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Comment · 1 year ago
Another setting that surprised me with being turned on by default apparently on macOS 15 is System Settings - Spotlight - "Help Apple Improve Search": "Help improve Search by allowing Apple to store your Safari, Siri, Spotlight, Lookup, and #images search queries. The information collected is stored in a way that does not identify you and is used to improve search results."
Comment · 2 years ago
In firefox, you can get this by navigating to about:translations
Comment · 2 years ago
You just have to allow more than 75% memory to be allocated to the GPU by running sudo sysctl -w iogpu.wired_limit_mb=30720 (for a 30 GB limit in this case).
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Ext4 has no snapshot feature, do you mean with lvm?
Comment · 5 years ago
Maybe add that it's a "zero-click, wormable, cross-platform remote code execution in Microsoft Teams" :)
Comment · 7 years ago
I remember this indeed being a thing in the news at the start of the Snowden leaks press coverage. Journos saw Google etc. logos in the NSA slides and thought they were on board rather than being tapped.
Comment · 8 years ago
No need for an app even, I read that (some?) german emergency call centers use a service that will send the caller a text with a link to a website that will then use the browser's geolocation API.

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