than they give.
Given that people posting on a social network that you’re not on has essentially no effect on you at all beyond a vague bit of FOMO, why does it matter?
Why do I care?
Well, I get all manner of spam texts because my mom gave some shitty app permissions to access her contacts. The spam messages are directed to me by name.
It’s not just their personal info they’re putting at risk when they click “agree” on data sucking apps.
And their justification of it.
Edit: since for whatever reason i couldn’t reply to @[email protected], i’ll edit my comment here:
I have no issue with the difference in opinion, but idk, if giving up way more privacy than it needed to run the app doesn’t seems bad to you, i have nothing much to add 😐
What, that they have different priorities and value for things like privacy vs social interaction than you do? Is that such a bad thing?
what’s their justification?
The usual “that’s basically all social media shrug”, which i agree but then again i don’t really use social media much, and i use sync for reddit.
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I refuse to accept its death.
Also you can patch it.
I just cannot fathom why people would see the shortest that Musk has made of Twitter and think the best solution is to go to a clone made by Zuckerberg. Have they learned nothing?
Because fundamentally, people really don’t care about all that much. They want a simple social network that’s vaguely pleasant to use, has the people and content they’re looking for, and otherwise stays out of their way. They certainly don’t care about Musk’s random crusade du jour against the evil woke libs.
Nor do they particularly care about targeted advertising so long as it remains vaguely unobtrusive and their data isn’t constantly leaked in ways that directly harm them. Zuck, for all his many flaws, is smart enough to know that the single biggest thing he can do is to largely stay out of the way.
People are Lazy.
Not just lazy. Wilfully ignorant and, dare I say, largely stupid as well.
Surely, a cage match must take place to put an end to Zuckingberg reign.
Facebook I’m only comfortable using inside a browser for this reason, and not with Chrome either. Something proper like Firefox that can block third party cookies and run it in a container automatically so it can’t follow you around. I need to contain the filth.
What kind of addon do you use to contain the tracking cookies on Firefox? I’d really like to get it too.
And on iOS
System volume? Lmaooooo wtf
They are clearly deciding if they need to start producing hearing aids
Potentially, and Ive also seen it used for ads. The first time Spotify noticed me mute my system and paused the ad, I became enraged. Its’s a step too far. Luckily with external speakers I can just mute at the speaker level instead.
If you’re using Spotify on Windows, consider installing a system ad blocker like Adguard for Windows and route Spotify traffic through it. It will strip the ads.
If you’re using Spotify on Android, consider installing the app through X-Manager, which will give you an ad-free experience.
This was at work a few years ago. I don’t use windows at home. But thank you for providing those recommendations. Hopefully a fellow Lemming will find them useful!
That’s like that Black Mirror episode where the people are required to keep their eyes open and focused on the screen for everything
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Yes how do you use dickdickgo to do this?
On the latest Android version, go into the browser settings on Duck and scroll down 👍
I guess it means the DuckDuckGo Browser?
… Answer: Yes! Other comment in this same thread: https://sopuli.xyz/comment/864701
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Damn, just straight up stealing other people’s content. Very cool
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