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I wouldn't be surprised if there was some weird telemetry tied to this too

It's still a non-zero chance it triggers a no-knock raid by the police that kills your family or pets. it happens all the time

large corporations are the least american thing in american society

I'm really not convinced that what we're communicating on isn't already the metaverse

A smartphone is not a requirement for life.

I don't know if the 215 supports tethering, but there are feature phones that do paired with a laptop or even something like a steam deck (running linux) is the way to go if you re…

well now they can argue everyone in the industry already scans locally on device for illegal content, not a huge step a few years from now: "it's been such a success we're going to…

Apple's just really weird when it comes to the control they exert over devices. they do it with 'privacy' in mind and what they come up with is usually better than the worst case b…

Well, do you only wear one while grocery shopping? how much time do you spent outside of your home?

It requires a 'collection' of images to trigger an alert to apple who then has someone manually reviewing the photos before taking further action there's still our justice system/d…

Mozilla needs to drop the whole 'we need the web equivalent of a slave uprising'/'more than deplatforming' thing

this is how it always starts, Apple went from 'no it's not possible to unlock the shooters phone' to 'yeah you can give us the fingerprint of any image (maybe doucuments too) and w…

TBH I've been considering just dropping a smartphone all together, I don't really get much value out of it since i'm on my laptop most of the time when I want to internet anyway

that's kind of a stretch, but I hope not. the way the laws go good or bad is going to be up to everyone

No, I'm being serious. technology like this could be very beneficial. there's a good chance that if we continue to improve surveillance law enforcement agencies and justice departm…

Improved swatting, it's going to all make for a badass october surprise next election

you make that sound like a bad thing, I'd love to live in a world without child abuse spreading rampant on the internet and not having to suffer though what passes for political sp…

that's what they teach, in reality it's a bit different