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Bill C-22 would force every messaging app in Canada to build a backdoor — and track all your activity for one year. Apple says no. Signal says they'll leave.

Bill C-22 would force every messaging app in Canada to build a backdoor — and track all your activity for one year. Apple says no. Signal says they'll leave.

Bill C-22 would force every messaging app in Canada to build a backdoor — and track all your activity for one year. Apple says no. Signal says they'll leave.

the “Open Source AI Manifesto” Mark Zuckerberg has been hated by Richard Stallman for decades and he is the only person who appears on both cover image of the video essays: How the Internet was Stolen and How AI was Stolen by Then & Now. However, things has changed recently after his adoption of the Fediverse and open-sourcing of Llama continuously. In Zuckerberg’s latest “Open Source AI Manifesto”, he stated 5 needs of open-source: We need to train, fine-tune, and distill our own models. We need to control our own destiny and not get locked into a closed vendor. We need to protect our data. We need a model that is efficient and affordable to run. We want to invest in the ecosystem that’s going to be the standard for the long term. That describes the needs of tech individuals and small businesses accurately.

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Advertising driven by Big Tech companies is a massive part of digital life for many of us, and it’s a great annoyance. Almost $500 billion was spent on online advertising in 2024 alone. Such a significant investment demonstrates the extent to which these companies depend on targeted ads to increase profit margins, often at the expense of privacy and security. Why avoid big tech? Online advertisements are not like older television commercials. Modern digital technologies such as cookies, reco...

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I have never seen security and privacy comparison tables (henceforth referred to simply as “checklists” for brevity) used for any other purpose but deception. After pondering this obser…

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Dear reader, Turns out that maintaining an up-to-date privacy tools list is more work than I was expecting, so instead of continuing with that, my plan is to...

After listening to a podcast episode on enshittification, Google has been on my mind lately, specifically how it survives an ever-enshittifying landscape by being fine for the average user. Not gre…

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