

Powered off isn’t enough. Take recent iPhones for example, even when “off” they remain in a low power state, phoning home periodically to report location and see if “lost mode” has been turned on.
Bring a burner, or nothing at all.
Powered off isn’t enough. Take recent iPhones for example, even when “off” they remain in a low power state, phoning home periodically to report location and see if “lost mode” has been turned on.
Bring a burner, or nothing at all.
Their video player streams, not unlike YouTube. Sending the “the user paused” action can easily be explained by them wanting to tell the server to stop sending data when the client isn’t even attempting to view it.
Look, I get that you’re gung go about privacy, but you’re going to see damn near exactly these types of things with any API. Sometimes it’s nefarious, sure. But the vast majority of it is simply how web based software works.
I mean, just look at the majority of that data. What feed you’re in? You pulled the feed data from their server, they don’t need to gather that for tracing purposes. What media is open? Obviously they can track that when you pull the media info down from their servers. How long that media is? The sizing of the media? When that post was posted?
I’m seeing virtually nothing in there they don’t already have. This is just an API being fed information it needs to run. The fact that it’s all information they can already track is kinda proof of that. Why go to all this trouble tracking the information a second time?
99% of that is stuff they already know. What api endpoint is this?
This entire post is just a massive misunderstanding of how web software works. This is a normal, every day thing, and every single non static (and even sometimes static) site out there does this, or something parallel to this.
They don’t need to make api calls to track you, you’re logged in or at the very least connecting in a way that lets them follow your session.
They don’t even need api calls to fingerprint your browser, they can just throw that fingerprinting into every post when you go to get more content.
Bottom line: This ain’t it, chief.
You realize they can track every page you view right? Literally any content you view inherently has to be pulled from their server, and they can track that. Killing off the API endpoints used to do things like vote or post doesn’t somehow turn off their tracking.
I mean sure, but should we also list all the games you can’t even purchase on consoles?
The “poking and prodding” is literally just settings that you are locked out of on consoles. Literally just purchase games that are verified steam deck compatible, and you’re golden.
Steam Deck
How would you even enforce this?
Or just remove the antenna. Bonus points it might even burn itself out!
I’m pretty sure pi-hole has dns capabilities, as do alternatives like AdGuard home. Depending on your needs, staying with your current setup may be the most desirable option.
Why in the world would this be talking about the USA?
It’s amusing that people assume their data is private just because they don’t think it should be public.
That isn’t to say I don’t think it should be private, but it simply isn’t.
The names and addresses of people using T-Mobile? I’ve not dug into it, but there are definitely databases out there with phone number => provider, and plenty of databases with phone number => name and address. I assume there are multiple out there than combine them.
Are those lists complete? Absolutely not. But complete enough to send out a bunch of fake warnings to some randos.
This info isn’t difficult to get.
Funny thing is, this has helped me enormously in my career. Everyone else is simply trudging along on assumptions and I swoop in with a dozen edge cases that we simply aren’t handling.
Schooling beats a specific kind of “curiosity” into you, while beating out a much more general “what if this assumption isn’t the case.”
Care to elaborate, or are you just saying things to get a reaction?
There are also plenty of people who wear glasses who don’t need them. It’s weird to act like Plano lenses don’t exist.
O.o Should I be concerned that this is surprising?
Let people like what they like. If it’s a fad, it’ll pass but until people are legitimately hurting themselves or others over it, just let people enjoy things they enjoy.
The opposite is fucking people over lately too. Pure coding jobs are passing people over because they don’t have literally any degree and it’s insane. 10 years of experience but no degree? Pass. Fresh out of a bootcamp and a bachelors in music? You’re hired!