And today I saw a video about a rumba vacuum taking pictures, specifically of a woman in the bathroom. Per Google AI - Some robot vacuums, like certain Ecovacs Deebot models, have been found to have security vulnerabilities that allow unauthorized access to their cameras, potentially enabling the capture and transmission of photos. These vulnerabilities, if exploited, could allow hackers to view live footage or access previously recorded images and videos. Ecovacs has acknowledged these issues and stated they are working on updates to address them.
I'm like my Wife's Grandmother was, I'd never have anything like that in my home, I cover up camera's and disable microphones or unplug them, etc. I know that computers, tablets and phones can be taken over from the other side, I've seen it done. I won't own a cell phone.
Once they have access they can go through every file on it and add stuff too if they want and although most hackers manage to get you to screw up and give them access, it can be done other ways, although it will leave a trace that can be found by a pro.
She would tape over the spot for the remote control on the TV because she thought it was somehow a two way thing. No way in hell would she have had anything like those robots in her home and neither will I.
Paranoid, tiny, Portuguese lady, came off of one of their small Islands actually. She believed in old school magic, UFO's, the "new world order", etc., she took shit from nobody on Earth and lived to be over a hundred. (ran off with her second husband on a motorcycle.) Feisty would be putting it mildly, but also a lot of fun especially if she had a few drinks in her, loved music.
If she were alive today she'd say, See I told you, you should listen to me, now go get me a beer and put some Hank on the record player and make it quick, I ain't gonna live forever.
I watched a video the other day where this Mother and Son from the UK commented about cameras being everywhere. Mom hated it, Son loved it because he feels safer. Maddening....
In reality he's just more likely to now be mugged by the State, for going three miles an hour over or making an illegal U turn, but he feels safe, so that's what counts, I guess. And even if it did make him a tiny bit safer, so fucking what, grow a pair already, which was kind of what his Mum said.
Back in the day we would get calls at our business from data collection agencies, employees would dutifully tell them everything they could, wasting our employees time on the phone, while making a list they can sell. Nobody cared about "data" or at least not the majority of us, although I did tell the girls to hang up on them and get back to work. They would verify the address, ask how many people worked there, how much we did in sales, etc. etc. Why the girls thought they had to answer questions from some rando on the phone is still beyond me. IDK maybe it was the business setting but I bet half of them would have done the same at home if they sounded "official".
I'm guilty of using these lists myself though. I spent thousands on lists so that I could target contractors and other large users of valves. All together I spent over ten grand on them. I started with a list just for California that cost about two thousand bucks to see if it would work, it did and then some, so then I bought one for the rest of the country. I think that one was seventy fife hundred bucks. I then bought a smaller third list specifically for the wine business, we also sold stainless valves. (big bucks they were).
I know nothing about wine except valves, although I visited most of the wine producers in Central California and ended up going to a few nice company parties at them as well. I remember them having an open buffet with tri-tip BBQ along with a light wine, which was a good combo, even if I was mostly a beer and bourbon guy. (I no long drink booze but I'd still fight over the FACT that bourbon is superior to any other hard liqueur ever produced.)
I once talked an Italian valve manufacturer called RUB into paying for fifteen thousand glossy catalogs, all with our company information of course, to be printed and sent out for us along with some sales fliers, credit apps and stuff like that. Although I already knew their credit was perfect, because I'd filtered for that when I paid for the the list, that a bunch of other stuff.
We did follow up calls to all of them as well and had the purchasing agents phone numbers to use, that also saved time and money.
That was back when you could buy a compact car for ten grand. Now I'm sure it would cost peanuts to buy the list and it would be so detailed I'd blush reading it.
They were efficient though, that was the point of using them and I'm not really sure how I could have built that company without them. I guess it would have been possible, but not in the short time it took me.
I bet trillions in sales have been made due to data collection in one way or another.
Sure seems like there could be some reasonable limits though right? We didn't ask for anything other than business related information. That seems like a decent place to draw the line, if it's information that is public and business related it's fair game, but the rest should be left alone.
I don't own a cell phone and don't use credit cards on-line with the exception of paypal and amazon and that's because I also made a ton using them both when I was selling semi loads full of guitars. Couldn't have operated that business without doing it. It's all a big catch 22 for me, I hate the tech in one way but couldn't have made the living I did without it.
It's good for commerce but also great for Big Brother and every scam artist known to man.
I wouldn't think of ever putting anything, anywhere on line that my own mother can't read or view.
Did you hear, they can now subpoena your AI conversations? (I bet the can tag them and send them to homeland security if they get too goofy)
Oh and one more reason to not vote is because pretty much all states sell your voter data which includes your current address. Some states let you opt out if you have been involved with a stalker or have a protection order, stuff like that, but not Michigan. They sell all of it, clowns.
I had problems with one real life stalker and a bunch of cyber stalkers, so it's nice to know that they can easily find out where I live.
I don't imagine I'll ever get the "Real ID" BS, so if I'm forced to use it to vote, that will be the end of voting for me. I mostly think it only matters locally and that's because around here a handful of votes often does change stuff, plus I know half the people personally.
I might be OK unless I move again, but I probably will eventually, seems I always do, although I swear this time I'm not moving half my stuff. I'm thinking about building on my lake property and keeping this place too. In Michigan we pay half the taxes on our primary home as we do any secondary one, so technically I'd have to "move" to my "summer home" to save paying extra.
I wonder if that real ID BS will backfire on Republicans? There are a lot of hillbillies around here who hate that big brother crap and they are mostly Trump people.
You had me at " bourbon is superior to any other hard liqueur ever produced.". Save some room for a small house - I'll bring the Blanton, Eagle Rare, Buffalo Trace, Woodruff, EJ Craig and some sporting equipment...
The data collected is overwhelming, so the System uses algorithms to sort it all out. Humans will find a way to beat the algorithms as fast as some Harvard twit invents them. For example, type in pidgin English. Ipe-tay in idgin-pie glish-Eni.
I've given up on laws and lawmakers. They are idiots who don't give a shit about us.
How much do they spend fighting "cyber crime", have they stopped the scams yet? Yeah, my faith in them stopping this or anything else is pretty much non-existent.
What bothers me is how many young people like the cameras everywhere, they make them feel safe. That's wrong on a whole lot of levels. For one, if you need cameras everywhere to feel safe you done screwed up somewhere right? And second of all, why doesn't it bother you? Why are you so used to being watched that it's completely comfortable? That's just creepy to me. Borg City. I HATED being watched over as a kid, didn't we all?
Yep, that's probably why they are so used to the cameras, makes sense. They grew up with one pointed at their face half the time anyway, so what's the big deal?
Schools have them everywhere too and they spend half their waking hours in that high security lockdown environment. They probably have one on their front door too.
Seeing a camera in a park is no big deal, keeps the criminals at bay or at least they will catch your killer right, right, wall at least maybe??
“The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.”
And today I saw a video about a rumba vacuum taking pictures, specifically of a woman in the bathroom. Per Google AI - Some robot vacuums, like certain Ecovacs Deebot models, have been found to have security vulnerabilities that allow unauthorized access to their cameras, potentially enabling the capture and transmission of photos. These vulnerabilities, if exploited, could allow hackers to view live footage or access previously recorded images and videos. Ecovacs has acknowledged these issues and stated they are working on updates to address them.
I'm like my Wife's Grandmother was, I'd never have anything like that in my home, I cover up camera's and disable microphones or unplug them, etc. I know that computers, tablets and phones can be taken over from the other side, I've seen it done. I won't own a cell phone.
Once they have access they can go through every file on it and add stuff too if they want and although most hackers manage to get you to screw up and give them access, it can be done other ways, although it will leave a trace that can be found by a pro.
She would tape over the spot for the remote control on the TV because she thought it was somehow a two way thing. No way in hell would she have had anything like those robots in her home and neither will I.
Paranoid, tiny, Portuguese lady, came off of one of their small Islands actually. She believed in old school magic, UFO's, the "new world order", etc., she took shit from nobody on Earth and lived to be over a hundred. (ran off with her second husband on a motorcycle.) Feisty would be putting it mildly, but also a lot of fun especially if she had a few drinks in her, loved music.
If she were alive today she'd say, See I told you, you should listen to me, now go get me a beer and put some Hank on the record player and make it quick, I ain't gonna live forever.
I’ve put the cat litter in the laundry room so every time one of the cats take a shit, it gets reported to GE…
Wow!!! What an amazing gift for the porn industry...heavy-breathing audio and candid video. We are truly blessed (sarcasm).
Eletrolux door-to-door salesman coming out of retirement....!
I watched a video the other day where this Mother and Son from the UK commented about cameras being everywhere. Mom hated it, Son loved it because he feels safer. Maddening....
In reality he's just more likely to now be mugged by the State, for going three miles an hour over or making an illegal U turn, but he feels safe, so that's what counts, I guess. And even if it did make him a tiny bit safer, so fucking what, grow a pair already, which was kind of what his Mum said.
Back in the day we would get calls at our business from data collection agencies, employees would dutifully tell them everything they could, wasting our employees time on the phone, while making a list they can sell. Nobody cared about "data" or at least not the majority of us, although I did tell the girls to hang up on them and get back to work. They would verify the address, ask how many people worked there, how much we did in sales, etc. etc. Why the girls thought they had to answer questions from some rando on the phone is still beyond me. IDK maybe it was the business setting but I bet half of them would have done the same at home if they sounded "official".
I'm guilty of using these lists myself though. I spent thousands on lists so that I could target contractors and other large users of valves. All together I spent over ten grand on them. I started with a list just for California that cost about two thousand bucks to see if it would work, it did and then some, so then I bought one for the rest of the country. I think that one was seventy fife hundred bucks. I then bought a smaller third list specifically for the wine business, we also sold stainless valves. (big bucks they were).
I know nothing about wine except valves, although I visited most of the wine producers in Central California and ended up going to a few nice company parties at them as well. I remember them having an open buffet with tri-tip BBQ along with a light wine, which was a good combo, even if I was mostly a beer and bourbon guy. (I no long drink booze but I'd still fight over the FACT that bourbon is superior to any other hard liqueur ever produced.)
I once talked an Italian valve manufacturer called RUB into paying for fifteen thousand glossy catalogs, all with our company information of course, to be printed and sent out for us along with some sales fliers, credit apps and stuff like that. Although I already knew their credit was perfect, because I'd filtered for that when I paid for the the list, that a bunch of other stuff.
We did follow up calls to all of them as well and had the purchasing agents phone numbers to use, that also saved time and money.
That was back when you could buy a compact car for ten grand. Now I'm sure it would cost peanuts to buy the list and it would be so detailed I'd blush reading it.
They were efficient though, that was the point of using them and I'm not really sure how I could have built that company without them. I guess it would have been possible, but not in the short time it took me.
I bet trillions in sales have been made due to data collection in one way or another.
Sure seems like there could be some reasonable limits though right? We didn't ask for anything other than business related information. That seems like a decent place to draw the line, if it's information that is public and business related it's fair game, but the rest should be left alone.
I don't own a cell phone and don't use credit cards on-line with the exception of paypal and amazon and that's because I also made a ton using them both when I was selling semi loads full of guitars. Couldn't have operated that business without doing it. It's all a big catch 22 for me, I hate the tech in one way but couldn't have made the living I did without it.
It's good for commerce but also great for Big Brother and every scam artist known to man.
I wouldn't think of ever putting anything, anywhere on line that my own mother can't read or view.
Did you hear, they can now subpoena your AI conversations? (I bet the can tag them and send them to homeland security if they get too goofy)
Oh and one more reason to not vote is because pretty much all states sell your voter data which includes your current address. Some states let you opt out if you have been involved with a stalker or have a protection order, stuff like that, but not Michigan. They sell all of it, clowns.
I had problems with one real life stalker and a bunch of cyber stalkers, so it's nice to know that they can easily find out where I live.
I don't imagine I'll ever get the "Real ID" BS, so if I'm forced to use it to vote, that will be the end of voting for me. I mostly think it only matters locally and that's because around here a handful of votes often does change stuff, plus I know half the people personally.
I might be OK unless I move again, but I probably will eventually, seems I always do, although I swear this time I'm not moving half my stuff. I'm thinking about building on my lake property and keeping this place too. In Michigan we pay half the taxes on our primary home as we do any secondary one, so technically I'd have to "move" to my "summer home" to save paying extra.
I wonder if that real ID BS will backfire on Republicans? There are a lot of hillbillies around here who hate that big brother crap and they are mostly Trump people.
You had me at " bourbon is superior to any other hard liqueur ever produced.". Save some room for a small house - I'll bring the Blanton, Eagle Rare, Buffalo Trace, Woodruff, EJ Craig and some sporting equipment...
The data collected is overwhelming, so the System uses algorithms to sort it all out. Humans will find a way to beat the algorithms as fast as some Harvard twit invents them. For example, type in pidgin English. Ipe-tay in idgin-pie glish-Eni.
I've given up on laws and lawmakers. They are idiots who don't give a shit about us.
How much do they spend fighting "cyber crime", have they stopped the scams yet? Yeah, my faith in them stopping this or anything else is pretty much non-existent.
What bothers me is how many young people like the cameras everywhere, they make them feel safe. That's wrong on a whole lot of levels. For one, if you need cameras everywhere to feel safe you done screwed up somewhere right? And second of all, why doesn't it bother you? Why are you so used to being watched that it's completely comfortable? That's just creepy to me. Borg City. I HATED being watched over as a kid, didn't we all?
Kids love taking selfies. If it's not on video, it didn't happen. They will regret it.
Yep, that's probably why they are so used to the cameras, makes sense. They grew up with one pointed at their face half the time anyway, so what's the big deal?
Schools have them everywhere too and they spend half their waking hours in that high security lockdown environment. They probably have one on their front door too.
Seeing a camera in a park is no big deal, keeps the criminals at bay or at least they will catch your killer right, right, wall at least maybe??
The kids never knew privacy.
Again, right on target Mr, Wilson.
Similar towhee Ben said ~235 years ago. True then, still true noe.
to what
Timmy, per your “lawmakers”…
“The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.”
JRR Tolkien