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steve mookie kong

Yesterday I paid for a year subscription of Kagi (@kagihq). I had been testing it for a few days and it reminds me of the olden days of Google.

Clean UI that gives me results at the top of the page.

Google has gone overboard with the ads and sponsored results cluttering the interface. Not to mention the AI overview at the top of each search.

#kagi#google#search
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Open Rights Group

Will you join over 1.9k people who’ve signed our petition to keep what’s stored on Apple iCloud encrypted?

The UK government is gambling with our security and playing into the hands of hackers and criminals.

Send a message: save encryption before more services are hit with technical notices.

Sign and share now ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions

38 DegreesKeep our Apple data encryptedIt is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps our private information safe and secure. It’s essential for being safe online when sending messages, shopping, doing online banking – and for storing things safely in the cloud. With the Cabinet Office estimating the cost of Cyber Crime at £21BN a year to our economy, we can’t afford to make our...
#encryption#apple#e2ee
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Open Rights Group

‘Absurd’

When you have the press and civil society camped outside the courtroom, the secret might be out 🤷

Even so, we’re still denied the reasons why the UK government wants to take a battering ram to our security and privacy.

It shows contempt for the public interest in the Apple encryption case.

pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/a

#encryption#e2ee#privacy
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Autonomie und Solidarität

Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to #Amazon starting on March 28

"Since Amazon announced plans for a generative AI version of Alexa, we were concerned about user privacy. With Alexa+ rolling out to Amazon Echo devices in the coming weeks, we’re getting a clearer view at the privacy concessions people will have to make to maximize usage of the AI voice assistant and avoid bricking functionality of already-purchased devices.

In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally and, therefore, avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon’s cloud. Amazon apparently sent the email to users with “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” enabled on their Echo. Starting on March 28, recordings of everything spoken to the Alexa living in Echo speakers and smart displays will automatically be sent to Amazon and processed in the cloud."

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

In this photo illustration, Echo Dot smart speaker with working Alexa with blue light ring seen displayed.
Ars Technica · Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28By Scharon Harding
#SurveillanceCapitalism#Surveillance#ActiveListening
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JKN

@ncoca Every now and then, I get the bright idea to run a technology resource for #NGO s.

Then I remember that this has been done many times before and gone nowhere, even with significant institutional funding.

Coz people just. don't. care.

I'm guessing the cost to educate people about technology safety, sustainability, and accountability, is 10x more than the cost of technology itself.

#cybersecurity#sustainableTech#bigtech
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Decon Struct

I've been slowly gravitating toward using AI instead of a search engine to perform web searches. After trying @kagihq for a week or so I realize that the LLMs were just making up for my poor search results. Kagi delivers what I'm searching for in the first or second search result pretty much every time. In fact, I'm having to retrain myself not to dismiss the first few results as being ads. Kagi also provides effective, intuitive tools to help zero-in on exactly what I am looking for. Truly a user-centric tool for privately searching, and well worth the reasonable monthly fee.

#kagi
#shamelessplug
#privacy
#qualityweb

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TechHelpKB.com 📚

In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally and, therefore, avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon’s cloud.

#amazon #echo #alexa #cloud #privacy
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

In this photo illustration, Echo Dot smart speaker with working Alexa with blue light ring seen displayed.
Ars Technica · Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28By Scharon Harding
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