Zerush

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

Yes, Google can decide what goes in it, but because it's FOSS, any other can decide what to delete from it. The power of Google isn't Chromium, but the Chrome Store, it's services, and all Websites which use Google APIs. Vivaldi has less relations with Google than Mozilla/Firefox, it don't have third party investors or sponsors, like Mozilla, which depends on Google ads and money and recently also from another advertising company, loosing it's independence with it.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes, Mozilla sync is encrypted, but your account data is sended to Alphabet (Google) and tracked by googleanalytics and google-tagmanager.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, but also non existent US privacy policy. There the users are simply raw material for the benefit of large corporations and user rights an incomprehensible communist phrase, to make America great again. The EU at least put limits to these abuses.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Also because Blink is the best and most advanced engine. The problem of Chromium is only that it need to gut out the Google APIs before it is a valid base for an browser. Vivaldi does it, also degoogled Chromium and even EDGE (but in change filling it with a ton of M$ tracking APIs). The only alternative (Linux only) is the Konqueror Browser with the Grandfather of Blink, KHTML by KDE (German company).

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 hours ago (7 children)

Yes, but even more important to avoid sync with an Mozilla account, if you need the sync function (maybe Filen?) (Vivaldi has an own sync EE2E)

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 hours ago

I use Vivaldi (EU), it has an inbuild adblocker. In chromium browsers Mv3 means that Mv2 Extensions are eliminated from the Chrome Store in June this Year. Mv3 adblockers are still there, there is uBO light (same as uBO, but without element picker) and Adblock Plus, which is pretty equivalent to uBO. The inbuild ad/trackerblocker (customizable with own filterlists or those from uBO, DDG, AdBlock plus and others) in Vivaldi isn't affected by Mv3 and pretty effective (>99% in the test). In extensions other than those related to security and privacy, it's irrelevant for the user if they are Mv2 or Mv3 and mostly redundant in Vivaldi.

If you prefer Gecko browsers, the only one from the EU is the Mullvad Browser (Sweden), which can still use uBO, but also Gecko Browser will not support Mv2 all eternity because the related different cookie management used by most webpages with Google APIs, also apart from the will of the devs to continue developing MV2 for a minority engine, such as Gecko (~ 4% Market Share).

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 16 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

US companies are not longer trustworth

https://european-alternatives.eu/

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I have no enthusiasm about a CEO, I have posted this article simply as an alternative more of an smartphone that does not go with Google or Apple, allows the use of Linux and also allows you to fix it by yourself with standard spare parts. This is in any case preferable to a mobile stock controlled by Google or Apple, period. I bet that some negative votes are made by users of Brave with it's nazi CEO, supported by fishy Crypto companies, the rest for sure use an Fairphone. Right?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It does, in it's early stage eg. Ubuntu Touch, but I think there isn't any problem to run other Distros too, at least Android itself is Linux (stock Android is only bad because it's contamined with Google APIs) and Linage OS is an Android fork. The OS isn't a problem, but the question is the compatibility of the needed apps, eg, in profesional ambit, medical apps or other official apps, all of these normally only for Android or iOS.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 38 points 3 days ago (13 children)

US is fatal even for itself

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

FOSS and Privacy apologists , but fervent online gamers in proprietary Games.

 

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The Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) paradox demonstrates a stark contradiction between quantum mechanics and local realism through an "all-versus-nothing" test of quantum nonlocality[^1]. First proposed in 1989 by Daniel Greenberger, Michael Horne, and Anton Zeilinger for four particles, the paradox was refined to three particles in 1990 with input from Abner Shimony[^1].

The paradox centers on the GHZ state, a highly entangled quantum state of three or more qubits, typically written as:

|GHZ⟩ = (|000⟩ + |111⟩)/√2

For three photons, this represents a superposition where all photons are either horizontally polarized (HHH) or vertically polarized (VVV)[^1].

The key elements that create the paradox are:

  1. Perfect correlations between measurements on separated particles
  2. EPR's definition of "elements of reality"
  3. The assumption of local realism

The contradiction emerges through a set of four quantum mechanical predictions[^1]:

Y₁Y₂X₃|GHZ⟩ = +|GHZ⟩
Y₁X₂Y₃|GHZ⟩ = +|GHZ⟩
X₁Y₂Y₃|GHZ⟩ = +|GHZ⟩
X₁X₂X₃|GHZ⟩ = -|GHZ⟩

These predictions are incompatible with any local hidden variable theory, where measurements must have definite classical values. The mathematical contradiction appears because in quantum mechanics:

Y₁Y₂X₃ · Y₁X₂Y₃ · X₁Y₂Y₃ · X₁X₂X₃ = -1

While in local hidden variable theories, this product must equal +1[^1].

Recent developments have expanded the GHZ paradox beyond its original formulation:

  • Multi-setting versions allow observers to measure more than two observables[^2]
  • Extensions to higher-dimensional quantum systems (qudits) have been developed[^9]
  • Applications in quantum communication, cryptography, and secret sharing protocols have emerged[^1]

The first experimental observation of GHZ correlations was achieved by Anton Zeilinger's group in 1998, work that contributed to his share of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics[^1].


[^1]: Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger state - Wikipedia

[^2]: Multisetting Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger paradoxes

[^9]: Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger paradoxes from qudit graph states

(😐 I think that the percentage of quantum physicists who require high doses of medication is especially high.)

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A security researcher known as Brutecat discovered a vulnerability that could expose the email addresses of YouTube's 2.7 billion users by exploiting two separate Google services[^1][^2]. The attack chain involved extracting Google Account identifiers (GaiaIDs) from YouTube's block feature, then using Google's Pixel Recorder app to convert these IDs into email addresses[^1].

To prevent notification emails from alerting victims, Brutecat created recordings with 2.5 million character titles that broke the email notification system[^1]. The exploit worked by intercepting server requests when clicking the three-dot menu in YouTube live chats, revealing users' GaiaIDs without actually blocking them[^2].

Brutecat reported the vulnerability to Google on September 15, 2024[^1]. Google initially awarded $3,133, then increased the bounty to $10,633 after their product team reviewed the severity[^1]. According to Google spokesperson Kimberly Samra, there was no evidence the vulnerability had been exploited by attackers[^2].

Google patched both parts of the exploit on February 9, 2025, approximately 147 days after the initial disclosure[^1].

[^1]: Brutecat - Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000 [^2]: Forbes - YouTube Bug Could Have Exposed Emails Of 2.7 Billion Users

 

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A new study published in Science reveals that humpback whale songs share statistical structures with human language, specifically Zipfian distribution and Zipf's law of brevity. Researchers analyzed eight years of humpback whale song recordings from New Caledonia using methods typically used to evaluate infant speech. Key findings: * Whale songs exhibit statistically coherent subsequences conforming to Zipfian distribution, similar to human language. * The lengths of these subsequences adhere to Zipf's law of brevity. * This suggests that cultural transmission and learning play a significant role in shaping communication systems across species. The study highlights the importance of cultural transmission in learning complex communication systems and challenges the idea that such structural properties are exclusive to human language. Researchers suggest that humpback whales may learn their songs by tracking transitional probabilities between sound elements, similar to how human babies learn language. The research team was led by Inbal Arnon, Emma Carroll, and Jenny Allen.

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