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• Leaking information to other employees?

  on Rockstar had a mole in the union worker Discord server "for over two and a half years", GTA 6 company reveals during legal battle in c/games@lemmy.world · 1d ago

• They don’t care the cost, we will be the ones paying it.

  on Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 Iranian school children in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago

• See this just doesn’t work. They’ll just replace it with a new one, till that one is “held accountable”, and the cycle repeats wasting billions of dollars in the process.

  on Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 Iranian school children in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago

• I am potentially going to get some flack for this, but I don’t understand how they made it past the first season with beyblade. Maybe a second.

  on "Beyblade X" Bey Kingdom Arc visual in c/anime@ani.social · 4d ago

• I mean, I can think of uses. They are extremely niche, such as a low-impact self-destructable rubber ducky, or a use case where you don’t want waste left around. But yeah I can’t think of many.

  on Printable brain-inspired chips that compute at lightning speed and vanish in minutes in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026

• Kelsey?

  on Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law. Don’t wait for a mass-extinction event before holding AI developers accountable. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026

• “Okay mom, you need to install this VPN, log in, and make sure it’s on whenever you’re using Immich. Can you install it for Dad too? Now I’m going to call grandma back and explain that it isn’t a Deen Peen Em and she’s never going to find that.”

  There are times and places. The moment you want the non tech side of the family involved, a proper with server over the open internet is usually the better option.

  on Is Authelia enough without fail2ban or crowdsec? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026

• Assumably it’s a “passive” feature that you have to explicitly tell “hey keep record of that” within 15 seconds of the interaction.

  So a little less doom and gloom than the headline suggests.

  Edit: It seems I mixed up features. This still doesnt sound terrible. You as a user turn it on, the device emits a tone and visual cue. You can do the same thing with any number of sound recording devices out there, and they give literally zero warning they are recording.

  on Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 12 Sep 2026

• Just an FYI, if a company is ever actively pushing for regulation where they are a part of the equation, you should be suspicious. Like in your example, they wouldn’t actually care about the regulation beyond the PR of “look look we think this shouldn’t be allowed either!”

  on ‘I had to change where my kids sleep’: Man shares terrifying experience, says Amarillo officer tracked him 78 times in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026

• Speaking as someone currently living in the US, around here you have zero right to privacy in public places, or places that can be seen from public places. Like, to a fucked up level. I could stand at the bottom of your driveway recording through your bedroom window, and it would be legal.

  Now, do I think that is good? No. In my opinion it’s taken things to an extreme.

  But I also don’t think I should have the power to run over to a tourist and demand they delete their photo because I happened to be in the background.

  Is there a middle ground? Absolutely. But that middle ground is where I think the majority of smart glasses users will fall when they hit critical mass.

  It’s already illegal to do… illegal things. Why are we making them “doubly illegal” in the hopes that somehow the bad guys are going to listen this time? This isn’t like guns where we are talking about regulating every camera, it’s like banning a desert eagle and calling it a job well done.

  Edit: Last sentence is weird but I can’t think of how to reword it this late at night, I hope it makes some sense at least.

  on A German city may soon ban smart glasses on public transport, pools in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026

• You can’t think of a single non-pervert, non-accessibility use for these?

  Meta bullshit aside, because they obviously know exactly who they are catering to and it’s unfortunate. Recording lectures, AI (not LLM) identification of works of art at a museum, to the meter directions in areas with bad GPS data, recording a protest, recording police interactions, streaming hardware demos, and more. Anything you can currently legitimately record, but it’s hands free so you don’t need to sit there and frame the image.

  Add in some lenses that can display instead of just correct your prescription? You’ve now moved past simply recording, and into augmented reality where information can be layered on top of your vision.

  Just because you can’t think of a legit use doesn’t mean one doesn’t exist. You can use a wrench to drive a nail in, but the proper tool is still the hammer.

  Edit: Hell, I’d love to be able to kick off a recording when playing with the younger kids in the family. They see a phone out in front of you recording and want you to show them things, but glasses are just glasses.

  on A German city may soon ban smart glasses on public transport, pools in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026

• But there are many cameras that do this already. Cameras that go in your button hole, pen cameras, even your cell phone, and most of them have no indication they are recording at all.

  I’ve mentioned it before, but when I’m shopping for something for my spouse, i often FaceTime them and just put my phone with the camera facing outward in my shirt pocket, no one has ever given it a second look because it’s just a mundane thing to do, no one thinks it might be recording.

  Thats why I feel like this is the tech equivalent to banning hammers. If someone wants to smash a window, they can use any number of implements. Banning a hammer does nothing but hurt people who have legitimate need of a hammer.

  on A German city may soon ban smart glasses on public transport, pools in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026

• I’m still not convinced.

  Cameras have existed for decades, right? And it’s been legal in many places to take videos of whatever in public that whole time. But Y’know what’s not legal? Upskirts shots, down blouse shots, recording others in the bathroom, and more.

  Why does the camera being on your face somehow make this form factor worse than a GoPro on your forehead, or a phone in your shirt pocket?

  I quite seriously do not understand why every other previous hardware capable of recording was fine, but glasses are where we draw the line as perverted.

  I personally say jack up the repercussions if you feel the need, but don’t ban a hammer just because it can be used to break a window.

  on A German city may soon ban smart glasses on public transport, pools in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026

• You realize companies have and do fire people for actions in their personal lives, right? Especially in the US where virtually everyone works “at will” and having signed a piece of paper stating they would not hurt the reputation of the company or face termination? Other countries and contracts have similar clauses. Sweden is one such country, where there is a process involved but it is still very much a thing.

  So why is it when an individual high up in the company, someone with decision power and who directly benefits from sales, does something that hurts the public perception, suddenly you’re asking us to just ignore it?

  Why is it that your accusation of astroturfing sounds suspiciously like… well, astroturfing.

  on Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead | Mullvad VPN in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• That is… very much a different thing in many different ways.

  If people were buying them during WWII for instance, that would be a huge problem.

  on Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead | Mullvad VPN in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• This has been a thing in Firefox for well over a year.

  on Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• O.o No? This was employees of the company, not volunteers who submit changes or watch for accuracy. Mods are in no way shape or form employees of Reddit, other than employees who also just happen to mod a subreddit, they are volunteers.

  on Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026

• It was normally used to rewatch home movies.

  on QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026

• I could’ve sworn there was a study that showed phones are less of a problem than gigantic cars, but that may have been damage/death toll instead of crash rate.

  on Study: Police Reports Miss 96% of Active Phone Use Before Crashes in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026

• I bit the bullet to see what it actually does. duck.ai doesn’t recognize the image alone as anything more than a pixelated thumbnail, and the entire link being sent just has it spit out that there is indeed an attempt to “inject” a role play prompt.

  This is a stupid as it sounds.

  on Snickers reveals digital candy bar you can ‘feed’ to ChatGPT when it gives bad answers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• Pretty sure it asks you what life you lead during onboarding does it not?

  on Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• If you set your step quota to 10 steps, you can both hit your quota and have gained nothing from it. This is a problem with users setting quotas too low, not a problem of the device giving bad information.

  on Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• Could this not be said for IDEs with code awareness such as M$’s intellisense, among other tools that accelerate development speed?

  What you are describing isn’t an AI problem, is people taking a two week bootcamp and calling themselves a software engineer.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• It’s not scaremongering, it’s advertisement.

  on Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, analysis shows in c/technology@lemmy.world · 1 Sep 2026

• Sharp rise in incidents of humans being idiots, more like it.

  If you give an LLM something you tell is a sandbox, that is if fact not a sandbox, it’s not “escaping users control” when it treats the open internet as part of the sandbox. You explicitly told it that it did not have access to the open internet!

  on Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, analysis shows in c/technology@lemmy.world · 1 Sep 2026

• Pretty sure that requirement is slightly overblown, just don’t travel near the winter months and you’re likely fine.

  on The unseen dangers of Antarctic documentaries in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 Sep 2026

• Ah, yeah to be clear I meant that in general and not specifically towards you.

  on US judge ruled AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected by First Amendment. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026

• I don’t know if I buy the “could make them cause more harm” argument, specifically. IIRC there have been studies that show access to (adult) porn actually lowers the rate of sexual assault.

  on US judge ruled AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected by First Amendment. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026

• “Having a hell of a time breathing, but at least we aren’t paying as much for our electricity!”

  on EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws in c/technology@lemmy.world · 30 Aug 2026

• Lmao, I don’t see much point in talking with you, you’d be happily skipping around while books were being burned telling people it’s fine, there are plenty of other books, these ones aren’t theirs.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• And if there are three copies of that book?

  I don’t get it, you’re acting like every book has an infinite number of copies available. Which is just factually incorrect.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• Ok? That doesn’t answer my question, if anything it makes it more obvious how you are incorrect:

  If a [insert digital format name] already exists, as you claim, then why go to the trouble of obtaining, destroying, and scanning the books again?

  Your response reads like there are more options than just PDF, so it’s fine to destroy the books.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026

• If they buy 100k books and destroy them all, even if every one is unique, that is en mass. I don’t know why I have to explain that to you, but there you go.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026

• In certain situations I’d agree that the absence of contradiction is evidence enough, but those situations are pretty specific. For example, we don’t have absolute proof that orange juice doesn’t cause cancer, our “proof” comes from the lack of reliable evidence showing that it does, along with relevant research. But that doesn’t mean every claim can be treated the same way. But that doesn’t mean every claim can be treated the same way, especially a claim based only on “every article I saw,” without a source being provided.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026

• I don’t think that’s the argument you think it is.

  The outrage is over the books being destructively scanned, en mass, and held in private after the fact. Very, very, very different than the majority of scanning which is non destructive, and usually shared.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026

• So you have the digital source of literally any book? Literally any single book you yourself didn’t write or publish.

  Because the source code for GTA6 exists, but you sure as shit don’t have it.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026

• every article I saw says the books were scheduled to be destroyed or taken to a dump

  Do you have a source for this? Because I’ve seen literally nothing about this being the way books are being sourced. And no offense but this reads way too close to weasel words. For example: Every article I’ve read on the subject says my pants are sentient and enjoys my legs being in them. Also, I’ve read no articles on the subject so that isn’t a lie.

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026

• There are many, many non destructive scanning methods. My understanding is that most archival projects are using the non destructive options.

  The easy option is to just slice off the binding and run it through a scanner.

  The easy option is what is being talked about here, and those books are then fed into AI as training material. The digital copies aren’t “making knowledge permanent” as they are tucked away into a digital corner virtually no one has access to. They are as permanent as the source code for Fortnite.

  If a PDF already exists, as you claim, then why go to the trouble of obtaining, destroying and scanning the books again?

  on World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026

• No, fraud would require both deception and some sort of monetary/property/right loss.

  They reportedly identified as themselves, not the booker. And they didn’t deprive the booker of any of those things.

  They’re just assholes, and un/fortunately for various reasons both ways, that is not illegal.

  on Flock banned tech YouTuber from its event, so his team Flocked it in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Boss wouldn’t even listen to using a nonce per call because the caller and target used different databases. Same back end, just different databases.

  on I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• I want to mention, bit rot is real. The data can be read, that doesn’t mean it hasn’t degraded. Tape has a much lower chance of the data just… changing.

  Now, does it truly matter? It depends.

  If you are truly worried that your precious photos are going to rot away, then it may be worth it to invest in tapes. Irreplaceable data is priceless, after all.

  on Is there any tape media backup system that works through USB? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• Yeah, the number of times I heard “that’s an edge case” when it came to security so we didn’t have to invest dev time was maddening. One of my old employers, if you know the right URL to call, you can just mass print whatever you want from the open internet. But because it’s an “internal application” it was deemed not a concern, simply because most of the people who are intended to use it wouldn’t know how to inspect network traffic.

  on I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• This is what immediately came to mind for me.

  on [Discussion] What are some anime with unpredictable twists? in c/anime@ani.social · 21 Aug 2026

• We don’t even know if there will actually be cameras.

  on New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Recording inherently means saving. The exact definition includes the word “permanent”. Arguing that recording in this case means “the image data exists in memory” is a level of semantics that means literally nothing in this argument. Yes, we are all quite aware that the image data exists in one form or another when the camera is on. The question is, is it creating a recording, streaming that out, or handling the data locally and disposing of the data before it reaches permanent storage.

  on New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Eh? An LLM is a large language model. A language model would have no way to analyze an image. No matter the name assigned to it, it is literally impossible for it to be an LLM.

  If you are misusing LLM to mean machine learning model, then… I mean stop using LLM because it’s just plainly incorrect.

  There’s also the fact that current generation visual intelligence is image only. It doesn’t support video. Which makes a lot of sense, because streaming out high definition video would be quite the bandwidth requirement, and doing that constantly while someone is wearing AirPods would be insane.

  The idea that cameras inherently imply recording is also kinda silly. Eye tracking in VR headsets use cameras, I promise that unless you do some hijinks those camera feeds are not recorded. Just like the camera on my robot vacuum, or the rear view camera on my car. All video recording requires cameras, but not all cameras require video recording.

  on New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• We know literally nothing about the end product beyond the fact that it is rumored to have cameras and visual intelligence. And of course that it will have the other features current gen AirPods have.

  There’s no reason to assume it will be able to record, or that the visual intelligence won’t require a new phone with local models.

  on New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• What? Was this about Gas leak or something?

  on Do Amber Alerts for Missing Kids Actually Work? | The Walrus in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Ignore them, they’ve turned off JavaScript. Seem to get some joy out of not mentioning that till people waste their time trying to help.

  on We De-FLOCK HALLOWEEN NIGHT! in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 21 Aug 2026

• Honestly, if the data stays on device and it’s not recording then idgaf. Local stuff has never really bothered me.

  on New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026