Post AOKUHPWqXLRDBNvFa4 by paramdeo@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AOIv7LYM6Ck74ysGcy by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-10-06T22:17:39Z
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The Evil List - can you eradicate every single one of these #bigtech companies from your life?https://slate.com/technology/2020/01/evil-list-tech-companies-dangerous-amazon-facebook-google-palantir.html#privacy #surveillance
(DIR) Post #AOJ3Jkkd2SmqL02eTA by PublicLewdness@freespeechextremist.com
2022-10-06T23:49:54.236487Z
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@kzimmermann I'm clean aside from buying the odd thing off Amazon. I would add Intel and AMD to the list as they employ closed source black boxes on their CPUs. IBM also makes the Power9 CPUs which are some of the most open so they do some good.
(DIR) Post #AOJ6Z4W08dfjqDCDbc by madargon@is-a.cat
2022-10-07T00:26:15Z
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@kzimmermannCurrently I am guilty of using one Microsoft service - LinkedIn :(Does it count if I visit sites connected in aby way with Cloudflare (hard to avoid in current web)?Except this I am clean for long time.
(DIR) Post #AOJ6axfcYft1Bvb3LM by madargon@is-a.cat
2022-10-07T00:26:37Z
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@kzimmermannCurrently I am guilty of using one Microsoft service - LinkedIn :(Does it count if I visit sites connected in any way with Cloudflare (hard to avoid in current web)?Except this I am clean for long time.
(DIR) Post #AOJxeZkajEwrjaWvHU by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-10-07T10:19:56Z
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@madargon I guess lotsa people have this LinkedIn dependency indeed (surprisingly, I'm lucky enough to up to this day not be on that platform!)Cloudflare is indeed a way more serious issue. I had seen before a post where somebody (couldn't tell if jokingly or seriously) suggested that we removed CF's certificates from the OS's TLS stack so that any site covered by them would be flagged as untrusted by the browser. Nuclear move, indeed, but can't help but think it'd be hilarious!
(DIR) Post #AOK1qaMuejp8wWR91s by madargon@is-a.cat
2022-10-07T11:08:06Z
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@kzimmermannThere is some Firefox plugin for Cloudflare detection so I can see which site uses it in some ways. Didn't try removing their certificates yet.
(DIR) Post #AOK6cUArOD3TRptZJ2 by miklo@fosstodon.org
2022-10-07T12:01:27Z
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@kzimmermann Isn't it some kind of fucking hypocrisy that the media who write about the "Evil List" are themselves pumped up with dozens of tracking scripts working for these evil companies ?
(DIR) Post #AOKUHPWqXLRDBNvFa4 by paramdeo@fosstodon.org
2022-10-07T16:26:18Z
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@kzimmermann If cherry-picking based on subjective bias is the name of the game, then any company can be "evil" according to that criteria.Either way, I'm just going to leave this here: https://builtwith.com/?https%3a%2f%2fslate.com
(DIR) Post #AOKUsF1GZbI1IqiHSK by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-10-07T16:33:11Z
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@paramdeo a comprehensive list of such evils would be too long to list indeed. But reading an article like this every now and then is a good refresher every now and then. Or more like a slap in the face like "wake up, you live in surveillance town!"
(DIR) Post #AOKV9foYCgQhKS4tDU by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-10-07T16:36:12Z
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@miklo I see it more like an ironic reminder. Like, "wake up, you're being tracked even as you read this."