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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But the security researchers did not have time to write a patch yet

  This is not true. They never intended, and said would never try to make any modifications to the train software, because it would be very illegal, you can’t make modifications to the trains without the train having to go through recertification again and they have no credentials to be making any modifications to trains.

  They only analysed a copy of the software, and found secret undocumented unlock codes that could just be typed in at the cabin without having to modify anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamers Bombard Visa & MasterCard With Emails and Calls Over Steam and itch.io Censorship⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are confused about this it works. Steam absolutely does refunds after 2 hours of playtime, it’s just that if you have less than 2 hours it’s automated and you don’t need a reason for the refund.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport."⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, but it should be the 2-4 people who are actively going somewhere / in the bathroom, everyone else should have their seatbelt on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And many VR games. Linux is not viable for VR gaming (without a lot of concessions).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reminder that you do not own digital games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of game still have that, Satisfactory, Minecraft, Valheim

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s called “Regis Missile Launcher” and is in the last tier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are lasguns, and the same missile launcher the NPC has is also craftable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dune game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can craft that same missile launcher, it’s not even a unique weapon, but a normal tech tree unlock. You can also use a lasgun against vehicles (which you need to find a schematic for or gain from a mission).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Equating photo backup, something that needs to be turned on and only uploads media you create, from folders you choose, to North Korean government taking a hidden screenshot of your screen every 5 seconds, is a gigantic stretch.

  Definitely don’t use Google Photos, Google can’t be trusted with your photos. But wow these are completely different things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What I’m seeing, is that:

  • it doesn’t log all your touches, but some actions in some apps
  • not on any Android device, but some device categories like smartphones
  • only on those with Google services (no China devices for example)
  • only with a Google account logged in
  • only when that account has that feature turned on

  That’s already very far for every Android device, let alone every touch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, good stuff to tell people about!

  But “Google is tracking your every touch on any Android device” is very different from “Google saves a history of your Google searches, and some major actions in some Google apps”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely agree with you. What I’m arguing against is baseless FUD without any specifics, any sources, any details, and making extraodinary claims without extraordinary evidence. I didn’t mean that the type of tracking is ridiculous, what I’m saying is ridiculous is the claim that Google is collecting the logs of EVERY touch on EVERY Android device. Does that claim even needs to be disproven?

  Is that happening on Chinese Android phones without any Google services? Is that happening on AOSP phones without Google services? Is that happening on GrapheneOS, on other custom ROMs? Is that happening on my washing machine that for some reason runs Android? Is that baked into the system? From which Android version? In a particular system app? Where can I see these logs of all touches for myself?

  It is patently obvious it cannot be happening on EVERY Android device. And I’d welcome evidence that it’s happening on even a SINGLE one. But I don’t see it. Because it’s made up hyperbole that’s poisoning the discussion of real tracking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I’m sure he’s angry people are diluting the invigilation he exposed by coming up with fake ones all the time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, Google’s code processes every touch, they wrote Android after all, so you are technically correct.

  Is it all being sent somewhere from every Android device? Of course not, that’s ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't Look Up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s reasonable I think, if people are messing with infrastructure, it’s good it’s being verified they are doing legitimate work. Though don’t call them on a hunch terrorists obviously…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are confused on what cis means

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The entire thing is for running Linux software on Windows, it’s the complete opposite of Wine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft finally solve the Linux dual-boot issue after 9 months⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Grub did not detect your VM, it detected a bootable operating system on the drive because you passed it through to your VM

  Yeah, the bootable drive that contained my VM install, that’s what I’m saying.

  But i prefer using a raw disk file image

  I started that way, but I had a disk with a single partition that contained a single file - the raw disk image file, and eventually decided this is silly, the filesystem on that disk is useless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft finally solve the Linux dual-boot issue after 9 months⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did that, and since I got a dedicated SSD drive for it, I used it for the VM as a block device. Later after a GRUB update I discovered Windows in my GRUB boot menu. Turns out GRUB detected my VM, and now I can physically boot into my VM. Which I didn’t even know was possible.

  So yeah, I accidentally dual boot Windows without meaning to, even though it’s a VM. Except when I boot into it, then it’s not, apparently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got any grapes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to post, but my card only had one number on the back, 3 digits long. :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's AI now listens to your English language phone conversations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If that counts as recording then all phone calls are recorded by your microphone, in order to send the sound to the other party.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's AI now listens to your English language phone conversations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You should absolutely use GrapheneOS, but why would this optional offline feature sway you to it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's AI now listens to your English language phone conversations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They calls are not recorded, are they? They are transcribed live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's AI now listens to your English language phone conversations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They could also spy on you without providing this feature at all. I get not trusting Google, and you shouldn’t be using a Google Pixel in that case. But in the event that you are using a Google Pixel, this optional feature is only a positive. If Pixels spy on you, then they are doing it with this or without it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The ads don’t cover anything though, the video continues where it stopped before the ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I view others in social media⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea. Guess people like getting thumbs up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I view others in social media⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw a top comment on a music video on YouTube with “Anyone watching on specifically today’s date”. Tons of engagement because of course everyone is watching today.

  Dude just had a script setup to edit the comment every day, so for years it always asked about today’s date.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This link proves how robust the security research is and how quickly bugs like that are patched.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While these bugs happen, they are fixed very quickly, and wouldn’t be used by any marketing agency. Just keep your phone updated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That helps with other dangers, but in this case all you need to do is not give “Pool 3D” access to the microphone, no rooting required.