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If she hadn’t mentioned the word modem I’d be on board. An old fashioned analog camera wired directly to a VHS recorder would be a bitch to hack remotely right?
But they are modems. Some of them are just built into routers. VDSL and cable connections require modems to function.
A podcast that hacks Ring camera owners live
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#252Earlier quoted context omitted.
> "Ring will not release customer information in response to government demands without a valid and binding legal demand properly served on us." Ring's own statement reflects what the OP stated: that Ring will turn over evidence when given a subpoena. Ring also released a contradictory claim to what the police said Ring made available to them. Either the police are lying about a process they seem to know well and hav…
I am primarily commenting on the "they don't need a warrant" bit, and the editorialized label of a "friendly administrative subpoena". A subpoena and warrant have a high legal bar, and the difference is who they are directed to. The way OP's comment is worded, it makes it seem like some significantly lesser bar than a warrant is being exercised. A subpoena still requires a court order, like a warrant! See https://leg…
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Opposed, but not on principle. It's been studied and tried in many places [1] and just doesn't make any sense pragmatically. It doesn't make people safer and erects yet another barrier to cycling at a time when we need to be making it _more_ attractive and accessible. And the people who propose such schemes are usually not doing so in good faith. It's not because they actually want to make cyclists safer, they're typ…
Right, and cyclists don’t want vehicle drivers cited in good faith. If so, there would be no reason to even argue against an automated citation system for bikers causing danger for pedestrians.
In any case, this isn't the world we live in, so it's all hypothetical at this point. In the short-to-medium term, the overwhelming danger on the road is from motorists.
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Actually when you drive a car, you have a lot more responsibility. It is easier to cause serious harm to someone while driving a multi-ton vehicle, than when riding a bike.
I'd say both points are complimentary rather than contradictory. Yes, cars do require more responsibility, however they are not exclusively responsible for road safety. For example cyclists have caused serious harm and even kills pedestrians before. Also pedestrians and cyclists have caused serious accidents to motorists when causing car drivers to react suddenly, to swerve or break harshly which has resulted in thos…
It's particularly a challenge because of confirmation bias on the motorist's side. Every driver can remember times that they were frustrated or had to swerve to avoid an irresponsible person on a bicycle, but it's likely that those cases where a cyclist or pedestrian had to jump out of their way have passed from memory, if they were even noticed at all in the first place. I'm not immune to this— I have a recollection from a few years ago of driving out to a pumpkin patch with my family and passing a cyclist on the shoulder of the country highway without slowing down or given them a proper side buffer. I wouldn't have thought anything of it at the time except that my partner called me out on it, but it's perfectly possible that rider felt threatened by what happened. I suspect that most of the drivers who blow through crosswalks in front of me have no idea I was in them— in their mind, nothing registered as "wow, I almost hit someone because I didn't see them, I should down!"
My sense from having had these conversations over the years is that most drivers enjoy an enormous amount of privilege on the road and are very resistant to acknowledging the role it has in shaping their views and experiences.
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You make a good point, and I elided any discussion of the prison system (in the U.S., at least) to make my comment brief. I agree with you that we should be working on the root causes of crime too, and personally I'd rather see a more reformation based prison system in the U.S. than our current punishment/deterrent based system. Thing is, I'm not sure they all do it out of desperation. One incidence in the neighborho…
For sure, I understand where you're coming from. There are certainly instances of this type of crime that aren't defensible under any pretext rooted in economic oppression. I don't have all the answers, just my perspective. Consider that once you invite the cops into your neighborhood though, they operate on their own biases, regardless of whether or not they think it's worth it to track down whoever stole the stereo…
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>Actual evidence consistently shows that mild penalties with a high probability of enforcement are most effective at maximizing compliance. I find it hard to believe that mild penalties are more effective deterent than high penalties and high enforcement. That said, the punishment should still fit the crime
Maybe because high penalties + high enforcement == rebellion? A traffic-related anecdote: the geograplically-isolated suburb I live in had a metric fuckton of speed traps about twenty years ago - like, an absurd quantity. You had cops staking out basically everywhere and giving massive tickets for the slightest infractions. Did this actually make people stop speeding? No way. It got enough people pissed enough that t…
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#257Completely beside the point, but how is a Discord live stream a "podcast"? Have media folks just started calling any streaming audio a "podcast" now?
Am I mistaken, or is it not an accident that “podcast” rhymes with “broadcast”? I thought the whole metaphor behind the name was that these were essentially radio broadcasts except you listened to them on your iPod: podcasts. The fact that they weren’t generally live is simply due to the fact that electronic hardware and wireless internet weren’t up to the task at the time. Now, calling live audio streams “podcasts”…
In the early days of podcasting I was listening to live streaming audio in the car and on headphones via my old Palm and PocketPC phones. I'd even run a Shoutcast station for a few years before that (but it was less portable before I had a cellular device that could run streaming audio apps).
Anyway, I was mostly just commenting on the shift in terminology as "podcast" has become ubiquitous. I still think of a podcast as a syndicated feed, initially (as you said) used as a way around the limitations of iPods and such. Live streaming audio was already a thing and had only gotten more popular. I still wouldn't call a live radio-style stream a "podcast" though.
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#258> The software churns through previously compromised email addresses and passwords to break into Ring cameras at scale. Given the sensitive nature of cameras in homes, I think Ring should require 2FA.
Or just have a min password length requirement that is at least a 5 word sentence. Easier to remember, and more secure.
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Am I mistaken, or is it not an accident that “podcast” rhymes with “broadcast”? I thought the whole metaphor behind the name was that these were essentially radio broadcasts except you listened to them on your iPod: podcasts. The fact that they weren’t generally live is simply due to the fact that electronic hardware and wireless internet weren’t up to the task at the time. Now, calling live audio streams “podcasts”…
I always thought a podcast was an mp3 (or other audio file) that was delivered by subscribing to an RSS feed that told your podcatcher application when there was a new file available. In the early days of podcasting I was listening to live streaming audio in the car and on headphones via my old Palm and PocketPC phones. I'd even run a Shoutcast station for a few years before that (but it was less portable before I ha…
Indeed, and the point of RSS feeds was to get your content as nearly live as possible given technology at the time, because the whole metaphor was around replacing radio programs.
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> That only works if mistake are concious. I don't think that's true at all. Indeed, feedback and fear of consequences are two things that drive people to become conscious. Both of mistakes and of the potential for mistakes.
You've carefully cropped out the following sentence that explains why your point doesn't always ring too. With the best will in the world, you cannot prevent 100% of distractions 100% of the time. Young kids, for example, will always find a way to circumvent your best efforts at least some of the time.
I understand you somehow feel at the mercy of your kids, and think that should entirely excuse negligent driving. But please understand that plenty of parents feel and behave otherwise.