Hacker News: riversandroadshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=riversandroadsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:40:30 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by riversandroads in "ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector"]]>> In observed traffic, scraped identity outnumbered advertiser-supplied identity 685 events to 255.

This sentence is even more concerning to me. Scraping user input should never be a way of collecting personal data from a website since it can circumvent any website controls without the website’s out the user’s knowledge.

]]>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:30:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783073riversandroadshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783073https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783073<![CDATA[New comment by riversandroads in "Apple's Software Quality Crisis"]]>I recently switched from an Android to an iphone and the writing experience (keyboard, text selection, scrolling) are so frustrating. I initially thought I must not be used to it but then found so many people had the same problem. I didn't expect this from Apple.

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