New car surveillance tech becomes mandatory by 2027, using infrared cameras to monitor driver sobriety and alertness with privacy and cost concerns.
    • altec@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      17 hours ago

      I’m honestly considering disconnecting the modem in my car. If that’s not possible, I’ll wrap the ECU in a Faraday cage lol

  • fonix232@fedia.io
    43·
    2 days ago

    Fuck GadgetReview for their use of predatory “ad-reclaim” services though…

    No, assholes, my DNS based ad blocker doesn’t “prevent your site from loading”. It loads perfectly, then your script unloads the CSS, breaking the page, and then you have the audacity to blame me for it.

    • Seefra 1@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      23 hours ago

      That’s why ublock origin is superior to DNS-based adblockers, as ubo can work from inside the webpage directly.

        • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
          1·
          20 hours ago

          I am not affiliated with, and know nothing about them aside from being a user, but AdGuard has been very good on my iOS devices. Good enough that I paid for a 5 license pack for the family. It plus pihole here at home has been a lifesaver.

          I don’t know how well it works for chrome but for Firefox and safari it’s been great. Worth a try anyway.

          • fonix232@fedia.io
            1·
            7 hours ago

            AdGuard has many products that “works on” iOS.

            The main app is a glorified localhost VPN (it runs a basic VPN-like server locally and redirects all the traffic through the app, allowing for DNS based filtering). This uses the official AdGuard servers and allows for no configuration whatsoever.

            One step better is taking the time to grab their DNS profile for iOS which allows for DNS based filtering without the VPN app constantly running.

            An even better step to take is to use the AdGuard DNS service - it’s basically like a hosted version of AdGuard Home, but it’s paid, limited in queries and devices, on the other hand you have control over the blocking (add exceptions, custom blocklists, rules and so on). This service allows setting up different “servers” (rulesets) you can assign to different devices, and everything is controlled from one interface, which is nice.

            And the best is what I do, self-hosting AdGuard Home with custom blocklists, and a privacy focused approach (AGH serves as my local DNS resolver for my home network and VPNs over port 53, and 443 with a Caddy proxy in front for DoH outside the network, with a secret subdomain approach per device so only my own devices can abuse my DNS server).

            Then there’s the browser plugin based filtering that literally looks at the incoming HTML and picks out the ads. That unfortunately does not work with either Chrome or Firefox on iOS.

            • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
              1·
              6 hours ago

              What I meant by works is that between the pihole and AdGuard, I don’t see ads. I appreciate the technical deep dive, but all I really care is that I have an ad-free experience.

              I too can wow with technobabble, I was just trying to give a positive experience with a product that might work for you. Seems like you’ve been down that path.

              Maybe don’t use chrome then?

              • fonix232@fedia.io
                1·
                4 hours ago

                It’s not “wowing with technobabble”, you brought up a product name that can literally be FOUR different things just on iOS, claiming “it works perfectly”. What I did was point out that your initial assessment was not useful for anyone reading it because it didn’t specify WHAT truly works for you.

                And don’t use Chrome… as if we had a selection of browsers to pick from on iOS (and don’t get me started with crap like Vivaldi or Opera or Brave) that support plugins.

  • Zier@fedia.io
    61·
    1 day ago

    Welcome to China where privacy is owned by the government surveillance technology.