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• Sony already had that happen once. A dog mangled its owners controller and racked up a whole $8 in charges. Possibly more but that’s all I could find in the article.

  On the plus side now your kid won’t have to beg you for VBucks or whatever. /s

  on Sony patent could let players tap a credit card on their PlayStation controller to buy games in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6h ago

• I hope so, but at the same time, his base is full of people who’ve been voting along the party line their whole lives.

  on It's Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers | The president has doubled down on data centers and AI. His base is running in the opposite direction. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 1d ago

• I was not talking to you.

  on No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago

• Border Agents are ICE.

  on No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago

• Florida is a Border State. ICE do raids at other places including just randomly on the street because of the high population of Latinos and people from South America.

  I don’t think you understand that what’s happening is they roll up on people in a van, grab them and don’t announce who or what they are. There’s video all over the Internet of this.

  on No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago

• Depends on if Waymo allowed teens (who can sign up for their own accounts and can have debit cards) to sign up without parental consent. If a parent or guardian ordered the Waymo for them? Probably an agreement for that.

  Otherwise though, it’s just as likely they entered into no such agreement.

  Of course, they also didn’t agree with allow their children to be trapped in the Waymo against their will. Show me that fine print in any ride share service’s TOS/EULA etc. I would love to see it.

  on Waymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun,' authorities say in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 2d ago

• Schools aren’t because parents give them a right to care for the children involved. It doesn’t work that way in a waymo. You can be prevented from leaving a school because from a specific time to a specific time your parents have agreed you will be on the premesis in the care of the faculty.

  on Waymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun,' authorities say in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 5d ago

• It didn’t think. Those things weren’t flagged as “ignore” in its parameters. That ain’t the same thing. I’m so tired.

  on Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies in c/technology@lemmy.world · 5d ago

• Because it was infected or as a protest?

  on Everybody's Lost Their Minds in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago

• They have mics, cameras and speakers in them with an AI that interjects on its own and spies on all your apps.

  I wasn’t going to buy them before I read the article, but I’m certainly not interested now.

  I like the idea of AR as an aid for disabilities or in certain practical applications in science and industry but they aren’t marketing this to warehouses, nuclear plants, or automotive assemblers. They’re marketing it to influencers and randos. No thanks.

  on Please, please buy our $2,400 AR glasses, begs Snap in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago

• Just yet is better than not at all, I think.

  on Signal Enables Phone Number-less Registration in Beta in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago

• Doubtful. The only Windows computer I have is the work laptop and they’re unlikely to be worried about making corps verify their ages.

  on Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 16 Sep 2026

• I’ve done that to for a similar job and honestly there’s not much difference as far as rest or relaxation is concerned. At best I can say having the extra week day for appointments is one of the few up sides of 4/10’s.

  The extra time per week spent in traffic for a shorter day has its down sides too and they equal out in my experience.

  Less frustration in traffic, more frustration from not having the time to come to a more natural stopping point or finish bigger projects. It’s a crapshoot either way.

  This is why I mentioned shorter work weeks with less hours and the same pay. That might have more pros than cons.

  I’ve worked 4/10’s, 9/80’s, 5/10’s, 5/8’'s and even 6/12’s. That’s not even counting the military. 9/80’s was sort of better in a way especially in conjunction with federal holidays, but even then traffic was a nightmare. Public transit would have been even worse.

  on Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026

• I already work a 4 day work week. 4/10’s. I get up at 3 am. I fight traffic on the way home which doubles or triples my commute time home. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

  I think 4/10’s is already doable in a lot of industries but I question why they expect it to continue to be a 40 hour work week, or expect us to be paid more money for less hours. Nothing has trended that way in the entire time I’ve been alive. Feels like a pipedream.

  on Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026

• Can’t wait to see what they broke next week.

  on Microsoft Patches a Record 974 Security Flaws in Biggest Update Ever in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Sep 2026

• I’m not. It still takes screenshots regardless of whether it can access your Internet connection to receive data or send it.

  What I’m saying (though I failed at being clear) is that it will take screenshots of anything you put up on the screen (passwords, Internet connection data, Bluetooth device data etc). There was something in one of the videos I linked in another comment about it also collecting data via Bluetooth scanning.

  Plus, if the device has ever been connected to a Wi-Fi network and you don’t disable wifi (in settings or physically on the board) there’s a significant possibility it will try to access the open networks around you. If your neighbor has an open guest network? That’s all it needs to continue to upload that information to the cloud.

  I also seem to remember LG deliberately limiting 3rd party apps ability to use or create peer to peer networks but I haven’t seen anything about them limiting their own first party apps or OS. I wonder if that’s part of the alarming stuff Gamerz Nexus alluded to in the video when they talked about vulnerabilities that could compromise these TVs.

  It was something like 5 am when I wrote my initial comment and I wasn’t fully awake yet. I’m sorry if it came off wrong but I didn’t intend to say that LG TVs were using HDMI connected computer’s Internet connections. Just that they can see anything and everything you can see when you connect and set up that device.

  Nobody ever factory resets a TV before they get rid of it. If your trash guy decides to take home the TV you threw away and hook it up to the internet, or if you sell it, the next person might hook it up to the internet.

  on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026

• On Gamer’s Nexus’s video on the subject at 1:20 you’ll hear how they talk about how LG accesses your network data through windows.

  I think it’s important to note that I didn’t say in my original comment anything about it using your windows Internet connection to send and receive that data that it collects via microphone or that it may have accessed through your Wi-Fi network if you happened to connect it to that.

  I think people assumed (it’s early for me, my bad) that I meant it was transmitting this data that it collected over your windows computer’s Internet connection but that wasn’t what I was intending to claim. When you connect an LG device (Television or Monitor) you agree to allow that device access to your network and they literally say they have full access to your device both in the TOS and in device settings . They gather all the information of every single device connected to your TV. Their apps can “use all system resources” and “access your Internet connection”.

  0:47:00 of this video gives more detail about this. youtu.be/Q9uefFYe6bM?is=xKJNG-RT_j_2Tw1U

  “Sending ACR data to advertising partners thru inputs like HDMI”

  techpowerup.com/…/216-000-000-spy-tvs-the-lg-smar…

  on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• See the third link and watch the video.

  on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/…/5275486

  pcmag.com/…/lg-to-remove-unwanted-monitor-pop-ups…

  This is literally in the video.

  s-config.com/stopping-a-smart-tv-from-being-used-…

  on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• LG’s monitors were downloading malware/ad BS so you can’t trust the monitors either.

  on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• There’s a lot of misinformation in the comments here.

  1. LG have been caught using the Internet connection of connected devices (like windows computers) to snoop on your network.
  2. Because of that, it has access to your network even if you remove the wifi module or do not connect the TV directly to your network.
  3. Lobotomizing the TV will not necessarily fix this issue, but I still think it’s a good start. It may be beneficial to switch to a different operating system or just ban the TV from accessing certain parts of the Eco system on your computer.
  4. Removing Bluetooth, wifi, and microphone modules will be beneficial in the long run because this will not be the last time a company tries this and it’s not limited to LG. If you are technically inclined or can follow a YouTube video, go for it.
  on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• The fabric is to prevent it from accidentally shorting components. The foil is for a faraday cage.

  on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• I agree they’d probably be shocked but I honestly don’t know if that would be enough to motivate them to do something about it.

  The Flock pushback isn’t about the surveillance for most. It’s a NIMBY problem.

  The data center backlash is the same. They don’t want it in their town. They don’t care if it’s regulated or not so long as it’s not them dealing with the consequences (air pollution, imminent domain seizure of property, noise pollution, higher prices for utilities etc).

  This is why campaigns against them aren’t national and organized. This is why they haven’t started a lobby group to petition the federal government to do anything to regulate them. They think they can nip this in the bud for their town and it’ll be good enough.

  on People Are Telling Their Darkest Thoughts to AI Without Realizing They Can Easily Become Public: a full third of all AI users admit to having told their chatbots a secret. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026

• On troop’s personal phones, or on government issued equipment?

  on US military disables ad trackers on troops’ phones amid security fears in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 5 Sep 2026

• Wouldn’t it be hilarious if AI DDOS’d this site? Since it’s “going rogue” and all that.

  on White House Launches Arcade.Gov, a Minigame Site Where You Catch Immigrants, Build a Tetris Border Wall, and 'Fill Your Kids' Trump Accounts' With Bitcoin in c/games@lemmy.world · 5 Sep 2026

• This is demonstrably wrong. It doesn’t have the ability to reason. Every kid is smarter than the extrapolation machine. Because the extrapolation machine doesn’t have smarts.

  Either he doesn’t understand the product he’s schilling or he does and he thinks we’re idiots. I’ll let y’all decide which.

  on OpenAI's Altman Says the Use of 'AI' is 'Non-Negotiable' in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026

• This ignores a lot about how automakers were skirting these restrictions in order to sell us larger vehicles and why there are so few sedans and compact cars being sold here these days.

  The rollback isn’t the answer because obviously we should be limiting the size of vehicles and closing the loopholes that allow skirting of the law/regulations, but fuel efficiency is forcing smaller cars out and people here are not buying smaller EV’s because of range anxiety.

  on US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• You absolutely can move the thing without cutting it down. It just happens to be quicker to cut them down and most of the people doing this don’t care about the charge.

  But I do take your meaning and to some extent even agree with it.

  on Flock CEO Garrett Langley targeted as address shared online in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• Reading comprehension doesn’t seem to be your strong suit.

  A lawyer worth their salt should absolutely defend you against a vandalism charge if by the lawful definition no vandalism took place.

  Not only that, but a lawyer’s job is to make sure the law is followed during legal proceedings. Meaning they are supposed to defend your right to a lawfully handled trial which would include dismissing charges that didn’t fit the crime committed.

  This is criminal mischief. That’s a misdemeanor (just like vandalism).

  Theft involves legally speaking an “intent to deprive the owner of their property”.

  Flock owns the cameras. It’s a subscription model where the municipality actually leases the camera and “retains ownership” of the footage/data the collect.

  So by rights the CEO having them dropped off on his property could be considered the same as them being returned to the owner.

  You can take that however you want. But vandalism has a specific legal definition.

  on Flock CEO Garrett Langley targeted as address shared online in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• No. I did not. Relocation of the asset to the owners property means there’s no intent to deprive the owner of said property which means that it’s not theft.

  The property has not been defaced, damaged, or destroyed so that means there’s no intent of vandalism. Therefore vandalism did not take place.

  What you’re describing is criminal mischief, which I would agree this is.

  I made a singular allowance in the case that the pole was cut (which counts as damage), rather than being dug up (which wouldn’t), which you appear to have ignored.

  If you don’t like facts, that is a you problem.

  You are welcome to kagi or whatever this yourself to see what I’m talking about instead of doubling down.

  If you are incapable of that, don’t bother to respond to me.

  on Flock CEO Garrett Langley targeted as address shared online in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• Nice downvote.

  You didn’t look up the legal definition of anything before you posted this nonsense. Have a good day.

  on Flock CEO Garrett Langley targeted as address shared online in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• Technically not theft. Technically not vandalism.

  “Vandalism refers to the intentional destruction or defacement of property”

  They relocated the item to its owners house. At best the cutting might be vandalism but you don’t have to cut them down. That just happens to be quicker.

  on Flock CEO Garrett Langley targeted as address shared online in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• My brother in Christ, the hole in the ozone layer fixed itself because we as a race decided to listen to scientists and ban the shit causing it pretty much world wide. A full on concerted effort backed by science. What the fuck.

  on With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• Depends on the definition of “work”. There’s plenty of people I had on Facebook that I no longer talk to because I don’t use Facebook. To be clear, my Facebook still exists. It’s there to face tank all the family photos my MIL shares. That’s the only reason the account still exists at all.

  That’s technically working for me.

  But lots of people are just addicted and Facebook or insta or messenger scratches an itch for them.

  on With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• They think it will blow over because so many consumers have short memories when it comes to bad press.

  The problem is, the press keeps on coming and so people keep being reminded they’re up to no good. Keeping AI in the news cycle isn’t helping them win over people who are increasingly dissatisfied with it.

  on With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• They can absolutely make it so that disk won’t load the game though so long as you’re connected to the internet.

  on Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• Pretty much all software EULA’s are like this. Anything you “buy a license for” certainly. Same as it ever was.

  on Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• Good news, you can opt out of Netflix entirely. The dark side has a flag and shanties and everything.

  on Rockstar reportedly furious by GTA 6 leaks and has no idea how it happened, but won’t change Netflix premiere date in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• Lol, no.

  on Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• This is absolutely subjective. Assets flips could count, but I’ve played and enjoyed several of those. Flappy Bird style games kind of fall into this category.

  This is subjective. Just because a full grown adult with different tastes doesn’t like something doesn’t mean it’s shovelware. A 5 year old kid might love it.

  But, here’s a better question. How much does it cost to moderate a platform with that many games?

  Because they do moderate the platform just not in a way you like.

  Literally in this comments section there’s someone else talking about how they delist or de-prioritize games that don’t get good feedback. You just want them to not allow those games at all.

  The game Horses was moderated off the platform. You just want moderation to fit your specific model that you made up in your head.

  on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• What does terrorism curry taste like?

  on Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• Would a decentralized version of Steam do that?

  Is that 30% the bulk of Valve’s profit?

  What do Indie developers get in exchange for Valve’s 30% cut on Steam that they don’t get elsewhere that charges 30% or charges less of a percentage?

  So could physical retailers, so how’s that working out?

  I’m not going to say they can’t do that. It’s not a bad suggestion but it seems to be suggested continually in a vacuum without considering other factors.

  on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Yes. But it is likely that the seller made such upgrades based in the spec sheet provided by the company on question (either Best Buy or the manufacturer) and in either case someone is liable for that spec sheet being wrong and it promoting the purchase of said laptop.

  on Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Ok. So what percentage of the games launched on steam are shovelware vs quality indie games. And where is that line? And who makes that decision?

  on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• The main problem I see with this is that game devs are trying to use capitalism to make money. So what you’re saying is, it’s alright for game devs, but not for store fronts.

  That doesn’t make sense to me.

  Additionally though, of the major gaming retailers, Valve has the least predatory model (I’m not counting smaller game retailers in this because we need to be honest about the fact that they aren’t competing in the market with Valve as far as what they offer devs).

  Did you take into account the reasons that game devs choose Valve over other retailers like GOG? Or the fact that very often game devs will use Valve, GOG and other gaming retailers?

  You didn’t give any specifics in your answer to me and honestly I have to wonder if you even know where the majority of Valves money comes from.

  Follow-up question.

  How does the consumer benefit from and why should they switch to a different retailer than Valve’s Steam? What is the benefit of a fediverse style retailer and how does it work?

  on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• I believe that this is as much about game quality, over saturation, and marketing/inertia as it is about Valve in general, but I’m trying to understand what they think (based on the contents of the article) can be done to fix this problem for game devs.

  on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• It’s a bailout for life. It’s use bailing out every year for the rest of time. It’s still a bailout but it’s not a one time thing.

  on If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Lol, no. We don’t want to use our tax payer dollars to fund your failing tech.

  We don’t even have government healthcare for all but you want us to pay for this? Absolutely not.

  on If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Hey op, I see a lot of your arguments in the comments.

  I have a challenge.

  Name 5 things Valve could implement to change this that would not be to the detriment of indie devs.

  This is not a joke. You have opinions. I want to hear them.

  I’m also curious (since I see you pushing a decentralized market place in the comments), how you think a decentralized marketplace would function and what would be better about it.

  on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Then literally no indie games would ever get popular.

  on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything in c/games@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026