Thank you for coming over from Threads and teaching us a valuable lesson.

lololol no, you’re right, voters should absolutely represent our politicians and not the other way around. Please reply with the same meme again if you agree.

This is a great point. There are some people who just will never vote for a candidate if they feel that the person supports genocide, even if it means their livelihood will be impacted! I guess we should factor those voters in when we select candidates. Would hate to lose again!

Correct. You cannot use TC and a VPN at the same time.

do you have any more pics from this shoot

1. Check out Tracker Control https://trackercontrol.org/

2. You might want to take another look at “I don’t care about cookies.” IIUC in a lot of cases it auto-accepts. If you want a tool to auto-reject, try Consent-o-matic

https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

Ah this makes sense. Thank you!!

What they’re talking about here is something very different, something which can continue processing inputs all of the time. It would be ‘aware’ of (depending on what you give it access to) emails coming in, what you’re working on in other programs, calendar events, etc. The idea is that it could potentially interrupt you with suggestions, maybe even anticipate what you will want and do it for you.

I really thought that was the pitch for these already-existing agents.

Isn’t that exactly what’s described in this story from 2 months ago, where an AI agent executes a series of tasks that end up in this Meta exec getting her email deleted? That sounds way more complicated than “draft a letter to my congressman.” She even writes “I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb” implying that she was away from her desk. So what’s the difference between this already-existing tech and the new “persistent assistant” that can work when the user is idle?

Links?

The weirdest part to me: this comes after the EU determined that Apple’s locked store is too restrictive, and Apple agreed to allow 3rd party stores. Why the hell would Android go in the opposite direction? Will this put them in violation of the same EU regulation?

So for Paramount Plus, guess we have to write in on… Trump letterhead?

Link?

AFAIK this is the only evidence: a claim by a marketing company that they’re actually doing it. However, they have some reason to lie about this, bc it makes them sound all-knowing and powerful to their clients.

https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/

Thank you for this! I was not familiar with all these shortcomings when I shared that study. I will not share it in the future.

Related: “A new study by Western University in Ontario says that if you’ve got a car with a modified exhaust system, odds are you’re a guy and probably also psychotic and sadistic.”

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a60983144/study-loud-exhaust-psychotic/

I think we’re in agreement that the police/legal system should be clamping down on these speeders. I certainly share your confusion here re: why they’re allowed to continue doing this.

But, as we’re both seeing, the police aren’t doing their jobs, and these guys are allowed to continue menacing our streets. This happens against a general backdrop where drivers are regularly prioritized over everyone else-- to the point that that can literally kill someone and still walk. In that environment, what are we supposed to do? I think this method – highlighting that we’re watching, that the police could stop this today by simply doing their jobs-- is one of the democratic tools at our disposal.

Thank you! This is helpful

no more evidence than “I said so.”

Incorrect. There is plenty of evidence, and the group behind this (Transportation Alternatives) is reputable and well-known. Here is the evidence, which is also linked in the OP.

What do you think people should/could/might do with enough information

Law enforcement should act, and if they don’t, we should put pressure on law enforcement using the democratic tools at our disposal. Dangerously speeding cars are not the rising sun; we don’t just have to accept them as a fact of life.

Giving everyone online enough information to stalk and harass someone

If a student shoots up a school and then tries to hide with the other kids, and the kids point him out to the police, are they doxxing the shooter? Is this crowd doxxing a shooter? Why do speeders have an unfettered right to menace the public, but the public can’t hold them accountable? We wouldn’t tolerate that with any other crime committed in public. And driving is a privilege, not a right

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