A privacy preserving location sharing system that shows you a map can only work with offline maps. If the maps arent offline, then that means the server delivering the map data knows where you are.

I dont know of an offline maps based live location app. There are plenty of non google apps that do this in a non private way as a primary or secondary function. Matrix/Element can do it and there are apps on fdroid (ToLoShare for example), that do it. But all of those have to somehow depend on a server that delivers the map “tiles” (chunks of map data near you) to show you a map. So they are all technically capable of tracking you.

The only really private way to do this is to share the coordinates through a secure channel in an automated way and then whenever you need it you open those coordinates in you offline maps app (CoMaps for example)

The mission can be seen in full here, though obviously you should consider carefully before clicking.

Or what? I might see pixels from a video game.

https://xcancel.com/GTASixInfo/status/2010798891269243103

Except for the mission name and general concept of “roof, gun, tent, crowd” its quite the shit recreation honestly.

Yeah cell tower data is private just like your google search history is private. Which means absolutely not private. Also cops can (and do) use fake cell towers to make your phone connect to something that they have live access to.

Good additions, thanks.

Modern phones rotate random MAC addresses

My phone does, but im not sure if normal google/apple phones do by default.

Shitty article. Doesnt even contain the words SIM card or IMEI so it has no business advising people on whats safe to bring to a protest. There is no such thing as cop-proofing a mobile phone unless all wireless modules have been removed. The cops can and do track peoples cell tower signal derived locations and they can log active Wifi/Bluetooth MAC addresses in their vicinity.

As others have said, just dont bring it if you are scared. Consider just using a bodycam or gopro style camera.

I recently was very happy to see that there are even flatpaks for this kinda software already. Was trying to look at my old brain MRI and wasnt sure if that was gonna happen on linux.

Already halfway to even ratio :D

If you are using an OS that allows you to isolate apps from internet/network access you can just install googles app for that from aurora store, download the offline packages for the languages you want and then cut it off from internet access. I havent had any issues with that and it works for both TTS and STT.

If thats not to your liking your can try finding and downloading other models to use with the SherpaTTS app.

I use LLM-generated code extensively in my role as CEO of Carrington Labs, a provider of predictive-analytics risk models for lenders.

Well you know where not to buy now…

It just depends on the model. Some of them refuse to do anything or just dont scan for example if you dont use the official driver.

Interesting, thanks for the lil summary :)

Brother

Are their drivers open source?

EDIT: I guess you dont need the official drivers https://wiki.debian.org/Brother

The fact that i didnt know about those means that consumers have zero need for them and building them into consumer hardware is just an attempt to keep the AI bubble afloat.

Microsofts WSL is stupidly named. It shouldve been LSW.

Just offer NPUs as PCIe extension cards. Thats how computers used to be and should be. Modular and versatile.

You can also install sponsorblock as a plugin in your desktop browser and add new segments that havent been marked yet. Its completely community based like a crowd sourced database of start-end timestamps with tags for what kind of segment it is.

Thats what i mean by “the US is a silly place”, meaning mass shootings are daily occurrences.

FYI in case you didnt know, Tubular is a newpipe fork with sponsorblock built in

There are humans in an ER and humans are fucking stupid, so yes it could. The US is a silly place so people just instantly react to the word “gun” with thoughts of mass shootings.

If it went down exactly on new year, then they probably just let some kind of payment run out like hosting or DNS.