One of the problems I have with search engines when looking for tech solutions is that the results are incredibly out of date. I don’t bother any more and just go straight to the product’s own support forum. Where possible I add the forum’s own search entry to Firefox’s search box. At least I no longer get answers to a problem no one has had since 2018.

The whole Bellendcat thing sounded a bit sus to me when I first came across them being lionised in the UK press. One plonker sitting in his bedroom outdoing the might of the Five Eyes? Mmm, sure.

Pot/kettle.

‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Pot/kettle.

‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

It was Mozilla for me back in 2000. I gradually replaced all the proprietary apps I was using on Windows with FLOSS alternatives and then finally made the mover to Linux around 2010. The only closed stuff I use now is an iPhone and I despise it.

I don’t know what the authors are complaining about. All the AI is doing is trawling through a lexicon of words and rearranging them into an order that will sell books. It’s exactly what authors do. This is about money.

Oh, it’s not that simple. I could call, email or any number of other methods. It’s just that I’d rather not communicate with a right wing, paranoid, fear-spreading, racist nut job. I just need to know they’re still breathing. This individual is spewing bile every single day,

Good news. I use it once a week to check if a relative is still alive.

lol There’s often a fair bit of waxing involved.

It says “no fully exposed” arse pix. What percentage of exposed derrière is acceptable? Asking for a friend.

This is not at all what it’s meant for but I use Element messenger for this purpose. It’s on all my devices, it’s e2ee, it’s shareable if needs be. It’s also a damn fine messenger in its own right.

Impressive.

As someone who has spent years extolling the virtues of Matrix/Element to family members I can assure you that there is no known rebuttal to the phrase “but I don’t care about privacy”. All it needs is to visit a site and sign up. No software required whatsoever. Good luck with GitHub and your ageing aunt or gobby nephew.

Or just download the full fat version from an overseas server run by the company making the product. Expecting the general populace to compile stuff is a little bit optimistic. We’re talking about a country where most people don’t know what a socket outlet is called or the difference between desktop wallpaper and a screensaver.

I think you’re probably correct.

Yep, Teddit works well for me because I don’t have a Reddit account. It’s quick and privacy respecting. I think I may have found it through the Privacy Redirect extension for Firefox.

Unsure if this is off-topic for this thread so feel free to delete if that’s the case.

/r/firefox now looks like this.

btw, if anyone wants a shitty pic of a firefox then I declare this one now in the public domain.

Edit: I should add that I don’t have a Reddit account to post this myself.

Don’t worry, your utopian vision of streets full of closed shops and associated tumbleweed will be here soon enough.

Anyone that buys anything from Amazon is also part of the problem. Support your local bookshop while you still can.