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Arola@sh.itjust.worksto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•The trick to lowering gas prices is driving less, US energy secretary saysEnglish
14·21 hours agoRickyism 101: “supply and command… you need supply, I command you not to”
Arola@sh.itjust.worksto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Calls in the UK to ban sex offenders from buying smart glasses
6·2 days agoTrue. Although I like how the headlines referring to the product as “pervert glasses” combined with headlines like this one leave little room for nuance. I hope the next logical step is for users to be forced to say “not all pervert glass wearers are sex offenders”. Embarrassment, shame, and ridicule is a better enforcement tool than any government action or restriction.
Sorry - I meant “permission”, not cookie. If this is on (for Bluetooth headphones, sharing content, smart home etc) you could be leaking your location. If your partner shares their location, and you don’t - but you do allow your phone permission for nearby devices - your partners phone is revealing their own location, and their proximity to to you (your location). Third party cookies can be relevant for this because they allow browsers to identify/differentiate other users on the same network. If one user shares their location (or their location is known by the site they visited), then the other users on the networks location is also obtained.

One of the most pernicious cookies is the one that allows them to identify nearby devices. Even if you do not allow location specifically, consider exactly how much location data can be pieced together from that alone. It’s impossible to overestimate the amount of data they have on you.
Arola@sh.itjust.worksto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Germany plans sugar tax that includes sugar free drinksEnglish
11·12 days agoVery good point. We may as well have that beer instead of the occasional sugary drink. Similar carb count to tax ratio.
Arola@sh.itjust.worksto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Meta $18 Billion even less than a slap on the wrist & Open Letter to competitors
8·12 days agoGenuinely what of the damage to our parents generation? They are susceptible to dangers and manipulation and other dangers on social media. If we all agree that social media is probably a bit shit - shit enough that we should protect children from its harm - then why should we not enact some protections for everyone else too?

One of the three hit a fire hydrant and a tree before the battery ignited. The flaming prison cell on three wheels is not the expected behaviour following a minor road traffic accident either: “In this total nightmare scenario, the doors would not open, and the driver couldn’t break the Cybertruck’s “armored” windows from inside”