Christophe talks about the growing number of of ALPR (Automatic Liscence Plate Reader) cameras in the US and the concerns around them.

A lot of these are being created by Flock Safety https://www.flocksafety.com/

You can check out https://deflock.me/ to find many of these cameras around the US. It's a an open project that you can contribute too as well!

As of July 26th, The Sojourn crew announced that they are now providing the first three episodes of the show for free on YouTube. Now anyone is able to try out the first volume.

What's The Sojourn?

“Battlestar Galactica meets Master & Commander”

Grounded in a rich sci-fi universe inspired by the age of sail, The Sojourn is an epic interstellar adventure told entirely through audio, with a full cast of veteran voice actors, including God of War: Ragnarok’s Ben Prendergast, The Expanse’s Martin Roach, and Star Trek: Enterprise’s Dominic Keating, as well as immersive sound effects and a sweeping original soundtrack.

::: spoiler The Story Premise With human civilization on the brink of collapse from famine, privateer Captain Cassandra Farren seeks to escape her troubled military past by signing up for the Avalon Expedition - a desperate multi-national mission to explore a distant nebula in search of life-saving resources, led by the energetic and optimistic Dr. Elizabeth Ancelet. Cassandra, Elizabeth, and their crews face not only division within the Expedition itself, but an unexpected new threat: a fanatical alien race who will stop at nothing to eliminate outsiders. :::

You can find where to listen via their website. https://www.thesojournaudiodrama.com/ If you have Spotify premium, you already have access to it. They also have lots of extra content about the show on their YT channel, as well as the first three episodes for free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9XcLsmbN0c - Video From Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UizFaHDpXAc - ABC WKRN

TOKYO (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several people were injured, but none gravely, and no major damage has been reported so far.

In the immediate aftermath of the quake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, residents fled inland as ports flooded, and several were injured while rushing to leave buildings.

Cars jammed streets and highways in Honolulu, with standstill traffic even in areas away from the sea. And in Japan, dozens of people flocked to evacuation centers, hilltop parks and rooftops in towns on the Pacific coast with fresh memories of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that caused a nuclear disaster.

Source - Timestamp: 11:52

¯\(ツ)/¯

A big load of goofy.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25202993

This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone.

This morning I noticed that an app was silently installed on my device. Android System Safetycore.

So what is this app for? Supposedly it is designed to blur any images that are sent to or from you the user.

::: spoiler Android Authority Article Snippet Sensitive Content Warnings is another new Google Messages feature that Google is announcing today. It’s a feature that gives you more control over seeing and sending images that may contain nudity. Sensitive Content Warning blurs images that may contain nudity before viewing them, and it then prompts you with a “speed bump” that contains “help-finding resources and options, including to view the content.” When it’s enabled and you try to send or forward an image that may contain nudity, Google Messages will also show a “speed bump” that reminds you of the risks of sending nude imagery. - Android Authority :::

The feature seems to be geared towards google messages.

However why this needed to be a seperate app isn't really known. Why not just a feature within the google messages app? Google gives no explanation.

::: spoiler Another Android Authority Snippet Warnings check runs entirely on-device, it didn’t mention that it will actually be powered by an entirely separate app and not Google Messages itself. - Android Authority :::

Google claims it runs entirely on your phone. Whether that's true? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

According to my device, the app can have internet access restricted to it (via phone settings) implying that the app does have internet access. Any apps that dont have internet access wouldn't be in my settings list for restricting network access.

Here's the developer page. Not much in terms of detail going on there.

Here is the app on Play store with its further lacking detail and currently plunging reviews. Interestingly it seems the app has many good odd sounding reviews. Furthermore, all the new reviews are very negative. The app was 3.8 this morning. Plunging.

The whole concept of the feature isn't a bad one. However, I certainly dont wish for it to be automatically installed on my device as a seperate app. A feature that is supposedly for a messaging platform that I don't even have activated on my device.

I removed it myself as it can be uninstalled. It doesn't show up on play store by search, however you can look up the app link online and get a direct link to it. Which I put here.

Spyware? A helpful feature? I don't want it on my phone anyways.

(Yes this is a repost, I hope it isn't considered spam. Yes I did also delete the original one :/ . Goodnight 🥱!)

This morning I noticed that an app was silently installed on my device. Android System Safetycore.

So what is this app for? Supposedly it is designed to blur any images that are sent to or from you the user.

::: spoiler Android Authority Article Snippet Sensitive Content Warnings is another new Google Messages feature that Google is announcing today. It’s a feature that gives you more control over seeing and sending images that may contain nudity. Sensitive Content Warning blurs images that may contain nudity before viewing them, and it then prompts you with a “speed bump” that contains “help-finding resources and options, including to view the content.” When it’s enabled and you try to send or forward an image that may contain nudity, Google Messages will also show a “speed bump” that reminds you of the risks of sending nude imagery. - Android Authority :::

The feature seems to be geared towards google messages.

However why this needed to be a seperate app isn't really known. Why not just a feature within the google messages app? Google gives no explanation.

::: spoiler Another Android Authority Snippet Warnings check runs entirely on-device, it didn’t mention that it will actually be powered by an entirely separate app and not Google Messages itself. - Android Authority :::

Google claims it runs entirely on your phone. Whether that's true? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

According to my device, the app can have internet access restricted to it (via phone settings) implying that the app does have internet access. Any apps that dont have internet access wouldn't be in my settings list for restricting network access.

Here's the developer page. Not much in terms of detail going on there.

Here is the app on Play store with its further lacking detail and currently plunging reviews. Interestingly it seems the app has many good odd sounding reviews. Furthermore, all the new reviews are very negative. The app was 3.8 this morning. Plunging.

The whole concept of the feature isn't a bad one. However, I certainly dont wish for it to be automatically installed on my device as a seperate app. A feature that is supposedly for a messaging platform that I don't even have activated on my device.

I removed it myself as it can be uninstalled. It doesn't show up on play store by search, however you can look up the app link online and get a direct link to it. Which I put here.

Spyware? A helpful feature? I don't want it on my phone anyways.

(Yes this is a repost, I hope it isn't considered spam. Yes I did also delete the original one :/ . Goodnight 🥱!)

I've recently been listening to The Sojourn as of late. Its quite the good podcast. It's a space sci-fi/fantasy. The show is a NebulaTV original though they have some other sources on their website.

One fun thing I found was their YT channel. It has lots of lore bits, excerpts, ship break downs, and even some animations.

Just thought I'd recommend the show.

Here's a trailer (teaser thing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QKZTS8YnVY

::: spoiler Story Setting Adrift in the divide between galaxies and surrounded by the vast emptiness of the intergalactic void, the Tantalus Cluster is the only home humanity has ever known. Desperate and facing starvation, humanity’s only hope is a strange nebula that has suddenly appeared beyond the edge of the cluster. Its shifting clouds may hide a source of salvation for the people of Tantalus, but time is running out.

Signing on to the ambitious Avalon Expedition, Privateer Captain Cassandra Farren will face the shadows of both the past and future as she leads her small crew into the unknown in a last, desperate bid for the survival of the human race. :::

Here he looks a bit at the fires and some news casters. Then goes on to show us some of the fire fighting logistics and community donation efforts.

Apparently they did this to the IOS version a few weeks ago and here we are, doing it on android too. "Play with friends".