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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j24n3h0 wrote
Reply to New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79
Check out Rossman for his issues dealing with New York. Basically got audited, proved he didn't have any problems when they "mistakingly" said he did. Then he got audited again, directly after, at least from my understanding. It's incredibly corrupt, and sucks because it allows businesses easy access to stopping laws/policies and such like this one (or just completely ruining/editing it, as in this case).
I wonder how much companies "lobbied" to keep this law from happening.
carlso_aw t1_j24n1e9 wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Cleanish in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79
"Hey Google...Dino"
coyote-1 t1_j24mf3i wrote
I’m not conspiring to bring down the republic, so they ain’t coming after me.
Matter of fact, they are barely going after folks who did in fact try to bring down the Republic!
So I don’t think any of us have much to worry about.
Sarge8707 t1_j24lxa3 wrote
Reply to comment by Supafly22 in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79
Look rule 1 lose the chili P
PROJECT_curse t1_j24l2pz wrote
Reply to New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79
Got really confused and thought this was just a bad headline, but no, they ruined the bill. We were close though
Mr_Cleanish t1_j24jj6o wrote
Reply to comment by pizzamcrib in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79
All they are getting out of me is my toddler asking what time it is for the 7 millionth time in a row
diacewrb t1_j24i7n7 wrote
Reply to comment by Supafly22 in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79
Glad to see that you are still alive Mr White.
equality4everyonenow t1_j24gses wrote
Reply to comment by EgalitarianCrusader in Apple’s self-service repairs expand to desktops like iMac, Mac Studio. by SUPRVLLAN
We need to go a step further and force everyone to make their stuff modular and repairable with a single screwdriver. No glue and certainly no soldering on stuff like memory that shouldnt be soldered
Autski t1_j24gkz6 wrote
Reply to comment by chrisdh79 in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79
Love their incentive program to pay guys who find bugs like that.
Supafly22 t1_j24g1yy wrote
Reply to comment by obolobolobo in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79
Technically I didn’t lie.
obolobolobo t1_j24ffrj wrote
Reply to comment by Supafly22 in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79
Nice try. You’re cooking meth.
pizzamcrib t1_j24e7bo wrote
So is it time to throw these away?
jeff_tatum t1_j24cd8p wrote
Reply to comment by Noxious89123 in LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones by thebelsnickle1991
I don't consider the Nexus an LG phone. I loved my Nexus 5X too. But google helped a lot there.
Purely LG phones such as G3, G4, G5... They just sucked.
Supafly22 t1_j24c4tj wrote
Jokes on them. All they’ll hear is me and my wife arguing about how much seasoning I use when I cook.
chrisdh79 OP t1_j249zs8 wrote
From the article: A bug in Google Home smart speaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed.
A researcher discovered the issue and received $107,500 for responsibly reporting it to Google last year. Earlier this week, the researcher published technical details about the finding and an attack scenario to show how the flaw could be leveraged.
While experimenting with his own Google Home mini speaker, the researcher discovered that new accounts added using the Google Home app could send commands to it remotely via the cloud API.
Using a Nmap scan, the researcher found the port for the local HTTP API of Google Home, so he set up a proxy to capture the encrypted HTTPS traffic, hoping to snatch the user authorization token.
BadMedAdvice t1_j23vxht wrote
Reply to comment by TheDarkClaw in S-Trax conversion kit could make yo' bike into a snowbike by giuliomagnifico
Umm... Belt instead of chain? Yes. Belt instead of rear tire? Just... Why?
BluehibiscusEmpire t1_j22yeup wrote
Reply to comment by xRockTripodx in LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones by thebelsnickle1991
Yeah having a case as a standard requirement is pretty absurd - I mean all the money they spend on premium materials colour and design and then you need to hide it in a case that will age a lot faster than the phone is plain idiotic design
BluehibiscusEmpire t1_j22y8md wrote
Reply to comment by jessquit in LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones by thebelsnickle1991
Which is why this is so exciting. Adding lenses and trickery to achieve zoom that would take a lot distance is in some ways magic
BluehibiscusEmpire t1_j22xsd2 wrote
Reply to comment by ValyrianJedi in LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones by thebelsnickle1991
Yeah - cases tend to do that. But of course the problem is that not everyone likes a case. And definitely all the time
BluehibiscusEmpire t1_j22xpey wrote
Reply to comment by kushasorous in LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones by thebelsnickle1991
Yeah - I would be much happier if it was flat and the extra space went to battery . But I guess people with smaller hands or weaker wrists might complain
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Reply to comment by danny-G-plays in LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones by thebelsnickle1991
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Brattius t1_j22o37l wrote
Reply to LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones by thebelsnickle1991
LG software on phones was top notch. Going from then to a Samsung has felt like a step in the wrong direction. I miss my voice recording and Capture so much
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sigma941 t1_j24n8n1 wrote
Reply to New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79
Get Louis Rossmann in here!!