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Android Intent Filter Verification Service

I've seen on TrackerControl this system app (on my grapheneOS) contacting Amazon (amazon.com) and Google (android.clients.google.com, m.youtube.com, play.google.com and www.youtube.com).

What does this app do? I've disabled internet access for the time being.

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Android Intent Filter Verification Service (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by MrSoup@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've seen on TrackerControl this system app (on my grapheneOS) contacting Amazon (amazon.com) and Google (android.clients.google.com, m.youtube.com, play.google.com and www.youtube.com).

What does this app do? I've disabled internet access for the time being.

Why I Can't Use Linux - My Top 3 Reasons by MrSoup in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

From video description:

Reason 1: Gaming
Reason 2: Creative Apps
Reason 3: Foobar2000 (my music player)
Reason 4 (bonus) Fussing, fussing, fussing!

YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads by MrSoup in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't see any technical specification in the article, but if they inject the ad at the start of the video, making it part of the video itself, would make possible to just skip it using video controls. To avoid user skippin ad thru video controls there should be client-side script blocking it, so an ad-blocker can use this to tell apart an ad from the video itself.

Can anyone correct me on this?

Also, would this affect piped and invidious too?

I asked duckduckgo chat whether duckduckgo respects the privacy of their users... by MrSoup in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 52 points 2 weeks ago

Asking a parrot if its house is safe.

I use DDG, BTW. But searxng is very cool.

A cool guide on Mattress Dimensions and Bed Sizes by MrSoup in c/coolguides@lemmy.ca

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 58 points 2 weeks ago

Alaska kings are open-minded.

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Boeing's Starliner Just Docked To The ISS Despite New Thruster Problems (invidious.fi)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MrSoup@lemmy.zip to c/space@lemmy.world

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Photo Picker albums view does not show all albums (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MrSoup@lemmy.zip to c/android@lemmy.world

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As you can see in the screenshot, inside the Photo Picker in the Albums view only "Screenshots" is shown while in Photos view all the pictures are available in chronological order.

By looking it up, I found people complaining the same issue and one suggesting adding them with Google Photos (which I don't have and I don't want to install).

Just wanted to know if someone else here got the same issue or if there is a workaround/fix for this.
(I'm on GrapheneOS)

Thanks

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Lemmy community discoverability is not user-friendly and can be improved App side (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by MrSoup@lemmy.zip to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I've introduced two of my friends (not into tech) to Lemmy. Since they're not into tech this is their first web forum.

I've explained the federation thru the usual email metaphore and that's ok, but to lookup for communities is not quite there on client side.

Let me explain.
He wanted to see all the communities on an instance because that instance is in his native language but he's registered on another instance. So to see all those communities you must go on instance.domain/communities, copy the name of the community you are interessed in and paste it inside the app/web client to look it up.

And to see all the communities all over the fediverse you must use lemmyverse.net which is a cool site, but still you got to copy paste back and forth to the app.

This could be implementend inside app itself by listing all communities and add ability to filter by things like instance.

Obviously open to discussion about the issue itself and how that could be improved.

Feel free to tag apps/clients devs to ear their opinion too.

Discovering the Freedom of Linux: My 25-year Journey Away from Windows by MrSoup in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 57 points 3 weeks ago

Reject all not essential

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Gamepad players, what button do you use for push-to-talk? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by MrSoup@lemmy.zip to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

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Dualsense player here, I would like to know what button do you use as push-to-talk or if you use dualsense built-in mute button.

Have a nice democracy ✊

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UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

submitted 4 weeks ago by MrSoup@lemmy.zip to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19999900

UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech

A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.

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True Tone / Adaptive Color Tone for AOSP (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MrSoup@lemmy.zip to c/android@lemmy.world

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I would like to know if there is something like iPhone "True Tone" or Samsung "Adaptive Color Tone" in AOSP or if there are alternatives to install.
(I'm on GrapheneOS)

Just use Firefox by MrSoup in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 100 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)