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India's biggest data breach? Hacking gang claims to have stolen 815 million people's personal information in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The data leak is of AADHAR database. Which is a proof of identity that is required by everyone to avail government services. It is even used for SIM registration and opening bank account.

Government has been recently trying to link Voter IDs to AADHAR. It is already linked to Tax Account called PAN.

It has been turned it to a surveillance tool and this leak can be huge if true.

PSA: Plasma Wayland on laptop could still be a pain to use in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's just one specific issue. It doesn't mean that the whole plasma wayland session is a pain. Been using it for more than a year now.

‘If you don’t take off your clothes, we will kill you’: Kuki women paraded naked in Manipur, India in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The conflict was triggered when the state High Court gave a verdict in favour of the Meiti community for a long standing demand for special previliges.

The Wikipedia article about the violence has a good overview.

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‘If you don’t take off your clothes, we will kill you’: Kuki women paraded naked in Manipur, India (lemmy.one)
 

https://scroll.in/article/1052938/video-shows-kuki-women-being-paraded-naked-by-a-mob-manipur-police-confirm-fir-filed

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Are you on X or Wayland? (lemmy.one)
 

If not on Wayland, what's stopping you?

Niche FOSS Android apps that are useful in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am not aware of any call blocker. Sorry!

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Niche FOSS Android apps that are useful (lemmy.one)
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These are some of the apps that I use daily. Suggest yours and I will add it to the list.

  • URLCheck - Set it as your default browser and quickly analyze links, remove tracking params and more.
  • SMS Import/Export - SMS Import / Export imports and exports SMS and MMS messages, call logs, and contacts from and to JSON files.
  • InnerTube - With this app, you're like getting a free music streaming service. You can listen to music from YouTube Music and build your own library.
  • Loop Habit Tracker - Loop Habit Tracker helps you create and maintain long-term positive habits in your life.
  • Coffee - Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings.
  • Private DNS Quick Settings Toggle - Adds a Private DNS quick tile to the Android Quick Settings. (By ryuko)
  • Noice - Noice is an app that allows you to create personalised sound environments. It enables you to combine different sounds at different volume levels to create perfect ambient atmospheres. (By OsrsNeedsF2P)
  • Organic Maps - Open-source, community-driven maps for travelers, tourists, cyclists & hikers based on OSM (By vxnxnt)
  • Feeder - Simple RSS Reader (By drilly)
  • UntrackMe - UntrackMe once set by default to open Twitter, YouTube and Instagram links will transform them into Nitter, Invidious and Bibliogram links and delegate the action to another app (By https://lemmy.ml/u/shreddy_scientist)
  • Did I take my meds? - Did I Take My Meds? helps keep track of when to take medications. It is designed to help prevent a user from skipping doses and/or overdosing (By Velveteen)