Merry Christmas Nostr!
Our Savior is born!
It annoys me when apps abuse any privileges (especially like asking for your contacts).
Apps are absolutely the biggest privacy risk out there...and most never even think about checking to see what access they're granting when the download an app.
If you're ever curious, just drop the name of any app into Exodus:
No way--always such great Christmas energy around here! 😃
GM Nostr! Happy Christmas Eve!
Always enjoy Christmas Eve--cooking, baking, music and getting ready for Christmas!
And start it off (of course) with a great cup of coffee!!
Merry Christmas everyone!
#coffeechain
Wow--amazing that some folks just want to tear down and criticize...
What's happened to our society?
"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
GM Nostr! Happy Monday!
'Twas the day before the day before Christmas,
And all through the realm,
Not a Nostrich was stirring, not even nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx
(Drat, I need more coffee to finish this...maybe a few other folks can help me out?)
#coffeechain
Well, since you did say "none of this is true" one can only draw the conclusion that you were unaware of the tech you were using...
Hopefully you're now more informed...
Huh...totally unexpected, but this is available on GitHub...
Kudos to nostr:npub1s0vtkgej33n7ec4d7ycxmwt78up8hpfa30d0yfksrshq7t82mchqynpq6j!
Really? Let's review:
a) Apple receives and stores your contacts - and within those contacts are way more than phone numbers. (Think birthdays, addresses, kids names, etc.) and you are exposing all of that personal information of your friends to Apple without their consent. Also, your photos are subject to facial recognition, and that means your friends' faces too--and that's linked to GPS EXIF data, so now Apple knows where your friends have been, and when.
b) Client Side Scanning lets Apple look at all of your photos for illegal content BEFORE that data is encrypted. It was implemented to help combat child porn, but of course your data can be scanned for anything that Apple might choose.
c) Apple devices establish a "mesh" network with all other Apple devices--this is how "Find my Phone" and Apple Air Tags work. Every phone and every tag is constantly monitored for location (not only by your phone but by every other iPhone on the street), and that data is sent back to Apple constantly (i.e., when you lose your phone Apple doesn't scan for it, it simply "looks up" the last known location in its database and sends it back to you).
Again, I'm not expecting you to change your behavior (although I might hope you woud consider it)--just putting this out there to increase awareness of what Apple is really doing....but please recognize these statements and Apple activities are 100% factual.
nSTDs --- hilarious!
Odds are you won't be able to change a meth addict's behavior...
But you might be able to convince someone else to not become a meth addict...
GM Nostr! Happy Sunday!
Had a thought--why don't we implement "inverse" zaps in Nostr?
So everyone is saying there's currently not a good way for developers to be paid for their efforts--what if everyone was required to expose a portion of their wallets for "inverse zaps" (say 10% or so?) and anyone with a worthwhile project could then unilaterally "withdraw" some of those zaps to cover their costs?
The developers could then create products that could benefit everyone...after all, they would know what the best products would be, and we (as users) would be able to then directly support those efforts. If everyone was required to chip in their fair share, then we'd all benefit.
Devs of course would only withdraw what they needed for each project., but I'm betting with such a guaranteed income, we'd all find that there would soon be a plethora of great projects coming our way.
In the event we found there were more projects than current inverse zaps could support, we can simply increase the "inverse zap" required percentage for everyone.
Seems like a win-win...
(And before I get permanently muted, please recognize this is sarcasm, using inverse zaps as a metaphor for governmental taxation)
Time for coffee...
#coffeechain
#asknostr
Well, if you are comfortable giving up your privacy, and the privacy of all of your friends, then by all means carry on.
If you're comfortable with client side scanning, and having Apple curating all of your photos and the information on your phone, carry on.
If you're comfortable being having all your activities tracked by Apple via its BLE mesh, then carry on.
As with any meth addict, they know its bad for them, but they choose to ignore the consequences and continue to use.
So it is with iOS users...
Saw this elsewhere and had to share...
Once people become dependent on the Government, they're forever lost.
It's the same in every country--it's financial addiction--people work for the government, and get "free stuff", and eventually it's just "easier"...it's a "comfortable" life--the govenment provides and "takes care of them", it "keeps them safe"...but at what cost?
Is it any wonder that they then vote to keep the status quo?
Sad, but for the majority of Americans, this has become their life--living a comfortable existence as a slave to the government...
Sigh... "I have nothing to hide" -- "it's so convenient"...
Every meth addict has experienced the same thing..."I like it too much to give it up"
Most Americans are indeed sheeple...just living their lives in a state of oblivion. Sad, but true...
"Lucy, you canna be in the show tonite"....
😃
Good name for a pup!!
Oh he's adorable--what's his name? (Or is that still be decided? Does Nostr get to weigh in? 😃 )