aalex

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Are virtual cards not pointless? (lemmy.ml)
 

When you buy something online, you obviously need to give your card details, which are tied to you. Virtual cards solve that, but, in the UK (and I think most places) you also need to provide a billing address. I don't think virtual card providers give you a masked billing address and I doubt you will be able to use a PO box with most banks to try and prevent fraud. Because of this, can online purchases still be linked to you even with virtual cards?

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Anyone know it there is a privacy-friendly YT Shorts frontend? (lemmy.ml)
 

I doubt there is as its quite specific but I want an Android app that works similarly to the shorts tab in the official YT app but without all the trackers, ads, algorithms, etc.

Kinda like NewPipe, but with a nicer way of browsing shorts. There is YT Vanced but I don't know if that removes YouTube/Google's trackers or not.

If anyone can help that would be awesome!

Framework Laptop's firmware is now open source. in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] aalex@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Awesome! Still waiting for a dedicated GPU though..

The US Army is going electric – and wants to be net-zero by 2050 in c/green@lemmy.ml
[–] aalex@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Currently, it is a higher priority. But I don't think it should be. Or rather, the ways they attempt to ensure the nation's security should change.

Countries don't need a military or at least not such a developed military. Likewise, the surveillance isn't a great idea and has many problems, I would argue more problems than benefits.

Edit: I also don't know how firing loads of missiles and driving massive tanks can be "net-zero". Without offsets of course