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Re:Your calendar should be a whitelist, not a blacklist on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:51PM (#24052575)
This article is a waste of your time.

There's better things to read in life.

Re:De-Googling my phone on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:18PM (#16991739)
This is something I did a week ago, After finding a version of LineageOS with MicroG, I quickly realized that some apps just don't work without the real Google Services like Snapchat and Uber. I just gave up and keep only the Play store and Services Framework.
Re:ASK HN: Facebook European Ruling on Thursday April 19, 2018 @04:19PM (#16879731)
make sense
Re:ASK HN: Facebook European Ruling on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:59PM (#16879561)
I'm not European, I thought that the used would be able to still have access to Facebook without them selling the used data.

ASK HN: Facebook European Ruling

Posted by dguillot on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:42PM
from the self-post dept.

What if I use a VPN pointing to a server in Europe, create a Facebook profile with a Europe country as my country. Does this means my data won't be sold without my consent?

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Re:How Dark Patterns Trick You Online on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:08PM (#16711031)
Not too sure why a Self-Storage article is trending but not this. Good share.

WhatsAPP backing up on Google Drive unencrypted?

Posted by dguillot on Monday February 13, 2017 @04:50PM
from the self-post dept.

I just clicked on What's App on my Android phone to send a message and then it asked me to backup my Chats (messages) and Media on Google Drive.You have a choice (lucky enough there's NEVER in the selection). Why would I do that?! Am I the only one noticing this?! Like WTF!!https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/28000019 Important: Media and messages you back up are not protected by WhatsApp...

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Re:The web sucks if you have a slow connection on Thursday February 09, 2017 @10:44AM (#13607676)
The worst of all I think it's NHL.com It appears to me that they have been asked to be "responsive" in terms of viewability instead of functionality. Good luck using this site.
Re:Upgrade Ubiquiti Controller Unifi4 to Unifi5 on Ubuntu Server on Saturday January 21, 2017 @08:14PM (#13453023)
Between step 1 and 2, you need to SSH to your Ubuntu server before running those commands.

Upgrade Ubiquiti Controller Unifi4 to Unifi5 on Ubuntu Server

Posted by dguillot on Saturday January 21, 2017 @05:26PM
from the self-post dept.

1) Login to your local Unifi portal and make sure to make a backup (via Maintenance)2) sudo apt remove unifi3) sudo apt auto-remove (optional, this is to clean packages that are not in use)4) sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list (or use your favourite text editor)At this point, you should see your previous one: deb http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquitiReplace the word STABLE for...

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Re:Montreal TVA news have their own whistleblower submission form usin... on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @02:31PM (#13223107)
This is in French. What they are currently doing is facilitating Whistleblowers to bring news that would help the society by staying anonymous. They have their own onion using TOR :D Great initiative!