MediaSensationalism
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Owner and writer of CovertWiki.org. It’s basically a wannabe spy handbook in wiki format. Access is currently restricted to contributors.
- Comment on Apple told to pay back €13bn in tax by EU 1 week ago:
I could sure use some of that money to buy the next iPhone. Just imagine what my friends would think if I didn’t.
- Comment on Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all desktop users worldwide | It is Firefox’s strongest privacy protection to date, confining cookies to the site where they were created 3 weeks ago:
FREEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM
- Comment on We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why 4 weeks ago:
The government doesn’t need a warrant to browse data that it’s already in possession of. Food for thought.
- Comment on Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel 4 weeks ago:
I’ll always be distrustful of Google hardware, but yes. I’ve been considering a Pixel as my next.
- Comment on Mandalorian 4 weeks ago:
I did some digging and it seems like the family’s suit should actually be against the pub that was renting the in-park space from Disney. It’s just unfortunate that the prevalence of corporate propaganda in news media, especially in what would be a critical period for Disney to invest in damage control for their public image, makes it difficult to confidently believe one thing or the other in light of that finding.
I never cared much for Disney to begin with, so I won’t waste any more time with verification. Regardless, the suit definitely shouldn’t be dismissed on their argument of the arbitration agreement alone because it would set an awful precedent, even if the suit itself happens to be toothless. I wouldn’t put it past Disney to try to take advantage of the situation to that end.
- Comment on Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app 4 weeks ago:
“…to maintain the safety and security of the building and everyone in it.” - An actual FAQ
- Comment on Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app 4 weeks ago:
I would see if there’s a way to disable updates for that app.
- Comment on Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app 4 weeks ago:
U.S… Not an actual tracking device, just a cell phone. I usually leave it at home, which would have been impossible to do at many of those buildings.
- Comment on Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app 4 weeks ago:
I passed on a lot of the fancier apartment buildings for requiring an app and a cell phone to gain access to your own home. I shouldn’t have to agree to an arbitration/class action waiver to use my own front door, I don’t feel comfortable with management getting a notification on their phone every time I come or go, I don’t like the fact that 20+ listed partner companies have access to sensitive personal data, and I shouldn’t have to wait for maintenance to show up in the middle of the night because I couldn’t make it back home before my glorified tracking device died on me.
The sad thing is that most of these locking units cost these apartments hundreds of dollars each on top of a monthly subscription.
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- c/PoliceIntel is a place to discuss and share information on law enforcement technology, methodology, and activities.lemmy.world ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to newcommunities@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on He really wants to kill that platform lol 5 weeks ago:
Reddit getting rid of paid rewards pre-IPO only to reintroduce the feature later on and boast it as a major QOQ increase in non-ad revenue while artificially inflating their on-paper growth was slick.
- Middle-schoolers after pronouns are successfully banned once and for all (A conservative utopia)lemmy.world ↗Submitted 1 month ago to [deleted] | 41 comments
