While I agree that the street-level cameras should urgently be taken care of, don't underestimate what a stationary aerial drone can do over a couple of hours.

Listen to Radiolab's Eye in the Sky episode. Think of the possibilities that have opened up because of drone tech in the 10 years since it first aired (and the 20 years since the tech was used in Iraq). It's truly frightening what these drones will be able to accomplish once they are in place.

coopt Trump speak

Edit: oh that isn’t even getting into shit like painting Islam as progressive, which is just a total mindfuck.

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Awesome thanks for the link

Yes, they lie. GrapheneOS is the only fully degoogled android based OS, full stop.

What are they lying about? What part of their OS is not degoogled?

On some technical level you may be correct, but their site claims that /e/os is degoogled.

https://e.foundation/e-os/

/e/OS is a “deGoogled” version of Android OS. It has an open-source Android OS core, with no Google apps or Google services accessing your personal data.

• Google default search engine has been removed from the OS everywhere and replaced with our new ethical search engine: Murena Find
• Google Services have been replaced by microG
• Connectivity checks do not use Google servers
• We do not use Google’s Network Time Protocol servers
• We do not use Google’s Domain Name System servers
• Geolocation uses BeaconDB Location Services in addition to GPS

So I would love to know more about what you're talking about.

This is going to all collapse so horrifically once AI companies change their payment model to token usage rather than a flat monthly fee. It's already starting with Microsoft and Google. Anthropic is the last (and most consequential) nail in the coffin.

Companies are building entire workflows around AI, but they are building them under the assumption that they won't ever be charged per token.

Unfortunately, I would guess that school shooter locations are probably the most easily recognised in the US. Uvalde has a population of ~15,000, for instance.

Yeah, I think one of the reasons the AI bubble hasn't popped yet is because it's being weaponized to remove consumer hardware from the market entirely. These companies want as much processing done on the cloud as possible so that they can control, monitor and mine data from every user.

I imagine scammers are already thinking of ways to use this for phishing too

My SO works at a callcenter and they get dinged for the use of what they call "tragic phrases." These include, but aren't limited to:

• "Unfortunately"
• Words/phrases that imply uncertainty like "should"
• Words/phrases that imply non-commitment like "I can't do that" or "that's against policy" or "that's not my dept"
• So-called sloppy words/phrases like "No problem" or "hold on just a sec"

Its fucking ridiculous. They pay some outside vendor for training and guidelines.

Given that it says the phone was a Google Pixel, I'm guessing it was GrapheneOS and the activist entered their duress PIN before handing over the phone.

I spent years trying to convince my friends and family that Elon musk sucks, and then he just went off the deepend. Im glad it's widely known how much he sucks now, but damn i wish it didnt take so long.

Now if only people knew who Peter Thiel was

Manufacturing use-cases to justify spyware.

The person you're replying to was just making a comment that alludes to the fact that people who like this genre get addicted to other games. It was a light-hearted comment and you're the one who got negative first. People asked you to elaborate on your negativity and you got defensive. Now you're doubling down on that defensiveness. I get it. I've been there. But come on, man. I think everyone's got the same interests in mind here.

PIA was also purchased by the Israeli company, Kape Technologies, which is tied to Unit 8200. If your concern is privacy, I would recommend do against it.

The very first CEO of Crossrider, Koby Menachemi, happened to be once a part of Unit 8200 which is an Israeli Intelligence Unit in their military and has also been dubbed as “Israel’s NSA “.

Many of us here aren't buying them. A core audience of people who don't know anything about hardware capabilities and aren't a part of niche gaming communities will keep buying them because they don't know better. Most people look at a game and say, "that looks fun" and they buy it without another thought. Your advice will never reach those people.

These little shits are too young and dumb to realize that they are just patsies for Elon Musk and Trump. I hope you see everyone involved with DOGE behind bars some day. I hope Elon sees much worse.

We haven't even seen the worst ramifications yet of what DOGE has done.

Graphene is only on pixels

Only because Pixels have met their hardware requirements. They are going to start working with Motorola now.

why not their /e/os?

From what I understand, the two OS are not aiming for the same objectives. /e/os is a degoogled OS and that's its main purpose. GrapheneOS is focused on hardening security on AOSP.

Zionism is not anti-semitism for a very simple reason, being against the apartheid state of Israel and its genocide of Palestinians has nothing to do with being against Jews or Judaism. They are seperate concepts period, end of story.

Judging by the rest of your comment, I think you meant anti-zionism is not anti-semitism.

With that said, I agree wholeheartedly.

Yeah I can't say I feel bad for anyone involved. But something tells me the people who created this problem won't be the ones suffering consequences.