VintageTech

@VintageTech@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Standard in 2008 If the auto manufacturer offered OnStar or Sirius, earlier.

  I wish it wasn’t true, and I definitely feel like a nut job when I bring it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  GM’s OnStar, I believe, was just EDS’s tech at the time of their rollout in '96ish

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Originally the D.A.I.R. project (Driver Aid, Information and Routing) was conceptualized in the 60’s. It wasn’t until Hughes assisted EDS in the 90’s that they were able to create a beacon that could communicate via Satellite and Cellular.

  I myself didn’t realize this was a thing until about a decade ago when I was trying to create an automation for my lights to turn on when I pulled into my driveway. I kept getting a ping about 5min after my phone connected to my WiFi. The MAC matched nothing I had in the house, I just blew it off.

  When an associate stopped by to work on a HoneyPot project we started seeing a bunch of random MACs attempt to connect to the open wifi, we wrote that noise off as people walking by my house and their cell phones were just trying to connect. It wasn’t until the garbage man showed up and stopped to talk to me that I was able to find his truck listed with an address connected to the open wifi, sent a few packets, then left. We made the correlation that the MAC’s could be from cars so we started researching the manufacturer of those device MAC’s

  That pretty much opened a weird rabbit hole leading us to find out that almost every car has been tracked since the mid-90’s.

  Joking aside, I would move to Amish country if it weren’t for the whiskey and bitches. But in all honesty; my family lives a much more comfortable life than I ever imagined I would with working in the IT field.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think enough people have mentioned that Auto manufacturers have been able to locate vehicles since the 90’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CrowdStrike downtime apparently caused by update that replaced a file with 42kb of zeroes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  thank you for the visual representation ☺️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google and Microsoft consume more energy than some countries due to AI advances | Windows Central⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  CoPilot with Gemini plugin did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been trying to wrap my head around a decentralized git so I can release a pokemon rom hack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky is now open for anyone to join | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Best part. Once it returned errors… I almost cried.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pilot shortage? I know more unemployed pilots that tech workers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Nudify’ Apps That Use AI to ‘Undress’ Women in Photos Are Soaring in Popularity⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha… many other developed countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over half of all tech industry workers view AI as overrated⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m calling HR

  😜

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over half of all tech industry workers view AI as overrated⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Once we’re able to synergize the increased throughput of our knowledge capacity we’re likely to exceed shareholder expectation and increase returns company wide so employee defecation won’t be throttled by our ability to process sanity.