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SgtBaker··on EU "Chat Control" and Mandatory Client Side Scanning
Yes, it's already begun, even though the directive isn't even ratified yet: https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/29/europol-sought-unlimite...

Europol wants unfettered, unfiltered access to all scanned data, regardless if there's a crime or not.

And they want to inject all of that into their Police AI (which they also want unregulated).

It's going to be awesome future.

SgtBaker··on MyPowerbank hacks Santander bikes so London's homeless can charge their phones
Most places that are available to you and me aren't necessarily available to homeless people and some modern cities are getting more and more hostile architecture built to make life harder for homeless people.

It might be a niche thing (it's a gradschool project after all), but it's pretty cool way to exploit things that are not supposed to be available for use.

SgtBaker··on SUSE to go private
Well this was pretty expected as it's how EQT normally operates - they purchase objects - develop them for x-years (normally about 5-ish) before re-selling or re-listing.

They've been in SuSE since 2018 - so the IPO was their try at exiting, but since it didn't work out, they're probably going a different route (couple of more years of development, then selling to someone else).

Melissa Di Donato, the SuSe ex-CEO is wife of Darren Roos, CEO of IFS (huge Enterprise Software company) - who are also owned by EQT.

EQT tends to invest heavily in their development objects, so it's probably a good thing - but they are also very adamant on timely progress, so good luck to all SuSe oldtimers who are still with the company - it's going to be another roller coaster.

Let's see if the next try gets them somewhere.

SgtBaker··on A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team
Learn to read. I said Brave was privacy scam. The whole company. Not just that move.
SgtBaker··on A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team
Just eroding user trust. Which is the basis of privacy
SgtBaker··on A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team
Sure. https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-aff...
SgtBaker··on A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team
Brave is just a privacy scam. And it's also Chromium based

So you might as well be using Chrome.

SgtBaker··on How to get ChatGPT to stop apologizing?
Did you not ask "Why are you sounding like chatGPT, are you actually reading straight off the prompt?"

Interviews go both ways

SgtBaker··on Former intel officer says 'non-human biologics’ found at alleged UFO crash sites
Imagine getting a congressional hearing and coming in with "never saw anything.. no aliens nor their crafts, just a bunch of rumors which I can't repeat here, soz all"

That was a complete waste of everyones time.

SgtBaker··on Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible
You really shouldn't be using Chrome anyway at this point.