Well, I guess it’s technically installed software… but the scope is significantly less than what’s implied from the headline. My immediate reaction was, “how?”
This is basically standard browser fingerprinting, hence why it’s sold for surveillance activities. Linked in is big brother.
This isn’t even malicious compliance. It’s just compliance. The owner of the system can set ages for system users. Smart people will set it to what they want.
You know, I haven’t seen ICE in the news as much lately. What’s going on there?
Edit: n/m, found the answer: https://lemmy.ca/post/61489203
Arresting the reporters it seems
The only way this can be implemented at the OS level (not the vendor level) is to put in whatever date you want. That includes any notion of scanning “IDs”.
If you want to setup a kid’s account on a phone or pc, then you have the control. If they are smart enough to do it themselves, then hey- don’t hold them back.
My immediate concern is giving sites additional fingerprinting material. The OS better not give away an actual birthdate- when they can option for adult/not-adult, etc. Next concern is moving the age verification to a corporation, at which point the dystopia is real.
Easy, just create a long heat sink and dangle it in the earth’s atmosphere. Now we are winning!
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Doesn’t seem like this should be getting downvotes when traffic schools are spitting out drivers that don’t even know what the road signs mean. This is some [10 years ago] 20/20 worthy stuff.
For those who haven’t read the article, this is about background city noise, not sitting in traffic.
Statistically *improbable
I live 70 miles from my nearest broadcast. I invested in a nice antenna and an HDHomerun years ago.
Otherwise we’re beholden to $60+ a month for the basic cable package to watch any sports or local news.
Screw that.
For those who care about democracy. For those who care about any one other than billionaires. For those who care about life on this planet.
Find another place to shop.
It’s going to take time to overcome the “before body cam” era, but this ending brings some hope. And proof they are needed.
You can be contagious for several days before symptoms appear and you even know you are infected.
You need to become the criminal to oust the criminal civil offender.
Years ago Microsoft had its OneNote Notebooks as proper files, you could move and copy them and such. Now it’s nearly impossible to get your hands on a “tangible” file using this software.
During that transition- from usable to shit, I made the mistake of uploading my notebook, with all of my uears of course studies (college, professional certifications, etc) into onedrive. That way it could be backed up! A year later I moved my files again into a different system, moving away from OD. They were MY files after all.
What I didn’t know was that Microsoft had moved my Notebook somewhere else into their cloud, on my behalf, and changed my Notebook file to a shortcut/pointer object. There was no indication it was a shortcut as with other documents (the little arrow) on windows. It looked just exactly like the original file.
Well when I tried to open this “file” I got the rudest awakening: Microsoft couldn’t find the “linked” notebook. “What fucking linked notebook?” Apparently, when I moved my “file” (shortcut) out of overdrive, they saw that as a deletion and DELETED the now referenced file they helpfully moved for me.
All of this without ever a single notification; Microsoft deleted years of critical notes with no recourse for recovery. It was just gone.
Ass holes.
This is what they do, throw multiple conflicting orders at you and when you don’t follow one of them you get shot in the face.
What are the 14 other indications on this visual?
“Please sign in.”