https://archive.is/20241217000702/https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

Just in case…

And they expect that a 16-year-old won’t figure that out…

I guess we’ll see what happens.

Your scientists were so concerned about whether or not they could that they never stopped to think about whether they should.

Almost as if they had a vested interest in getting Trump elected. Huh.

I was at that talk. I’ve never been inspired by an in person speaker like that. Makes one want to unionize.

I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you!

-Nobody

It disappoints me that the level of regulatory capture prevents these companies from being held to account.

I’ve got one of those laptop chips and I feel exactly the same. I’m going to be watching my temps very closely. My trust is absolutely gone

Anyone else feeling like all these platforms are being intentionally dismantled in order to prevent us uniting?

It’s been 3 hours so I decided to go ahead and look for myself and I’m thinking perhaps they are talking about this: https://www.pcmag.com/news/nordvpn-actually-we-do-comply-with-law-enforcement-data-requests

deleted by creator

Oooh. What are the others?

Nevermind. Found it

https://you-apps.net/#apps

Not sure how many of them would try that. Most average people don’t know how to use their phone, only how to use the services made for them. Or at least that’s how I see it nowadays.

They’re one YouTube video away from VPN and APKPure.

Google can remotely remove and install apps, even without user notice.

TIL. Time to think a little harder about de-googling.

I don’t know, banning it from the app store would definitely reduce the number of users but if the app is already on the device it’s not going anywhere. Plus it’s a free app so at least with Android it’s easy enough to side load it or get it from a website like APKPure or somewhere else. All you got to do is change a little setting and allow the installation of apps from unknown sources in your browser. This would have the effect of introducing whole new vectors for infection and compromise.

On the flip side I do see it as a legitimate national security threat so really it’s a no-win situation.

I agree with you. I am afraid that there’s no way to really ban it. All you need is a VPN to bypass whatever they come up with. What concerns me is that this just makes it security theater and puts on display the government’s ineptitude with technology.

This leaves me with the assumption that there is an ulterior motive that since this still sets precedent that though ineffective, they can misuse the precedent for nefarious ends.

Just look at how China restricts it’s internet. Could that become us?

I do have anxiety about any limiting of free speech as well. That aspect of this situation is also concerning.

Porque no los dos?

Maybe I’m too much of a goof but I haven’t noticed any ads and I haven’t found any way to turn them off either. Is this only in the desktop version or is it also in the mobile version? Normally I just use the mobile version.

Wait for the next update cycle. Lol. I’ve tracked these kinds of things down in the past. It’s tough. Look into procmon and taskmon if it bugs you again, and godspeed my friend.

Honestly it can be really tricky to keep that crap from popping up and if the guy that wrote the install did it all dirty and didn’t hide his windows, calling a boatload of processes, it can be truly difficult for the guy that writes the updater to keep everything hidden.

I’ve been there.

Most likely an app updater written by someone who is too lazy to make their updater hidden.

As others suggested, look in task scheduler, but make sure you run it elevated. Focus on any updater that’s calling an app from a bat file, and move out from there.

Including the ones already mentioned, oddly I can’t find any internet radio apps in fdroid. Unexpected.