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Airbnb bans all indoor security cameras in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Airbnb is prohibiting the use of indoor security cameras in its listings globally...

Literally in the first line of the article.

This shouldn’t be normalised in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

Oh it's very real. Microsoft is one of the absolute worst companies for amount of raw data they hoover up.

Don't believe it? Try logging into the Outlook Web client with uBlock or uMatrix turned on and look at the number of requests it stops.

What salary do you think would make you happy? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Genuinely curious, where does that number come from?

What's your automatic vacuum's name? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Same. And the mop is Ram

What's your automatic vacuum's name? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ra-ra-ra-ra-robie? Is that a star ocean reference?

'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They pulled both bills due to backlash: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wkdg/fisa-surveillance-bill-congress-pulled.

Your voices do matter. Don't ever drop your guard. Privacy will be a battle to stay vigilant over forever.

Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What is a misskey?

Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (11 children)

So what? People should stop trying for a better tomorrow because today sucks?

Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

UBI comes to mind.

Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just like anything with technology though, there will be people in the other side too. Does that magic TV with a mind of it's own have a USB port? If they take away the USB , they will have to add some way to maintenance it. There will always be a way to get at the kernel if you know what you're doing.

Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Delete this before Nestle sees it.