Sparkega

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Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Exactly my thought on Bush/Obama hybrid

Notepad.exe in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is literally my primary use of notepad.

Remaining original Looney Tunes removed from Max in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Gabe Newell believes piracy is a result of inferior service or access. I believe the original poster is stating that piracy has become the answer here because it's the only place to find this media.

Signal no longer cooperating with Ukraine on Russian cyberthreats, official says in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Malicious QR codes were used to establish a separate device as a 'linked device' which would allow the attacker to receive and read Signal messages sent to and from the target

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Is Friendica viable as a RSS Reader? (sh.itjust.works)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34245344

Request RSS reader option

Hello, everyone. I'm trying to shift to RSS for news and looking for the best way to access a feed across multiple devices.

Most recommendations I've seen are for Feedly, but the free version has some limitations like sponsored ads and no more than 100 sources. It also seems to be very corporate and starting to integrate AI into its model.

I've heard that Friendica can integrate RSS into your social feed. Does anyone have experience using Friendica as an RSS feed?

Any other good options that can sync an RSS feed across devices?

Request: Google Meet Alternative in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I think this is the answer. Thanks for your recommendation. I'll test this out soon. It seems to check all the boxes and I found this website providing good reasons to use it.

The reasons I prefer Jitsi Meet to Zoom include the following:

  1. no subscriptions are required to use all the features of Jitsi Meet;
  2. unlike Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not require you to sign up;
  3. unlike Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not require the installation of an application — it runs in Google Chrome or Firefox;
  4. unlike the free version of Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not impose a time limit on the length of the meeting;
  5. unlike the free version of Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not have a limit on the number of meeting attendees;
  6. Jitsi Meet provides end-to-end encryption for one-to-one video calls*;
  7. I find the performance of Jitsi Meet better than Zoom, which seems to be corroborated in basic benchmarking by Jitsi Meet’s developers (‘WebRTC vs. Zoom – A Simple Congestion Test‘);
  8. I find image quality better in Jitsi Meet;
  9. I find Jitsi Meet on a desktop/laptop more intuitive and easier to use than Zoom;
  10. if I share audio in Zoom for Linux, the audio is very distorted**;
  11. I find the UI of the Jitsi Meet app for Android easy to use (the app can be installed via Google Play);
  12. Jitsi Meet is open-source, so anyone can inspect the source code;
  13. if I wanted to, I could download the Jitsi software to my own server and set up a Jitsi Meet server to handle meetings instead of using the Cloud server provided by 8×8, Inc. (the company that develops the Jitsi Meetings software).
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Request: Google Meet Alternative (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Sparkega@sh.itjust.works to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I'm looking for an alternative option to video chat and stream Jackbox games with my family.

Currently when we play, I set up a video chat on meet that family members join via laptops and then I connect a separate computer that shares its screen and audio from the running game.

Features I'm interested in:

  • Cheap/No cost
  • Easily to access (web based ideally)
  • Shares computer screen and audio
  • Unlimited/long meeting time (sometimes we play for up to 3 hours)

Does something like this exist?

Edit: We had a successful game last weekend using Jitsi Meet. Everyone was able to connect and we played for 3 1/2 hours. Jackbox audio and video went through nicely.

Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Fair enough. I tried HeliBoard because it was recommended and stuck with it. I don't use voice to text, but got swipe texting to work on HeliBoard

Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What are your thoughts on HeliBoard compared to FUTO?

Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Try Molly instead which is a hardened fork of Signal. Molly uses the same servers and is transparent to the operator.

You can install Molly through F-Droid or Accrescent.

Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (5 children)

In depth review validating the credibility of Signal's encryption by a Security Engineer who specializes in encryption.

Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal by Soatok

The bottom line was in total, no vulnerabilities were found.

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Language Learning Apps Harvest Data (europe.pub)
 

I should have known if the apps free, you're the product. Duolingo appears to harvest the most data compared to other language learning apps.

Source: Surfshark Research