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Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by mcpherrinm »

dsymonds wrote: post #157
robterrell wrote: post #144

My name and email address is the very last thing in the Waze about box, because they used some code I open sourced. Turns out it's the only email address anywhere in the app. Thanks to this, I get about a dozen emails a week from people asking for Waze help. (Lots more when Waze changes something, like hardware support for a particular device!) I've tried contacting Google (either to get these people help, or to get…

What license did you give Waze for using your code? Your repo (I'm guessing https://github.com/robterrell/TVOutManager? ) doesn't mention the license, so Waze either shouldn't be using it, or you've specified some license to them directly. Did you pick a license with an attribution-required clause?

The last item in the Waze about box is indeed for TVOutManager.

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by biot »

"You know how when the credits roll on a movie, it shows a list of songs the movie has licensed? Same goes for software. I have as much ability to influence Instagram as Mozart does to influence the movies his music is in."

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by Cub3 »

ubernostrum wrote: post #160
malkia wrote: post #154

This came today on a friend's facebook page (he's in IT/QA/etc.) - http://imgur.com/mnfQe3V "My facebook suddely split in half and this screen popped up with all these random cyber space options and it was like watching and assessing things soooo weird? and talking about child... and children being forced WTF????? is this some sort of cyber police thing that my IP was accedently allowed to access so i could help stop…

I'm gonna go with satire here, since that's showing the Firefox Developer Edition console.

Pretty sure that was added after to show what she was talking about

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by bigiain »

cwkoss wrote: post #151
robterrell wrote: post #144

My name and email address is the very last thing in the Waze about box, because they used some code I open sourced. Turns out it's the only email address anywhere in the app. Thanks to this, I get about a dozen emails a week from people asking for Waze help. (Lots more when Waze changes something, like hardware support for a particular device!) I've tried contacting Google (either to get these people help, or to get…

That's a great way to phish Waze users!

I'd be really tempted to set up an autoresponder looking at inbound mail for telltale keywords that sent back:

Dear Waze User,

We're sorry to inform you that Waze has been acquired, is shutting down - we'll be closing the service at the end of the month and your app will cease working. No new features or bugfixes will be deployed to the app. For a list of alternative apps, please use this link: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Waze+alternatives

Paid users should contact SergeyBrin@google.com for refunds.

Sorry about that, and thanks for your support,

The Waze Team.

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by int_handler »

malkia wrote: post #154

This came today on a friend's facebook page (he's in IT/QA/etc.) - http://imgur.com/mnfQe3V "My facebook suddely split in half and this screen popped up with all these random cyber space options and it was like watching and assessing things soooo weird? and talking about child... and children being forced WTF????? is this some sort of cyber police thing that my IP was accedently allowed to access so i could help stop…

IIRC, this is a very old post that has been making its rounds for some number of years now.

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by nommm-nommm »

onetwotree wrote: post #121

So there's a lot of "LOL LOOK AT THIS DUMB PERSON I AM SO MUCH SMARTER THAN HER!" going on here, especially in the reply that he seems to have sent her. Here's what's going on. Her IG account may, in fact have been hacked. This happens. She's obviously afraid and angry. She is the kind of person who thinks she can solve all of her own problems, and found the licenses section of the app, which included something with…

That's all waaaaayyyy way too much (and too technical) information to throw at someone. Nobody cares what libcurl is or what it does or if its given away for free or not. Keep it simple and to the point. 1) Sorry I can't help you and 2) here's who can. Thats it.

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by kazinator »

xlayn wrote: post #30
madaxe_again wrote: post #24

Ah, this sort of thing is as old as the moon. We run an eCommerce platform, have a variety of clients using it, they have a number of customers. At least once a week we get an accusation either from a client or an end-user of some outlandish nefarious behaviour, usually due to some complete lack of understanding of the nature of technology. Way back when, we responded, tried to help, tried to explain, but it tends to…

"When you have a conversation with an idiot, nobody watching can tell which one of you is the idiot". They are not idiots, they are average people, tech is complex, I wonder if people who have to be told or explain things to represent a market to attend? Imagine, something were you call a number ask for something to be bought; later someone go picking up the money, you perform the purchase and you later deliver. No c…

Yeah, tech is complex, like a bicycle!

"Look, I saw your company name under my bicycle seat; how can you say you're not involved in the problem of my pedal having broken off!"

Man made stuff is made from parts, and parts have different suppliers; they are not all original, and a given part is not involved in every conceivable problem that occurs somewhere in the whole. Very complicated, that!

"No wait, I know what you are. You're part of a bicycle vandal ring. You go around breaking pedals and sticking your 'calling card' sticker underneath bicycle seats."

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by kazinator »

madaxe_again wrote: post #24

Ah, this sort of thing is as old as the moon. We run an eCommerce platform, have a variety of clients using it, they have a number of customers. At least once a week we get an accusation either from a client or an end-user of some outlandish nefarious behaviour, usually due to some complete lack of understanding of the nature of technology. Way back when, we responded, tried to help, tried to explain, but it tends to…

The way to explain that is via an analogy. A web site is sort of like an automated cash register. Suppose you bought something in a retail store and when you paid for it, the cashier used a cash register made by the electronics firm Sharp. If you had trouble with the purchase, would you then approach Sharp? Sir, we are like Sharp in this situation. We made the internet version of the "cash register": the web site software which allows the vendor to operate. That software has our name on it and a link to our web site, the same way that a cash register made by Sharp has the Sharp logo. Even though your cash went into a register with the Sharp logo on it doesn't mean you were doing business with Sharp.

Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by [deleted] »

Arnt wrote: post #70
JoshTriplett wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Anyway. When you have a conversation with an idiot, nobody watching can tell which one of you is the idiot. A friend of mine who works as a college professor has a fun approach to deal with the kinds of random cranks who contact him out of the blue seeking someone to validate their wild Time-Cube-style theories and "research": he responds to each one by providing an introduction to the previous one. Apparently, he…

The usenet oracle is alive and well!

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Re: “Subject: Urgent Warning”

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Post by Piskvorrr »

Arnt wrote: post #70
JoshTriplett wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Anyway. When you have a conversation with an idiot, nobody watching can tell which one of you is the idiot. A friend of mine who works as a college professor has a fun approach to deal with the kinds of random cranks who contact him out of the blue seeking someone to validate their wild Time-Cube-style theories and "research": he responds to each one by providing an introduction to the previous one. Apparently, he…

The usenet oracle is alive and well!

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