noodlejetski

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[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I haven't heard of any research results that have proven that phones or apps are actually listening to people's conversations, and am only aware of a research that has proven the opposite: https://gizmodo.com/these-academics-spent-the-last-year-testing-whether-you-1826961188

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 13 points 1 year ago

WhatsApp is now in Meta's hands

it's been owned by Facebook/Meta for almost a decade, so I'm not sure it warrants using "now".

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no, but you can just save the post for checking it out later.

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't know who said that, but the sentiment resonates very strongly with me. "I remember when the internet was more than five big websites, with each one just posting content from the other four".

edit: found it. "I'm old enough to remember when the Internet wasn't a group of five websites, each consisting of screenshots of text from the other four."

https://nitter.it/tveastman/status/1069674780826071040

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 6 points 1 year ago

I've tried pretty much every app available, and liked Thunder the most. second place goes to Jerboa.

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 4 points 1 year ago

you just replied to the post they've made on Lemmy.

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 4 points 1 year ago

it already has, the fork is named Liftoff and many people seem to like it.

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it's a desktop program, while most of the solution OP has posted are Android exclusive.

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

use the tunnel located in your country?

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

just treat it as a creative writing piece (which most of the time it is anyway)

[–] noodlejetski@geddit.social 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

https://torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-to-be-acquired-by-kape/

Some have pointed at Kape’s history. The company had previously operated under the name Crossrider and was active in the advertising space. Among other things, it installed toolbars with ‘potentially unwanted software.’ While the company has since switched to a focus on cybersecurity, this past has made some people suspicious.

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