Framework is doing amazing work. Sure, their stuff isn't cheap, but you're basically voting with your wallet against the throwaway tech culture. It's like saying, "Hey, we'd rather pay a bit more for gear that's actually built to last, than for some flimsy junk that falls apart and costs a fortune to fix."
dannym
joined 2 years ago
I completely respect your decision to hold off on donations until there's a transparent system in place. It's an admirable approach that really aligns with the spirit of FOSS.
As one of my side projects I manage a blog called escapebigtech.info, and we've been fortunate enough to gather around 4000 unique monthly readers. We focus on FOSS and privacy, and I'm launching a weekly feature starting next Friday (2023-10-13) to showcase valuable FOSS projects. I think Purplix would be an excellent candidate for this feature, and I'd be interested in covering it in about three weeks if you're open to it.
Love what you're doing!
Where can I donate to help the project forward?
Also, would you be open to having an article written in a pro-privacy & pro-FOSS blog about the applications you're building?
somebody wiresharking your traffic can see the domain name you're contacting even if you use https; this solves that.
reverse DNS lookup does exist, but it's not always accurate, especially when multiple websites are hosted on the same server (which is more common than you think)
I keep thinking about this, big tech companies and their recommendation algorithms that keep getting worse and recommending you content you don't actually care about but is designed to keep you on their platform is probably one of the biggest bullshit they come up with.
maybe I should write about this in longform next week
My intention wasn't to equate ads with psychological trauma, but rather to emphasize the profound impact such invasive practices can have on our sense of privacy and autonomy. The terminology of 'personalized ads' can often obscure the magnitude of surveillance behind it. I understand that this might come across as hyperbolic to some, but it's essential to articulate the depth of concern many feel.
If we're serious about transforming the conversation around this issue, we've got to be more intentional with the words we choose. Let's call a spade a spade: labeling them as "personalized ads" is a gross understatement.
It's more than that. It's like someone constantly lurking behind you, watching every move you make, and getting into the private spaces of your mind. It isn't mere content tailoring—it's relentless stalking and a brazen assault on our psyche.
We need to call it what it is.
You don't understand, your lights need to track you, how else are they going to improve your user experience? Using lights is so complicated that it requires them to train AI models to better understand the necessities of users. The methods that have worked for hundreds of years cannot work with today's users
the state of developer pays in italy is infuriating. 15/h for a developer is unbearably low, even in europe.
Why is kagi not on the list?
join a community with your values, lemmy is federated, if you don't like your community join another :)
deauth attacks are still a thing, however this is changing with wpa3.
If your router has a setting called "Protected Management Frames" you should enable it ASAP, it's basically encrypted and signed communication for every packet of data, so that your computer basically refuses to trust any deauth signal that doesn't actually originate from the router (massively simplifying here).