WhyJiffie

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[–] WhyJiffie 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Peter Magyar appeared very suddenly when they did, it seemed unnatural.

since then, I've heard that one of his co-workers worked previously at Meta. take this with a grain of source though, couldn't find the source

[–] WhyJiffie 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

scraping bots are expected to visit it, nowadays more than in previous years. a few of them are search engines, but there's a lot of scraping for AI training, both on text and image data.

[–] WhyJiffie 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And I wondered who in their right mind would buy just half of that best friends forever charm.

anyone who would like to joke with their depression. I can imagine doing that.

now I actually want something like this

[–] WhyJiffie 6 points 2 weeks ago

because it's much less important and so much less risky

[–] WhyJiffie 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

most crypto is useless and practically a scam, it's a rabbit hole in itself to find a worthy one. paying for vpn with crypto only helps if you use an untraceable crypto

if I would recommend one, it's Monero, because it's private by default and untracable, but nobody should believe me without doing their own research. I mean it.

[–] WhyJiffie 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] WhyJiffie 15 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

don't forget that the new outlook app right out steals the login details to your email accounts, along with all emails you will send and receive even after uninstalling that malware:

https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service

[–] WhyJiffie 1 points 2 weeks ago

if the burner phone is a cheap smartphone, it could still be helpful

[–] WhyJiffie 11 points 2 weeks ago

who? you have opened the comment section

[–] WhyJiffie 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

yeah they are pretty good apps! basically a must-have for protests, if you bring a smartphone. maybe for traveling too, in case it's stolen

[–] WhyJiffie 1 points 2 weeks ago

so this is a restart-on-schedule feature that can skip a restart on certain conditions

[–] WhyJiffie 5 points 2 weeks ago

depends on your phone. at first encryption was done in an all-or-nothing style, so system startup couldn't complete without a first unlock. then android started using file based encryption, which was used selectively, encrypting certain things so that they are accessible without an unlock.

the best way to figure it out is to set a new alarm 10 minutes from now, reboot your phone manually, and see whether the alarm goes off

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