circuscritic

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago

Can't wait for all of the concerned users to start screaming about ITAR...any second now.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

More like governments and their intelligence services frequently have use for illicit drug networks. Such as they're access to large supplies of money (hard currency), their ability to generate more of it, and to move it around. This need is even greater for governments under sanctions.

There are other benefits to maintaining connections to black market actors, but money is probably the biggest factor here.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

On mobile so I haven't dug into them, but Kaspersky and CheckPoint are both vendors whose flagging does justify further looking into.

Someone should probably run some sandboxed scans and post the links.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4e0ef891f11dab698326078c07d3903131835d60f3dd838c9763d78650069bd4/detection

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is talking about commercial spyware, not databrokers and shitty flashlight apps.

Zerodays, attack chains, and 0 click infections.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

His CPU has integrated graphics. He can do full passthrough.

Now, if he's doing that with a Type 2 hypervisor, I suspect the performance will still be lackluster for video editing, if it's even supported.

Which means he's also going to have to learn to use KVM.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That would be incredibly expensive. 5G modems are not cheap, and I can't imagine there's enough consumer demand that would justify the additional upfront cost and ongoing recurring charges. They'd be in clearance bins within a year or two.

I'm sure some niche displays already have embedded 5G WWAN modems, but they'd be commerical displays for digital signage, videoconferencing, etc. Those won't be cheap, or consumer standard issue anytime soon.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Hard to find, and unnecessary, as long as it has HDMI ports.

I have NEVER hooked up a smart TV to the Internet, and they work just fine with my digital boxes.

Same goes for the Blu-ray player that has Netflix, fuck that noise.

If there's a dumb option that is cheaper, go for it. Just don't think you have to pay a premium for it, when you can just not put the TV on your network.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Your Android phone can mount an external drive enclosure over OTG, just make sure it's compatible and formatted properly.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Companies handle/hand over PII, not users.

I never said anything about kissing up, I said donations/bribes.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Don't fool yourself, they own both sides. The only difference is that each special interest will pick a side to publicly donate to, and then funnel dark money to the other - gotta cover those bases.

Big Tech is pro-regulation at this point, at least the regulations that make the cost of entry for new companies prohibitively expensive.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm not sure what you're missing here, but they are OWNED by the non-profit, which means their actions align with their owners intent.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation lived long enough to see itself become the villain. Don't make excuses for them.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

According to who? You? Because the UK government says otherwise.

Raspberry Pi LTD (for-profit, founded 2012) is owned by the Raspberry Pi Foundation (non-profit, founded 2008).

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08207441/persons-with-significant-control

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