I’ve never been comfortable with ring cameras specifically because even if it isn’t a tool to be harnessed by the state it’s still a tool to be harnessed by anyone holding a grudge. The vast majority of IoT users don’t know the basics of securing their network or their cameras. They connect things to the internet for the convenience and that’s it. And the cameras pick up the comings and goings of people who don’t really have the ability to not consent to having someone record when they leave their house or return to it. My neighbor doesn’t need that information. And why yes they could sit in their house and watch at all hours through the curtains, there would still be a physical limit to what they could see.

For the same reason I don’t want drones constantly surveiling my home, I don’t want camera footage I have no access to but that can be used against me by someone who doesn’t like how I take the leaves in my driveway.

Anyone who’s been in a dispute with a neighbor who’s got a ring camera knows this struggle. And the advice you get, by and large is to get one of your own. No thanks.

Yeah. Looks like RootmyTV is only for older models of LG TVs and that’s kind of sad.

I haven’t but that’s probably because I don’t use it to do anything that would require that. Like. Everything (switching inputs, volume etc) is handled by my receiver. The devices that are hooked up to the receiver all have their settings on device.

It may also depend on what firmware your TV came with and what model you have?

Sorry I can’t be more help.

Interesting. But my house basically is a faraday cage. I have no signal outside it from my wifi or any of the others because of the way they were constructed. I have to have wifi repeaters indoors and a mobile repeater setup to get cell coverage inside.

So I guess I’m lucky in that respect.

But all in all this is good information for people to know including me. Thanks for that.

It can’t send screen shots if it doesn’t connect to the internet. I own an LG TV and it’s never been connected to a network.

For those of you who need it:

1. Press the Settings button on your remote (the gear icon).

2. When the side menu pops up, select Settings.

3. Choose the General option.

4. Scroll down and select System.

5, Select Additional Settings.

6. Toggle Live Plus off.

I’m currently in the process of switching to Waterfox while I wait to see what Ladybird can do, and so far I’m pretty happy with my decision.

What do you use for android?

They don’t explain enough about the circumstances of the arrest or how the phone was wiped. As far as I’m concerned that’s probably because the law enforcement entity mismanaged the situation and supposed “evidence” and are now trying to pin whatever they can on the guy.

It’s stupid that they can just do this with no actual evidence and just an accusation with no factual information provided.

It really didn’t used to be this way. I remember distinctly walking into a metro PCs store in the late 2000’s/early 2010’s and being told by the guy there they didn’t care what your name was, you could write down bugs bunny and they’d still take your payment and activate your service. But because of that lots of… Less than reputable people did just that and things kind of ended up how they are now.

I think there was at one point a switch to VOIP because of that change, and after that VOIP providers started tightening things down, so now your best bet is probably to pay someone in crypto to import an already activated phone.

Lol. My current party isn’t (it’s just two people), but my previous party definitely was (13 people).

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Good news, everyone!

People in the field would love to bust Google for this so it’s a safe bet that they are actively looking for Google to log or transmit what you type in the keyboard in every app. The fact that the news hasn’t broken that Google is logging this info is important. It means in the realm of possibility it’s not impossible but it is unlikely.

Still it’s safer to assume all of your communications on stock android are being tracked or spied on.

The same way you assume a weapon is loaded. Better safe than sorry.

No. They do this on purpose. They seem to believe it messes with LLM scraping tools.

Not 9/10. They literally say in the article they will use the collected data to train their AI.

RAM (Radar Absorbing Material) coatings have existed for quite awhile. We use them for all kinds of stuff in the military industrial complex. The main question I have is who is doing upkeep to make sure that material/paint is intact and still maintains efficacy. And also how much is that going to cost? This isn’t new tech, but it sounds like some company is trying to market it to people afraid of 5G based entirely on the commentary here.

Is this a suggestion to set up a bot to crosspost videos from YouTube (with the original video owner’s consent and knowledge)?

Pretty much. We all know this isn’t about protecting kids, it’s about over policing people and invading their privacy.

A tech savvy child who can Google free vpns.

My advice (even if you do decide to use a separate device for gaming) is to get rid of anything that does telemetry, tracking, ad service, or AI. If you have a pro version or enterprise version of windows 11 you can use Group Policy Editor to remove or disable a lot of stuff and what is left is usually taken care of by Registry Editor in the command line. You can find many guides online that will walk you through how to debloat and remove a lot of the stuff MS uses to track you. I recommend this for anyone who uses windows.

There’s also a lot of stuff you can turn off from the setting menu that may help if you’re privacy conscious. It also might not hurt to make your account local rather that one attached to outlook or MS services (I recognize this may not be possible depending on what you use for work).

You may also want to try a different distribution of Linux that’s specifically made for gaming. I don’t know what kind of graphics card you have but the proton compatibility layer has been getting better overtime and so you might give that a shot.