baernhelm

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Bricks placed in Vancouver to help pedestrians safely use a crosswalk (dailyhive.com)
Investigators seek push notification metadata in 130 cases in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] baernhelm@feddit.de 20 points 7 months ago

Another quote from the article: "The data that is required to 'turn on any push notification service' is quite invasive and can unexpectedly reveal/track your location/store your movement with a third-party marketing company or one of the app stores, which is merely a court order or subpoena away from potentially exposing those personal details."

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Investigators seek push notification metadata in 130 cases (go.theregister.com)
 

"App developers can encrypt these messages when they're stored (in transit they're protected by TLS) but the associated metadata – the app receiving the notification, the time stamp, and network details – is not encrypted."

What Linux options exist for passkeys? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] baernhelm@feddit.de 23 points 11 months ago

This post featured on hackernews argues that users should be aware that this makes your google account only as secure as your weakest device security and thus isn't ideal for the average user: https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/10/10/dont-use-google-passkeys-now

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[article] Two boys, adult sent to hospital with minor injures after car crashes daycare fence (www.thestar.com)
 

VAUGHAN, Ont. - Two young boys and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car crashed into the fence of daycare in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday.York Regional Police said a car being driven by a man in his 80s lost control in a parking lot on Wednesday morning and hit the fence of the daycare, where children and staff were in a yard.