Cantaloupe

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Trump says he will send an ‘Election Integrity Army’ into every state for midterms in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The voting rights act wasn’t enough huh.

What brought you to the Fediverse? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Banned for subscribing?

iCar in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 1 points 2 days ago

It wants a belly rub.

are you afraid of the hentai virus? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What symptoms does the Hentai virus have?

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What brought you to the Fediverse? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
 

I heard about Lemmy from Mental Outlaw and it caught my interest. The Reddit API situation made me finally decide to drop Reddit and make an account on lemmy.world. I haven’t turned back since.

What about you, what brought you to the Fediverse?

Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users' PCs in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc -2 points 2 days ago

If the AI model runs locally and doesn’t spy on you, sure. Users should be asked before such a thing is installed and many old computers will choke hard at running this shit too. Google chrome is gonna take up a lot more ram too.

I was a week away from buying a Pixel Pro 10 for GrapheneOS in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I should be good with sandboxed Google play.

But wtf we’ll need a phone to solve captchas now? What happens if you don’t have one?

I was a week away from buying a Pixel Pro 10 for GrapheneOS in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 3 points 2 days ago

I wonder how sandboxed Google Play will handle it.

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What does marriage mean to you? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I see marriage as a traditional legal binding that can alter your life significantly depending on your state and country.

You might see it differently. What does marriage mean to you?

iCar in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 6 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Don't give apple any ideas!

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What is your policy on letting a child use the internet? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
 

Say you were a guardian or parent and get to decide when a child can get a phone or use a computer and get internet with it. If you wish you can also install software and change router settings to what you see fit.

Some parents decide to forbid the internet completely, others are more relaxed. Some go the helicopter route, and some do not care whatsoever what their kid does online.

What is your policy on letting a child use the internet?

Mullvad seems interesting, I might switch to it. in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 1 points 4 days ago

The dropped port forwarding is a bit of a deterrent I will say. Windscribe also is a bit iffy on it.

With Windscribe, you need to buy a static IP and you can only forward above the 1,000 range. I cannot forward 80 or 443 because apparently it is limited to prevent it from being abused.

More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Won’t Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study Finds in c/technology@lemmy.world
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Mullvad seems interesting, I might switch to it. (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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For a long time, ever since i was a little kid, I had always used and trusted Windscribe.

My experience with Windscribe

I was young, it was 2017 and I wanted to circumvent bans and school restrictions. After a bit of looking around for good and cheap VPNs on YouTube, I found the two tempting choices were Tunnelbear and Windscribe but I ultimately picked Windscribe in the end. Windscribe offered a generous free tier, with codes you could enter for permanent cap increases on a free account, I have as of now 50 GBs of free bandwidth total.

Windscribe has a build-a-plan feature, for those who care only to have North American IP addresses, but do want unlimited bandwith. It's about three bucks each month, so cheap that I stayed with Windscribe. The VPN had worked super well for me, allowing me to bypass all kinds of headaches. I could dodge bans, school restrictions, my ISP, and I could browse and access whatever I wanted.

As time went on, I saw the true use of my VPN. It became my main way to solve sites not working or loading. I've had pages load slow without a VPN, that load fast with it on. I've had sites slow down, until I changed servers. It is super excellent for circumventing a huge amount of problems. It is a key tool for accessing any content that I want, while keeping my DNS activity obfuscated to any person in the middle.

My best friend, who I suggested Windscribe to, dealt with an issue it seemingly couldn't fix. His internet router was set up to cut off internet on off hours. I forgot the exact times but it was strict and it forced us to confine our calls and games to set times. One day I was over at his house while his parents were away, I got to see the cutoff, and his PC disconnected, but my devices still remained connected. We thought to try out the MAC spoofing feature the desktop client had. We enabled it and it solved his pesky router situation too. We now both use this service years later.

I picked Windscribe totally blindly back then, off a top ten video on YouTube, I picked whatever was cheap and well received and went with it. I even brought my friend aboard. Did it solve my issues, yes very well, but ultimately it is solely trust. The reputation of Windscribe and my good experience with the product were the main reasons I stuck with it for almost a decade despite it breaking the rule that you should never trust free VPN services. I stuck with it for so long because it worked, for so long and well too. It let me and my friend surf the internet whenever we wanted.

I have no major issues with it as it is still decently reliable. I believe Windscribe is a good product, but the VPN ban talk is making me consider a new candidate and I am looking at Mullvad VPN. While Windscribe was nice for so long, I want the safety of a VPN that operates in a country that doesn't give a fuck.

Mullvad looks promising, and the APT repo comes with a browser too. Doubt I'll touch it over Librewolf, however it is a tool I am genuinely considering switching to as my daily driver VPN.

If you've used Mullvad for a long time, has it served you well in the long run?

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Babe wake up, new Linux exploit just dropped! (www.youtube.com)
 

fuck

What to Do When Someone Has a Panic Attack in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 2 points 1 week ago

You just repeatedly ask them to stop being crazy and calm down, easy! /s

Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 1 points 1 week ago

How are the sites responsible for that though?

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What are some software red flags? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
 

Have you ever found a GitHub project or anything that seemed nice and tempting to install until you dug a bit deeper?

What are some red flags that should detur anyone from installing and running something?

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If you had to pick the dystopia to live in, what would it be? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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You were taken from this world, and God now speaks to you. God asks you what punishment should be dealt to humanity for their sins. You can pick any fictional or theoretical dystopian scenario, as long as it is truly dystopian. After you've made your pick, your memory of the conversation is wiped, and you are brought back to earth to live the rest of your life however it might play out. The future of the world will be hard set in destiny to a future inspired by whatever you picked.

If you had to pick the dystopia to live in, what would it be?

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A bill has been introduced that mandates OS level verification at the federal level. (www.youtube.com)
 

The war against our anonymous access to information continues.

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The bite of sixty seven? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
 
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The children have priorities. (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
 
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Kids are talking and watching how we react to the Epstein shit. (www.youtube.com)
 

The Epstein shit was depressing and blackpilling for me as an adult, so imagine how bad it must be for children.

Children are not excluded from the media shitstorm, they know as well as we do about how fucked the situation really is.

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Who’s that pokemon? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)
 
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