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Cake day: June 12th, 2023
  • ddnomad@infosec.pubtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•How does Amazon/Audible know my country with VPN and private browsing on?
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    1 year ago
    • Settings -> General -> Language & Region -> Region
    • Settings -> YOUR NAME -> Media & Purchases -> Account Settings -> Country/Region

    Both must be changed to a different region to fully switch. Requires a valid payment method from that region (e.g. a debit card from that region). There are consequences to changing regions too, so be careful.

    From my experience, sometimes you also need to contact Apple support to finish the change process. Otherwise it may just revert back.

    Overall, Amazon surely knows where you are now and it will be set in your Amazon account, I suspect there is nothing you can do.

    The best way to achieve what you want is to boot something like TailsOS and create a new account while under the VPN in that region. With a payment method from that region.

    VPNs are not magic. Most big companies nowadays have means of detecting actual user locations, which is pretty trivial if you use an app or an operating system that leaks data when under the VPN.

  • ddnomad@infosec.pubtodatahoarder@lemmy.ml•What is your offsite backup solution?English
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    1 year ago

    Tbh the idea does sound interesting, especially if there’s a way to do Shamir’s secret sharing on top of the encrypted snapshot or something. Cause I’m not too worried with exposing my stuff to the internet, as I at least partially do that for a living, but rather make sure I do not existentially send all my family’s documents in plaintext to some stranger on the internet.

  • ddnomad@infosec.pubtoLemmy@lemmy.ml•Sad to see almost none of the devs, from
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    1 year ago

    Judging by user count alone is deceiving, in my opinion. We need to look at how many “big Twitter personas / companies” are moving to Mastodon, because they are the ones generating content and increasing traction.

    As it is right now, I only see some people creating Mastodon accounts and posting 1:1 with what they still post on Twitter. This is not enough.

    But at the same time, all migrations take time and we will only be able to determine a “winner” after months if not years of this process taking place.

    I’m crossing my fingers and hoping for the best still.

  • ddnomad@infosec.pubtoLemmy@lemmy.ml•Sad to see almost none of the devs, from English
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    1 year ago

    We are one centralised and pretty Reddit alternative away from people flocking to it.

    As swanky as it sounds, I doubt fediverse with all its quirks, bugs, instability, confusion etc. will be able to sustain or even gain mass adoption.

    I want this to be false, but we have Mastodon as an example and it ain’t getting the traction it needs to replace or even properly compete with Twitter. Especially not once BlueSky opens up, assuming it will happen.