Other apps like Amazon, Bing, and even Facebook work just fine without needing to be signed in at the operating system level. There is no excuse for Google to require so much system access for apps that clearly don't need it.
I would use more Google apps on my phone if they behaved like normal apps from other developers. My biggest gripe with them is that they force you to sign into your Google account at the operating system level (which I refuse to do) and then proceed to slurp up all your data.
Why do I need to give Google basically root access to my entire Android phone just to use the Google Search app? Why can't I sign into just that app?
Machine Learning on Encrypted data without Decrypting it
https://juliacomputing.com/blog/2019/11/22/encrypted-machine-learning.html
I have to say, I didn't think I would like YouTube's new queue feature at all, but actually it's very useful.
As an owner of a few .org domains I'm a bit concerned about this.
The Sneaky Plan to Subvert the Electoral College for the Next Election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUX-frlNBJY
Court rules suspicionless searches of electronics at border unconstitutional.
So YouTube updated their homepage layout. They basically just increased the size of everything so now the information density is less.
This got me thinking that maybe I could just use an RSS reader to get my video feed instead.
China bans minors from playing video games between 10:00 PM and 8 AM, and restricts usage to 90 minutes during the day.
Very interesting. I wonder how the Chinese public will react.
The next batches of the #PinebookPro are now shipping!
The next pre-order window opens on November 5th. A choice of ANSI and ISO keyboards will be available in this batch. So if you've been holding out for a correctly shaped Enter key (can you tell I'm an American? 😉), now will be the time to order!
BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50150981
@librem So I'm trying out Librem Social. It seems to be running a quite old version of Mastodon (v2.8.2) while the latest version is v3.0.1. Any plans to upgrade?
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