I think eventually if a federated system (or particular server) gets too popular they will just defederate from everyone else and perpetuate the same problem all over again

that is the only current accepted alternative to paying for website access, yes

if you have better ideas though, we’d all love to hear them

You might be right, but I don’t think that’s a problem they’re going to solve all on their own, meanwhile the rest of users will suffer.

such a qol upgrade

I don’t think you’re wrong, but I do think that if everyone thought that, they would be doing it already.

I have routinely tried to get friends and family to use ad-blockers and they simply don’t care enough to even attempt to download one.

can be combatted with a £5 Faraday bag

I don’t consider that a reasonable solution for most people, and there are many posts claiming those almost never work well enough. You could also make the argument that it shouldn’t be necessary in the first place.

That is about monitoring by your network

I don’t think it matters to most people, as you are still tracked by having the phone physically with you, which is what people are against.

A ten year old article about Samsung phones

Are you suggesting Samsung phones should have ever been allowed to spy on people? Or that this doesn’t highlight a bigger issue? I don’t see why this should get a pass at all.

An exploit affecting lots of phones that seems like it was fixed

I think it’s very much a real threat, and leaked docs show world governments and bad actors actively use such exploits routinely for years, including keeping previously unknown exploits a secret to use for themselves.

I understand your desire to turn talking points into nothingburgers but I feel like this is not only disingenuous but against the entire principal of security and privacy. Of course we all have our own individual threat models, but to dismiss another person’s model because you think it shouldn’t matter to anyone, doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.

Why are you linking to the old video?

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY](NOTCURSES III: THE SAGA CONTINUES)

Protip: Run a socks5h proxy server on the pi that does not use its own DNS resolver. Then FoxyProxy on your browser with the default being off/direct. Then whenever you need it, switch that one tab to use the proxy to bypass your blocking.

Cousin! Let’s go bowling.

the queen of /g/

Big Tree is coming for us.

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/can-the-nsa-really-track-turned-off-cellphones-

https://fossbytes.com/edward-snowden-explains-how-smartphones-spy-on-us/

https://www.csoonline.com/article/540662/privacy-some-samsung-galaxy-devices-contain-a-file-access-backdoor-replicant-developers-say.html

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/fix-for-critical-qualcomm-chip-flaw-is-making-its-way-to-android-devices/

You still have to trust their black box Titan security chip that’s only in Pixels, that they pinky promised to open source but never did.

requires

Not for everyone everywhere apparently. It seems dependent on some secret trust algorithm of your IP/fingerprint/something.

I made the same claim before and every time, people proved me wrong.

69% of the world population doesn’t use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.

Not only are we technical folks, only 5% of the population, not their target audience, it seems most people don’t care enough about ads to ever try to stop them… at all.

That doesn’t mean we need to cater to their business model at the technical level.

From what I have seen, it does… if you want to have a popular site that stays running well, and don’t charge your users for access.

69% of the world population doesn’t use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.

Not only are we technical folks (only 5% of the population not their target audience, it seems most people don’t care enough about ads to ever try to stop them… at all.

I was logged out of the mobile app but was that all.

EDIT: RSS feeds are broken as well, getting a 400 error.

Yes, I wasn’t trying to refute that. But Nintendo can still ruin your life fighting a losing battle if they wanted to. To me it’s just not worth the risk of putting your name on it.

You’re not wrong. I just think that if you believe there is a good chance of having legal problems for your project (I don’t see why they wouldn’t have thought that), then it makes the most sense to do it anonymously from the beginning to avoid getting sued. Yes they can still possibly offer you money, but it might not be worth revealing your identity at that point either, as any continued development could be assumed to be you, and then you must defend yourself in court if they sue, even if it was never you.

I would consider that cartoony as well. You might disagree but that’s ok. I’m not trying to pretend like my opinion is popular, it’s just how I personally feel.