Comment Re:Always check sources (Score 1) 22
Modern search AI catalogues everything. Then it finds links/sources that it summarizes. Within that, you can find the links, and from there you can actually see what pages say, some of them written by humans. Generally, when I search like this, I find answers, eventually.
{{citation needed}}
Comment Re:Jack, then Power Adapter. What's next? (Score 2) 134
They will eventually just sell you the IDEA of a phone.
Phone sold separately.
NoPhone already does that: https://www.thenophone.com/col...
Comment Re:Because curtains are hard.. (Score 2) 290
Here in Aus, we set our clocks back
You mean there in Eastern Australia. We here in Western Australia know better.
Comment Re:NFC (Score 2) 49
Am I the only one who has No Fucking Clue what NFC means?
Near-field communication (NFC) is a set of communication protocols by which two electronic devices communicate when they are brought within 4 cm (1.5 in) of each other.
Comment Re:Proof of Identity (Score 3, Insightful) 146
I work in a call center for a government client. We're not allowed to disclose what a call is about until after proof of identity is obtained.
How do you prove your identity to the person you're calling? If I receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from a government agency, bank, phone company, etc, asking me to provide personal information to prove MY identity, I assume that it's a scam, unless the caller can first prove THEIR identity. I don't blab my details to a random stranger that rings me up.