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If it starts being mandatory and not an optional feature you can turn on or off at will, I'll worry.
You can turn it off all you want, it won't stop the scanning and collection.
Like turning off Google Location history, its just hidden from your view.
Like turning off Google Location history, its just hidden from your view.
I obviously don't trust Google (who does?) but you say that like it's a verifiable fact. Is it?
Yep put ur phone traffic through wire shark and u really location gets sent to google regardless. They do claim not to store it tho but I wouldn't believe that for a second.
Yep put ur phone traffic through wire shark and u really location gets sent to google regardless..
Have you done that?
IIRC it was, then the EU stopped it. I don't know if they still do it outside of the EU.
We don't know for sure. Google has never lied to us before, right?
So no
Its okay if you work for Google, you can just say so.
Or you are naive and gullible.
Lol, I'm not saying Google is or isn't doing that. I'm just saying that you are just spewing bullshit without any evidence whatsoever.
Silly user: you can’t fully disable features intended to keep you safe
Trouble is when everybody else uses it, just because you turn it off doesn't mean you won't have issues.
Combined with how easy it is becoming to create an AI copy of a person's voice you're pretty soon not going to ever be sure if what you're saying or hearing on a phone is actually what's being said or if it's being edited in real time. China's gonna love this shit.
Really hate tech bros who just keep recklessly pushing ahead on this stuff. Absolutely the worst scenario for AI.
The title feels weird. Is this really a way to use "dial up"?
== CISCO TM-33k6m2 DIAL-UP MODEM QUICK SETUP ==
STEP 2: SELECT PROVIDER PROFILE
[1] AT&T
[2] Comcast
[3] AOL
[4] Censorship (default)
[0] Specify Provider Parameters...
> _
Yes, the phrase comes from turning a dial to a higher value. Think, for example, of a guitar amplifier. You could "dial up" the volume, meaning you are increasing the volume.
Dial up internet refers to a different kind of dialing.
Oh, I assumed it was another "witty" word association by a journalist.
I'm not advocating for this, but I could see it effectively ending phone scams that often prey on the elderly.
Yeah, I don't want this for my phone right now, but I do think that this would help me sleep easier with my grandfather who has already fallen for multiple scams.
better idea: shut down the phone network entirely.
sadly there is too much legacy infrastructure to do that without huge problems. Also idiotic forms of two factor authentication exist.
You know that scifi trope where someone reaches into a bit of tech, and rips out a blinking tracker? Get ready to have to do that when you buy a new phone
"Thin end of the wedge" is a good way to put it.
I can imagine that in the worst case scenario, company xyz pays millions to gøøgle to have its phone call scamming AI look out for anything that could be taken as even the most mild criticism and cut off your call. That, or the AI randomly cuts out the call because it hallucinates you saying bad things.
I'd be worried about the potential chilling effects. People are likely to self censor talking about topics that could "get them on a list"
Yes, please censor the spam.