I believe this is innacurate. Do you have proof that ancestry is currently owned by the Mormon church?
Wiki says Ancestry is owned by GIC Private Limited and The Blackstone Group since 2021.
I know the Mormon company has their greedy little tentacles in many businesses so I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow are connected with Ancestry but I'd need to see that first.
Tangent - Fuck that business (LDS Church) that masquerades as a religion.
Maybe it's the anabolic steroids RFK claims he takes. Steroids can cause flushing in the face.
Oh sorry, I meant TRT and totally not steroids /s
Agreed, more info on the video would have been helpful. I personally preferred to solve the problem by watching the video and I don't think too hard on giving views to people. So watching a video with little context, even if it's about something I really dislike such as essential oils, is no big deal to me.
5:13 he gives the TL;DR - metabolic health. It wasn't even that far into the video my guy.
Seems like you didn't watch the video all the way through or you didn't listen. This video is not 100% clickbait, your comment is. In the video they mention body fat being a contributor to heart attacks and to check your own BF % at home using calipers or getting a DEXA scan (I'd recommend an MRI over a DEXA scan if you're dropping money like that).
The video isn't perfect. The recommendations are decent for what you can actually do at home but they could have gone into more detail on things like DEXA vs calipers but a good starting point regardless.
I bought the same scale off Amazon a year ago. I use it every single day for all my meals and it's still using the same batteries; not sure if I'm using the original batteries that came with the scale. I bought two more of these for family/friends. I'd recommend it.
Maybe you have JavaScript disabled?
uBlock is not reporting anything weird and the network tab resources for the browser's dev tools show nothing suspicious. Combing over the JavaScript sources with the dev tools also show no privacy concerns on fingerprinting.
The posted link is using a FOSS project called markmap (https://github.com/markmap/markmap?tab=readme-ov-file) and the project looks solid from what skimming I did.
Saying something is "dumb" is too nebulous to derive any meaning. Could you elaborate more? If you have the technical chops/insight to provide critique or even alternative recommendations then that could really help to etify the community. These kinds of convos are great for understanding privacy better.
Edit: all bark and no bite. How unfortunate as I was hoping to learn something.
Good callout. I'd recommend this as a first step when downloading apps through Aurora.
I understand the worry and depending on your threat model this could be an issue. But looking through the code I don't see anything personal being sent over to the exodus servers. If you're worried about sending data that could identify you, I don't see this app being a problem.
But OpSec is personal and multi layered so another less invasive option is to directly use the exodus website to look up any apps you have questions on https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/
An alternative to using a VPN as your "privacy shield" could be the I2P network https://lemmy.world/post/19661215
I don't torrent so this may not be ideal.
Good write-up and you've made plenty of fair points. It's a tricky topic and I'm personally weary of the business for their Mormon connections and plenty of other reasons. Safer to avoid them altogether to prevent a potential 23andMe scenario.