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rachel · June 22, 2019, 05:22:07 PM

https://grist.org/article/we-broke-down-what-climate-change-will-do-region-by-region/

rachel · July 01, 2019, 12:11:21 PM

Amazon awarded a patent to use their experimental delivery drones for surveillance

netpun · July 01, 2019, 12:19:57 PM

Diabolizer · July 03, 2019, 04:10:12 AM

Quote from: rachel on June 22, 2019, 05:22:07 PM
https://grist.org/article/we-broke-down-what-climate-change-will-do-region-by-region/

Climate change is going to turn colorado into a ginger snap?

Diabolizer · July 24, 2019, 12:07:49 AM

here

rachel · July 24, 2019, 01:35:49 PM

Tech firms "can and must" put backdoors in encryption, AG Barr says

Diabolizer · August 01, 2019, 09:42:40 AM

Quote from: rachel on July 24, 2019, 01:35:49 PM
Tech firms "can and must" put backdoors in encryption, AG Barr says

The only reason the FBI thinks this is because it only hires programmers who don't smoke weed. You know, the ones that are dumb enough to believe that you can insert a safe back door.

redheron · September 17, 2019, 10:58:29 PM

A children's media expert on what Kidz Bop censorship says about how sex and violence are perceived in America.

Diabolizer · September 18, 2019, 07:16:45 PM

Quote from: redheron on September 17, 2019, 10:58:29 PM
A children's media expert on what Kidz Bop censorship says about how sex and violence are perceived in America.

I was expecting this piece to be another hack job aimed at an easy target, touting easily digested cliches. Instead I found the article had deeper and more nuanced view point than is ordinarily available. Yes we all know regressive perspectives are bad (well, anyone who might be reading Vox in the first place knows this), but rarely do we get a hint at how the mechanics play out and poison our society.

redheron · October 06, 2019, 07:58:12 AM

TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.

Diabolizer · October 06, 2019, 04:55:57 PM

Quote from: redheron on October 06, 2019, 07:58:12 AM
TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.

That's fucking terrifying as I often watch anime with known malcontents.

rachel · October 30, 2019, 01:35:16 PM

Australian government agency wants to use a facial recognition system for verifying the age of people who want to view pornography online.

Diabolizer · November 03, 2019, 12:11:30 AM

Quote from: rachel on October 30, 2019, 01:35:16 PM
Australian government agency wants to use a facial recognition system for verifying the age of people who want to view pornography online.

I have faith that today's teenagers will defeat this within 30 minutes.

redheron · December 29, 2019, 05:44:55 AM

How 5g could contribute to insect death
How 5g will screw up weather forecasts

rachel · December 29, 2019, 11:27:16 AM

Quote from: redheron on December 29, 2019, 05:44:55 AM
How 5g could contribute to insect death
How 5g will screw up weather forecasts

Yikes