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Google claims that privacy is a priority, and perhaps it is, but we can't deny there's an essential conflict of interest between protecting your privacy and Google being an advertising company.

Recent events in this space include Google's new Ad Topics framework, which purports to offer users more control. I feel it's an improvement over cookies, but having my device participate in tracking me is backwards. After all, my device should be protecting my privacy first, not implementing features to track my behavior.

Data "nutrition labels" in the Play Store are a step forward by encouraging proactively a discussion about how user data is processed and used. On the other hand, recent attempts at DRM for the web in Chrome remind us that the main vendor behind Android doesn't always have user interests at heart.

Is Android doing enough to keep your data safe? If not, what steps could reasonably improve the situation?

In sharing your opinion, please take care to distinguish between Google the company and Android the product. While related, given Google may have privacy issues in one line of business doesn't necessarily define privacy practices on the Android platform. Also, another interesting angle includes what's best for you versus what's best for users as a whole. For example, a privacy feature, to be successful, needs to be reasonably understandable by most users and offer a net benefit without complicating the platform for casual users.

Really love this browser game, and it seems to be quite popular overseas from my USA perspective. It's amazing how expressive they made the characters.

Post 14/14 of my favorite MLP links. This will be my last post for a while and for this series. I feel like I'm the only one posting here, and I don't want to dominate the community activity.

I still love Lemmy. I'll be around!

I heard that old memes are popular on Lemmy! This one is truly moldy. Post 13/? of my favorite MLP-related links, mainly featuring videos.

Post 12/? of my favorite MLP-related links is this bizarre creation based on 3D models of those low quality Walmart MLP plushies.

The audio is not in English, but it's not important to understanding this video. I mean, if there's anything to be understood about it.

This is post 11/? of my favorite MLP-related links, most of which are videos.

I'm not really an expert on this meme, but I believe it is a spoof on a popular advertisement for a juice drink. Enable closed captions for translation!

This video was posted on YouTube from Bilibili (Chinese YouTube) by Cosmia's Stash.

Post 10/? my favorite MLP related links. A silly clip from PONIES the Anthology II.

I do recommend the anthologies.

Discussion from here: https://lemmy.ml/post/1895271

Relevance: Infosec.pub may wish to consider defederation temporarily.

Temporary fix in place, but instances remain vulnerable. Post: https://lemmy.world/post/1290412

• UPDATE 2:58 UTC the injected code was removed from the main page, but cleanup efforts are still underway.
• UPDATE 3:11 UTC situation appears to be under control, but browse with caution.
• UPDATE 3:35 UTC main page exploited again! Website is unsafe.
• UPDATE 4:01 UTC reports coming in that other instances are getting owned. One report of comments trying to inject JavaScript into the page.
• UPDATE 4:13 UTC XSS vulnerability in page sidebar is reported relationship to the event is unknown.
• UPDATE 7:17 UTC Root cause was identified a while ago.

Smudge, Smudgie, Puppy...

He is a four-year-old puggle. He gets bored very easily.

Most mature social networks do remove this information to prevent users accidentally sharing their locations. Can someone positively say whether Lemmy is aware enough to strip extra information from photos?

My favorite version of Antonymph, direct from Vylet Pony's YouTube channel! Absolutely has that 2009 vibe.

Post 4/? of my favorite MLP relevant links, limited to once daily or less frequently.

I'll risk asking the first question. If it's not a good fit for the community, then at least I can serve as a negative example.

Here's the scenario. I'm going to be traveling over the next few months and expect to be in areas where I don't have a right to my digital privacy. My device might be inspected, cloned, etc without my knowledge. I might even be required to give up the passcode. I'll do my best to maintain physical control of my device at all times, but that might not always be possible. My intention is to responsibly recycle the device at the end of the summer once I return to a more secure environment. I'll try to take reasonable precautions like powering down the device completely when unattended but the potential for uncontrolled physical access has me concerned.

My thoughts are that I want something used to reduce my environmental impact but that still has up to date security patches at a reasonably low cost. I would also like it to provide an acceptable user experience. A used Pixel 4a 5G looks like a great candidate for that.

Are you using this device? Does it provide a good user experience today? I'm looking for some opinions or perhaps suggestions for a device that might meet my requirements.