Google is rolling out a new AI-generated feature on Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 devices called “Battery usage summaries” which translate battery use stats into natural language.
i have a functional brain.
why would anyone with that need AI to tell them “youre using youtube a lot. thats why your battery is low!”
thats what the 67% next to the youtube logo tells me in that settings menu
what a useless piece of shit feature.
meanwhile, at OSM, nothing has changed
I am personally not going to give the benefit of the doubt to a corporation who I have witnessed working with Flock, or any entity using the 4th amendment breaking “ALPR” technology in general.
Your local store may use a less identifiable ALPR such as the Axon models that are coming to light, or may somehow be unaffected, but all the ones in my area have straight up flock cameras outside of them.
ALPRs are mentioned in their privacy policy: https://www.costco.com/f/-/privacy-policy
I may have been slightly a little intoxicated making that comment
waiting for them to drop their flock contract.
now tax the data centers Abigail.
we’re waiting.
are you also being creative with english? 17 days is 2.4 weeks :p
depends on the state
the fucking villains fandom wiki 😭
me when I make shit up to cyclically hate the new generation
Americans under the age of 30 voted for Harris by 4 points (50 percent Harris – 46 percent Trump), though young men and women diverged dramatically, with men under 30 voting for Trump by 16 points (41 percent Harris – 57 percent Trump), and women under 30 voting for Harris by 24 points (59 percent Harris – 35 percent Trump).
The youth turnout rate of 47% in 2024 was slightly lower than the historic 50% in 2020, but it remains a marked improvement from the 39% rate in 2016. To put it in historical context: young voter turnout in the United States had hovered between 35–40% for most elections since the 1970s. The 2020 and 2024 cycles represent a genuine structural shift.
If youre saying they built a backdoor into it, theres no reason to. Anyone could see it in AOSP when it releases. For proprietary builds, they will already be using Google Play Services with admin privileges. GPS already is recording everything you do on your android device. Not to mention, the default encrypted DNS servers are probably Googles. Why include a backdoor when you are the service provider?
its not even a backdoor. its just an update to comply with newer DNS standards.
I have a hunch they only accept payment methods linked to me if they want an email.
enter your email address!
and just like that I’m out
The security model of GrapheneOS and CalyxOS are similar on this specific issue. They drop support after OEM support has ended because the proprietary drivers that are borrowed from the official ROM stop being updated. It introduces an unpatchable security hole unless someone can reverse engineer all the proprietary drivers and keep updating them with security fixes, and even then, hardware security flaws may eventually surface.
LineageOS and iodéOS are good for keeping older devices working as long as you are okay with a looser threat model (not having those hardware level security updates, and not having the extra features provided by Graphene or Calyx)
postmarketos is a Linux distro aimed at reverse engineering those drivers to allow supported phones to live even longer. However, the team doesnt recommend ANY devices for daily driving. The OnePlus 6T and Pixel 3 are recommended for people who want a tolerable experience but they are not perfect. The Pixel 6 series was recently supported, but Im not even sure if they have graphics drivers working yet. (not to mention, pmos has no security features outside of LUKS encryption. No measured boot, no sandboxing, no fine grain permission control etc)
Theyre also losing CalyxOS support but I figured it wouldnt hurt to mention
People in Russia and China can easily get around the censorship if they wish to via VPNs or Tor. NK has the flash drives of info that get brought in.
You can kill a person, but never the idea.
If you care about security in any capacity I would advise against a flip phone
a fella could make a killing off of right to repair people who would prefer this model by importing them in bulk