Not ideologically pure.
We don’t have money, so ransom attacks are unlikely.
If it’s state actors and cyber warfare, which I think is fair to suspect, we’re probably way under the radar. We’re not quite critical infrastructure just yet. :)
For the lols attacks could happen anywhere, but this is not that.
I think it’s the first time in my life I routinely check in on the stock value of a company, and it’s pure Schadenfreude.
While most news media keeps on endlessly reporting on what politicians say, tech and law commentators by definition focus on what is being done. In a world where what is being said is not only irrelevant, but flat-out weaponized, this is the only kind of reporting that matters.
Never gave this much thought. I’ve been considering subscribing for Kagi again, but basically they are paying for a Google API subscription, meaning that Google directly monetizes my Kagi searches?
To be completely honest, I’m less worried about privacy and more worried about what kind of world I’m contributing to with my internet usage. I Mullvad sends money to Google for every search, it’s probably not for me.
Switched to Qwant now - rather Microsoft than Google, and at least they are working on their own engine.
That’s @[email protected], for those who can follow Mastodon handles. Worth following!
Well, it’s expensive technology to develop, and there’s no other business model behind it than surveillance. So I think it’s fair to expect the surveillance part of it to be difficult to neutralise.
A Fairphone with /e/OS would do.
I don’t currently run /e/OS on mine - for now I’ve just disabled the Google app instead. But it’s a solid option, and last time I used it my banking apps and everything worked with no problem.
Information here is public.
That said, there has been problems of people scraping random fediverse servers and causing a lot of traffic, in turn sending a huge bill to the owner of the instance.