dontblink

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[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago

Questo moltbook penso sia un'idea geniale, io credo che sia un'anteprima di ciรฒ che stanno realmente diventando internet ed i computer..

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh well all of this explains why I sometimes get instagram ADS which are relevant to me on my work phone even if I looked for stuff on my PC browser or smartphone (all using adblocks, deegogled android, private DNS, tracker blockers, private browsers and other preventive measures).

I didn't realize they could literally track you probabilistically or they could tie different devices to you..

So essentially if I use my amazon account on the same PC (or on a device tied to me) that I use for looking at "cat food" I am screwed and they will know I have a cat and amazon will start advertising cat stuff to me?

I did know they tracked you, but I thought it had to be a consistent set of datas: accounts, unprotected browsing, keeping cookies for a long time etc etc.. I didn't know they could probabilistically try to catch you nor that they could so reliably tie devices togheter.. I would like to know more about what they can actually do and what are preventive measures that actually works..

For example: can they (and how) get over tracker blockers? VPNs? Proxies? Private DNS? Degoogled devices/Linux?

What I've got to do if I want to be on the internet preserving my privacy? Should I literally stop using the internet? Should I use devices on which I do not login on a normal account ever and just use my self hosted stuff or the federated web?

And what about all the data they already have on me, it will be their's forever??

This is getting ridiculous, we need new solutions, the internet as we now know it is completely screwed.

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

How can they tie it to me tho? Or use it against me? Especially if behind ddg "proxy"

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 5 points 1 week ago

In my experience matrix is a total mess with plenty of bugs, also uses quite a lot server resources. xmpp is lighter, easier to set up and works flawlessly, and seem also easier to proxy or do stuff like that with it. Calls are kinda messy to set up tho.

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What do you mean by "shadow profile"?

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The first command worked, the second one is still showing up http have died unexpectedly error 127

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

apt-get -f install

I tried it already, but I get method http has died unexpectedly https subprocess error code 127

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

apt autoremove says dependencies are lacking

apt --fix-broken install gives me: method http has died unexpectedly

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

I get dependency errors when trying to execute that dpkg command, other apt commands, if I execute --fix-broken I get:

method http has died unexpectedly

Other apt commands give me:

Dependencies not met

(I freed up disk space)

 

Every atp command returns an avalanche of errors, I freed up some space but the package management stuff seems gone and I can't seem to fix it. Should I fresh install?

SOLUTION: Okay first of all thanks to all the people who replied to me and pointed me to the right direction, the issue was I was having full disk space and missing a few apt libraries which prevented the commands to run succesfully. I solved by freeing up some space, chrooting inside my corrupted environment from a live USB (there's plenty of guides online on how to do this correctly), I downloaded (from debian package search) and installed manually with dpkg a few packages: apt-transport-https, curl, and libnettle8t64 which apt-transport-https required and which was the one actually solving the problem. After that apt --fix-broken install could run succesfully and every further apt command worked without issues, upgraded the system and now it is booting fine! Again, thank you so much @mumblerfish@lemmy.world, @utopiah@lemmy.ml @hendrik@palaver.p3x.de, @ThanksForAllTheFish@sh.itjust.works, @BassTurd@lemmy.world, @IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz !

 

For some of them I kind of lost access so I would need to write emails to instagram or whatever, for others I would need to remember and to access to each one of them and delete them.

The hardest would be gmail with people having my contacts from like 10 years ago..

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 14 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

It's simply another case where we have amazing technologies but we lack the right ways to use them, that's what our culture does: creating amazing techs that can solve lots of human problems and then discarding the part that actually solves a problem unless it's also profitable for the individual.

It literally is a problem of people wanting to submit other people for power games, that's not how all societies work, but that's a foundation for ours, but we're playing this game so much that we almost broke the console (planet earth and our own bodies health).

It's an anthropological problem, not a technological one.

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Would you mind sending me a link example so I can see wht it looks like? I think there might be new models which look like the older ones, which I do not want.

 

After spending 200$ for a supposedly premium Philips blender which broke in less than one year after having been sent to assistance, having parts replaced and broken again, been repaired by me and after I spent thousands of swear and curses, I am really this ' ' close to smashing it with an hammer and crucifying it to scare the other Philips products away from my kitchen.

Since those were 200$ wasted, and my parents and grandparents kitchen stuff worked sometimes for 30 years before breaking, where can I get my grandparents gear? Should I just resort to smashing vegetables and fruits by hand with stones?

[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What is Kagi? Is it an extension?

 

Hi! I stumbled upn this: https://www.funkwhale.audio/

It is an amazing idea! Are there similar software you guys use? Is this the only currently federated music platform?

 

I want to take it as a tool for reading/writing/studying and super basic browsing. My phone just broke, chat control just got approved and I'm sick of proprietary shit: I decided I'm not gonna buy anything which doesn't hold free software anymore.

I love e-ink and I love Linux, but how usable is the pinenote with Linux? How hard is the install process? Can an average Linux user/self hoster use it daily? How's battery? Couldn't find many reviews online..

 

The shitty/distracting web run on ads, so why not making a search engine which index based on that? You would have an experience similar to what was the internet originally: no corporate shit, no infinite scroll, just independent websites made to share real informations and real knowledge, and would still leave space for subscriptions or donations! And you could still use JS and avoid just using a text browser, making the occasional order from a website or navigating the fediverse!

Not an ADblock, the issue isn't ads, the issue is how the web is TAILORED towards ads, and how that makes shitty web.

Is there any tool which does that? The goal would be blocking/avoid indexing all websites connected somehow to ads, is this even something possible? I know it would block 90% of the web, but if that 10% is freedom, I want that freedom!

 

If you plan to offer a service tied to a website you make for your client, what are the advantages of self hosting compared to relying on third party services?

Static sites, CMS, newsletter, emails, form handling and more..

An easy example is forms: you can either use formspree or install one of the countless foss form handlers you can find online..

In my mind it's definitely cooler to offer all the services your client needs + you can also charge for them without having to pay for 5 different plans on other platforms, just your VPS or dedicated machine, more income and less expenses. But I see it can be hard to manage outages sometimes or issues that can come with self hosting.

It's offering a service vs being just a reseller.

My experience with self hosting stuff on my own (for my own use) so far has been quite good. I don't use containerization and I carefully config everything needed the first time, then I reverse proxy through cloudflare, after that I rarely have issues and if I have I simply rely on logs.

In my mind it doesn't seem too hard to install a couple of services and make accounts for my clients + fixing something not working every now and then.

My only concern with that is if one day I will want to stop being a developer, how will I handle the quantity of people relying on my server and everything I will hold.

Interested in your thoughts and experience about self hosting vs relying on third parts!

 

Let's say I want to bridge from WhatsApp or telegram to Matrix, have I gaibed something in terms of privacy? In which case would it make sense? Public group chats? Direct chats?

 

Some services run really good behind a reverse proxy on 443, but some others can really become an hassle.. And sometimes just opening other ports would be easier than to try configuring everything to work through 443.

An example that comes to my mind is SSH, yeah you can use SSLH to forward requests coming from 443 to 22, but it's so much easier to just leave 22 open..

Now, for SSH, if you have certificate authentication or a strong password, I think you can feel quite safe, but what about other random ports? What risks I'm exposing my server to if I open some of them when needed for a service? Is the effort of trying to pass everything through 443/80 worth it?

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