The General Technology Thread

[JettaKnight]

But it's just a clump of cells.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

LGR takes a look at the Sony Digital Mavica

Ah, love this old tech. Just found a Sony Walkman in my basement yesterday... going to see if it still works today.

I'd really like to get my hands on one of the older Walkman models... like a TPS-L2, or a WM-R55 (crazy expensive)... or WM-55 or WM-F55.

Stuff's hard to find though. Who knew

[video=youtube;3Nu6C-Ci7_Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nu6C-Ci7_Q[/video]

 

[wtburnette]

LGR takes a look at the Sony Digital Mavica

Ah, love this old tech. Just found a Sony Walkman in my basement yesterday... going to see if it still works today.

I'd really like to get my hands on one of the older Walkman models... like a TPS-L2, or a WM-R55 (crazy expensive)... or WM-55 or WM-F55.

Stuff's hard to find though. Who knew

[video=youtube;3Nu6C-Ci7_Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nu6C-Ci7_Q[/video]

Buddy of mine used to have one of those for doing insurance claims (he's an auto adjuster). I need to see if he still has it, or if it was a company camera.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising

1) Google should not be in the business of banning entire industries. They’re an anticompetitive monopoly.

2) Every time crypto gets banned in some form, its value surges.

 

[WebSnyper]

2) Every time crypto gets banned in some form, its value surges.

Kind of like some other things we all know about...

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Report: Police are now asking Google for data about all mobile devices close to certain crimes

 

[T.Lex]

This was kinda funny.

BBC - Capital - What the distant past told us about work in the future

The first entry.

C 370 BC
"If men learn this [speaking about becoming literate], it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written" said Socrates. We remember his views on this because Plato wrote them down.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured for the Past 9 Years

 

[WebSnyper]

Report: Police are now asking Google for data about all mobile devices close to certain crimes

That's not worrisome at all...

 

[ArcadiaGP]

#DeleteFacebook Movement Gains Steam After 50 Million Users Have Data Leaked

 

[KLB]

People are so stupid.

 

[actaeon277]

#DeleteFacebook Movement Gains Steam After 50 Million Users Have Data Leaked

So those users quit Facebook and went to twitter. Funny.
So they'll be shocked if it happens again, just this time on twitter.

If you post it, like it, friend it, whatever, assume everyone can figure that out.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

So those users quit Facebook and went to twitter. Funny.
So they'll be shocked if it happens again, just this time on twitter.

If you post it, like it, friend it, whatever, assume everyone can figure that out.

While true, Twitter certainly doesn't require the sort of information that Facebook does. Facebook's purpose is to gather information on you and use it. Twitter can be pretty anonymous.

 

[JettaKnight]

So those users quit Facebook and went to twitter. Funny.
So they'll be shocked if it happens again, just this time on twitter.

If you post it, like it, friend it, whatever, assume everyone can figure that out.

Well, you don't except them to go off the grid, do you?!

 

[jamil]

That's not worrisome at all...

But who uses Firefox's password manager?

 

[JettaKnight]

But who uses Firefox's password manager?

Me. For all those insignificant forum accounts and stores that don't keep any CC info accessible to the user.


Anything critical is stored in Password Agent.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine.

Mark Zuckerberg has been sent a formal request to appear before MPs and answer questions regarding a growing scandal about user data

 

[Cameramonkey]

'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine.

Mark Zuckerberg has been sent a formal request to appear before MPs and answer questions regarding a growing scandal about user data

Wait, lawmakers are JUST NOW figuring out that we are the product and not the customer?

 

[KLB]

'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine.

Mark Zuckerberg has been sent a formal request to appear before MPs and answer questions regarding a growing scandal about user data

OMG! No way.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The CLOUD Act would let cops get your data directly from big tech companies like Facebook without needing a warrant. Congress just snuck it into the must-pass omnibus package.