ConstipatedWatson

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Who told you to tell the truth?

You had no right!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cameras with stronger security will become more and more important, though on a theoretical level, they could be cracked or forged, but I suppose it's the usual cat and mouse game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

True, sooner or later there might be ways to make sure that a picture or video are digitally signed and probably it would be very hard to crack, but theoretically a fake video might still pass for real (though it would require a lot of resources to make that happen)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Right, but anyone would like to not be in a video implying them in a crime, but I was wondering what would happen if fake videos of said person were to appear implicating a crime that actually did not take place

 

If AI and deep fakes can listen to a video or audio of a person and then are able to successfully reproduce such person, what does this entail for trials?

It used to be that recording audio or video would give strong information which often would weigh more than witnesses, but soon enough perfect forgery could enter the courtroom just as it's doing in social media (where you're not sworn to tell the truth, though the consequences are real)

I know fake information is a problem everywhere, but I started wondering what will happen when it creeps in testimonies.

How will we defend ourselves, while still using real videos or audios as proof? Or are we just doomed?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

... And also Eternity is uber cool!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Question: how do you update extensions?

I'm curious because I normally just update Firefox when it notifies me and normally reboot my machine once a day and I notice I never ever have seen ads with uBlock Origin + Firefox, not even on my phone.

Doesn't uBlock Origin update automatically?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Even if they did so, isn't Firefox entirely open source? At least their work could be forked (though I agree if they don't have the resources, hardly anyone else could make it)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Brouhaha is its twin brother!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Flabbergasted

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hahahahahahaha, touché!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago

The hero we need, but not the one we deserve

 

Lots of superheroes are "children of the atom" in the sense that they derive powers from some sort of radioactivity (think Spiderman or Hulk or even Daredevil) while others are just born with powers without explanation (X-Men, Thor, Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman).

Who is a superhero that is somehow grounded in reality, meaning that they could "potentially" make sense (either their origin story is believable, even if it has some obvious gap to make a super power happen, or their power is somehow limited or constructed in a "reasonable" way).

I guess with these restrictions, Batman would be OK since he's got no superpowers, but he's insanely rich and therefore can both train himself and have access to sophisticated gadgets, but can you think of less obvious ones (even if they're minor characters)?

Thanks for reading this!

Edit: thanks for all the answers and apologies for the slow replies. I've had a couple of complicated days. I'll now go through answering you. Several people made me realize I hadn't been precise in what I meant and helped with their answers. I was looking for superheroes or superpowers that are somehow "believable" in that they're either constructed in an unexpected way or in a way that you could almost accept as plausible

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