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Comment Re:Internet access for vehicle passengers (Score 1) 46

I just got back from a vacation. All the hotels that offered free Wifi had it throttled from 0.5 to 1mbit. They offered faster speeds for $5/day. I just flipped on my 4G hotspot and let my family use that. I was pulling 15 up to 60mbit. Still on unlimited data via Verizon thankfully.

Also from my understanding, if there is no wifi password then the data between your devices and the wifi isn't encrypted. Correct me if I'm wrong. This is why I won't use a free wifi without passwords.

Comment Re:240,000 jobs for robots? (Score 1) 171

My brother works as one of these "robot repair men". Him and 4 others travel between several building maintaining about 200-250 various types of robots. So what use to be ~200+ people working was chopped down to ~5 people.

These robots being maintained were most likely built on an assembly line by other robots which are most likely maintained by a hand full of people.

Comment Re:Should have upgraded Openssl (Score 1) 44

It's not Android, it's the devices manufacture and also the cell network owner to an extent. Android gets patched but the company that makes your phone won't push those patches to your device after it's so old. 1.5+ years seems to be the average cutoff now.

Manufactures will never ever push these patches to devices they deem outdated. This is a major incentive for them to get users to buy a new device. This is one of the few times I feel laws need to be created forcing them to push updates for major or possible minor security holes.

Comment Re:We don't make money from peering or colocation (Score 1) 238

And you're assuming your current ISP isn't acting as a tick and monitoring your use? If you're using Verizon I would bet a large sum of cash they are afterall Verizon did admit to monitoring app usage on phones and selling that data. Comcast is most likely doing but using the data for their own dirty needs.

Comment Re:TwitchPlaysPokemon (Score 1) 142

SQUARE ENIX is the same way. Their ToS over FF14 videos is pretty strict. They don't seem to be enforcing them right now but they could at any point.

Do what Blizzard did and allow big flexibility with using videos and images. It helps get the game out there everywhere. Blizzard even had a set of rules on how you can use images for your own personal website for the game.

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