squealish's comments

On: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

[squealish]

Papier is still available in Brave it seems.

On: Bitcoin Plummets Below 40K

[squealish]

I think they're talking about Monero. It currently has fairly low fees [1]

1: https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/monero-transactionfees....

On: Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with one update

[squealish]

Glad you brought this one up. I also had the app you mentioned installed and noticed pop-up ads in Chrome.

I immediatly uninstalled the app and left a review. Like many other negative reviews I received some copy-pasted response stating they only have some in app ads.

It is beyond me that the developers just lie about including malware in their app while it is so obvious they are.

On: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

[squealish]

It also lied to me:

Hey I'm here to answer your questions about Itemsy

Me: It appears you are using third party tracking after all

I'm sorry, I'm not using any third party tracking.

Me: You may be not, but itemsy is

I'm sorry, I did not understand that. Could you explain what you mean a bit more?

Me: Itemsy is using third party tracking

Itemsy is using Google Analytics to track usage statistics.

Me: And yet you said you are not using third party tracking

We are not using any third party tracking.

Me: You see, that's confusing

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you.

Me: So you are not using third party tracking but itemsy is?

Itemsy is not using any third party tracking.

Me: Yes it is. It uses google analytics

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Shall we chat about Itemsy a bit more?

Me: No

I'm a bit confused. Could you say that again?