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Privacy Focused DNA test
  • Why hasn't Ancestry been sued then? I know there were issues around GEDmatch a while ago (never used them) in terms of privacy. Nothing I've read in Ancestry's Privacy Statement says that they can legally retain data after you've requested deletion for an indefinite time. Are you sure it's Ancestry you're thinking of and not another company?

  • How can I fix this rotation issue?
  • I think you have to manually enable it (may depend on your distro/DE) but SDDM works fine with Wayland as it stands now.

  • Privacy Focused DNA test
  • Use Ancestry.com instead. Ancestry asks if you want to be part of x y z. Say no to all. Also opt for Ancestry to destroy your sample. Once your test is completed, download the raw data file. Then request your data and account to be deleted.

    You can then use services like Promethease to give you information on any potential genetic issues.

    I don't know if 23 and me offers the same level of privacy as only have experience with Ancestry.com.

    Make sure whichever service you use, you read the privacy statement.

  • Privacy Focused DNA test
  • Also with Ancestry (dunno if 23&me does it), you can opt out of all their suggested extra opt ins, download your raw data and then request them to destroy your sample and delete your account.

  • Do you pay for some pirated contents
  • Yes, absolutely. I used to pirate almost everything because I was too poor to afford most things. Nowadays I can afford more (albeit still poor so some piracy is still out of necessity for monetary reasons). Sometimes I pirate as a try before I buy. Watching/reading reviews just doesn't always cut it and the only way to know if something is useful/enjoyable if trying it out first. And some things I intentionally pirate even if I can afford because I have an ethical and moral objection to giving money to the company/creator (like Amazon, Disney, Adobe, etc.). And in those instances I also try to pay it forward as much as possible by direct supporting creators, donating to FOSS, charities, FSF, Internet Archive, etc.

  • Linux's New DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" In Action
  • Reminds me of my Windows XP days when I used to customise the hell out of everything I could... custom boot screen... and yes custom BSOD. Which I switched to red 🟥❗ One day my PC RSODs in front of a family member and he said, "Oh shit, that must be really bad if it's red instead of blue!" 😂

  • How to download and remove DRM from an Amazon documentary?

    There's a documentary that's more than a decade old that now only exists on Amazon Prime. I have searched everywhere for this but the website (and thus DVDs being sold) doesn't exist any more, there are no torrents, no second hand DVDs for sale that I can find online..... I'm OK with buying the doco from Amazon (albeit not happy about giving Amazon any money) but once I've bought it I don't want to be locked into Amazon's infrastructure (I do not trust streaming services to keep such niche videos available indefinitely).

    So how would I go about downloading and removing DRM from Amazon videos?

    I read an old post about mp4decryptgui but that hasn't been updated in 3 years so I don't know if it works any more.

    The only other methods I've found involve buying expensive Windows only software (I'm on Linux but can dual boot if absolutely needed).

    Thanks!

    (Also please excuse the freshness of my account - for some reason Kbin threw an error every time I tried to post using my usual account.)

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