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Look out, the Texas AG is rolling up witnesses.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Oddly enough, the first thing they mention (full storage access based on the description) isn't one of the permissions that the app needs, but it does have some sketchy ones
- directly call phone numbers
- force device reboot
- run at startup
- disable screen lock
- draw over other apps
The combination of reboot/run at startup/disable screen lock is particularly nasty, since that lets them disable all security on the phone
I'm trying to imagine what sort of legitimate use the combination of "reboot" and "disable screen lock" could be involved with. Running at startup is at least possibly justifiable if it is doing monitoring for other bluetooth-enabled devices — presumably phones running the app — but I just can't see why a forced reboot is something they'd need. OTOH, Android permissions are a bit weird too; they can include non-obvious stuff under such banners just because the calls happen to be in the same API section as something sketchy.
: Combine "reboot", "disable screen lock" and "draw over other apps", and you get "force the phone's screen to glow red to signal their guilt, no matter what the user does". Unless the particular model of phone has a removable battery, of course.
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
Unless the particular model of phone has a removable battery, of course.
all phones' batteries can be removed. Once.
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@remi said in In other news today...:
@acrow said in In other news today...:
Unless the particular model of phone has a removable battery, of course.
all phones' batteries can be removed. Once.
If you remove the rest of the phone along with it, you can remove them an indefinite distance an indefinite number of times.
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Is this terrible or awesome?
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is this terrible or awesome?
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is this terrible or awesome?
I hear by rule it awesome.
Eye conquer.
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@loopback0 I have thoughts.
For something that carries 500W/12V=41.7A, you really don't want to use those traditional flimsy connectors. Terminal blocks with screw tightening wouldn't be out of place here. But I'd settle for the kind of connectors they use with large RC planes. Dean's, XT60, etc..
But this thing tries to divide that 40A among 6 pins. As anyone who has worked with high-power electronics knows, that's a bad idea if you can't make sure that each pin is connected. Because if some of them don't get a good connection for any reason, the amperage is divided among the rest.
At 500W, it also wouldn't be out of place for the GPU to have their own PSU built-in, with a 230V AC connection from outside the chassis. That way the user wouldn't have to connect high-current lines at all.
Or, at the very least, make the PSU connection 24V. That'd halve the current, and reduce the heat generation in the transfer cable to a quarter. Since the voltage has to be converted down to 5V / 3V inside the GPU anyway, the changes necessary inside the GPU would be small.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is this terrible or awesome?
Biological
defencewarfare at its finest.
While european honeybees (which were likely used) are already quite aggressive, asian Apis dorsata would be even more effective. But Massachusetts might be a little too cold for them.
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Let's get a better grip on things. With bio-inspired tentacles.
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This one actually makes a little more sense. Can probably be bested by crowbar though.
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@BernieTheBernie said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is this terrible or awesome?
Biological
defencewarfare at its finest.
While european honeybees (which were likely used) are already quite aggressive, asian Apis dorsata would be even more effective. But Massachusetts might be a little too cold for them.Now, the most important question: is bee swarm covered by the 2nd Amendment?
Can't wait for the the Supreme Court decision!
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@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
2nd Amendment
I am surprised: did the US add the protection of Nature so early to their constitution?
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@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
@BernieTheBernie said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is this terrible or awesome?
Biological
defencewarfare at its finest.
While european honeybees (which were likely used) are already quite aggressive, asian Apis dorsata would be even more effective. But Massachusetts might be a little too cold for them.Now, the most important question: is bee swarm covered by the 2nd Amendment?
Can't wait for the the Supreme Court decision!
Why would the court even consider the 2nd amendment here?
For one, a swarm of bees is at best a dual-use item, and not a purpose built weapon. As such it's not covered by 2A.
And for another, 2A only covers possession for availability to use. Whatever action you take with the arms in question would still be prosecuted under more relevant interaction laws. In this case, that's "attempted assault" or "attempted assault with a deadly weapon". That'd go exactly the same way if she'd pulled an actual weapon.
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@Bulb there is no adequate size or intensity of graphic to express Pikachu's shock at this outcome.
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
Can probably be bested by crowbar though.
Probably opened under a minute by the Lock picking lawyer
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@DogsB said in In other news today...:
Can probably be bested by crowbar though.
Probably opened under a minute by the Lock picking lawyer
You're probably being generous.
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
You're probably being generous.
I was including the time to open the package and explaining why this locks suck
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@DogsB said in In other news today...:
Can probably be bested by crowbar though.
Probably opened under a minute by the Lock picking lawyer
Don't know him to be honest but I will have a look around. The thing that gets on my nerves about most of these electronic lock companies is that they're selling convenience. All well and good. However, and I'm a bit old fashioned, I always thought locks were to keep people out. How does their lock keep out undesirables? More importantly how well can it prevent an opportunist with a crowbar. I fucking hate iot companies.
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
I always thought locks were to keep people out.
Prepare to be shocked
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
I always thought locks were to keep people out. How does their lock keep out undesirables? More importantly how well can it prevent an opportunist with a crowbar.
Watch enough Lock Picking Lawyer videos and you'll realise that plenty of normal dumb non-electronic locks don't do a great job at that either.
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@loopback0 Ultimately if someone is determined to get in, they're going to. The locks (and other defences) just need to be good enough to put them off or slow them down enough to get caught.
Some of these better "smart" locks are likely as good at doing that as a normal lock. But considering that occasionally my phone will refuse to connect to a bluetooth device that it normally connects to without issue, then I'd not have some phone-activated "smart" lock because there would be that one day where it refused to connect to the lock. So I'd need to carry the physical key around just in case and if I'm going to have to carry the key around anyway then I might as well just skip the "smart" lock.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
if I'm going to have to carry the key around anyway then I might as well just skip the "smart" lock.
And it's usually the physical mechanism — either the lock, itself, or the container being locked — that is most readily vulnerable to attack. Not that the "smart" part isn't vulnerable, too, probably, but I expect that would usually require a little more specialized knowledge to exploit, compared to a light tap with a hammer for some of the worst mechanical components.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
because there would be that one day where it refused to connect to the lock.
Like when the power goes out.
edit: Or the Internet is down.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
if I'm going to have to carry the key around anyway then I might as well just skip the "smart" lock.
And it's usually the physical mechanism — either the lock, itself, or the container being locked — that is most readily vulnerable to attack. Not that the "smart" part isn't vulnerable, too, probably, but I expect that would usually require a little more specialized knowledge to exploit, compared to a light tap with a hammer for some of the worst mechanical components.
That still requires force / breaking. With smort locks it probably just takes a script kiddy to download an exploit to their phone to open shit up with a click on the screen.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
if I'm going to have to carry the key around anyway then I might as well just skip the "smart" lock.
And it's usually the physical mechanism — either the lock, itself, or the container being locked — that is most readily vulnerable to attack. Not that the "smart" part isn't vulnerable, too, probably, but I expect that would usually require a little more specialized knowledge to exploit, compared to a light tap with a hammer for some of the worst mechanical components.
That still requires force / breaking. With smort locks it probably just takes a script kiddy to download an exploit to their phone to open shit up with a click on the screen.
Really, the smart lock is just looking out for your best interests. Now you won't ever have that existential fear of dread when you pass your locked area to see the lock broken and dangling from the peg.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
if I'm going to have to carry the key around anyway then I might as well just skip the "smart" lock.
And it's usually the physical mechanism — either the lock, itself, or the container being locked — that is most readily vulnerable to attack. Not that the "smart" part isn't vulnerable, too, probably, but I expect that would usually require a little more specialized knowledge to exploit, compared to a light tap with a hammer for some of the worst mechanical components.
That still requires force / breaking. With smort locks it probably just takes a script kiddy to package and sell a tool for
to downloadan exploit for crooks to download to their phone to open shit up with a click on the screen.FTFY
The smarter unprincipled individuals in the underworld make tools and sell them on the black market for the dumber individuals to use. It's how it's always been.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
The locks (and other defences) just need to be good enough to put them off or slow them down enough to get caught.
And force them to make noise and leave marks. The noise is important for the "get caught on scene" part. The marks are important so you can a) notice there's been a break-in, b) notice it in a timely fashion so the trail's not totally cold and the stolen items fenced and disappeared, and c) the cops and insurance company don't bother hearing you out if there aren't any marks of a break-in.
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Today in shit that I didn’t know was a thing and regret not getting to laugh at
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@DogsB it gets worse(?), I was talking a couple of years ago to one university who wanted to take all the posts from their university learning management forum (which students and staff interact on), dump that into “an AI” and assess which students were getting fed up and at risk of dropping out, I.e. sentiment analysis…
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
At 500W, it also wouldn't be out of place for the GPU to have their own PSU built-in, with a 230V AC connection from outside the chassis.
Do they do a version that takes a 3-phase connection like an industrial motor?
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@dkf Of PSUs? Not for PCs. For datacenters it's a thing though:
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
Of PSUs? Not for PCs. For datacenters it's a thing though
I was thinking about it for a GPU. For a friend.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
So I'd need to carry the physical key around just in case and if I'm going to have to carry the key around anyway then I might as well just skip the "smart" lock.
Not necessarily, though, if the smart part still is more convenient to use than the physical key. For example, the "keyless" fob to enter my car also contains a physical key (I know because the day I had to change the battery I needed to open the fob and discovered the key inside), and yet the fob is way more convenient as it can stay anywhere in my pockets.
Even if you have to get your phone (almost) in contact to the lock (i.e. take it out of your pocket), this could still be more convenient than fumbling in your pocket for your keys, so it's not totally useless.
But yeah, if you still have to carry a physical key (and I'm with you here, if it were me I would also carry it!), the usefulness of the phone-lock is extremely reduced.
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
@BernieTheBernie said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is this terrible or awesome?
Biological
defencewarfare at its finest.
While european honeybees (which were likely used) are already quite aggressive, asian Apis dorsata would be even more effective. But Massachusetts might be a little too cold for them.Now, the most important question: is bee swarm covered by the 2nd Amendment?
Can't wait for the the Supreme Court decision!
Why would the court even consider the 2nd amendment here?
For one, a swarm of bees is at best a dual-use item, and not a purpose built weapon. As such it's not covered by 2A.
And for another, 2A only covers possession for availability to use. Whatever action you take with the arms in question would still be prosecuted under more relevant interaction laws. In this case, that's "attempted assault" or "attempted assault with a deadly weapon". That'd go exactly the same way if she'd pulled an actual weapon.
Aside the fact that it's obviously a silly joke, I would like to note that "charge stacking" is definitely a thing and such a charge would not be the silliest thing added by prosecution to see if it sticks (although it would probably deserve a Lowering The Bar article).
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@acrow said in In other news today...:
At 500W, it also wouldn't be out of place for the GPU to have their own PSU built-in, with a 230V AC connection from outside the chassis.
Do they do a version that takes a 3-phase connection like an industrial motor?
Oh boy, I can’t wait for induction fans
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@kazitor said in In other news today...:
@dkf said in In other news today...:
@acrow said in In other news today...:
At 500W, it also wouldn't be out of place for the GPU to have their own PSU built-in, with a 230V AC connection from outside the chassis.
Do they do a version that takes a 3-phase connection like an industrial motor?
Oh boy, I can’t wait for induction fans
People who like to prove all horses are the same color?
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@acrow said in In other news today...:
At 500W, it also wouldn't be out of place for the GPU to have their own PSU built-in, with a 230V AC connection from outside the chassis.
Do they do a version that takes a 3-phase connection like an industrial motor?
That'll be the 5090. The 6090 will need a direct connection to the power station.
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@kazitor said in In other news today...:
Oh boy, I can’t wait for induction fans
I'm a big fan of inductive reasoning.
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@loopback0 Different prediction
- 5090: gas powered (LNG)
- 6090: powered with Liquid H2 (also used to cool the GPU)
- 7090: powered with Liquid H2, but via fusion
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
script kiddyrank black hat to package and sell a toolScript kiddies don't write shit.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
a direct connection to the power station.
A? The? Oh, for a simple world.
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"molten lava", "underground magma", ... much triggering.
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Today in: what does that mean?
which estimates operating income at between $0 and $4 billion
That's not’s an estimate. Just say fuck knows.