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rdri ,

Tails is a male though.

rdri ,

The image implies that Tails (on the right) met an adult (an adult "Tails") who is pretty. Problem is, that adult is female, so she is not the same character or person.

I know some people actually think Tails is a female, probably due to his voice in the anime, and that's canonically wrong. And whoever wants to bring up gender transition - feel free as long as it's a fan made material. "What does this even trying to say" is a proper reaction to the OP image.

rdri ,

He is pretty. Probably. But the image contains only one Tails, and to my eye a character to the left is more pretty.

rdri ,

Wait what. 196 is a trans sub? I never cared or researched, it just seemed one of the weird meme subs that has no special theme except the rule.

rdri ,

8.1 is a faster version of 7 that also has some compatibility with apps that are said to require 10. Just disable those metro things and use your favorite app for start menu.

rdri ,

Actually I'm a fan of having a start menu but I also used some other apps and launchers, even a dock (RocketDock is one of the most useful apps for me and it's a shame it never received the x64 version).

Used 8.1 for years and didn't need to reinstall it even once. I appreciate it for its technical side. From what I understand it was developed together with the mobile version so it's somewhat lighter on resources. It also lacks aero which adds to that.

Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works (gizmodo.com)

A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.

rdri ,

How is guided pattern recognition is different from imagination (and therefore intelligence) though?

rdri ,

I mean if we consider just the reconstruction process used in digital photos it feels like current ai models are already very accurate and won't be improved by much even if we made them closer to real "intelligence".

The point is that reconstruction itself can't reliably produce missing details, not that a "properly intelligent" mind will be any better at it than current ai.

rdri ,

They don't reconstruct anything and they have no understanding of what the image contains.

With enough training they, in fact, will have some understanding. But that still leaves us with that "enhance meme" problem aka the limited resolution of the original data. There are no means to discover what exactly was hidden between visible pixels, only approximate. So yes you are correct, just described it a bit differently.

rdri ,

I think AI doesn't need consciousness to be able to say what is on the picture, or to guess what else could specific details contain.

You may be offered a free premium Telegram subscription – but please don’t accept (archive.is)

Telegram is giving away FREE Premium subscriptions! All they need from you is to use your cell phone as a relay to text out their OTP codes! And the recipient of the OTP sees your phone number! What could POSSIBLY go wrong with this deal?...

rdri ,

What could POSSIBLY go wrong with this deal?

No jokes, I'd like to know. How is it different from sending sms to random numbers?

rdri ,

No but what exactly stops anyone from doing that? A privacy consideration? I'd think it's just a waste of time at best.

rdri ,

Logic suggests OTPs are locked to login sessions of corresponding users and also expire. Besides telegram would be able to tell if OTPs meant to be sent through you tend to not reach the recipients.

rdri , (edited )

You mean you can try to guess someone's number before they get an OTP through you in order to be the first to log into their account?

Well then you'll also going to need their cloud password in order to find anything worth of your effort.

But anyway this is an improbable scenario, considering how vast the user base is, and if we assume telegram implemented some precautions.

Malicious service providers and cloned sim cards pose a much more serious risk if you ask me.

rdri ,

People don't need to get an sms from you to know your number works. There are tons of other ways including just trying to log in into telegram or Whatsapp with a list of many numbers.

rdri ,

Every panel would be the same for you regardless of the brand of your laptop, no?

rdri ,

I assume since we're talking about Linux bootloader you aren't running macos, but Linux.

rdri ,

Try Ripcord.

rdri , (edited )

Maybe because it offers public chats and channels? Something other apps lack.

Also the best desktop experience out of all apps I've tried.

rdri ,

due to the steam deck

You sure? Not proton?

rdri ,

It's already a tragedy if original developers will no longer work on it. They also worked on citra. Generally speaking, I think human resource is crucial and emu devs aren't doing enough to protect themselves.

rdri ,

through business savvy predictions.

More like through shoving its solutions onto everyone around.

And nope, "earn" is a wrong word.

rdri ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ced3dc29-6b79-4c00-a8b7-6fdc174ad213.jpeg

rdri ,

It’s just data, which can also be easily encrypted and proxied to mask the fact that they are being used for military purposes.

It's not though. The data goes both ways. As long as the device id was not altered, its history of movement can be tracked down, provided such a data is being recorded.

Also, there may be caveats about how accounts are getting created and activated. Those devices bought by Russia may come with pre-activated accounts that can be tracked by origin.

Finally, billing. Unless Russia is not relying on stolen Ukrainian credit cards it should be easy to identify that a group of devices/accounts is being paid for by entities that are neither Russian nor Ukrainian.

Based on all of that, they could filter groups of devices by location, confirm it with Ukrainian forces and ban maliciously used ones.

rdri ,

What do you mean? They steal basically everything they can when destroying cities and killing people. Should I mention it's a crime to make it more obvious?

rdri ,

The idea that they aren’t able to come up with a credit card with a Ukrainian name that looks 100% legitimate to a billing company is farcical.

I see you don't know how credit card numbers work. You may also not be aware of the fact that credit cards aren't working in Russia for almost 2 years.

Let me just ask you point blank, do you think the CIA could manage to purchase a Starlink, activate it, and use it, without anyone having any idea it was the CIA that did all that?

Just one or two is easy to manage. A dozen is much more difficult already, provided Starlink manages some security and has access to metadata (data that ultimately can't be faked such as location, accounts, device id).

rdri ,

I don't get such a sarcasm. It doesn't target any specific point in my arguments, they are about how Starlink could locate the illegal use of devices, not about how justified or not Russian crimes are.

rdri ,

Yeah okay. Let's say we covered the billing. What about devices id, their origin and location? Those are not purchased through Ukraine and Starlink is ought to know that.

rdri ,

They can't be. Ukraine must have them under full control because they rely on them too much.

Also it's much easier to assume that these modules, like any other modern tech these days are bought by Russia through other countries who it still does business with like China, Turkey etc.

rdri ,

Welp, Musk clearly isn't even interested in exploring the possibility and just calls it fake news. I guess you won the argument by essentially saying "Nobody knows and no one needs to try".

rdri ,

Since when can you not spoof any of that? Grab a used android phone from local used market. Put any rooted rom on it. Spoof the gps… Device id is irrelevant at that point.

Starlink modules are not Android devices.

Device ids should be required for pairing with the satellite from my understanding. Same with IMEI on smartphones - except it should be useless to try to fake it as the number of devices is magnitudes lower than smartphones and it should be possible to pin-point any misbehaving device.

Spoofing GPS is not exactly useful. Starlink satellites are very low-orbit so again misbehavior should be detectable. I mean you can connect to some satellite but if you report location that should be served by a different satellite then you got yourself caught.

you can just order the starlink equipment to a random address in a different country

Starlink is shipping devices to Ukraine directly for the military it seems. It should know the difference between these and others that are shipped all over the world by anyone.

Once you got the connection up and running you just use a vpn to hide everyrhing.

VPN is out of scope for this I think. It's about locating the device physically by the provider, not about specific sites trying to watch actual internet activity.

they could do is block starlink for a whole region

They are already doing this but not the whole region. Occupied territories of Ukraine are selectively blocked according to their own availability map.

rdri ,

You literally said it in your first comment here:

At that point, you cant tell the difference.

I also don't exactly buy the possibility of Russian intelligence agencies being able to do stuff like this adequately. As anything else in Russia, they degraded seriously under Putin's regime. They might not even be involved - I wouldn't be surprised if those Starlink modules were just a nice opportunity found by whatever volunteers buying stuff like drones from Aliexpress and sending it to Russian army. Reports say they were purchased from UAE.

rdri ,

Puchasing anything through Ukraine is unviable at the thought level from the perspective of Russian army. Hence why it's much more likely to come from elsewhere.

Using VPN for what purpose exactly? VPN won't deliver you a device from Ukraine. VPN won't change your physical location.

Russian military was using Ukraine's own mobile operators and its talks has been recorded (and locations discovered probably) many times thanks to that. Yes, they are stupid enough to not know about messengers sometimes.

rdri ,

A VPN would prevent anyone from being able to tell what the data was, where it was going, what it was for. The moment a VPN is introduced, there’s no way to tell what the device is being used for.

VPN will not let the module use a satellite outside of its current location. Starlink is the service operator, not the website you connect to. Also SSL makes the VPN you describe redundant.

Russian operatives can still purchase things in Ukraine.

... And get them delivered how exactly?

rdri ,

insuring the direct operator(s) stay in UA

The key point is right here. Staying in UA is not the same as using Starlink modules on the front lines. The UA territory is devided and it's visible on Starlink's availability map.

rdri ,

lol SSL does not make a VPN redundant, good lord.

I said it about what you described, not about actual VPN. In context of Starlink it's like proposing to wear a mask while your neighbor still sees you from your window in your room.

And it doesn’t matter where they currently are.

Check the Starlink availability map. Starlink is able to command what each satellite does, and surely they can see the list of connected modules for each satellite, with accounts. Wether they use VPN or not is irrelevant.

Unless you think starlink employees are going to be analyzing the location data of every device in and around Ukraine in an attempt to figure out which devices are potentially under Russian control?

They could, it won't take much effort, and it will be in everyone's interest to analyze what can be done about it.

Have them delivered anywhere in Ukraine, wherever improves their chances of it actually arriving, and then transport it north.

North - where? Europe? Then to Russia and to the front lines? Then there is no point in involving Ukraine at all. Ukraine bashes EU for not controlling export with Russia properly, why would it not strictly control its own exports anywhere?

They aren’t going to have it shipped to the front lines

Where they were shipped before getting delivered to the front lines is not much of an interest, as it will still be different from batches that Starlink directly shiping to Ukrainian military as per agreement with the US government.

You keep approaching this like the people involved would be idiots.

  1. I know a lot of people involved are not educated good enough to understand that they should not help Russian aggression.

  2. What approach do you recommend? All I see is nasicay "Russians control everything and we are powerless".

rdri ,

It's not about what I want. It's about what Starlink can do to make sure their help to Ukrainian army (which is paid by the US department of defense) goes only to Ukrainian army.

rdri ,

You’re not actually following what I’m saying and just keep going.

This is false.

If you want to believe there are zero Russians with basic opsec knowledge

This was never assumed in my comments.

Though if you want to believe actions of Russian army like "buying Starlink terminals and using them on the front lines" can't be opposed, I wish there would be enough people around to point out this fallacy publicly.

rdri ,

Thanks for your visit
Unfortunately we are not yet available in your country.

And no way to set my country.

rdri ,

That's less than optimal, for a website that is to be used as a search engine.

rdri ,

It's very slow on high compression profiles though, and consumes a lot of resources.

rdri ,

I tried getting benefit from the format by recompressing PNGs at some point and it just seemed worthless due to reasons I listed in my comment.

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