Fuck me, that’s good

I’m stealing that

That is EXACTLY the issue.

You’re not wrong, but I’d really like to pretend that you are.

Yeah people like to downvote things that they don’t agree with even if it’s a decent point.

Oh well, at least I don’t base my self-worth on internet points. 😝

I’m an avid user of OSM and OsmAnd, I’m with you there

Well apparently they ask for directions to your destination and 5 random others so that it’s not trackable server side.

I haven’t investigated myself and that’s not entirely fool proof, but it’s leagues better than Google for privacy.

Apple actually integrates several “anti tracking” technologies into their maps, so it IS an improvement in theory.

Yes, that’s not great, so ideally there’s an asterisk showing this…

But if you look at the playing field as out exists today in advertising….

It’s not really useable to change political beliefs or support authoritarianism.

It’s not tracking you explicitly.

It’s not profiling you.

It’s relevant to what you’re already looking for

There aren’t many scams you can run with it (except the locksmith scam)

Soooooo, if I have to accept advertising, this feels on the tamer end.

But I agree, it should be upfront.

So I don’t actually mind this.

And odds are good you won’t notice them.

They’ll just be carefully highlighted locations when you’re looking at a larger map, so the random buildings that get labeled in the more zoomed out views are chosen carefully.

It gets better, when you search for “restaurants near me” the order won’t be organic but “pay to win”

So “restaurant chain #5” will be at the top even if you hate their food.

Not really awful as far as advertising goes.

Low odds because “you aren’t worth the effort required” agreed.

But the distance officially is like 33 feet to 300 feet depending on the adapter.

The firmware on the devices likely isn’t updated much by the manufacturers.

So “it really depends”

Unfortunately unlike WiFi, the encryption is built into the firmware in ways that don’t update much because they make everything backwards compatible so you don’t notice.

It’s actually entirely horse shit.

Only the very newest products that are on the latest standard are secure.

It all look secure and sounds secure and feels secure with all the encryption….

But about 2 years ago there was a downgrade attack that was proven to affect basically everything.

Bluetooth security might as well be a flashing neon sign of your data.

Now it’s not quite that simple and some people have updated their devices etc……

But almost nobody actually has done that because Bluetooth devices are “fire and forget”

I mean when’s the last time you updated the firmware on your headphones or keyboard?

Mostly “never”

“Look at how racist and evil this guy I helped enable is”

Tell me more about my “faults” and “condescension” and “ad hominem”, then reread your comments. Yep, there’s some condescension from me here, but you’re also once again trying to throw judgement. “Glass houses” and all.

You win, Have a nice day.

You’re assuming it was backtracking rather than a simple clarification.

That’s unnecessarily unpleasant, and it’s cool you want to feel like you won the argument, but if you add in the context of “new years eve” and then read it as “some other event external to the reason you want to make a change” it’s not backtracking.

In fact it’s just context you missed because of your own life experiences and emotions.

Which is cool, but you look like an ass when you try and secure a win by pointing out your own misunderstanding rather than hearing my clarification.

Neither of those are New Year’s resolutions.

“The day my niece was born” is actually exactly the type of thing I’m talking about. You didn’t wait until new years, or your birthday, or something else unrelated to your motivations. You picked “now” because that was when you felt the desire.

So yes, special days can matter, but the days that matter to YOU are way more important than a day some guy named “Gregorian” chose 2000 years ago.

Not waiting for a day like new years to make a change that helps you.

The best time to do it was probably years ago.

The second best time is today.

Because if you make it about “new years” or some event, then it isn’t about YOU.

Do it for YOU, because you know that you’re worth the same amount of effort and affection as the others in your life.

Would you want this change for your friend? Turn don’t you think you skills care enough about you to give it to yourself?

Clearly he was missing the ham.

Well it’s using one to do the other, so yes

I would bet it’s a way to send money to Russia.