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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 month ago

Despite the slurs, Mr Swenson was glad that the hackers had announced their presence so loudly. It would have been much worse, he said, if they had decided to quietly observe his family inside their home. They could've peered through his robot's camera, and listened through the microphone, without him having the slightest clue.

Who says they didn't???

Even if Mr Swenson had used the same username and password on other sites, and if those credentials had been leaked online, that still should not have been enough to access the video feed or to control the robot remotely. These features are supposed to be protected by a four-digit PIN. The PIN code was only checked by the app, rather than by the server or robot.

I don't even...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (30 children)

That's not how you spell "Xinjang camps" ...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You forgot to add the /s in the end...

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

It might but wind based energy production won't go away. It has already proven its place in energy production. While there's a lot of people that had invested in fossil and nuclear, there's a lot of investors in wind energy too.

Wind energy production will just get more efficient and getting closer to being CO2 neutral in the future.

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

In my experience there always someone willing to create everything from homebrew software to software activation. Especially if there's some money to make on it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

The hardware has full functionality from day one. The limitation is in what software you are using.

Active suspension is not a hardware feature, it's software collecting data from sensors and by analysing the data being able adjusting the suspension to "optimal performance". Just because certain hardware can be controlled by software doesn't mean that you will get whatever software features you like to have.

BMW would claim that "BMW Smooth Comfortable Cloud Ride Software" is included free of charge with the purchase of a BMW.

BMW would also claim that they offer "BMW Hyper Advanced AI Premium Sensation Masculine Active Road Experience Pro Suspension" as an optional subscription for alpha males and people with too much money in their pockets.

The outcome of what you are suggesting will be a slight change in the phrasing of the product offering at the most.

With access to the keys, the owner can subscribe to the BMW solution, unlock the features in breach of the agreement with BMW by not subscribing or get a software solution for the car from another provider.

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

While a honorable move, "never" doesn't exist in a world based on quarterly financials...

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

So you purchase ordinary suspension but get active suspension that works exactly like ordinary suspension and cost like active suspension to service....

It's time we get legislation that gives the consumer access to all encryption key pairs used in the product they purchased.

(For you who don't know what encryption key pairs are used for: they are used for the software to know that a change order, like "activate suspension", is legit and therefore will be executed.)

[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Not an American... But holy crap... If Disney succeeds with this... then ... E-v-e-r-y single service will have a clause like "you hereby agree to never ever take legal action against us, our subsidiaries, cookie partners, affiliates, our friend's dog or Bob for anything we might or might not have caused in the next 2 billion years if we don't give you permission.".

I'm happy that I'm living in the European Union av and not in Florida.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both are CL 19 do you should be fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry to be the guy that tried to ruin your party, but "if we collectively..."... How many people are you talking about?

100, 1000, 10000, 100000 ?

This is business. We're talking about someone's livelihood. Peace on earth is nice but it doesn't guarantee food on your table.

Syncing is an alternative as long as it doesn't mean that a view pays less on Odyssee than on YouTube. If it does, then the creator would not gain anything, just kidding income.

What is your selling argument for a YouTube creator with 100000 views on average to move to Odyssee?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

My favorite channel wouldn't have millions of subscribers and a somewhat steady recurring income because of this.

It's a classic catch 22: Without viewers, no content creators. Without content creators, no viewers.

I think it's great that they try to get rid of what makes YouTube suck but I don't see that content creators are leaving YouTube anywhere soon.

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