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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • I think the intent is baby steps for those who aren’t already privacy invested. Getting parents or tech illiterate to switch to Signal is a win. They weren’t hiding their number anyway.

    I currently have a Signal account tied to a sim not in my name. Getting a burner with cash is an option then park it. Or, if you’re lucky enough to live near a payphone and can gain access to the number, you can activate a signal with a phone call.





  • Sparkega@sh.itjust.workstoPrivacy@lemmy.mlCar Privacy is Shit
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    2 months ago

    I don’t recall what kind of car it was, but there was one that saved the phone number associated with any phone that connected via Bluetooth.

    While I don’t think it’s likely as a way to trick people to connecting to get their phone number, it was a rental car which opened them up to impersonation scams. Knowing they just rented from the company and where in the city provides quite a bit of information on you.


  • Probably comes from a combination of belief in American exceptionalism, tradition, and either popular opinion remains with reciting the pledge or a lack desire to change.

    States are managed individually for the most part and only 47/50 still require reciting the pledge (with some exceptions). Without a call for change from the people, it would be political suicide for any lawmaker to come out for a change like this. Opponents could use this decision as a claim of lack of patriotism.

















  • It’s going to vary based on the usage amount. Popular apps are going to be charged a lot.

    From Reddit’s blog about the change:

    Effective July 1, 2023, the rate for third-party apps that require higher usage limits is $0.24 per 1K API calls.

    Apollo’s developer stated in May 2023, Apollo made 7 billion requests, which would put it at about 1.7 million dollars per month, or 20 million US dollars per year.