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@pHr34kY@lemmy.world
- Comment on ‘Pokémon Go’ players have been unknowingly training delivery robots 11 hours ago:
Even if the data comes from kids, it’s not identifiable or personal. It could loosely fall under unpaid child labour if the in-game task is actually just a job in disguise.
- Comment on [deleted] 22 hours ago:
From someone who asked ChatGPT? Unlikely.
- Comment on [deleted] 23 hours ago:
Did ChatGPT mention that a vaccine won’t work if the dog already has cancer?
- Comment on Digg Shut Down 2 days ago:
When it’s overrun by bots, the only valid complaint about the content is that it was generated by bots.
Whether the bots are bigoted or racist doesn’t matter.
- Comment on One-fifth of Australian imports have probable links to forced labour 2 days ago:
K-Mart must be edging past 90% at this point.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 3 days ago:
A hardcoded IP is even easier to block.
- Comment on Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds 4 days ago:
No they’re not right. That fuel all ends up in the atmosphere, and the spent rubber ends up in the sea. It costs money to clean all that up.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 days ago:
You need plain DNS to resolve the DoH server. Just block that.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 days ago:
The TVs absolutely have automated content recognition.
web.archive.org/web/…/vidaa-partnership/
I also stumbled across a diagram lately that showed how this data eventually flowed into displaying ads for medical products. The size of this platform behind the scenes would be huge.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 days ago:
changing the TV’s DNS servers or disconnecting it from the internet entirely.
Chiming in as an Australian budget VIDAA owner.
I spotted that this TV attempts to query 8.8.8.8, regardless of your DNS settings. I implemented a port 53 (DNS) redirect so those queries get resolved by my local server.
I also figured out which servers are serving up ads/tracking. I fired an email to Pete and got them added to his list. You’re welcome.
pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php
I didn’t install the latest update, and probably never will.
- Comment on Age verification for R-rated games and websites raises privacy concerns 6 days ago:
Whatever hurdles apply to 18+ media should also apply to online gambling and alcohol stores.
It won’t apply consistently because SportsBet are behind this entire operation.
- Comment on Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from Monday. Here’s what you need to know 1 week ago:
Won’t this mean people are pushed onto dodgier sites that refuse to comply with the law?
See you all on tor.
- Comment on Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant 1 week ago:
That’s why I have multiple.
- Comment on Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant 1 week ago:
The lesson: AI cannot bride an air-gapped backup. This could all be prevented with a crappy portable hard drive from costco.
- Comment on Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket 1 week ago:
Yes. It’s like this for close to half the product range at both Coles and Woolworths.
“50% off” I consider to be the normal price. Every price is either doubled or not. There are no “specials”.
- Comment on Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket 1 week ago:
Even at $3.60, the supermarkets are pissing on you and telling you it’s raining.
- Comment on Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket 1 week ago:
Coles Trend.
You might need to upgrade your browser 😉
- Comment on Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket 1 week ago:
I actually saw Tim Tams on the shelf at a Morrison’s in Northern Scotland, and it was cheaper than Coles in Australia. It’s absurdly priced here.
- Comment on Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable 1 week ago:
Moto have been making phones for as long as there has been phones. Software issues would get fixed. I don’t think hardware issues are likely.
- Comment on https://www.androidauthority.com/desktop-mode-march-pixel-drop-3646069/ 1 week ago:
No, that’s different. Displaylink is basically KVM over USB-C.
- Comment on https://www.androidauthority.com/desktop-mode-march-pixel-drop-3646069/ 1 week ago:
DisplayLink. The Dell box I use to hotdesk my office laptop by day also works as a KVM on my pixel 9a. I get power, monitor, keyboard, mouse and ethernet on one cable.
- Comment on Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket 1 week ago:
I already have a browser plugin that tells me the price history of everything at Coles. There’s one for Woolies too.
- Comment on OpenAI Is Developing an Alternative To GitHub 1 week ago:
I hope they call it “SlopTrough”
- Comment on Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades 1 week ago:
The enterprise editions don’t seem to attract all of the bloat that home and pro editions get. I think they know they can’t get away with it.
- Comment on What us the best way to add remote access to my servers? 1 week ago:
Make it a subdomain on a wildcard cert if you’re concerned about that.
- Comment on Gold Coast draws line in the sand on Trump Tower proposal 1 week ago:
They missed two important details:
- Trump never pays up.
- Lots of people will want to bomb it.
There is absolutely nothing in this for Australia.
- Comment on WhatsApp will now show ads. 1 week ago:
It’s SUCH a battle. The only people I had on Signal were my immediate family. I just replaced it with my own XMPP server so my kids can join without a SIM.
- Comment on WhatsApp will now show ads. 1 week ago:
Poor Meta are just trying to make ends meet. /s
- Comment on The REAL reason Aussies don't use route numbers | Building Beautifully 1 week ago:
I stopped counting after the M1. I don’t even know what the M2 is.
- Comment on Ohio EPA weighs allowing data centers to dump wastewater into rivers 1 week ago:
You’d think that once the water is cooled, you could send it through again.
