Daniel Aleksandersen

“Smart gadgets’ failure to commit to software support could be illegal, FTC warns” — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/smart-gadgets-failure-to-commit-to-software-support-could-be-illegal-ftc-warns/ Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-11-29

“Smart gadgets’ failure to commit to software support could be illegal, FTC warns” — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/smart-gadgets-failure-to-commit-to-software-support-could-be-illegal-ftc-warns/ Posted on Bluesky on 2024-11-29

Is email — in general — slower than usual today? I fele like confirmation emails and everything is taking much longer than usual. Is it because of all the #BlackFriday marketing mailings? Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-11-28

Is email — in general — slower than usual today? I fele like confirmation emails and everything is taking much longer than usual. Is it because of all the #BlackFriday marketing mailings? Posted on Bluesky on 2024-11-28

Bye, bye, Gandi Domains! 🇫🇷 Renewal of my domains is up +177 % over more competitive options, and +105 % over Gandi’s prices from two years ago. I guess Total Webhosting Solutions wants its money back after acquiring Gandi last year. #DNS #priceHike Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-11-27

Bye, bye, Gandi Domains! 🇫🇷 Renewal of my domains is up +177 % over more competitive options, and +105 % over Gandi’s prices from two years ago. I guess Total Webhosting Solutions wants its money back after acquiring Gandi last year. #DNS #priceHike Posted on Bluesky on 2024-11-27

Minor update (6) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.8

This update includes a security fix from Chromium upstream to resolve “CVE-2024-7965: Heap Corruption in V8”.

Autofill Settings – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3405.3

You can now manage your saved autofill credit cards and addresses in Settings: Privacy.

‘Do-Not-Track’ privacy setting gets legal backing in Germany

Legislators are finally paying attention to concerns about how our digital data is tracked, collected, and stored. Find out what this game-changing ruling means and how it could affect us.

Sync privacy incident affecting our Snapshot test users

A privacy incident affected our Snapshot test users in versions 6.4.3160.25 through 6.4.3160.30 for desktop.

Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

Microsoft announces vague changes to the default web browser setting for Windows Insider. Nothing but wishful thinking. Still force-opens web links in Edge.

The trouble with decommissioning a used FIDO security key

You can’t throw out your worn-out USB security keys when you can’t recall what locks they’re for. Physical security tokens come with their own problems.