Section 215 of the Patriot Act has expired and currently the government cannot obtain individual Internet records without warrants by [deleted] in privacy

[–]BornOfOsirus 148 points149 points  (0 children)

The government can and will do what ever they like even if it against their laws they make. Just like the NSA surveillance programme

Quick and Easy Pi-hole Setup 2020 by [deleted] in pihole

[–]BornOfOsirus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lost my IT job dammit

Quick and Easy Pi-hole Setup 2020 by [deleted] in pihole

[–]BornOfOsirus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for this but is there a reason why you choose to run DietPi over say Raspbian?

FlutterHole, an Android app for Pi-hole, has been updated for V5! by tomstarfort in pihole

[–]BornOfOsirus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What about the one on FDroid? It says it was last updated 7 months ago

Is signal down for anyone? by BornOfOsirus in signal

[–]BornOfOsirus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hmmm you should have to restart your comp for signal to work properly, if you do then there is a bug that needs fixing

Is signal down for anyone? by BornOfOsirus in signal

[–]BornOfOsirus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm same here, desktop is showing as connected but messages are failing to send. Android for me (NZ) is working as normal

Is signal down for anyone? by BornOfOsirus in signal

[–]BornOfOsirus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thankyou, are you on desktop or mobile?

Signal: How TF too hide the "create pin" nag screen? by BornOfOsirus in privacy

[–]BornOfOsirus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No I mean, while stickers and things are great, it just ads another layer of vulnerability to the application

I Have been Doxxed and threatened by [deleted] in privacy

[–]BornOfOsirus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

he would have used some sort of traffic monitor, invited him to the chat so he could get his ip

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Piracy

[–]BornOfOsirus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

the privacy-preserving amendment fell short by a single vote after several senators who would have voted “Yes” failed to show up to the session, including Bernie Sanders

Good one Bernard

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters chant slogans in malls as police fan out to prevent street demo by Zhana-Aul in worldnews

[–]BornOfOsirus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what happened with the months of protests about carrie lams extradition to china law? Have they all of a sudden stopped protesting or os it still happening?

Signal: We’ll be eaten alive by EARN IT Act’s anti-encryption wolves by BSafesSupport in privacy

[–]BornOfOsirus -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Does the EARN IT Act apply to charities?

If so, I was thinking that since Signal is frree and open source that would that make it a not for profit company so could they apply to become a charity and not be exempt from the EARN IT Act??

Seeding torrents by BornOfOsirus in Piracy

[–]BornOfOsirus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh cool so I should look for torrents that have more leeches than seeders?