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Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️ @RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp
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I'm happy to report that the transition from my to a Google-free Pixel 3a XL running is going amazingly smoothly. I have not had to log into a account even once. For apps, I am using , which downloads and installs the apps anonymously without a Google sign-in, and only a couple of minor apps have failed to install. Even my bank app was easy to install and sign. But I hate that there's no autocorrect or autocomplete.

Screenshot of main screen, showing icons for 15 of my most important apps. A large digital clock dominates the middle of the screen. Towards the bottom of the screen is Vivaldi internet search input box. The background is an abstract image consisting of pink and peach-colored shapes against a white background.A second screen with 25 more icons and music status widget. (I haven't loaded any music yet, so there's just a musical note and a white space.)
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Scott Wilson @scottwilson@infosec.exchange
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How to add DuckDuckGo (noai) to Google Chrome and Brave

(Also, see my similar post about doing this for Vivaldi - infosec.exchange/@scottwilson/, and for Firefox - infosec.exchange/@scottwilson/)

If you prefer an AI-free DuckDuckGo Search experience, you can use noai.duckduckgo.com instead of on duckduckgo.com. Searching on noai.duckduckgo.com works the same as search on duckduckgo.com, except all AI features are turned off and AI-generated images are filtered out of results by default.

NOTE: Truly, for better privacy, consider switching to Firefox, LibreWolf, Vivaldi, Brave, or Tor.

1. In Google Chrome or Brave, go to Settings, then Search Engines.

2. Click "Manage search engines and site search".

3. Scroll down to the "Site search" section, and lick the "Add" button.

4. Give it a meaningful name and nickname, and add "noai.duckduckgo.com/search?q=%" in the URL field.

5. Click "Add", then scroll up a little to the "Search engines" section. Find your new entry, click the three dots next to it, and select "Default" to make this the default search engine.

6. Exit Settings.

Thanks to: @voltooidverledentijd

References:
- voltooidverledentijd.noblogs.o
- duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help

Screen shot of Google Chrome's custom search engine settings
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Florian 'floe' Echtler @floe@hci.social
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I've had it with . Currently trying to do a little bit of automated bibliometrics, and there's a ton of Scholar parsers on Github in various states of brokenness, sometimes with fully integrated proxy support and Selenium backend and whatnot so it doesn't get banhammered...

Yeah nah, I'm just going with OpenAlex now which
a) has a proper API,
b) actually knows what a DOI is, and
c) has much higher-quality data than GS.

docs.openalex.org/

Overview | OpenAlex technical documentation

docs.openalex.org

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PrivacyDigest @PrivacyDigest@mas.to
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A Developer Accidentally Found in Data. Him For It

Google suspended a mobile app developer’s accts after he uploaded AI data to his . Unbeknownst to him, the widely used dataset, which is cited in a number of academic papers & distributed via an file sharing site, contained child material. The developer reported the dataset to a child safety org, which eventually resulted in the dataset’s removal

404media.co/a-developer-accide

A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It

Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.

www.404media.co · 404 Media

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Danny Garside @da5nsy@social.coop
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@rupdecatChristian Meesters @mario_angst_sciMario Angst

I've just caved and set up Google calendar and contacts access BUT I've done it through and am using the default calendar and contacts apps which came with .

Long-term I think it would be fun to move away from having manage that data for me (maybe using and ? forum.syncthing.net/t/how-to-s) but that can be an adventure for another day.


How to sync contacts and calendars between desktop and Android (without root)

This is a simple guide on how to synchronise contacts and calendars between a desktop operating system (Windows, macOS, Linux) and Android relying on a combination of Syncthing and Radicale. The main goal and idea is to have Radicale running on every system locally, so that you can connect with it even when there is no network connection available. This applies to both desktop operating systems and Android as well. Desktop: Install and run Radicale following instructions from https://radical...

forum.syncthing.net · Syncthing Community Forum

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Danny Garside @da5nsy@social.coop
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@rupdecatChristian Meesters @mario_angst_sciMario Angst

I've just caved and set up Google calendar and contacts access BUT I've done it through and am using the default calendar and contacts apps which came with .

Long-term I think it would be fun to move away from having manage that data for me (maybe using and ? forum.syncthing.net/t/how-to-s) but that can be an adventure for another day.


How to sync contacts and calendars between desktop and Android (without root)

This is a simple guide on how to synchronise contacts and calendars between a desktop operating system (Windows, macOS, Linux) and Android relying on a combination of Syncthing and Radicale. The main goal and idea is to have Radicale running on every system locally, so that you can connect with it even when there is no network connection available. This applies to both desktop operating systems and Android as well. Desktop: Install and run Radicale following instructions from https://radical...

forum.syncthing.net · Syncthing Community Forum

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium@eupolicy.social
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"The Dutch government has quietly removed tools from job listings for its intelligence services over concerns that the data would expose aspirant spies to U.S. ," according to POLITICO.

"The intervention would put an end to Google’s processing of the data of job seekers interested in applying to service jobs, after members of parliament in The Hague raised security concerns." 💥

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio@manganiello.eu
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#Android is dead and we’d better all leave the ship before it sinks entirely.

Earlier this year #Google already took bold steps in moving the development of several AOSP components behind closed doors, removing the open-source foundations of the project one component at the time.

Options to unlock bootloaders on Android devices are also narrowing down. Xiaomi removed the ability to unlock the bootloader entirely in MIUI in August (after months spent making it ridiculously difficult), same for OnePlus, Samsung did so in July, and probably Google devices will soon follow suit.

And let’s not mention the nightmare of the Play Integrity API that forces all Android developers to register through the Play Store and use Google’s signing keys, even if they don’t intend to distribute their apps through it.

Sure, officially Google has taken a step back and has pledged to provide a way for developers and power-users to bypass those restrictions. But we can all expect it to be a cumbersome and change-prone process filled with ridiculous amounts of frictions at every step - and I wouldn’t even expect such a morally bankrupt company to keep maintaining this “sideloading” option.

Google once competed with Apple for customers. But in a world where Google walks away from the biggest antitrust trial since 1998 with yet another slap on the wrist, competition is dead, and Google is taking notes from Apple about what they can legally get away with. And the EU, the biggest opposer of its anti-competitive acts, is also becoming softer with Big Tech - both because Vestager has left the job, and because being soft with trillion-dollar monopolist tech titans is seen as a sign of being “technologically competitive”.

Your best bet is to purchase a Pixel 9a now, before more manufacturers decide to block bootloaders, and immediately flash it with #GrapheneOS.

The long term plan would instead be to throw all of our efforts and energies on Linux phones. The folks at GrapheneOS are doing an amazing job and fighting against all kind of pressures, but at some point we should probably all just acknowledge that anything that is tainted with Android, or runs on a device intended only to run Android, is a liability, and we should no longer build solutions on top of hardware and software that we can no longer trust.

Sailfish, PostmarketOS, UBPorts, MeeGo or whatever comes next must succeed. No matter the cost.

Google will develop Android OS entirely behind closed doors starting next week

Google is adjusting how Android is made, with the AOSP branch moving behind closed doors, leaving the entire OS to be privately developed.

9to5google.com · 9to5Google

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Mark Stosberg @markstos@urbanists.social
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I'm a Google Workspace admin, and a team member sent me a screenshot showing that a message they wanted to send was being blocked because it violated an organizational policy-- which was news to me-- I hadn't put in place to block messages based on their content.

Turns out Google Workspace now warns by default when the message content mentions gender identity.

Screenshot of Google Workspace content rules, Gender Identity among them.
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Sean O'Brien @profdiggity@privacysafe.social
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@fdroidorgF-Droid @yaleprivacylab For example, the X-mode SDK persisted long after it was banned in the USA by the FTC enforcement action, and was still present in many Play apps until Google was called out by my own investigation. Initially, Google responded by saying I was wrong but then acknowledged their error in press. Long after that, other tracker SDKs associated with X-mode and the wider ad-tech economy have persisted.

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Sean O'Brien @profdiggity@privacysafe.social
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@fdroidorgF-Droid @yaleprivacylab We should not need permission to run software on devices we own.

Framing this change as protection does not reflect the reality of the ecosystem. Play has long allowed unsafe apps, invasive tracker SDKs, and supply chain threats that slip through automated review. Independent audits have consistently revealed these issues inside of Google Play, even *after* Google claims to have scrubbed.

Sean O'Brien @profdiggity@privacysafe.social
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@fdroidorgF-Droid @yaleprivacylab For example, the X-mode SDK persisted long after it was banned in the USA by the FTC enforcement action, and was still present in many Play apps until Google was called out by my own investigation. Initially, Google responded by saying I was wrong but then acknowledged their error in press. Long after that, other tracker SDKs associated with X-mode and the wider ad-tech economy have persisted.

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Sean O'Brien @profdiggity@privacysafe.social
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@fdroidorgF-Droid I am the founder of @yaleprivacylab , where we have investigated and issues in apps since 2017. I can say without hesitation that this change makes Android users less safe.

Android is based upon free and software () and that has always been defined by user choice. Blocking the capability to install apps directly from trusted sources outside Play is not a small tweak. It removes a core freedom...

Sean O'Brien @profdiggity@privacysafe.social
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@fdroidorgF-Droid @yaleprivacylab We should not need permission to run software on devices we own.

Framing this change as protection does not reflect the reality of the ecosystem. Play has long allowed unsafe apps, invasive tracker SDKs, and supply chain threats that slip through automated review. Independent audits have consistently revealed these issues inside of Google Play, even *after* Google claims to have scrubbed.

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Sean O'Brien @profdiggity@privacysafe.social
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@fdroidorgF-Droid I am the founder of @yaleprivacylab , where we have investigated and issues in apps since 2017. I can say without hesitation that this change makes Android users less safe.

Android is based upon free and software () and that has always been defined by user choice. Blocking the capability to install apps directly from trusted sources outside Play is not a small tweak. It removes a core freedom...

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Autonomie und Solidarität @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu
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Nachdem die israelische Polizei neun Soldat*innen der israelischen Armee wegen Vorwürfen von schwerer Misshandlung an palästinensischen Inhaftierten im Gefangenenlager 'Sde Teiman' (wo es schon zuvor öfter zu Misshandlung und Folter an Gefangenen gekommen sein soll) in Gewahrsam genommen hat, drehen Ultranationalist*innen und andere Rechtsradikale aus der israelischen Politik und Gesellschaft durch. Eine größere Gruppe Rechtsradikaler versuchte dabei sogar eine Militärbasis zu stürmen, um die mutmaßlichen Folterer frei zu bekommen.

zeit.de/politik/ausland/2024-0

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2q07k

Gefangenenlager Sde Teiman: Proteste vor Militärstützpunkt nach Festnahme von Soldaten eskalieren

Nach Vorwürfen schwerer Misshandlungen hat Israels Militär neun Soldaten festgenommen. Bewaffnete Demonstranten gegen die Maßnahme stürmten einen Militärstützpunkt.

www.zeit.de · DIE ZEIT

Autonomie und Solidarität @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu
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Recherchen des +972 Magazins zeigen, wie Amazon, Google und Microsoft dem israelischen Militär Dienstleistungen und Kapazitäten zur Verfügung stellen, um ein Massenüberwachungsprogramm und Angriffe in Gaza durchzusetzen.

'According to multiple sources, the exponential capacity of the AWS public cloud system allows the army to have “endless storage” for holding intelligence on almost “everyone” in Gaza. One source who used the cloud-based system during the current war described making “orders from Amazon” for information while carrying out their operational tasks, and working with two screens — one connected to the army’s private systems, and the other connected to AWS.

Military sources emphasized to +972 and Local Call that the scope of intelligence collected from the surveillance of all Palestinian residents of Gaza is so large that it cannot be stored on military servers alone. In particular, according to intelligence sources, much more extensive storage capabilities and processing power were needed to keep billions of audio files (as opposed to just textual information or metadata), which compelled the army to turn to the cloud services offered by tech companies.'

972mag.com/cloud-israeli-army-

‘Order from Amazon’: Tech giants storing mass data for Israel’s war

The Israeli army is using Amazon’s cloud service and AI from Google and Microsoft for military activities in Gaza, investigation reveals.

www.972mag.com · +972 Magazine

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Plausible Analytics @plausible@fosstodon.org
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We can never know how that data is really processed by the servers, before being anonymized. Since Google is a closed-source and proprietary entity, there’s no way to find out either.

A complete nightmare for a company if found indulging in such practices, usually without even being fully aware of it.

Nemo_bis 🌈 @nemobis@mamot.fr
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@plausiblePlausible Analytics Is it really a gray area though? The behaviour of is clearly in violation of the law and was already sanctioned several times by the CNIL, which also clarified the problem could only be cured by having a proxy which prevents from seeing the user's IP address at all.
cnil.fr/en/cookie-regulation-c
cnil.fr/fr/mesure-daudience-et

Cookie regulation: the CNIL is continuing the action plan initiated in 2019 and has imposed two fines on SHEIN and GOOGLE

In 2019, the CNIL initiated an action plan by publishing guidelines and a recommendation on the use of cookies, with the aim of promoting compliance by professionals on this matter, while ensuring that internet users are properly informed. Since 2020, several sanctions have been imposed on organizations that failed to comply with the law on advertising cookies (Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act).

www.cnil.fr

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Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️ @Blort@social.tchncs.de
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@dansup

Looks fab!

Concerned comes after all being worked on now.

I ❤️ options are planned. Concerned "ad free" options imply ads are planned as part of the roadmap?

Absence of is refreshing!

Is part of "push notifications", or just feeding everything via / ? (cue usual: "They're encrypted. Don't ask whether metasdata / future decryption / matter" discussion)

Project Moebius (?), better editing & live streaming look super cool! ❤️

Finally, a regular reminder to please avoid creating a digital 1% elite by focusing "For you" on relevance not rolling-snowball-boosting of already popular accounts/content.

Thanks for all your amazing hard work! 💕 You ROCK!

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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
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EDIT: The Malwarebytes article has been updated:

"After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case."

This confusion could've been easily avoided if Google was more clear in how they communicate with their users.

ORIGINAL:

PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!

"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."

malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202

[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"

Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.

www.malwarebytes.com · Malwarebytes

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