The cynical part of me feels like this is by design to justify future erosion of rights and privacy

Oh for sure and you prob never get rid of it completely, just find a healthier balance. It just feels ironic recording an analog activity in front of a smartphone

I like the idea behind this but how do you promote your analog life on TikTok without also using tech at the same time

This was a couple years ago so idk about now. The intro deals just about make it worth it but would never pay full price. I’d say take the best intro offer you can get, use it and find new things you like/learn how to cook more and when the intro is over you can cancel and keep making the recipes you like

Idk what the first two are, but you should be able to disable the usage ping at the bottom of privacy settings

Libraries can have pretty good CD collections too

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Ive had two on proton mail (plus more on their services) without any issues

I use the $5 plan. Basically for any time I’m searching for something I already know where to look (weather, sports scores, particular website) I use ddg or brave (or bookmarks). When I’m looking for more nuanced things like programming questions, recipes, reviews, etc. I use Kagi. Works pretty well with bangs in Firefox.

To answer your question: I hate ads so it’s worth it to me to have no sponsored crap in searches where there is something to sell

Let’s go one step further and make them a gig worker so CVS doesn’t have to pay them for downtime and instead we get to tip

Sometimes for work trips I’ll user uber in a vanadium web browser. I think they also have a number you can call to order one. Primarily for old people but works well in this case.

Using uber is its own question but you got to find the most private set up that works for you. Anything is better than nothing.

Assuming the company running the service and doing the verification is acting in good faith (big leap here, I get it) couldn’t you verify an identity, store a piece of static information about that person (DL, SSN even tho that sucks) in a hash so that no one else could use that identity to create an account and then issue an account ID with no link to identity marker?

This would allow you to verify users, prevent people from using an ID that was already used, prevent you from being able to link an account to an identity, and prevent you from being able to easily return a list of everyone identified on the service. Best you could do is respond to an individual query on whether that person has verified with your service.

I think it could work technically, but I agree that in practice the US would use its power to make you conduct surveillance without alerting customers, or maybe enact some KYC type requirements for internet usage. This would likely be a first or skipped step on the way to that.

GLP-1s work by making unhealthy food feel more sickening, causing people to eat and drink less

This is about Apple helping build tools for policing. Not about giving over its customers data to police.

Nah that’s what they’re saying. That people used to say that and they were proved wrong.

I’m a developer at the biggest one of these systems in America. It is stupid expensive. But we support full electronic patient communication. And most of our competitors do too. I’m sorry you’re stuck with one of the few who doesn’t have that option or are choosing not to use it.

Hopefully they come around in the next decade!

FHIR baby!

Man I knew you were the one posting this as soon as I saw the headline

Regardless of everything else, it’s just ironic that he said this in Milwaukee, the second most segregated city in the country

Definitely not accessible for everyone, but I don’t think they’re insinuating that everyone needs to host their own server.

My brother has the one with the apple bundle that was super easy to set up bc it’s Apple, but he can still move the domain if needed.