If you want Star Trek to keep going, I'd suggest putting that on in the background and just letting it play, episode after episode.

So you think they are lying about it being Bluetooth? It either exceeds the power limits for licence free operation in the 2.4GHz band, or it's some other variation of the protocol like a different frequency?

They seem to imply that they are using standard Bluetooth chips.

Unless the receiver is on the ground. If it works one way, it will work the other way. No need to launch so much mass to prove it, you can put the low power Bluetooth end in space.

Unless the goal is to spy on people's Bluetooth connections from orbit. If they just demonstrated a receiver sensitive enough to do that, they will probably be getting calls from various government agencies today.

I think it's fine as long as they have good ideas to keep it fresh. Prodigy was a really good example of that. The first show that wasn't even about a Starfleet crew.

You don't really need to export them, since you always need a backup way of accessing the account that you can use to log in on a new device. Recovery codes or authenticating with another device, or you could use a very secure password (and other 2FA mechanism).

The fact that you can't export them is part of why they are secure. They can't be stolen off your computer without multiple zero day exploits that break into the most secure parts of the OS and hardware. You can also store them on a hardware security key like a Yubikey.

It's more about the fact that Boeing C levels don't seem to care at all about human lives, and are more than willing to sacrifice them to lock in next quarters' bonus. Passenger, whistleblower, what about my god damn 3rd yacht??

More accurately, we thought we could exploit them like we always do, but it turned out they were not going to fall into the debt traps and the sell-us-your-assets traps. Now we are upset that they are out competing us, especially since they don't conform to our economic model, which we were assured was the best and only way that could work.

I don't know what you think Passkeys are, but they aren't that. They are more secure than passwords and also have the added bonus of making cookies redundant.

What don't you like about them?

For WiFi stuff look for Tasmota open source firmware support. Most of those devices, especially the cheaper ones, use the same chips. The more expensive ones tend to be the worst in terms of support.

Never buy IoT hardware unless it supports Home Assistant/Matter/open source firmware.

Same with cameras. Open protocols or forget it.

I think the sad reality is that all Star Trek is getting cancelled. Every show except for Strange New Worlds has been. I know, you they are the worst thing to ever happen to you, but some of us like them.

Trek is exactly what Sony wants on paper. A franchise. We just have to hope they are willing to invest, and to trust the show runners. Maybe get Bryan Fuller back, and make Prodigy a top tier show that integrates with the rest.

None of which helps because it won't stop the other person on the call sending the sound to you. You could be using a rotary landline phone and you'd still hear it.

Not sure what you are saying here. The compressors aren't single use, you can use them again and again. Or do you mean when you buy a new car? Because cars used to come with a spare wheel that fit them, i.e. you paid for one every time.

Uninstalling just screws yourself, it does nothing to prevent other people sending you those sound effects. Other apps have been able to do it for a while anyway.

Don't worry, nobody over the age of 14 uses it. Well, maybe you will, once you realize it can be used against telemarketers.