YouTube’s Whack-a-mole with Ad Blockers
YouTube is getting far more aggressive in this game of “whack-a-mole” with ad blockers where unlike in the...
It’s Not Just YouTube (AI Age Estimation), it’s Google’s Ecosystem
Much of the recent focus has been on YouTube rolling out their AI age guestimation system starting from...
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YouTube Age Guessing System Countdown
With YouTube set to roll out their AI-based age determining system in a few days (August 13th in...
How Not to Become a Slave to Notification Overload
There was a time in the not so distant past when the most intrusive gadget was that thing...
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That “Online Safety Act” Thing (UPDATED)
The original act in the United Kingdom passed back in 2023. Recent digital safety rules that went into...
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Media Embed Test (de-Google/de-Platforming)
Testing the viability of using MEGA for hosting videos to replace YouTube (as part of my de-Googling) as...
WIRED: How To Avoid Government Surveillance
Informative video that gives a brief overview of the methods/techniques utilized by government/law enforcement to surveil people. In...
Tips For Locking Down Devices (Digital Privacy) Before Entering the U.S.
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/ As noted in the article, it was originally written back in 2017, but updated as of March...
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism – Highlights The Creeps Running Meta
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to ban this tell all memoir by a former Meta global policy...
Adobe Creative Cloud’s New Terms of Use Is Spyware Level
https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms-linkfree.html Adobe Creative Cloud is effectively the “glue” that provides access and the DRM functions for all of...
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