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  • For refugees check out Anki

    Like most FOSS it's a little diy but the features that would allow one to create a 90% the-same language learning experience are all there. There also may already be decks that powerful on ankiweb.

  • there are internet filters you can buy

    Seems like that's exactly what this is, it's a mode that you turn on on the phone and it uses a government supplied list of vetted websites for the kid to visit.

    Interestingly the way this feature set reads out is exactly the same way that Nintendo's parental controls work.

    I realize that this being the Chinese government, them keeping usage stats has connotations that go beyond the data itself... But in a country with a more liberal government I'd rather have them keep records of my kids' internet usage than a private company. The idea being that you can pass protections around that data. (Not that that seems to be stopping the current US government so maybe that's a pipe dream).

    Ideal is, of course, completely on your own hardware (the device or your server at home), but between this and a system where Apple/Google/Nintendo does all this instead I'd prefer the government method.

  • Parents can invoke minors mode with a single click and set usage time limits. Devices set to minors mode will even remind users to take breaks, and collect stats so parents can make sure their offspring are surfing the web in an age-appropriate and socialist fashion.

    This sounds awesome. This isn't the weird shit like some states in the US have for determining if you can log into porn, or South Koreas weird government-login-page-in-everything scheme, it's part of the parent's family plan for their kid they can turn on/off.

    I realize there's worrying undertones (that already exist on the Chinese internet regardless) but the actual feature as-is seems like the ideal for this sort of thing.

  • Sooooo. This is actually scarier than it may seem....

    You can tell what outlet or building a phone is plugged into sometimes by micro aberrations in power output.

    Also interestingly you can kind of tell what webpages somebody visits by their phone's power usage:

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284567929_Current_Events_Identifying_Webpages_by_Tapping_the_Electrical_Outlet

    edit: for stuff like this they kind of need existing power profiles to like compare against, so this is sometimes used to tell if you're "at home" by identifying the charging profile of the charging apparatus you use at night etc.

  • It's pretty scary what information you can infer from geolocational data, it's why you should try your best to not use it as much as possible.

    When an app asks for your location only give it the minimum geolocation and time if you're absolutely sure it needs it (for delivery make sure there's not a place you can manually enter the dropoff location first, etc).

    Also, "fine location" is a much more invasive technology than people think. Apple and Google have giant databases of Wifi broadcast locations and associated positions, which is what gives you the "more accurate location."

    If you want to help do your part to mitigate that turn off your router's SSID broadcast and make sure none of your devices attempt to "auto connect" to your wifi.

  • I now have no respect for such people whatsoever, as they've demonstrated completely and thoroughly, even to the point where my dumb ass can notice, that the only thing that ever "qualified" them to "run a business" was having money.

    It's always heartwarming when people wake up and realize it's capital ism and not merit ism

    And you realize a lot of the books and media you've consumed that explicitly stated that weren't just making a comment on a goofy side effect of that system but the entire enchilada.