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BenFranklinsDick , in Dutch appellate court rules against Oracle and Salesforce in a GDPR-related cookie case

Why does this have an AI generated picture of chocolate chip cookies instead of ANYTHING related to the actual article? A company logo, a dutch flag, a court symbol, a fucking computer, literally anything else.

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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The article does talk about web cookies, so they probably thought they were being cheeky.

the_doktor , in Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities

Google tracks EVERYONE. Same with Apple and any other company that has access to you via electronic devices How is this news? We really need strict llegislation to end this anti-privacy nightmare we are in.

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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Because in this case, it is illegal.

the_doktor ,

Should be illegal in any case. It violates your privacy and freedom to be tracked and only because big businesses have normalized this bullshit do you think it's okay except for marginalized cases.

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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You don't have to convince me. Convince your politicians that are paid by big business.

IDew , in Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities

You basically allowed them to do that after signing up and click agree

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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Not in this case, since the state law supersedes any terms of service.

BearOfaTime , in Judge’s blunder throws wrench into case against Paul Pelosi attacker

Oh, that was surely an accidental oversight, right?

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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Most likely. It doesn't void the guilty verdict, he just has to be re-sentenced.

BrikoX OP Mod , in Kate Roughley jailed for 14 years over death of baby at Stockport nursery
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Follow up story to https://lemmy.zip/post/15787012

JackGreenEarth , in GM’s Cruise pays more than $8 million to pedestrian run over and dragged by robotaxi
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Don't get me wrong, this is sad, but no excuse to ban self driving cars. As long as they hurt less people than human drivers do, they're preferable to human drivers. Perfection is unrealistic and unnecessary.

fiercekitten ,

I get what you’re saying and part of me agrees; we all want to see fewer injuries from automobiles and I hope the self-driving tech can get us there.

Another part of me is livid that any of us deem any amount of harm or death from automobiles as being “within acceptable limits”, especially when it’s used to justify the current problems, injuries, and deaths from self-driving tech.

Car companies could be making automobiles [for the US market] much safer for everyone but they refuse to do so. They could:

— Make smaller vehicles

— Make vehicles lighter in weight

— Stop making oversized trucks and SUVs

— Lower the front bumper height and hood height of trucks and SUVs so that pedestrians who are struck are thrown onto or away from the vehicle instead of being smashed into a 6-foot tall grille and then run over.

— Limit the max speed of the vehicles

— Cease putting touch screens in vehicles and go back to physical and tactile knobs, buttons, and switches.

Government policies and regulation could be addressing all this and more as well. Again, they refuse to do so.

MushuChupacabra , in ‘Sexual predator’ teacher found guilty of grooming schoolboys
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Raping.

higgsboson ,

It's absurd, but under law in England and Wales, it isnt "rape" unless it is P-in-V. Hence the Guardian's use of what would seem like a euphemism. It's only "rape" if it is a male who is the perpetrator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_English_law

edit: for clarity

guylacaptivite ,
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Didn't she get pregnant though?

higgsboson ,

Sorry, my phrasing was ambiguous. I'll edit it to clarify.

If you visit the link I posted you'd learn that under English law, the rapist has to be the one with a penis. Otherwise it isn't legally rape.

vrighter , in MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says

"code is law" That's the whole point of cryptocurrency shit.

So if the software gave the money to them, they can't possibly have stolen it. By definition, they were lawful.

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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I'll give you that argument as to wire fraud charges, since the whole charge is so broad that it can apply to anything, but the conspiracy to commit money laundering charge is undisputed. Dudes even did searches about that...

Starb3an , in Backpage executives acquitted of previous prostitution, money laundering convictions

A jury convicts them then the judge just throws out some of the convictions??

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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Yes. The Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure gives judges immense power.

In conclusion, after viewing the record in the light most favorable to the Government, the Court finds there is insufficient of evidence to support convictions under Counts 19–51 <...> and Counts 66–99 <...>.

Donjuanme , in Finger guns in court

Finger guns or finger pulling a gun trigger...

Wait it doesn't matter, you're in court, put on your best appearance.

However if the latter, fuck that defendant, if the prior, dudes a maroon

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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who formed his hand in the shape of a gun and pointed it at a testifying witness during trial

treadful , in Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
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I wish there were a nice quick way to do lockdown on an Android phone. Right now you have to hold down the power button and tap the lockdown button on screen. Which requires you to pull out your phone and is completely obvious.

Shoot, even a time based lockdown, so like if you don't use biometrics in the last hour or whatever, then you must use your passphrase. Or any other number of logic conditions like location, wifi connect, finger used...

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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Android has ROMs that have stronger features, but basic Android is lacking in this area.

E.g. CalyxOS allows you to put the phone in "Before First Unlock" mode. In which even if extracted only has system data, not user data.
GrapheneOS uses even stronger protections, it lock downs the whole kernel.

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