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Smart TVs Are Watching You | Feisty Duck (www.feistyduck.com)
 

The researchers have discovered that automatic content recognition (ACR) tracking is active most of the time, even when TVs are used as “dumb” HDMI devices. In other words, the TV manufacturers are monitoring your private moments as well. There’s apparently no monitoring of streaming content in the UK, but there is in the US.

The only good news is that these TVs can seemingly be configured to disable ACR, provided the owners know this activity is taking place and are able to find the right settings. (I recently looked at the configuration of our TVs again, and understanding the various settings was far from easy.)

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17th century papers found in chest in a Rushcliffe village donated to UoN (westbridgfordwire.com)
 

I had to look hard to find a good news article in the WBW this week.

A collection of documents dating back to at least the 17th century, which was discovered in a chest in Rushcliffe village last year, is being donated to the

Starmer to end £40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak era in c/[email protected]
Bernie Sanders says he'll do everything he can to help Kamala Harris win the election in c/politics
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Vote for Bernie!

US ruling party focuses on threat from opposition at grand convention in c/politics
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Exactly. I thought I was reading an article in Private Eye.

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Rare heron species breed successfully at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve (westbridgfordwire.com)
 

The birds, all members of the heron family, have nested in trees on an island at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Besthorpe Nature Reserve in the Trent Valley

Queen Elizabeth said Trump was ‘very rude,’ and had an ‘arrangement’ with Melania in c/politics
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's known here as the Daily Fail.

Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Had she not accepted it, I'm sure they would have found someone else willing to accept their kind donation.

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch among missing after luxury yacht sinks in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Not guilty, m'lud.

Ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It's unfortunate that they missed out on Trade Union recognition at the Coventry facility recently. I'm sure GMD (or others) will keep on trying though.

Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America in c/politics
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

(also marketplace which I hate to admit is pretty good)

The new Craigslist.

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Actor Robert Lindsay on his role in Sherwood and growing up in a mining town: ‘There were terrible confrontations between fathers and sons’ (www.theguardian.com)
 

The star of Citizen Smith, GBH and much more on the ‘genius’ of James Graham’s BBC drama, his unlikely way into acting, and learning to simmer down on social media

What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I did check that out and their web page. It says

When it's needed for the website to work properly, it will automatically accept the cookie policy for you (sometimes it will accept all and sometimes only necessary cookie categories, depending on what's easier to do)

So maybe I'll test it alongside Ublock.

What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

selectively, I hope.

Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store in c/[email protected]
What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's something I should research more then.

As far as laws go, I'm in the UK and AFIAK privacy laws are still the same as before we left the EU. Other countries such as the US seem to have less strict laws (apart from the CCPA) which means a lot of US news sites I visit will geoblock me as they don't want to comply with EU standards.

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What does Ublock Origin do with cookies? (fedia.io)
 

I have been using Firefox with Ublock Origin as my main browser for a long while. Usually when I get a privacy prompt, I reject cookies, or maybe some sites that are more difficult take me a to a panel that wants me to switch off loads of individual trackers.

How does Ublock handle the cookies? Obviously some are required for site functionality, such as being logged in here, but if I accept cookies (or can't reject them) then presumably they are still accepted? Or does it accept the essential ones and delete third-party trackers?

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Pictures and Video: 55 bikers on Harleys deliver Lemmy’s ashes to Rock City (westbridgfordwire.com)
 

Following this year’s edition of the heavy metal festival Bloodstock (8-11 August) at Catton Park, 55 bikers on Harley Davidsons transported the ashes of the

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Any other regional UK-centric groups in the Lemmyverse I may have missed? (fedia.io)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/ukcasual
7 comments fedilink
 

Any other regional UK-centric groups in the Lemmyverse I may have missed?

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Drone pictures show extent of Grantham Aldi supermarket fire (archive.is)
 

archived 8 Aug 2024 01:21:23 UTC.
(For me to mess with archive.is and realise it bypasses cookie infested sites)

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West Bridgford: Large police presence to protect areas of the town this evening (westbridgfordwire.com)
 

Police turned out in numbers in West Bridgford from around 7 pm this evening as protests were expected across the country at immigration centres.

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