[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago

I always thought it was a huge concern to let the insurance company have gps access to my phone because it gives them exact times when I am away from my home.

Insurance companies’ more nefarious employees or employee’s friends have an exact playbook for when it’s safe to break into your home, how much money you have(based on how many and the types of cars you have policies on), how many people could be at home (insured on policy), credit rating… etc. It’s not data that you couldn’t get with a bit of research and time, but having a searchable database full of customer info makes it easy to list out hundreds of targets with little effort.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

Nobody bring up the BLM arrests during the protests…

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 79 points 4 months ago

He is free to say whatever he wants and the government can’t stop him.

He is also accountable to his victims if his actions cause them financial harm.

Freedom of speech remains intact.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 120 points 4 months ago

… well, yeah… but symptoms can kill you, too.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I wonder if they saw a large enough down tick is user traffic to realize that endlessly badgering people with 5 ads to watch a 30 second clip is driving away their user base.

I know my YouTube consumption has decreased by a factor of 10. I used to use it for almost all of my streaming entertainment. In conjunction with other streaming services’ password sharing crackdown, I am spending more time reading and going outside than I have in the past decade. That’s a trend these providers don’t want catching on.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

So they can sell your browsing habits to other advertising firms and, ultimately, other manufacturers or service providers… so they can badger you with more targeted ads…

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 54 points 5 months ago

If google stops strip mining my data when I pay for their service, I’d do it in a heartbeat. I’m not going to pay to be someone’s product.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 51 points 6 months ago

My tesla doesn’t let me use autopilot or FSD if I set it over 5% of the posted speed limit. How is this guy going 75 in the burbs?

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 51 points 6 months ago

I don’t get their arguement. The federal govt can’t tell them they aren’t allowed to print or report on something… and they aren’t. The govt is just warning the citizenry that the information being reported on is funded by foreign interest and contains biased or non-factual information.

They are specifically not interfering with freedom of the press by letting these media outlets publish whatever they want. That doesn’t means they don’t get to have an opinion and definitely doesn’t mean they don’t have a responsibility to help protect the nation’s citizenry.

People have the misunderstanding that the 1st amendment means you can say anything you want without consequence. The govt can’t stop you from saying something, but you are still accountable for the things you say in the marketplace. The govt is allowed to say you are full of shit and the marketplace can decide if they believe you or them.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 121 points 7 months ago

This is literally why net neutrality needs to be regulated. Corporations will artificially make problems to induce additional earnings.

Super scummy, anti-customer behavior.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 76 points 8 months ago

I’m about to throw my google speakers away at this point. I feel like they are becoming more and more useless. Voice commands used to work fine, but lately this is a standard occurance.

“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights.”

“I’m sorry. It looks like that device hasn’t been set up yet.”

“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights.”

“Power controls are not available at this time.”

“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights”

…lights turn on…

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