cybercitizen4

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Why should I be wary of my browsing data being sent to China? (lemm.ee)
 

Hi all,

I don’t really know how to ask this question. On one of my devices, I downloaded a web browser (Opera) and one of my friends made fun of me, saying that “you better like China knowing all the stuff you do online”.

I read the Opera website and it says it’s a Norwegian company, but on Wikipedia it does say it was bought by a Chinese company.

My question is: what does “China” do with my personal browsing data? Why is it useful for them? (and who are we referring to here, is that the Chinese government, a private company, who?)

I’m looking forward to learn more about digital privacy, but I don’t currently understand the “obviousness” of how it is wrong to use Opera.

I’m a tech enthusiast (hence why I’m here), but I’m cognizant that I have large knowledge gaps in some of these topics.

Thank you in advance.

I just got out of the shower. what is with the product placement ? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s from a clip where Trump is showing the price changes for the items everyday Americans purchase, there were more tables with toilet paper, bread, milk, cheese, etc. He was saying that Kamala Harris was responsible for how expensive everything got and that it would continue if she wins.

What's the oldest technology you continue using? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

It is free and open source, it’s my main RSS app on Mac / iOS, and I downloaded Feeder from F-Droid for Android

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What's the oldest technology you continue using? (lemm.ee)
 

Some of my coworkers were talking about using RSS to read blogs, which made some of the younger folks in our team ask what it is and why we keep using it.

Some still use iPods to avoid subscriptions and streaming services, my favorite was one of our sysadmins who showed me Gopher.

I’m curious about others though, thanks!

What was using the internet in the early 2000s like? in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Thank you so much for sharing this, wow!! You must have so many great stories from that time, the fact that internet communities were small yet distinct enough to remain separate from our real world identity is (sadly) fascinating to me.

What was using the internet in the early 2000s like? in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

We must be around the same age haha because those were staples for me too, I was obsessed with motherload on minclip, RuneScape and age of empires lol

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What was using the internet in the early 2000s like? (lemm.ee)
 

What kind of websites did people visit? Were people friendly?

How often do you misrepresent yourself online? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Truthfully, never, I’m always honest, but I’m also an advocate for data poisoning and obfuscation. One of these sentences is false.

Updates in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

MacOS Sonoma, released Fall 2023, is available on iMac Pro, released in 2017. That’s the oldest they support, but even the lower-tier MacBook Air and Mac Mini models are supported back to the 2018 models. That’s six and five years.

Fuck Apple and their greedy business tactics, but let’s not just spread false information either.

https://www.apple.com/macos/sonoma/

Android to iPhone, whats it like? (Update) in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Most Americans. And it’s not SMS, it’s messages through iMessage. More people use iPhones in America, and installing another app to talk to one or two people with Androids is not something people want to do. I use signal to talk to two close friends because one of them has an android. Otherwise, we’d just use iMessage and not install another app. Everyone else in my life has an iPhone. And this is the same for my age group (younger than 35).

I wish people would write some descriptions for their communities in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agreed! I started a community a couple days ago and I also browsed through the descriptions of other communities to get an idea of what we should put in one (I have no experience moderating subreddits or anything like that) and I found that many had little to nothing in the sidebar.

Who doesn't appreciate the coziness of this picture... in c/raining@sh.itjust.works
[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That little cactus looks awesome