I’m confused, doesn’t a VPN help protect against mitm in public networks? Are you saying that governments might use this at VPN exit nodes? That actually makes sense

that is another issue, their reason is that it helps prevent people create unlimited spam accounts I think? It also helps to ease the transition from WhatsApp. It’s a compromise I can live with

it gets worse

The feature currently requires Google Play Services, as payments run through the Play Store, making it such that devices without Play Services cannot access it

Was hoping netcup would be in the list, since that’s where I have my VPS

I do release a Flatpak but I’m actually working against it. It’s designed for self-contained sandboxed desktop GUI applications and I’m releasing a terminal-based TUI that allows you to rampage around your machine and network. I’m passing some horrible “bad practice” flags to get it to work. Flatpak sandboxing is not a good fit.

Okay sure but is this really such an issue? Installing the app normally is equivalent to passing those flags anyway right?

The year is 2027. A beginner programmer searches how to access the last array element in a programming language she is unfamiliar with. The results come in. “Top 10 array accesses that will make you want to buy our sponsors product”. She sighs and asks Claude instead. She pastes the one-liner into her code. Finishes the remaining code. Tests. Double-check. Commit. Push. A notification appears. “Your account has been temporarily suspended for violating GitHub’s terms of service”. Forgot to mark claude as a co-author. She sighs again

work smarter not harder

people with stupid amounts of money

There’s enough rich people. If you’re a millionaire, 3k is the equivalent of like $50 for a normal person.

I heard thr saying, “LastPass is the Last Password manager you should ever use”. That was like, what, three breaches ago?

People like this surely already have issues, but AI seems to make it much worse. Also, I think this affects many of us in a similar but milder way. I would lie if I said chatgpt has never made me feel like a genius.

I didn’t downvote, but personally I’m upset that this article doesn’t give you a good alternative, only a ridiculously complex new setup that is unrealistic and impractical for most users.

I thought it’s a melange between the puzzle piece autism thing and evil hacker stock photo stereotype

Smart TVs are really just somebody else’s computer that you paid for to watch ads on.

When I’m in a “make game unattractive to buyers before it comes out” competition and my opponent is Krafton

Makes sense I guess. A senior already knows what the possible approaches are, and knows the correct terminology. They will be able to give a much more precise prompt, and a better review.

A junior needs to figure stuff out for themselves, and that’s good.

Personally I avoid AI because it’s just more enjoyable to write code than to review and change it.

And they’ll all be optimized for GPU workloads :(

Lemmy doesn’t have a neural net prediction/recommendation engine. This is a HUGE difference.

Wow just two days ago I see a post about how Lemmy is dominated by men and how that could become a problem, and today I see a comment section where all the incels come out of the woodwork.

“waaa somebody wants to solve a problem that has never affected me I’m the victim”

“omg what if people talk behind my back they might find out I’m an asshole? literally 1984”

“wadabout if this app was racist?!? checkmate”

I’m not saying this app is good or bad (I can definitely see the problems) but if an article about cybersecurity gets posted and this is our first reaction, makes me lose hope in Lemmy.

Edit: Responses have made very good points and I think I was off, thanks guys. I still think some of the early comments I encountered were rather reactionary

What exactly is the cooperation that Signal was doing beforehand? Signal claims to collect very little data so I’m not sure how exactly they help?