Tagesschau: Microsofts Marktmacht - Deutschland in der Digitalfalle?
Microsoft feiert seinen 50. Geburtstag. Das Unternehmen dominiert den Markt für Büro-Software und breitet sich auch in anderen Bereichen immer weiter aus. Experten warnen vor digitaler Abhängigkeit... (weiter)
#Hintergrund #Microsoft #Gefahr #Digitalfalle #DigitaleAbhängigkeit #Software #ClosedSource #Tagesschaua #2025-04-04
Die Entwicklung von Android OS wird künftig vollständig hinter verschlossenen Türen stattfinden! - LinuxNews.de
"Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private..."
Looking again at https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/ I really think that was a PR piece, e.g. #Google's PR firm put together the story for #Android Authority. Its got all the markings, the "Exclusive" part, the uncritical eye "Google is simply consolidating its development efforts into a single branch", minimizing harm to custom ROMs, "custom ROMs will largely also see little change" etc
@BaltschunJoerg das ist nicht ganz korrekt. auch #freesoftware kann verkauft werden, und #closedsource kostenlos sein. #publicdomain hat erstmal nichts mit einem Preis zu tun und kann auch verkauft werden; ihre kommerzielle Verwendung kann meines Wissens nicht mal verboten werden, da sie niemandem (mehr) gehört.
Also: open source heißt nur, dass man den Quelltext sehen darf; frei, auch verändern und weiterverbreiten (auch gegen Geld).
That's a point that I've looked at for decades and just like you said; it's much worse because the audio is something that can be so extremely intrusive when it is violated and sent somewhere else
For example most of the major providers of so-called social media, have a client in which they have a clause for usage that is literally saying that they can turn on the microphone, at will, and you can't do anything about it. They obfuscuate the message by putting it in legalese
That is more than frightening
For some odd reason people consider it to be normal to be very very violated when it comes down to their personal privacy.
* No one should point the camera at your face without your permission.
* No one should sell you a device which has a camera pointed at your face 24 hours a day and you just accept it
* No one should sell you a device with a battery permanently sealed in it but that's another story and another storyline
* No one should ever sell you the snake oil telling you that it's normal to have a camera pointed at your face 24/7
It's not 
normal!
Now go and protect your identity cover that lens!
When was the last time you've properly used the camera on your Android?
No I'm not talking about the camera which points at the scenery, I'm talking about the camera which points straight to your face 24 hours a day every time you pick your Android up.
¿Well? I'm waiting.
About 990 out of 1000 people will answer this wrong.
The only proper way of using that camera is making sure that it can only record images of your face when you absolutely want to
That means that you need to put a piece of electrical isolation tape in front of the lens of the camera and it should be like that for most of the day.
Any other manner means that you do not know anything about securing yourself and about protecting your identity.
Do you consider it normal to have a barrel of a firearm pointed at your face 24 hours a day?
The question is rhetorical
Now please follow suit and do like I have done it for decades;
The only time when the camera is pointed at me, is when I want to; if I don't I either cover it, or shove the person who puts the camera in my face in such a manner that they drop it immediately, or else!
Kagi Is Bringing Orion Web Browser to Linux — https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/kag-orion-web-browser-coming-to-linux
#HackerNews #Kagi #Orion #Linux #Browser #News #Technology #ClosedSource #LinuxWebBrowser
On the one hand, "Well played, Apple." On the other hand, it is scary how one company can manipulate the output of closed-source software. It might have taken a long time to discover if it wasn't so obvious.
#closedsource #manipulation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ymvjjqzmeo
Open Source vs. Closed Source KI: Welche ist zukunftssicher?
Transparenz: Offener Quellcode ermöglicht Überprüfbarkeit.
Sicherheit: Proprietäre Systeme schützen geistiges Eigentum.
Innovation: Gemeinschaftliche Entwicklung vs. unternehmensinterne Forschung.
#ai #ki #artificialintelligence #kuenstlicheintelligenz #opensource #closedsource
Das geht nur mit #OpenSource: Das @bsi analysiert @nextcloud, findet einige Schwachstellen, meldet die und #Nextcloud beseitigt die.
Das geht natürlich auch mit #ClosedSource - und wird auch gemacht. Codeaudits sind völlig normal.
Eher friert die Hölle zu.
Vor allem müssten erst Voraussetzungen geschaffen werden, von denen 
Lichtjahre entfernt ist: Eine sichere digitale Verwaltung auf der Basis von FOSS, so wie in 
oder 
.
Noch gilt bei uns dies:
https://www.pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2023/02/11/wollt-ihr-die-totale-pkz-so-nicht/
I tried to switch to lemmy but get the warning "This app is closed-source and can possible collect your data"." Use it at your own risk" .
What does that mean?
My first day with #Somfy : received my #Tahoma box, auto updated itself (despite the option was turned off), and broke instantly.
That's what I call fail fast !
All details of this bug that literally prevents people's equipment to work - like shutters stuck in open or closed position - unless your revert to using Somfy's #cloud #API : https://github.com/Somfy-Developer/Somfy-TaHoma-Developer-Mode/issues/161#issuecomment-2621235950
I've deliberately kept quiet observing what the Android did, for a few weeks, when I finally was able to get it past the bootloop.
Yes I've done it, now normal boot
The caveat is that the phone likes starting up normal, so much, that it does it all by itself at random, without warning signal or screaming.
Now I just need to stabilize the phone.
At this point, it's just a camera that you power off
The frightening story of how certain Subaru Vehicles can/ could be hacked
I'm just trying to check using #loops servers
https://loops.fediverse.observer/stats
#loopsvideo has 15k users.
But I did not understand
Why can a #closedsource application in fediverse have so many users without connecting to #activitypub ?
⁂ (Fediverse) 
