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#telemetry

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C.

Q: So, anything new? What'd you do today?

A: Oh, dug through menus in a new AV receiver to find its MAC addresses, configured my network DHCP server to give it a static address, and then wrote some iptables rules to keep that address from being able to reach outside the LAN. Pretty standard stuff.

Looking for a "DO NOT CONNECT THIS MACHINE TO THE INTERNET NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT NAGS" warning sign to print out.

#dystopia#spying#telemetry
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Leniwcowaty :fedora: :kdenew:

After #Firefox enabled #Sponsored Shortcuts and #telemetry AGAIN by itself I got *a bit* annoyed. Like I get it, they need to make money somehow, and gather some data. But if I opt out, then I opt out, and don't think about it anymore.
So trying out #Waterfox. Really nothing fancy, Firefox ESR but with this stuff turned off and some privacy-focused tweaks enabled by default. And it has an #android version (not ERS though).
So far really content with it. Keep up the good work, @Waterfox 💪

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Zzyzx/P

Where I work, I am NOT allowed to go live on a service until I can show continuous #monitoring and #telemetry on it. This #apartheid #scumbag is either too #stupid or too #devious. Stupid as "if I don't see it, problem doesn't exist," or devious as "if they don't get to know the truth, I can claim anything. "

How #government #crumbles and #corrupt rise.

#impeach #corruptGOP #traitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #lockHimUp #USPolitics

yahoo.com/news/long-waits-wave

The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts because the servers were overloaded. In the field, office managers have resorted to answering phones at the front desk as receptionists because so many employees have been pushed out. But the agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience with these services, because that office was eliminated as part of the cost-cutting efforts led by Elon Musk. And the phones keep ringing. And ringing.
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Dendrobatus Azureus

This is how to move a government system from a proprietary software suite to a Free Powerfull OpenSource Suite without telemetry

County DE
Province Schleswig-Holstein

An important aspect is also that the tech giant that they were locked into, is forcing artificial intelligence upon these places, where leaks of information, due to the ridiculous and myticulous telemetry, are an absolute no no

#LibreOffice #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #telemetry #AI

blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

The Document Foundation Blog · Updates on Schleswig-Holstein moving to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation BlogNearly a year ago, we posted about the German state of Schleswig-Holstein’s plan to move 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice. Now, Stephane Fermigier from EuroStack – which promotes European technological sovereignty and open source – has posted an update, citing an article in the German c’t Magazin. It discusses various reasons for the […]
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Anupam 🇮🇳《ミ》λ≡

I moved off #firefox and onto #waterfox. Some things I discovered that I really like -

1. All #telemetry is turned off, and the options are disabled, so there is no way to turn them on.

2. It comes with native side tabs support, so there is no need to install Sidebery or the like. When you open side tabs, the top tab row disappears automatically (which was not possible to do in Firefox). There are some nice options like an option to pin the current tab automatically.

3. Drag drop files works again! My firefox install had this annoying bug where I couldn't drag files from the desktop to a web page. This works flawlessly in waterfox.

4. Installation was a breeze with flatpak. I copied over my profile from firefox, and everything worked out of the box, including #DRM (e.g. netflix).

I also tried #librewolf and DRM did not work out of the box with it. I overall much prefer waterfox.

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lit

Not that #Firefox new data #privacy policy doesn’t raise eyebrows and leaves me worried, but people claiming that now it’s unfit for enterprise environments should maybe have a look at all the #telemetry MS gets from these environments and that’s _before_ the respective org signed up to Defender for Endpoint. And let’s not talk about Chrome, ok? The tragedy of #Mozilla is the general lack of willingness to pay for #OSS and maybe also a certain overhead acquired in the upper echelons of their org

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zeroase :firefoxnew:ㅤ:zorin:

Do you consider telemetry (both opt-in and opt-out) in FOSS products as support towards development? Or is any kind of telemetry unaccetable for you?
And do you actively turn it on/off?

Strictly asking about FOSS!

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"The best way to ensure that would be through a comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation with strong data minimization rules and requirements for clear, opt-in consent. "
No.

The best way is NOT 'opt-in' for 'consent'.

The best way is to just make it a felony to gather telemetry data, period.

A machine manufacturer has ZERO business gathering telemetry, or even having the technical ability to gather telemetry, on its customer use of machines, unless the use of telemetry is integral to the customer performing a task (like GPS-guided tractor plowing).

EFF is proposing a softball solution that will not stop abuse. A 'regulatory violation' doesn't stop the rich. FELONY CHARGES do stop them.

This mental virus of wanting to track everyone is a sign of gross criminality and control freak neurosis. The right thing to do is to pass a federal law just making telemetry gathering and marketing a felony, with no opt-in process, and prohibit tracking devices from existing in the cars in the first place. Nobody needs to know your GPS history to diagnose your engine and drive train.

"But what about onstar?"

Do you really think they invented OnStar and similar systems for YOUR benefit?

#Privacy #Tracking #Telemetry #OnStar #EFF #GM #GeneralMotors #Insurance #FTC
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poleguy

I'm so proud! #Sennheiser never would have allowed a #garage-built #proton-pack to make it in to their behind-the-scenes video! (That's me starting at 2:36)

youtube.com/watch?v=tZZmv2LQ-Es

For contrast, don't miss the Sennheiser #Spectera video.

youtube.com/watch?v=Qvi36Lq4eHc

#Shure #IEM #wireless #electronics #telemetry

I'm doing the next generation protonpack #fpga telemetry system as an #opensource #openhardware design.

Team #mastodon will help me out, right?

github.com/poleguy/protonpack/

YouTubeBehind The Sound: Shure Axient Digital PSMBy Shure Performance & Production
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In the #Manjaro user Forum a #survey is now being conducted, wheter or not the #telemetry should be #optIn or #optOut, if you use Manjaro feel free to cast a Vote: forum.manjaro.org/t/mdd-opt-in

Manjaro Linux Forum · MDD - Opt-in vs Opt-outWe’re currently testing a new open-source tool for Manjaro, that will help us with the development of Manjaro. It’s called MDD and it collects some anonymous and impersonal statistics about Manjaro systems. You can check out the former development thread where some people posted their results to see what would be sent. We present the data for the community in aggregated form here. There has been some discussion about the method of opt-in vs opt-out. So I believe the best way to settle it i...
#ManjaroDataDonor
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