No, I think it's a real doxxing. The German authorities know they have little chance of getting their hands on the crims themselves because Russia, but instead they release their identity (complete with photos) and expose them to the attention of interested parties in their own country. These may include other criminals looking to persuade them to share some of their several million Euros/Dollars in accumulated funds, possibly assisted by bolt cutters and a blow torch, and maybe the Russian government themselves.

The Russians may not care about the criminality involved, but seeing a chance to get a couple of extra million to boost their failing economy in the wake of the war with Ukraine, the opportunity may be hard to pass up.

Don't worry, in future all robot vacuum cleaners will connect to real humans in Pakistan to get them out of trouble, just like the self driving taxis.

That's assuming that you do come out the other side.

I'd never heard of Kiwi Farms, but it appears as if Cloudflare have.

https://www.couriermail.com.au...

Cost is no object to large military intelligence agencies.

I'd have thought the proverbial "$5 wrench" would be adequate in China to get a cell phone unlocked.

An anti-social media site?

They don't last 10 to 15 years. They're typically warranted for something like 25 to 30 years with an guarantee of 80 to 85 per cent of initial efficiency remaining after that time. That assumes you bought good quality panels in the first place. Actual tests of some old systems show better results than that after 30 years.

Well the guy was RICH and with both him and his daughter dead, who gets the money? And there may be questions about insurance liability and payouts for the same reason.

Enshittification: They don't care if the AI's work is inferior to a human's, up to a point. As long as the AI is cheaper and the loss of customers, viewers, listeners etc. is less than the money saved in wages.

Posting to undo moderator point.

Yeah like you said, 20 and 17 years old, but enshittification takes its toll. Let's see if equivalent Samsung products bought today are still performing as well in 17 and 20 years time.

Yeah, I hear 4chan is back.

They just studied scripts from Black Mirror and got their AI to riff on those themes

I'm surprised it's not already a trademark of Boeing.