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SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The GuardianEnglish144·1 year agoAgreed. But I think the right to monitor the police doesn’t have to mean real-time access to police radio. The radio could be recorded, like body cam footage, and released on demand with FOIA. FOIA allows redactions when needed, so sensitive information like victims names and addresses could be redacted.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Those who are self hosting at home, what case are you using? (Looking for recommendations)English2·1 year agoI can vouch for the node 804, although I haven’t used the others so I can’t say which is the best.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Should I use Restic, Borg, or Kopia for container backups?English5·1 year agoI’ve been using Kopia for all my backups for a couple years, both backing up my desktop and containers. It’s been very reliable, and it has nice features like being able to mount a backup.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to DoEnglish11·2 years agoNope. And more importantly, it looks like nobody considered what might happen if the signal gets spoofed. The backup systems that are supposed to keep working if GPS breaks also break due to these spoofed signals.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Programming@programming.dev•What inspired you to pursue a career or hobby in programming?English3·2 years agoSame. I wanted to make video games… until I found out how terrible the working conditions and pay are.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims AppleEnglish91·2 years agoHave you ever actually seen a laptop lid just break off because the epoxy failed, or is this just a hypothetical? I used my last laptop for around 8 years, I took it with me to college every day in a backpack, on public transit. It got thrown around, scratched up, but the hinges didn’t break lol
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•The Steam Deck's budget price tag is the reason I still rate it nearly two years onEnglish16·2 years agoIt’s not a walled garden though, Valve made no attempts to lock anything down. You can install something like Heroic Game Launcher on the Steam Deck and play Epic Game Store or GOG games too.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRMEnglish40·2 years agoThis is worse. Let’s go with an example: on an Android phone, you visit a website. The website asks for an integrity check, the browser works with Google Play Services to complete the check.
What if you have a de-Googled phone without Play Services, or if you made modifications to restrict Google’s tracking? Then Google can refuse to verify you. What if you installed an ad blocker in your browser? Google can refuse to verify you.
If you fail verification, the website could ask you to complete a captcha, or just refuse to show you anything.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Programming@programming.dev•Hi, I want to start programming but dunno where to start and which language to learnEnglish3·2 years agoYou can make an app with Tauri without writing a single line of Rust though. Tauri lets you trigger most native functionality you might need from the JavaScript side. If that’s enough for what you are building then you don’t need to write any Rust. You could use a Rust web framework that compiles to WebAssembly, but you could also just use React or Svelte or whatever else.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubtoHome Improvement@lemmy.world•New homeowner lots of questionsEnglish3·2 years agoOne advice I haven’t seen mentioned: there are tool libraries in many cities where home owners can borrow tools for a low membership cost. This can save you from spending a lot on tools, especially for ones you won’t need often.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•Roblox tells employees they have to come to office three days a week or take severance packageEnglish15·2 years agoSeverence pay is not mandatory everywhere. So you might get nothing if you are laid off.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@beehaw.org•YouTube is axing its ad-free Premium Lite subscription plan - The VergeEnglish4·2 years agoYeah I mostly open Nebula when I’m watching a video, and the creator says “I had to censor this on YouTube, you can get the full version on Nebula”
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@beehaw.org•Tinder Now Letting Rizzless Sad Sacks Pay $500/Month to Message People Without Even MatchingEnglish3·2 years agoDid they get rid of the questions? That was the most awesome part of OkCupid. Because you not only answered the questions but you could pick if you cared what your potential matches answers should be.
I met my wife on OkCupid, we were a high % match according to OkCupid and we did turn out to be a great match. That’s stupid if they got rid of that.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years OldEnglish4·2 years agoFines. And say you seeded a movie to 1000 people and a DVD of the movie costs $20, they sue you for $20000, treating it like you broke into a warehouse and stole 1000 DVDs of the movie.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@beehaw.org•Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated artEnglish1·2 years agoYes I agree with you, but I just don’t see how getting rid of copyright laws would fix this. Copyright laws aren’t helping artists enough, so instead of fixing copyright laws we should get rid of them? What do we do instead to protect artists?
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@beehaw.org•Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated artEnglish18·2 years agohow many musicians don’t have the right to their own work because record companies dominate the music industry?
But not having copyright law doesn’t fix that, it makes it worse. Without copyright law if you make music, a big label can grab your music and sell copies without paying you anything. Sure you can try to sell it yourself and try to educate customers that they should buy it from you. But the big label can easily out-advertise you and get into the top spots on streaming services, online and physical stores etc. and get 99% of the sales.
Same for artists, writers, programmers, photographers, or anyone else whose work is protected by copyright.
I fully agree things are not great right now, but that’s not copyright laws fault. I think you need other laws and regulations to fix things, like small creators should be able to sue large companies with minimal cost if they infringeme on their copyright. And there should be some sort of provisions so companies can’t trap people in horrible contracts. I’d also love to see fair use exceptions broadened in cases where the copyrighted material is just not available anymore, like old games or movies that are not sold anymore. Shorten the length of copyright too. But getting rid of it completely would not work.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•Will you be willing to pay for using Twitter?English4·2 years agoI already donate to Mastodon development, and to the Mastodon server I’m on. It’s a good reminder to donate to the Lemmy server I’m on too.
SeriousBug@infosec.pubto Technology@lemmy.world•I moved to Seattle for a high-paying tech job. It turned out to be the loneliest time of my life.English532·2 years agoMen will literally write a Business Insider article instead of going to therapy. No really, I feel like this guy could benefit from some therapy.
It wasn’t until I met a few women on dating apps that I realized being a software engineer in a tech hub is far from special. Working at companies like Amazon or Microsoft just isn’t interesting; it’s the norm here.
It’s weird to expect that you’d get dates just for being an engineer. What? Like if someone did date you just because you are an engineer, that would be such a shallow relationship.
I think one big reason for that is software engineering doesn’t require socially demanding skills like in product management or UX design.
Strongly disagree, software engineering is mostly social skills. It’s all about communicating problems, learning your users pain points, explaining your solutions, and coordinating work. Coding the actual solutions is typically the easy part unless you are doing cutting edge computer science research.
You couldn’t make a proprietary server. Client is fine, AGPL doesn’t apply when you are accessing the server over a public API.