kipo
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- Comment on Fatphobia Is Fueled by AI-Created Images, Study Finds 2 weeks ago:
The only thing I would add is that it’s not our place to tell others to lose weight or to point out their weight; people already know they are overweight and that it’s unhealthy. We shouldn’t be policing other people’s bodies.
It’s also possible to be overweight and have body positivity; being overweight doesn’t equate to being unattractive.
- Comment on OSTP Unveils Agency Data, AI Guidelines for ‘Gold Standard Science’ 2 weeks ago:
So the trump regime still hates trans people and denies climate change, to the point of vehemently working to deny the existence of both. Got it.
- Comment on Your TV Is Spying On You 2 weeks ago:
Do you remember the model number? I would like to research this.
- Comment on Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3 million peers 3 weeks ago:
Crypto is a scam.
- Comment on Android 16 is here 4 weeks ago:
New OS versions feel like threats.
- Comment on X launches E2E encrypted Chat 5 weeks ago:
Who holds the encryption keys? If it’s X/Twiiter, I wouldn’t trust it at all, especially considering who owns it.
- Comment on Former Meta exec says asking for artist permission will kill AI industry 1 month ago:
I think the law should be changed; copyright law is kind of a mess, but I don’t know how to make it better. It would also need to be changed in a way that’s fair, which these companies absolutely do not want; fairness would mean the end of laws like the DMCA.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I learned to moisten the eye of the needle instead of the thread. It makes threading a needle way easier. Also, making sure the thread is cleanly cut at the end and not fraying.
- Comment on The Norwegian Government want to implement the Digital Markets Act in Norwegian law. 1 month ago:
Thank you for mentioning that. I am able to see it by clicking through to the post in the Europe community.
- Comment on The Norwegian Government want to implement the Digital Markets Act in Norwegian law. 1 month ago:
Even after refreshing, I still can’t see your additions. 🙁
- Comment on Google's AI now listens to your English language phone conversations 1 month ago:
Yeah Google claims it’s not recording, storing or being sent the conversations or sharing them with anyone, and that this is all done ‘on-device’.
The thing is, I don’t trust them. At all.
Maybe the terms and conditions will silently change. Maybe their definitions of “recording” and “save” will change. Maybe they’re blatantly lying and are willing to pay a fine if they get caught.
Google’s whole business model is harvesting and selling people’s data, so I have to assume the worst intentions.
- Comment on Google Says iPhone Adoption Of RCS Has Led Users To Share 'More Than A Billion' Messages Daily, Yet SMS/MMS Still Reign Supreme In The U.S. 1 month ago:
Exactly. And unless RCS with e2ee is made equally available to companies other than Google and is implemented by the carriers, RCS will continue to be a monopolistic data-harvesting grift.
I’m surprised there is not more outrage directed at Google over this.
- Comment on Finally a map to show me 1 month ago:
No, please explain it to me!
- Comment on Finally a map to show me 1 month ago:
That’s quite misogynistic.
- Comment on Finally a map to show me 1 month ago:
Ruin her body?
That’s incredibly misogynistic.
- Comment on Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection 1 month ago:
Sony and their Xperia phones would like a word.
- Comment on LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions 2 months ago:
Can we please ban electronic advertising already? And billboards? Society would be better off without them.
- Comment on 390 Million Faces: Clearview AI's Secret $750,000 Attempt To Buy Your Mugshot 2 months ago:
Do you know what their enforcement mechanism is for a situation like this, where a company like Clearview is doing it against Illinois residents but it’s all happening online?
- Comment on Intel Unison allowed Android and iOS to connect to Windows, now it's shutting down 2 months ago:
Yeah. It is oddly worded in places, but otherwise seems fine. I didn’t see any grammatical errors.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
To be fair, plenty of telemetry is still being sent by Microsoft in Windows 10. It’s not as bad as 11 though.
- Comment on Technological Suggestions for LGBT+, Immigrants, Protestors, Anti-War Activists and Other Marginalized Groups 2 months ago:
Where is kryptkey? I don’t see it on F-droid.
I do see KryptEy, which sounds like the same thing. What’s important to mention is that it’s a proof-of-concept app that hasn’t been updated in two years. It may still function fine and be secure, but I wouldn’t necessarily assume that, especially when we are talking about high stakes like avoiding government intrusion into chats. Has anyone ever checked or audited it?
- Comment on BAFTA Crowns Shenmue "The Most Influential Video Game Of All Time" In Surprise Result | Time Extension 2 months ago:
The actual BAFTA article with the full list starts off by mentioning most influential game on popular culture, which is going to be different regionally. Shenmue may have been the most influential in Japan or the UK, but it sure didn’t have the effect on pop culture in the US that Mario, Zelda, or Minecraft has had, not even close.
- Comment on Based on a true story 2 months ago:
Lol…that’s funny and also so depressing.
- Comment on Based on a true story 2 months ago:
Well I’m hoping to live in a world where banks don’t provide loans anymore. I’m demanding a better world than this nightmare that is unregulated capitalism in the US.
I’m demanding a better world than any economic system that incentivizes and rewards screwing each other over and hurting one another in a race to get ahead.
- Comment on Based on a true story 2 months ago:
Loans with interest rates above inflation are weapons. They are violence. Why should we all have to pay more than something is worth for our education, our transportation, our housing? Why are we paying directly for these things at all?
Government should be providing all this for its people. Higher education should be provided. Starter housing should be provided. Public transportation should be provided.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 3 months ago:
I don’t think there is anything stopping nintendo from making 64GB or larger cartridges except the cost.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 3 months ago:
Thank you for the clarification!
I still don’t like it.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 3 months ago:
So they essentially stuffed a download code into a physical cartridge to make people feel like they are getting something?
Isn’t that needless and wasteful? Isn’t it also going to trick unsuspecting people into buying something they think is a physical version of a game but isn’t?
- Comment on Magic: The Gathering devs unban cards as ‘an experiment’ 3 months ago:
I can’t tell if this is just Wizards of the Coast panicking and flailing because they are out of good ideas, or if they are actually carefully analyzing and re-evaluating older cards because the balance and synergy of the current cards allow for the use of these older cards without being game breaking.
- Comment on Everyone knows all the apps on your phone - by peabee 3 months ago:
So this may still be possible
This article seems to be saying that’s it’s not only possible, it’s being actively (and I would assume widely) exploited on current versions of Android. Google is supposed to catch any abuses of listed exceptions, but they are either missing a bunch or letting them intentionally slide through. Either way, apps being able to see other apps is a big security risk that IMO only the user should be able to explicitly allow, and on a case-by-case basis.