Just a guy trying to promote discourse, photography, freedom, good food, and reason.
Personal privacy is a passion of mine.
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Recant@beehaw.orgOPto
Technology@beehaw.org•Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence usersEnglish
1·2 years agoYes that metadata can exist but can’t that be obscured if AWS isn’t connected to directly?
I think some of the technical details of how the ASD intends to ensure data protection/confidentiality/integrity are omitted for national security reasons.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto
Technology@beehaw.org•Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence usersEnglish
2·2 years agoWell I would think that if the customer, in this case the Australian Signals Directorate, encrypted all data prior to going to AWS, it would be protected from any data mining that Amazon does.
I am sure that the ASD isn’t just posting the information unencrypted on AWS or solely trusting Amazon’s encryption where Amazon also has a copy of the key.
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Space@beehaw.org•Pluto may have an ice-spewing 'supervolcano' the size of Yellowstone, New Horizons data revealsEnglish
1·2 years agoIt blows my mind that New Horizons flew by years ago and sent so much data that scientists are still discovering new information regarding Pluto.
Was there a reason all of Rhode Island is in the picture but not in the data set?
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Whats your favorite free open source software that everyone should try?English
9·2 years agoBitwarden for sure! It is certainly the easiest way to increase security on all your accounts by making extremely secure passwords. Plus you can self host it if you want!
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Space@beehaw.org•Save New Horizons, the Pluto flyby and Kuiper Belt exploration missionEnglish
15·2 years agoYou implied that if we kept New Horizons going, that we would get more Pluto pics. I would love for that to happen however it is physically impossible for New Horizons to turn around to see Pluto. It simply doesn’t have enough fuel to negate its over 10,000 mph (16,000 kph for you metric folks) speed relative to the sun and then accelerate to that same speed in the opposite direction.
The only place New Horizons is ever going is beyond our solar system which has tons of cool science involved by studying solar winds near the heliopause but unfortunately no cool pictures. Also, I am not a scientist but I am not sure what data gained from solar winds study would be new compared to what was already provided by Voyager 1 and 2.
If shutting down New Horizons means costs savings that allow a new probe to be sent to orbit either Uranus or Neptune, which haven’t been visited in decades, I am all for shutting down New Horizons.
I really wish it had a 3.5mm audio jack. I don’t see what companies stand to earn, other than money, when they remove the headphone jack.
I can see why Apple and Samsung removed it because the they can market their own wireless headphones.
Removing the jack only removes capability, it is not like older phones didn’t have the capability to connect to Bluetooth headphones
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World News@lemmy.ml•Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falterEnglish
25·2 years agoI wonder why your username is AggressivelyPassive. More like AggressivelyAggressive ha.
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World News@lemmy.ml•Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falterEnglish
103·2 years agoThat’s true but couldn’t that also be said for the rare earth metals used in batteries to power phones and EVs?
No energy production is perfect. Just good to look at the pros and cons.
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World News@lemmy.ml•Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falterEnglish
1914·2 years agoI don’t understand the hostility. Germany made a conscious decision to turn off their nuclear power plants.
Facts are facts. Nuclear power is the 2nd safest power generation method per terawatt hour. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-production-per-twh
Additionally there are ways to recycle nuclear fuel. Most often the arguments against nuclear are fueled by emotion and not fact based.
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World News@lemmy.ml•Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falterEnglish
1626·2 years agoI wonder if they would ever reconsider what they did for the deactivation of nuclear power plants.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto
Technology@beehaw.org•China hacked Japan’s sensitive defense networks, officials say
1·2 years agoThis link is to the same article. Was there a reason for posting it?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your dataEnglish
22·2 years agoIt doesn’t make sense while if this data, that would usually require a warrant if not already being sold, is allowed to be collected by companies.
Companies may argue that users consent to this in the terms and conditions of when they start using the product but what about those users that aren’t a Google, Facebook or “insert tech corporation here” user? Those users never consented to data collection but their data is being collected just the same.
The issue is not the government buying this data. That is just a symptom of the root cause which is lack of consumer privacy laws.
I really enjoy Darknet Diaries. It is unfortunate he went to a once a month release cycle but I understand it is for a better work life cycle.
If you are a fan of Darknet Diaries I would also recommend Hacked. It has two hosts which have a good dynamic. Plus they don’t touch politics so it avoids any controversy.
What are you talking about?
Is it not possible for two different people to share similar opinions?
I’m glad you pointed this out. We need to move past the “this person said something I don’t agree with so I will never interact with them again”
Identity politics are bad and we should not be beholden to them.
People and their technical knowledge are more than their political views.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto
Technology@beehaw.org•MIT develops a motion and task planning system for home robotsEnglish
1·2 years agoYeah the privacy issues are the largest concern.
However I think because consumers have become used to having cameras and microphones in their house it will likely not be addressed to the degree it needs to be.
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Technology@beehaw.org•U.S. government says several agencies hacked as part of broader cyberattackEnglish
2·3 years agoIt’s crazy to see things like this and then also think about all the attacks and intrusions that aren’t caught and are still ongoing.
The vulnerability with Moveit is just one vulnerability and there are certainly many others that we don’t know about.
Just goes to show you that just because you aren’t hearing about intrusions, doesn’t mean they aren’t ongoing.










Well I don’t think that is the case. Parents and teachers are observing students not paying attention.
I would think if an educator can teach a full lesson, while also ensuring that students retain the information, when the student is watching YouTube, endlessly scrolling reddit or lemmy, or on Instagram this wouldn’t be an issue.
The problem is that students aren’t retaining the knowledge being provided to them.