Scott🇨🇦🏴‍☠️

Block the super niche crap-holes.

Use an app, such as Thunder for Android, and put some keywords in the filter. No posts with those words will show up again.

Thunder will also allow you to label users. I mostly do this when I block someone so I have a reminder of why I blocked them.

Good for the bigtech fighting these laws. Parents should be protecting their children.

If governments want to get involved:

1. Educate parents about the dangers online and what to do about it.
2. It could regulate the addictive features of social media. The result would be a safer internet for everyone without anyone having to KYC themselves.
3. If #2 isn’t an option, force all computer manufactures to add in parental controls that automatically turn off when the user gets to the age of maturity.

I have doubts if any privacy companies are going to advocate for age verification. The very idea is anti-privacy.

I think of Stephen more of a vampire or ghoul.

https://inteltechniques.com/tools/Search might help. You can add the phone number and it will search nearly all search engines.

Doesn’t surprise me, given recent Proton news.

I have an internal CAD. It’s very useful when building something like a deck for my home. Technically, I show no one this. They only see the end result.

I use Thunder and it’s the same for me.

I see your post both here on Lemmy and on Mastadon.

Oh. Thanks for that. I didn’t realize.

Edit: I checked with another browser, not logged in, and I do see the flags. So odd.

Founded in 1998. Yeah, I’m from the pre-google times as well.

DDG has a no ai version which is what I use.

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

Yes. I added the bills through their website.

Are you aware that Andy Yen is forcing a massive AI coding adoption? Proton may be better now but I doubt if will continue to be anything close to stable or secure within a year.

I avoid public places unless I’m wearing an N-95. Like most people, I don’t like going to the dentist. Now it’s going to be so much worse.

I agree with what you say about politicians.

Scented products either give me a headache or hurt my throat. Wearing an N-95 helps a lot.

Open-source has the advantage of more eyes on the code. I trust someone, somewhere has looked. That’s all I can do.

Anyone who says “jUsT cHeCk ThE cOdE” should be ignored.

I have a Canadian flag with my username but it doesn’t help. Just yesterday someone tried to win an argument with me by bring up health insurance.

Most bank send a one-time code to SMS. And they have to nerve to send me notices about how to protect my account. If they really cared about security they would allow a hardware key or authentication app for the one-time code.

My bank allows me to do only one transaction at the ATM.

Typical for me is to:

1. Tap my card, enter my PIN, deposit a cheque, get the receipt.
2. Tap the card, enter my PIN, pay a bill, get a receipt.
3. Tap the card, enter my PIN, withdraw cash.

And they tell me to protect my PIN while forcing me to enter it three times instead of once.

This could be a long list, not sure.

1. AI - no more data centers, no more vibe coded junk, all CEOs drinking the AI Kool-aid need to go away.
2. Mass Surveillance - Online, offline, and in cars.
3. Politicians - Especially those who make laws about things they don’t understand.
4. Science deniers - no more religion, no more fake news, no more alternative facts.
5. Bigtech.
6. Fossil fuels.

On a more personal level:

1. Filler words in the spoken word - “I mean”, “um”, “like”.
2. Tailgaters - Just fuck off, I’m driving the speed limit (usually a few over) and if that isn’t fast enough, tough cookie.
3. Lazy co-workers -
4. No more scented products - perfumes, body wash, laundry products, etc.

I’ve been online longer than gmail. Its like asking me to remember my birth.