As always, I got the username wrong…

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  • Seefra 1@lemmy.ziptoPrivacy@lemmy.mlDestroy a Microphone
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    3 days ago

    sometime i even turn of mic and cam acsess on my phone

    I have some bad news for you. Whatever software switch your phone has to “turn off” the mic, can still be bypassed by either the manufacturer or an attacker that gets root control of the device.

    The only way to ensure a mic isn’t listening is by either unsoldering it or shorting the + and - contacts. I mean in the case of a phone you can probably do the toothpick thing and then test it and repeat until sound actually quiets, but note that phones can actually listen to you by via the accelerometer :/






  • You’re responsible for the technology you create.

    So if I create a knife I’m responsible if someone uses it for murder?

    Maybe I should implement a camera on the knife that records your kitchen 24/7 to make sure the knife wont be used for murder, is that OK with you?

    Unionize workers in Microsoft.

    If you “unionize” microsoft and keep windows non-free software, the employees get better wages, apart from that the users still get spied upon, and the means of production (windows source code) still under ownership of a small group of people, (and just like any other operating system or knife, can) still used for nefarious purposes.

    Even if the workers at the microsoft commune decide to made windows non-spyware anymore, there is still no way to actually be sure since there’s no way to verify it.

    Also, proprietary software isn’t only a prime example of private ownership of the means of production, but also a prime example of artificial scarcity.

    As long as it’s “Free Software” instead of “Free people” you’re playing on the side of the tech oligarchy.

    Free software is a requirement for free people, if you don’t understand that, then you really have no understanding of how technology works, of how people work and how freedom works.

    I recommend reading the following article: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html


  • I personally would throw the dishwasher away, and before that, permanently damage it to make sure no poor soul picks it up from the trash thinking they scored a free dishwasher without knowing it was once used to wash literal shit.

    I would never be able to ever eat anything from any dish every washed on that machine, but again, that’s me and my personal emotional reaction to it. I understand that if it reaches 90C it technically kills all bacteria or something. But I would still refuse.

    For that same reason I never buy used kitchen utensils, because I have no way to know what has be used for before.






  • Just an anecdote, but every time I try to create an account on Instagram I get automatically banned after account creation before even login-in for the first time.

    If I recal they then ask me for a copy of my ID to confirm my name is real (which it isn’t).

    I have no idea how they know, I’ve tried literally with different residential IPs, different emails and even on brand new devices. On my Instagram user friend’s house.

    Maybe it’s just bad good luck, who knows. In don’t need Instagram anyway, just an interesting fact.