Unfortunately there’s not much discussion of open trackers in this community, but on that other site there’s an “OpenSignups” sub you could keep an eye on. Watch for general trackers to make a post, then you can built a reputation/ratio on those trackers and continue your way up the ladder

Either that or just watch the sign up page for the site you want to see when it’s open.

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I know nothing but in my head I imagine this feature works by having the phone going into “air tag” mode when powered off. Same battery, low power chip running minimal BLE to broadcast a tracker ID.

Edit: after reading the article, both Apple and Google promise their feature works even with a dead battery, so probably a secondary rechargeable coin cell with the “find my” chip. So basically it’s got a built in air tag with a much shorter battery light

Use it as an opportunity to find new music and fill those playlists out with a little more variety

Tools like https://ipleak.net/ provide torrent leak checkers. You need a browser to view the results, but they provide a magnet link you use in your torrent client to assess what information it is giving out.

In theory if everything is set up right it should show exclusively IP/location information associated with your VPN

As part of a websites DNS info they have to provide a TTL (time to live). This value can be just about anything but is often in the 30s to 5m range, and serves as an instruction on how long a client should cache the IP address locally before checking for updates.

This is because IP addresses can change, and you don’t want to experience hours of downtime for all clients every time your IP changes.

Every time your client queries your tracker for server updates (every few minutes, give or take, based on tracker preferences) it should follow your system DNS settings, which should involve checking your local cache, then going to the upstream server indicated in your system DNS settings.

If your system is set to a DNS server outside of your local network (e.g., 8.8.8.8) that request should go through your VPN

If your system is set to use a local DNS server (e.g., 192.168.X.X…), typically either done through something like a pi-hole, or if your router sets itself as the DNS server then forwards all requests, this MIGHT create a DNS leak around your VPN.

A good VPN like Mullvad should have an option to force their own DNS settings when enabled to prevent this leak.

Honestly there’s so much wonderful art out there not created by Nazis, I don’t know that it’s worth the energy to pirate Nazi music.

I totally understand the moral pirate argument, I just don’t have time to enjoy all of the games, movies, and music from artists I support. To waste what time I have engaging with content from people I find morally repugnant is just not where I’m investing

Sounds like the app worked as intended and she found the mushrooms she was after.

The advantage of Tile and AirTags is that they’re relatively dumb devices that leverage passing cell phones to snitch on their location. This means they can last months on a single charge while the phones do the heavy lifting.

There may be more and less private ways to do what they do, but they’ll all have similar tradeoffs.

A device that tracks its own location and reports it out over a cell network would basically require all the complexity and size of a smart phone minus the screen and cost similarly

There are Bluetooth trackers that can be run privately and with enough creativity can be used to identify the location of something within the confines of your home (or know if something is not home), but won’t be much help if you’re trying to track down lost luggage or want to know if you left your wallet at work or the coffee shop. (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fmBwINdsxQ)

Mindustry.

Doom is the only right answer. That soft pink mist as the light catches the spray of blood from your vanquished enemies.

The fact that you posted a link to this video from YouTube not peer tube says a lot.

The browser version at least does not have the ability to take screenshots, but you will always be tracked on the websites you use, especially if their business model is advertising-based

Good thing I have no friends to interact with then! Take that, Microsoft!

save you a click: it’s in-app tracking and device screenshots. Don’t install apps that have a working website. Also don’t use Facebook.

“There were no audio leaks at all – not a single app activated the microphone,” said Christo Wilson, a computer scientist working on the project. “Then we started seeing things we didn’t expect. Apps were automatically taking screenshots of themselves and sending them to third parties. In one case, the app took video of the screen activity and sent that information to a third party.”

Out of over 17,000 Android apps examined, more than 9,000 had potential permissions to take screenshots. And a number of apps were found to actively be doing so, taking screenshots and sending them to third-party sources.

Takes me longer to unlock my phone than just pull a card out of my wallet

At first glance I thought this was rimworld and you were running some organ harvesting operation of epic proportions.

DS1518+ on (a lot of) borrowed time having lasted nine years

DS416 nervously blinks in the corner

Don’t you dare.

Idk, but if I had to guess, the answer is almost always money.

On the flip side, living in a place Google doesn’t index properly, I’ve found adding stuff to OSM to be infinitely easier than adding/correcting things on Google Maps. Google just has the advantage of already having 99% of stuff on it