agreed that there are serious problems, but making wild speculations and accusations just makes things worse. at least that's what my invisible unicorn told me.
I put a little static cling sticker on the lens. it acts like a simple lenscap. I push it aside when I want to take a photo, move it back when I'm done. sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. haven't solved the microphone problem yet though...
the news here is that the website doesn't turn on the microphone, google turns on the microphone and starts making transcriptions of everything you say. the website just accesses the transcriptions. why is goog recording everything? rhetorical question, they are looking for keywords that they can advertise against. did you just say "cancun"? they will give you hotel and airline ads.
WTF WHY IS CHROME TRANSCRIBING EVERYTHING I SAY??? are they looking for keywords to advertise against, like they do in gmail? the bug here is that some websites are gaining access to the transcriptions that are supposed to only go to google?
I admit that sometimes I have my tinfoil hat on, but this is absurdly beyond the scope of anything I could have imagined.
"How can the tech community help consumers in protecting them from phoney on-line presences?"
you need a profit driver so people will invest in it, both money wise and time wise. I suggest being aggressive about posting people on there, but letting them apply to be removed (for a fee).
And in a FREE world, you could also respond to work-related issues after hours.
The only reason the vast majority of people respond to work email outside of work is that they will be punished otherwise.
i respond to emails all the time. Here's the breakdown of my emails: 30% delete without reading, 30% FYI, 25% simple response needed, 5% complex response needed. My best strategy for managing emails is to triage into these buckets and respond to the simple ones as fast as possible to get them off my plate. These are the smartphone responses, "Check with Jim he's the best resource for this". I respond to these after hours so they're not stacked up in the morning.
WORMS FTW! jk, jk, srsly when I buy a phone game and can choose between an ad-supported free version and a paid version that costs a buck or two, i usually choose the paid version. one, because i read reviews to learn what the good games are and don't download everything just to try it. two, because ads annoy me. three, I'm not going to pay for stuff I wouldn't pay for in real life. In real life I'm not going to throw down for a shiny metal helmet, so i'm not going to do it virtually either. four, all games are a waste of time anyway so why pay any money? five, I would rather save for a PS4. six, the XBone creeps me out because it is always looking at me.
There is speculation right now that chief justice Roberts was blackmailed into supporting Obamacare and rewrote his decision the night before.
I speculate that Justice Roberts is an alien and Obama is a hologram. have you ever shaken his hand? Do you know somebody first-hand who has shaken his hand? I didn't think so.
not surprised, considering we live in the optomicon. everybody likes to exclaim "1984!" but I read the book recently and don't think it applies much. In terms of the technical invasion of privacy it is accurate, but I don't think the remaining brainwash / control aspects of the totalitarian govt are realistic.
The other thing that's accurate is the use of endless warfare to put the population into defensive mode. Think of the airports and their "status yellow/orange" bs that GWB was shown to manipulate during his re-election.
You know what will prevent this sort of thing in America? Everybody wants to be part of the 1%. And as long as there is an upwardly mobile class, there will be demand for change and new opportunities. One class will never be able to cement control over the other.
As long as you've taken reasonable backup precautions you'll be fine, but the average user out there isn't running a good antivirus, let alone a weekly backup of personal files.
I do hourly versioned backups, and it's all handled in the background by the os. Also I capture versioned copies of important documents and store them in an offsite provider. Time machine for backups and Dropbox for documents!
This is like you went to get some new tires and they told you, "Sorry, we don't make those tires any more. The car manufacturer decided they want everybody to buy a new car instead of keeping on using the old ones".
("...and the new cars are nicer! You'll be so happy you bought one!!")
You went to the tire factory to get new tires? Why not go to a store?
the whole point is there isn't a pointer. pointers stay in one place when you stop moving the mouse. for iOS, there is no selector location when the screen is not being manipulated. if your phone shows a pointer sometimes then you should stop using a toy phone.
it may be the city that has a sh!tty law, but it's the landlords who jump at the chance to gleefully evict at a moment's notice. I would put a freeze on landlord actions for anybody who's been in an apartment for more than 4 years.
One thing the city can do is clarify and place a cap on what it means to be "subletting". Renting out your place for a month or three on airbnb? subletting. having someone stay there over the weekend? not subletting. Also I get the feeling that landlords are just searching airbnb for listings rather than proving that subletting is actually happening. not a crime to list your apartment.
the context here is that rental rates in SF have skyrocketed in recent years, and if landlords can evict long-time tenants they can get the unit on the market for 4x rent. This sounds like predatory landlord practices. Hopefully the city will step in to stop this process.
quite long, but I read a bit and found it much more interesting than I expected. Money shot:
WABR is the measurement by which a person's advice is helpful to other people, so if a person is giving advice that they can't possibly sincerely believe would score well by that metric, it comes across as caring more about something other than being helpful.
this is for all the people who tell people to install linux rather than windows. it's more of an ideological thing than a desire to help.
Perhaps the best advice you can give is to tell people to install all the software updates and to use a modern browser. this isn't perfect protection by any means, but it is like wearing a condom on your computer.
do you really think we are the "products" for amazon? I always felt like a customer. I'm giving them cash, and they're not making money from advertising. Not like goog and fb.
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agreed that there are serious problems, but making wild speculations and accusations just makes things worse. at least that's what my invisible unicorn told me.
+1 very cool, thanks
I put a little static cling sticker on the lens. it acts like a simple lenscap. I push it aside when I want to take a photo, move it back when I'm done. sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. haven't solved the microphone problem yet though...
the news here is that the website doesn't turn on the microphone, google turns on the microphone and starts making transcriptions of everything you say. the website just accesses the transcriptions. why is goog recording everything? rhetorical question, they are looking for keywords that they can advertise against. did you just say "cancun"? they will give you hotel and airline ads.
that is super creepy.
WTF WHY IS CHROME TRANSCRIBING EVERYTHING I SAY??? are they looking for keywords to advertise against, like they do in gmail? the bug here is that some websites are gaining access to the transcriptions that are supposed to only go to google?
I admit that sometimes I have my tinfoil hat on, but this is absurdly beyond the scope of anything I could have imagined.
tfs:
"How can the tech community help consumers in protecting them from phoney on-line presences?"
you need a profit driver so people will invest in it, both money wise and time wise. I suggest being aggressive about posting people on there, but letting them apply to be removed (for a fee).
And in a FREE world, you could also respond to work-related issues after hours.
The only reason the vast majority of people respond to work email outside of work is that they will be punished otherwise.
i respond to emails all the time. Here's the breakdown of my emails: 30% delete without reading, 30% FYI, 25% simple response needed, 5% complex response needed. My best strategy for managing emails is to triage into these buckets and respond to the simple ones as fast as possible to get them off my plate. These are the smartphone responses, "Check with Jim he's the best resource for this". I respond to these after hours so they're not stacked up in the morning.
Then what's an optomicon?
WORMS FTW! jk, jk, srsly when I buy a phone game and can choose between an ad-supported free version and a paid version that costs a buck or two, i usually choose the paid version. one, because i read reviews to learn what the good games are and don't download everything just to try it. two, because ads annoy me. three, I'm not going to pay for stuff I wouldn't pay for in real life. In real life I'm not going to throw down for a shiny metal helmet, so i'm not going to do it virtually either. four, all games are a waste of time anyway so why pay any money? five, I would rather save for a PS4. six, the XBone creeps me out because it is always looking at me.
There is speculation right now that chief justice Roberts was blackmailed into supporting Obamacare and rewrote his decision the night before.
I speculate that Justice Roberts is an alien and Obama is a hologram. have you ever shaken his hand? Do you know somebody first-hand who has shaken his hand? I didn't think so.
not surprised, considering we live in the optomicon. everybody likes to exclaim "1984!" but I read the book recently and don't think it applies much. In terms of the technical invasion of privacy it is accurate, but I don't think the remaining brainwash / control aspects of the totalitarian govt are realistic.
The other thing that's accurate is the use of endless warfare to put the population into defensive mode. Think of the airports and their "status yellow/orange" bs that GWB was shown to manipulate during his re-election.
You know what will prevent this sort of thing in America? Everybody wants to be part of the 1%. And as long as there is an upwardly mobile class, there will be demand for change and new opportunities. One class will never be able to cement control over the other.
that's actually a good point. think of a shooting star (meteor). There's no fuel here either, just a red hot rock and red hot air flowing behind it.
"he's not famous, he's in famous."
What are you running at 7-10 watts? An iPad?
As long as you've taken reasonable backup precautions you'll be fine, but the average user out there isn't running a good antivirus, let alone a weekly backup of personal files.
I do hourly versioned backups, and it's all handled in the background by the os. Also I capture versioned copies of important documents and store them in an offsite provider. Time machine for backups and Dropbox for documents!
I have a small MacBook Air and I really like the form factor. 11" screen, less than two pounds.
To make a car analogy:
This is like you went to get some new tires and they told you, "Sorry, we don't make those tires any more. The car manufacturer decided they want everybody to buy a new car instead of keeping on using the old ones".
("...and the new cars are nicer! You'll be so happy you bought one!!")
You went to the tire factory to get new tires? Why not go to a store?
Extras cum at a price or not at all...no freebies
nobody here is advocating for brothels
the whole point is there isn't a pointer. pointers stay in one place when you stop moving the mouse. for iOS, there is no selector location when the screen is not being manipulated. if your phone shows a pointer sometimes then you should stop using a toy phone.
it may be the city that has a sh!tty law, but it's the landlords who jump at the chance to gleefully evict at a moment's notice. I would put a freeze on landlord actions for anybody who's been in an apartment for more than 4 years.
One thing the city can do is clarify and place a cap on what it means to be "subletting". Renting out your place for a month or three on airbnb? subletting. having someone stay there over the weekend? not subletting. Also I get the feeling that landlords are just searching airbnb for listings rather than proving that subletting is actually happening. not a crime to list your apartment.
the context here is that rental rates in SF have skyrocketed in recent years, and if landlords can evict long-time tenants they can get the unit on the market for 4x rent. This sounds like predatory landlord practices. Hopefully the city will step in to stop this process.
We have defensive driving courses, what we need now are "defensive web browsing" courses.
Agreed.
Too long, didn't read.
quite long, but I read a bit and found it much more interesting than I expected. Money shot:
WABR is the measurement by which a person's advice is helpful to other people, so if a person is giving advice that they can't possibly sincerely believe would score well by that metric, it comes across as caring more about something other than being helpful.
this is for all the people who tell people to install linux rather than windows. it's more of an ideological thing than a desire to help.
Perhaps the best advice you can give is to tell people to install all the software updates and to use a modern browser. this isn't perfect protection by any means, but it is like wearing a condom on your computer.
do you really think we are the "products" for amazon? I always felt like a customer. I'm giving them cash, and they're not making money from advertising. Not like goog and fb.