kersplomp

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[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 8 points 4 days ago

Nit: One engineer at a company saying something is not the same as that whole company saying something. I wish they would just say "Google employee insists..."

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Zigbee or really any Bluetooth alternative.

Bluetooth is a poorly engineered protocol. It jumps around the spectrum while transmitting, which makes it difficult and power intensive for bluetooth receivers to track.

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes. Supplier markup is 50% above cost, so set up a price watch and wait for it to go on clearance. You'll get it 50% off.

I got mine new at Best Buy last year when they were clearing out M1 stock.

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In summary, a bunch of 60 year old C developers with social deficits hijacking the conversation when he gives a talk or tries to get anything done. E.g. the link was people interrupting a QA session to complaining "I don't want to learn Rust".

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

This post was maybe true 5 years ago, but PC laptops have really started to suck. My macbook air was only $300 and it's way better than my work's $1k+ Dell laptop in terms of performance and battery life.

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Feel free to add it to the list. It's Wikipedia.

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 18 points 2 weeks ago

Cool, you should add those in and find some sources. It's Wikipedia

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The government had a warrant, read the article.

It's just made confusing by the fact that the thief had signed into the victim's phone, so it makes for a good clickbait story "police got the wrong guy's data"

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If by "when asked" you mean "given a search warrant with very clear evidence that this man had stolen a car", then... Yes? I'm not sure what you're trying to prove here.

The ex-boyfriend had signed into the guy's phone. It's not like the police just cast a wide net and randomly got his data.

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Look I never said I disagree. My point to OP is just please don't make up shit that straight up isn't true. Pick a real issue, not some made up paranoia.

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

Re 1: People keep lumping Google with Amazon and Meta, but Google does not sell your private data and alerts you if it finds out the government to accessed your data. People keep assuming that because the general tech community sells data that Google does it too, but check their privacy policy or just ask anyone who's worked there. They don't.

User data at Google is locked up tighter than fort knox. That's why the Snowden leak was such a huge deal, because the NSA was taking advantage of a security flaw that Google didn't know it had to scrape user data. Google patched it immediately after they found out.

Amazon, Meta, and Uber, are much less scrupulous.

[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is designed with privacy as an intent. It's right on their home page, they say the data never leaves your phone. It's in their privacy policy too. Those are legally binding.

 

"Google has announced plans to store Maps Timeline data locally on users' devices instead of their Google account effective December 1, 2024."

"The development is part of a series of changes the company has enacted in response to allegations that it misled consumers and illegally tracked their movements despite turning off Location History from the account settings by taking advantage of the non-obvious Web & App Activity setting."

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