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Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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What would be the attack vector with indirect access to a webcam?

De-anonymisation for one. But more generally, if I’m the sort of person who would allow this I’d probably allow some other stupid permissions if they promised me something novel on the other side.

Well then be careful of US/UK spelling!

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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Say what you want about AI but it makes it possible to build a whole slew of awesome stuff

Horrible UI's though.. just look at this. But the idea is cool.

Yeah, it's really easy to spot an AI made app. I don't want to discount the project for being coded with AI, but you can tell when the UI is basically one shotted due to all the clutter and bloated features. I don't think AI understands that "less is more" when it comes to UI. It always seems overly eager to expose every single control and add UI flourishes to the point of being gaudy.

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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"Play Beethoven's Fifth"

A surprisingly robust approach to human verification would be to abandon visual classification entirely and instead exploit culturally embedded call-and-response patterns. There are obvious concerns regarding age and demographic bias, but these could potentially be addressed through a rotating corpus of challenges. More interesting is the adversarial question: while an LLM can trivially retrieve the expected response…

I found that rather entertaining, thank you. It reminds me of Rick n Morty, S01 E04, when they start rapping on stage and making more and more specific requests to get the matrix they're stuck in to glitch out.

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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I'd love if people stopped trying to pretend Snowden didn't happen.

It's very comforting to think that somewhere deep within the NSA is a person whose job it is to watch my face while I poop.

That's hilarious side by side with stories about cops abusing surveillance to stalk their ex, and women generally.

So you don't fear being victimised and don't plan to ever stand up for those who do. Not very unique, I'd say that's the primordial slime we all come from... but why stay in it?

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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De-anonymisation for one. But more generally, if I’m the sort of person who would allow this I’d probably allow some other stupid permissions if they promised me something novel on the other side.

Maybe try hiding your face below the camera and throwing your hands up in the sky so the camera only sees your hands then play/sing Metallica. [Chorus] Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know [Refrain] So close, no matter how far It couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters

The general tendency among people is to go along with what's thrown to them, in a Symphony of Destruction, Megadeath

    [Refrain]
    You take a mortal man
    And put him in control
    Watch him become a God
    Watch people's heads a-roll

    A-roll
    A-roll

    [Chorus]
    Just like the Pied Piper
    Led rats through the streets
    We dance like marionettes
    Swaying to the symphony of destruction

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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It's very comforting to think that somewhere deep within the NSA is a person whose job it is to watch my face while I poop.

That's hilarious side by side with stories about cops abusing surveillance to stalk their ex, and women generally. So you don't fear being victimised and don't plan to ever stand up for those who do. Not very unique, I'd say that's the primordial slime we all come from... but why stay in it?

> So you don't fear being victimised and don't plan to ever stand up for those who do.

Is that so? Can you show me what it was, exactly, that lead you to this determination?

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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> pedantically rigid My original comment was perfectly reasonable… Sorry if asking clarifying questions about your hypothetical app seems to have hit a nerve.

> We were talking about an app hence my comment on usability. Now we’re discussing something entirely different. The misunderstanding is, yes, for this app you would need the phone to stand vertically, so yeah, some kind of mounting adapter would be needed, or at least the user has to find a way to expose both cameras on the horizontal plane while also having their hands free .. It would be a pretty cool app, but yea…

The best phone holder is the tape ring itself. Just place the tape ring on the table and slide your phone inside. It's very convenient and stable. My wife taught me this life hack.
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