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[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

Yay.

India gets to experience their own version of the "Great Firewall"

Isn't the future just great? Every country gets their own "intranet" πŸ™ƒ

/s obviously

[–] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago

I mean... you do know someone can just take a screenshot, right?

And even if you use the Android thing that blocks screenshots, they can still take a photo with another phone.

You need to trust the other person for there to be any "privacy".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

My brother runs away from the microwave whenever my parents turn it on... πŸ€£πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

Did I mention he's vaccine skeptical?

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

I mean, you could just give your self a limit.

Add a "Iteration 1" to the first message, and the 2nd iteration of you should append the message with "Iteration 2" and so on...

If you still get warned of death in Iteration 500, then maybe then you can give up.

At least try to survive for a few timelines.

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

"Um... πŸ˜…"

whispers into phone

"The agents of the (Lemmy) organization have found me, I must prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice. El Psy Congroo"

yeets metal upa out the window

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

The problem is that I can’t wait for the assassin to make a move in order to learn about them. It’d be a lot easier if I was trying to prevent someone else’s death, but I can’t send a message after my own death, can I?

Quickly program your phone to record a video and send a MMS to yourself if it detects you death.

You set up your phone at a vantage point pointed at you, and just go on live tv, make a scene, wait for the assassin to come. Then they come and kill you, and your phone captures their image, and sends it to your past self. Now you got a face to research.

What's that? The assassin wore a mask? NOOOOO! πŸ™ƒβž°οΈπŸ’€

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

What time travel rules?

Steins;Gate Rules, but without Reading Steiner

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

No, you get to send unlimited number of messages, but the furthest back is at the beginning of this 7 days. You could send it to day 2, day 3, or even exactly at 12:34 on day 4.

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

Maybe for a reason you have yet to experience in the future.

Perhaps a future leader?

Pehaps a future criminal?

Who knows πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

NOOOO! My evil plans are foiled! 😭

 

Rules:

  • The messages can go as far back as the beginning of the 7 day period (the moment you found out about your assassin is after you)
  • You can only send the messages if you have cell signal (maybe don't hide in the woods, you assassin might be there, and you don't get a do-over πŸ™ƒ)
  • Your phone is immune to damage and malware (although spyware and keyloggers can still be on there, but they can't affect the system, just on "read only" mode). Auto-updates are now disabled by default
  • If assassin got your phone, they could send false messages to trick your past self. (Don't lose your phone!)
  • At the end of 7 days, the Assassin will just drop dead due to time travel limitations, time travelers cannot survive longer than 7 days in the past (yes, the assassin is a time traveler πŸ˜‰)

[P.S: El Psy Congroo]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Americans xenophobia is just earlier immigrants discriminating against later immigrants. You see this quite common with first generation immigrants, especially those who already got citizenship.

"I crossed the bridge, now let's burn it!"

πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

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

Three Body Problem, part of a Trilogy of Books called Rememberance of Earth's Past. Originally in Chinese, but translated to English, so the phrasing can seem a little "weird" since its the difference in language (according to reddit).

I haven't read it yet (because I have attention span issues), but I watched a Netflix Adaptation 3 Body Problem which would eventually cover the entire book series, with the Season One already out.

There's also a Tencent version of it called Three Body (三体) (in Mandarin) that coveres the entire first book, which I also watched and it feels slightly overdramatised so I kinda skipped a lot of it.

This is the exact scene from Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycs6JRx-pxk (minor Episode 1 spoilers)

Its an interesting world, and I'll probably have to read it since the text is just too different from any adaptations, and they're estimating season 2 and 3 of it being released in 2028 (I'm not gonna wait that long, I'm just gonna read it first).

 
  • Each language has their unique encoding of their language represented in pulses of light.
  • Written text remains the same
  • The light is beamed from the human head in 360 degrees when ever they communicate, visible for up to 1KM
  • Instumental music still works, and people can still hear things, just not talk.
  • People currenly alive will instantly know how to communicate with light in equivalent proficiency to their speech proficiency before the scenario happening, but everyone born from now on will have to learn from the adults.

Remember: Light cannot penetrate walls

 
  • For simplicity, let's assuming this is your country, in some random rural area
  • The dead person has a kitchen knife plunged into their chest, blood is still fresh
  • The dead person is a random stanger, you've never met them, they are just a random average (non-famous) person
  • There is no one else in the house
  • You have a tiny bit of blood on your clothes, but not a lot, you are unsure of whose blood it is
  • You have no injuries
  • You were never drugged or anything, you just happen to mysteriously, spontaneously get teleported there, while sleeping. You went to sleep on your bed and just woke up only to find yourself in this scenario. (Bloodtests will show nothing)
  • You wake up right in the morning, at sunrise
  • There is electricity and running water, small amounts of food in the refrigerator, enough for maybe a day
  • You don't have any items with you, not your phone, nothing beside the clothes you slept with (if any). There are clothing in this house belonging to the dead person
  • There only electronics devices (besides appliances) in the house is the dead person's smartphone, in their pockets (no lockscreen codes or anything), and a laptop (no password). This house has wifi.
  • This house does not have any security cameras.
  • There is a car in the driveway, belonging to the dead person. No other vehicles, no bikes or anything like that.
  • Nobody (yet) knows this person is dead. They live alone.

So, would you think that you did the murder, and just turn yourself in; or assume someone set you up and try to escape? How would you escape this scenario and avoid prison?

Remember, this is a rural area, not that many cameras.

So do you make a run for it? How?

Or do you just call the authorities and hope you don't get charged with the murder? Very awkward interrogation tho, nobody would believe you. I doubt "I don't remember how I got there" is a strong defence.

What is your "game plan"?

 

There are no other options. This is even more stupid than the phone number verification thing. Attemping to logging to Google Play Store on that wiped device (which previously was logged in to the account) doesn't work either.

Luckily, this is a throwaway account, not much data of value was lost. FRP on the wiped device was also off.

But like, what is the point of this. Suppose, my phone got stolen. How am I supposed to log in to Google to initiate a remote wipe, if it ask for a verification code which is on the phone that the thief has?

Zero logic at all. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

Edit: And MFA was never enabled. Just to clarify.

 

For me:

-The Expanse - The beginning was confusing AF and the politics didn't make sense and seemed boring, so I quit. But then eventually after like a year or two, went to reddit and it was recommended again, so I just read some light spoilers and that helped me got through the first season. And then it has been an intriguing and thrilling journey.

 

This question is common throughout the internet, but I'd like to see Lemmy's response.

The country you end up in would be random, you don't get to pick.

 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/37022405

This is a carrier in the USA (T-Mobile).

I did a quick search for the other 2 carriers using the term "[Carrier Name] Family Tracking" and Verizon and AT&T also seems to have it.

And according to https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/t-mobile-familywhere-app, it says:

FamilyWhere uses geolocation data from the T-Mobile network and is not affected by changes to device location settings.

So it appears that its using cell tower triangulation. Turning on Airplane Mode should stop it (assuming there isn't a separate tracking app on your phone)

Oh Wow, What a wonderful tool for abusive spouses and abusive parents. And telecom companies are making money off of it. πŸ™ƒ

TLDR: Its a good idea to get your own separate cellular plan.

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