Comment Re:National security (Score 1) 56
Absolutely right. We also lack privacy protection laws like the GDPR.
It would seem like a slan-dunk politically but
Comment Commuting to/from work with google? (Score 2, Insightful) 149
If you use google to find your way to work and home, you have truly drunk the kool-aid.
Submission + - Disconnect your LG television from the internet, now (appleinsider.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Smart televisions have a history of being a privacy problem for users. Repeated reports have surfaced over the years about them logging how you use the television, as well as misusing sensors intended to monitor the viewers.
In a September investigation by Gamers Nexus posted to YouTube, LG's smart TVs still continue to be a privacy nightmare. It's pretty bad, given that some models are capable of eavesdropping on your conversations.
Working with security researchers and Level1Techs, the lengthy video put LG OLED televisions under a microscope. Using various tools, including capturing packets with Wireshark, it was found to be conducting a wide array of actions that disregard user privacy, and then sending that data back to LG.
In a September investigation by Gamers Nexus posted to YouTube, LG's smart TVs still continue to be a privacy nightmare. It's pretty bad, given that some models are capable of eavesdropping on your conversations.
Working with security researchers and Level1Techs, the lengthy video put LG OLED televisions under a microscope. Using various tools, including capturing packets with Wireshark, it was found to be conducting a wide array of actions that disregard user privacy, and then sending that data back to LG.
Comment Paging Dr Killjoy (Score 1) 90
Life'll kill ya - Warren Zevon
Comment A giant step forward for mankind (Score -1, Flamebait) 271
OK that's sarcastic, but is this really the top agenda item at the UN?
Mankind...we're fuced. But hey, Africa will feel bette!r
Submission + - Tivo announces it is enshittifying (cordcuttersnews.com)
AmiMoJo writes: TiVo has begun notifying customers of a significant change to one of its longest-standing and most popular DVR features. Starting November 2, 2026, the current version of SkipMode that allows users to jump over commercial breaks with a single button press on the remote will no longer be available. The company is instead preparing to test a new paid add-on called Premium Auto Commercial Skip.
Comment Re:The inmates (Score 1) 233
He's just senile. Plain old senile.
Comment Re:"The Beating of a Liberal" (Score 1) 222
I have this great idea for a new TV show. The premise is simple. Just toss a liberal celebrity into the ring with a couple of Marines
You keep posting this on various threads.
You are one very sorry excuse for a human, and you don't even have the guts to use your
Comment Re:Will Canadian users now... (Score 1) 269
... see the US as the "Ass of Canada"?
https://www.der-postillon.com/...
That's AI, or photoshop at least.
Comment Re:Youngsters don't buy BMWs (Score 1) 185
unless Daddy bought it for them.
Came here to say exactly that.
Comment There you go (Score 1) 37
It's not about what music people enjoy listening to, it's about preserving our iron grip on the music industry.
Submission + - Hewlett Packard Enterprise retroactively cuts Aruba lifetime warranty to 5 years (hpe.com)
UnknowingFool writes: Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that starting on January 15, 2027, lifetime warranties on all Aruba networking equipment will change from to "limited lifetime" (End of Sales + 5 years). This was done to “simplify and standardize our warranty experience" and seemingly will affect products already sold to customers. The networking equipment in question is not consumer grade but enterprise level that could cost tens of thousands of dollars a piece. There are questions about the legality of retroactively changing warranty terms after sale and there has not been a reaction by enterprises yet.
Submission + - BMW Blames Young People for Loss of Real Buttons in New Cars (caranddriver.com)
sinij writes:
In an interview with CarExpert, Vikram Pawah, the CEO of BMW Group Australia, said that young buyers prefer the newer controls. “We can see that voice and touch are becoming more and more common,” Pawah told the outlet. “Maybe it’s a generational thing as well. You would see that a lot of the younger generation, maybe 45 or below, they’re tapped into these technologies at a faster pace, using voice, using touch.”
This would be somewhat believable if this design only affected cars targeted at young buyers. It does not. Many of BMW are targeted at affluent boomers and Gen X due to high price.
Comment Re:Or just maybe... (Score 1) 245
I don't know which idiots thought these systems were a good idea
Here's a hint: rhymes with 'tusk'.
Comment Re:Yeah... (Score 1) 110
I mean I guess yeah technically since Elon Musk and Jeff bezos are lizard people but I think they're native lizard people rather than the usual batch of aliens we get.
Literally there's about 3 or 400 people who are going to destroy the entire planet except for a small section of it that they will be allowed to live on protected by automatic killbots and periodic Mass cullings.
And your Boomer uncle is all in favor of it as long as he doesn't have to look at trans people or let them drink his beer.
What a stupid comment, I think you have set some kind of a record.
