brie @ brie @beehaw.org Posts 23Comments 140Joined 2 yr. ago
Restricting access to files within a user is why sandboxing is useful. It in theory limits the scope of a vulnerability in an app to only the files it can read (unless there is a sandbox escape). Android instead prevents apps from accessing other apps' files by having each app run as a separate user.
One way to keep the encryption keys encrypted at rest is to require the login password (or another password) to open the app, and use it to encrypt the keys. That said, if an adversary can read Signal's data, they can almost certainly just replace Signal with a password-stealing version.
While I don't disagree, it is possible that Kling picked up the writing style of he/him for unspecified gender. Kling is Swedish, and Swedish only recently made their gender neutral pronoun official. On the English side, it seems he/him for unspecified gender started getting pushed in the 1800s, though I can't find info on when they/them regained usage.
As a reminder, you can always just uninstall OneDrive and call it a day.
Until Microsoft takes that option away as well....
European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act
Not PeerTube, but he is on Odysee/LBRY.
On the one hand, having an AI generated alt-text on the client side would be much better than not having any alt-text at all. On the other hand, the pessemist in me thinks that if it becomes widely available, website makers will feel less of a need to add proper alt-text to their content.
The original research was regarding supercapacitors, not Lithium-ion. Based on the PNAS preview it seems it has to do with changing the design of a supercapacitor to increase charge rate.
Increasing capacitance (how much charge is stored to reach a certain voltage) or the voltage it is charged to would indeed increase the capacity. Putting several in parallel would work, as would making a bigger capacitor. The main problem as far as I can tell is that the energy density of even supercapacitors is low, so you'd need a much larger volume to have the same capacity (and thus a much thicker phone).
Alexandria and Stract use their own open source crawlers. Brave is also independent, if I recall correctly.
Although it is possible that some messaging apps send completely unencrypted messages, most (reputable) non-E2E apps are probably still using HTTPS. It just means that when the message arrives at the messaging app's servers, they can decrypt the message and store it in plaintext.
DDG's AI chat isn't a search engine. It's just a chat interface for GPT-3.5 Turbo and Claude, without any search access. It's also not very up to date.
GPT-3.5 Turbo:
Who is the PM of the UK?
As of my last update, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is Boris Johnson. Please note that political positions can change, so I recommend checking the latest news sources for the most up-to-date information.
Is Queen Elizabeth still alive?
Yes, as of my last update, Queen Elizabeth II is still alive.
The Claude version doesn't fare any better:
Is Queen Elizabeth still alive?
Yes, Queen Elizabeth II is still alive. She is the current and longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, having ascended to the throne in 1952. As of 2023, she is 96 years old.
Are there any search engines other than perplexity that tie the sources to sections rather than just popping them all at the bottom? That always felt like the most practical layout for being able to easily cross-check information against their supposed sources.
Also, superior depends on the user and use case. One person might find that GIMP has all the tools they actually use in Photoshop, and another might find that the ones they use are missing from GIMP. Without knowing the audience, it's hard to know what they want to hear.
The example implemented in Mithril.js, for comparison.
OMG! We’re at forty! (Announcing the release of Fedora Linux 40) - Fedora Magazine
It's more the other way around. Both distribution on the App Store and through third parties will incur the fee. However, if you don't distribute on third parties, you can stay under Apple's old terms, avoiding the fee. It's a way of monetarily punishing third party app distribution.
Email subscriptions also sometimes have that, with bonus points for several vague and similar sounding categories, and emails not mentioning what category they're in.
IIRC the main reason it isn't enabled by default is because >=1080p is only available via DASH. Normally Invidious can just point the client to fetch videos from Google's servers, but for technical reasons DASH requires the Invidious instance to act as a proxy (the client asks the instance for video data, then the instance fetches it from Google and sends it to the client). The net result is that watching 1080p streams requires much more bandwidth from the server.
As far as I can tell running xz directly should be fine, but for the extra paranoid check the version of the xz-utils package. If it is safe, it will be either less than 5.6.0, or it should be 5.6.1+really5.4.5-1 (xz 5.4.5 with a spoof version number to ensure compromised systems get the update).
Thanks, edited this into the post (along with the distros listed by LWN)
Apple will require notarization for apps from third party app stores, and will disable updates for apps installed via third party app stores if staying outside EU
Alan Pope: "Multiple genuine-looking scam cryptocurrency miners and fake Bitcoin wallet applications have been published in the Snap store since 2018."
Kakao Entertainment seems to be planning legal action against Tachiyomi (and forks)
Fossify Gallery is now on F-Droid, and Simple Gallery got removed due to a proprietary dependency
YouTuber The Completionist's Open Hand Foundation Accused of Keeping Charitable Donations - IGN
