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@ Chozo @fedia.io

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  • DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever

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  • Yep. Just normal, AliBaba sunglasses.

  • Thank god for innovation

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  • It's not a meme, this is a historical photo from 1806 showing a very depressed man and shame on you for making a joke of it!

  • I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem

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  • I think it fits the community. It's the headline that matters, not the article itself. Though this is a fantastic article.

  • Don't Contribute Anything Relevant in Web Forums Like Reddit

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  • That's because Reddit bans VPN IP addresses. You still have an IP address when using a VPN, and VPN IPs aren't exactly secret information. Reddit blocks all the VPNs they know of with an ever-updating blacklist.

  • Don't Contribute Anything Relevant in Web Forums Like Reddit

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  • VPNs prevent the site from attaching an IP address to the site visit

    While this is a popular selling point that VPN providers like to advertise, it's pretty misleading in terms of what this actually means with regards to tracking. Realistically, this does almost nothing to prevent sites from tracking you. They don't see you at your home IP as "John Smith" and see you on your VPN as "Hans Schneider", instead they see you at your home IP as "John Smith" and on your VPN as "still John Smith, but either traveling in Germany or using a European VPN".

    Advertisers have tens of thousands of individual data points on nearly every single person who uses the internet at all for any purpose. All a VPN does is obfuscate ONE data point. That's less than 1% effectiveness at hiding your identity from advertisers. A VPN does basically nothing against all the other fingerprinting methods advertisers have.

    Think of using a VPN like speaking into a walkie-talkie: your voice comes out at a different location, but if the person on the other end already knows what your voice sounds like, then they still know who you are, just not necessarily where you are. Unless you're taking other efforts to mask your voice, the walkie-talkie isn't protecting your identity in any way. Likewise with a VPN, if you go to the same sites from the same devices and log into the same accounts and otherwise engage in the same online behavior, the VPN is only hiding where you are, but it's still trivially easy for an advertiser to determine who you are.

    This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, because VPN providers harp on this idea so hard in their advertisements that it tricks people into thinking VPNs are capable of things that they just simply are not.

  • Don't Contribute Anything Relevant in Web Forums Like Reddit

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  • The problem is that reddit and others can instantaneously put your years-long effort behind a paywall. I'm not joking. Look at these:

    Those aren't paywalls.

    meanwhile i'm using VPNs in browser's incognito mode to not be tracked

    That's not what a VPN or incognito modes do.

    Reddit sucks for a number of reasons, but your internet literacy also kinda sucks.

  • New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy

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  • It looks like dogshit. And that's before you even consider the fact that it looks like Charlie Kirk.

  • If you could see one statistic above every person's head, that is updated in real time and never goes away, what would you choose?

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  • horny%

  • LinkedIn, a mass grave of ghost jobs, is now becoming a dating app

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  • They email me a new puzzle every single day. Like, fuck off with that shit, you are a job board and nothing more, start fucking acting like one.

  • US Adults Are Throwing Away Over $250 a Year on Unused Subscriptions, CNET Finds

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  • Yeah, I was gonna say, that's like a single Netflix subscription for the year these days. That's not a lot at all.

  • How do you keep track of articles/web pages/etc. you want to refer back to?

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  • I try to remember what it was called and type it into my address bar to see if it auto-completes from history. If so, cool. If not, then I have to convince myself that I wasn't interested in looking back at that page in the first place.

  • PlayStation will no longer be offering games on disc

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  • It's a moot point when the disc, alone, does not guarantee a playable game.

  • PlayStation will no longer be offering games on disc

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  • I want to be mad about this, but I own a PS5 with a disc drive and dozens of games, and none of them are physical. I can't run the game off the disc and still need the available storage space to run it (and often doesn't contain a full/completed version of the game), so the disc is just an extra step that gets in the way.

  • There must be adrenaline in those things, I just can't get enough.

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  • There are soulslikes with anime girls now.

  • License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

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  • "Everyone who disagrees with me is a bot" is definitely a take.

  • License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

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  • Those problems the users brought to your attention are accurate and still exist, though. Now there's just additional problems.

    Unless you're obscuring your license plate as you drive, they still don't need this tech to track your movements and will continue to do so by camera, alone, and you've still degraded your driving experience. I'm not sure what you think was "solved" by removing your TPMS sensors, since they're still tracking you just the same.

  • License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

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  • Be sure to remind your local street folk that each of those cameras contains at least 3 lbs of copper wiring.

  • Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It

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  • I just noticed it has a SID chip for ringtones. I'm sold.

  • Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It

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  • Or maybe it's because "audiophile-grade" isn't an actual thing.

  • Dullsters @dullsters.net
    Chozo @fedia.io

    I accidentally got a really amazing deal at the dispensary today

  • Texas @lemmy.world
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    Texas hemp ban bill dies (again)

    www.politico.com /news/2025/09/04/texas-hemp-ban-bill-dies-00543897
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Chozo @fedia.io

    What would be an inexpensive and reliable way to set up a personal-use VPN tunnel?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Chozo @fedia.io

    What seemingly backwards solutions have worked for you in life?

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Texas man sues Whataburger for nearly $1 million after burger had onions on it

    www.kens5.com /article/news/local/texas/houston-texas-man-sues-whataburger-1-million-burger-onions/273-196d97b2-093e-4a73-adbe-0839005671e2
  • cats @lemmy.world
    Chozo @fedia.io

    Not a pure void, but you guys have me thinking about an old friend today.

  • cats @lemmy.world
    Chozo @fedia.io

    Not a pure void, but you guys have me thinking about an old friend today.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Chozo @fedia.io

    TIL that some Shinto mythology refers to October as "the month without gods", as this is the time the gods take to gather at Izumo Shrine and check in with each other on the state of the world.

    mastodon.social /@camelliakyoto/113382669688943912
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Chozo @fedia.io

    TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk