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umami_wasbi ,

Let's see. I will take their claims with a healthy dose of skepticism.

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)

*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...

umami_wasbi ,

Don't use scripts unless you know how it works otherwise you will have trouble troubleshooting when something doesn't work. But by the time you read and understand how the script works, you already learn how to deploy it manually.

umami_wasbi OP ,

That's a bummer

umami_wasbi OP ,

Come back when it is accepted everywhere like cards today

umami_wasbi OP ,

Can Revolut do per service as Privacy.com?

umami_wasbi OP ,

Not too knowledge in crypto. Learn something new today.

umami_wasbi OP ,

I'm using wise now but all 3 quota are used for various places already.

umami_wasbi OP ,

Great. Seems Revolut is the choice then. Thanks for the recommendation!

umami_wasbi ,

If you're a manufacture, what incentives LPCAMM2 gives you over soldering the RAM? With soldering, you can upsell the upgrades and force ppl to replace the whole machine every 1-2 years. How does LPCAMM2 benefits the company? I'm talking in general, not some niche manufacturers like Framework.

TBH, I don't think many will adopt this. Maybe it will show up in some expensive laptops like high end gaming and workstation, but majority of them wouldn't.

umami_wasbi , (edited )

Malicious compliances in action. Not that you can't do, but this can tense up the relationship.

HDMI stream live processing?

I’m getting tired of the extremely loud ads on that don’t seem to be subject to the old TV broadcasting laws that prevent them from being blasted 10db louder than the actual content. Wondering if there’s stuff out there that would let me take the hdmi stream from my Apple TV or other streaming source, and do ad detection...

umami_wasbi , (edited )

As OP said volume leveling is acceptable, something like this will do.

Modifying HDMI video signal is simply impossible due to DMCA and bla bla bla. But not all hope is lost though. You can overlay opaque video on top of another encrypted stream via this little box. This is an old project per se and I have no idea if still available, but with some dirty work you might able to detect the increase of volume or match of an algo or something with a total black screen overlay on top.

umami_wasbi ,

Overlay isn't transcoding. All it need is a muxer like MKVToolNix. I doubt it need much processing power.

umami_wasbi ,

It doesn't and I didn't ever mentioned HDMI in my reply. Just doubt if overlaying another encrypted stream with a muxer ever need that much processing power to the point of "prohibitively expensive".

umami_wasbi ,

Well, I'm simply reciting what is described on the page based on my understanding. From the diagram, it does not do raw frame processing from the source (assuming HDMI w/ HDCP) as the stream remains encrypted. By the look of it, it is copy or passthrough to the muxer (as it labeled). With some magic, it muxes two encrypted streams into one and output to the video sink. How is that done I have no idea.

umami_wasbi ,

Got it. I can see where the problem is niw and how can the hardware is limiting. Thanks for the great article.

umami_wasbi ,

multiple email account? Not really. It is typically implemented using some email proxy or alias like anonaddy or simplelogin. By the look of it is multiple accounts, but in fact you're just receiving mail forwarded to you in one account. All you have to do is append any strings as the user with your domain.

(anonaddy and simplelogin requires adhoc address generation using subdomain by them or a domain owned by you with MX records pointing to their servers)

disclosure: I'm a current customer of anonaddy. Never used simplelogin though.

umami_wasbi ,

Security wise, maybe. You might be more protected against cred stuffing but reusing password on multiple services at the first place is already a big no no.

umami_wasbi ,

If I'm the dev, I would scrape off Google Street View with cords as data source.

umami_wasbi ,

I do remember 1-2 years ago there is a paper (or model?) that reverse blured images. It's similar to how ML based object remover and inpainting works. Granted it only works for specific blurring algo.

umami_wasbi ,

Yeah, for the pic you used as example, the tool will just create something that fits. Not really "unblur" the image but guess what it would be with the info it have. It will be very likely not the same face versus the original.

However, recreating background maybe easier and accurate enough for a geo guesser or a ML model to figure out roughly where the image was taken.

umami_wasbi , (edited )

For not having some infra managing "cards", to have some infra managing app instead. Let's be real, that infra (and managing work) most likely is being out sourced to another company. I think the "efficiency gained" is minimal, but rather the cost to operate. With apps, they can recoup some cost by selling your data.

umami_wasbi ,

Can you please elaborate what you mean "web browser defined in 2024"? Thanks.

umami_wasbi ,

That I'm not surprised. Look how many companies are shoving apps down our throat while treating web browser users as second class citizens. My sister (21-30 age group) only know to use the "Google app" to search the web on her iPhone while Safari is pinned at the bottom and rarey uses it.

umami_wasbi ,

But does the driver have a reasonable chance with adequate timeframe to regain control?

Like what happened with Boeing 737 Max MCAS incident, Boeing expects the pilot to disengage the trim motor in mere 4 seconds, which accoriding to a pilot "a lot to ask in an overwheming situation" or something similar.

Normal people in soon-to-crash situation are likely to freeze for a second or two, and the fear kicks up. How the driver reacts next is hard to predict. Yet, at the speed most US drivers love to go (I saw 70+ mph on freeway is the norm), the time avalible for them to make an well thought out decision I guess is quite short.

Discord Shuts Down ‘Spy Pet’ Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages (www.404media.co)

Discord banned a mass of accounts that were part of a service that scraped and sold user data, including messages posted across servers and what voice channels they joined, 404 Media has learned. The move comes after 404 Media reported on the service, called Spy Pet, last week and verified it was selling access to genuine user...

umami_wasbi ,

Account walled

umami_wasbi ,

tl;dr: a botnet service for AI/ML services to scrape the internet.

extra guility: the link have referral code

Safest way of using WeChat on Android?

I live in Canada. My girlfriend is Chinese (also living in Canada), and while we are able to communicate via SMS, her mobile carrier isn't the best, and so there have often been issues for us with regular texting. She expressed a strong preference to use WeChat, at least as a backup option for when texting fails us. While I...

umami_wasbi ,

At least Whaysapp have the content encrypted

umami_wasbi ,

then so does your claim, unverifiable

umami_wasbi ,

Do you mind share it?

umami_wasbi , (edited )

Instead of fiddling with the limitation on Android set by Google, I think a custom crypto DAC/ADC would be far eaiser, though you need both hard and software knowledge to accomplish this. It also came with the added benefit of not processing cryptographic operations on a black box.

Still, I don't know what goal you want to achieve and threat model is. If you are just curious if this possible, the answer will be ye with tons of hops amd hacks. If you really want security, I will advise you go another route.

umami_wasbi ,

Yes and no. Google put some limitation on the software side. For example, you can't do call record unless you're in a country isn't two party consent.

umami_wasbi ,

It's on a different stack. Telegram (and VoIP) operates on the network stack, cellular call is working on the GSM/LTE stack. Networkin stack is more opened and free to do what you want; GSM/LTE stack have many proprietary tech that's is not open to everyone.

umami_wasbi ,

PoW? The client need to do some computation before the server takes the like signup or signin or something. Not 100% foolproof but can thwart some bot attempts I guess.

umami_wasbi ,

I don't get it. If Google really cares about ad revenue, why not just slap a DRM to each and every videos? They can protect their interests, and DMCA anyone who dares to circumvent it. Even a low effort DRM will do.

UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

If a stamp have a barcode, why not just let people who have printers at home to print it on the envelope directly? This eliminates the need to buy physical stamp, thus the probability of buying counterfeit stamps.

umami_wasbi OP ,

Yeah. I never notice I can send letters online until now.

However, can it be dropped to post box like regular mail with stamps, or I need to go to a service counter to have it mailed?

umami_wasbi OP ,

Isn't Post Office just a convenience store? I thought the Horizon scandal is to the Royal Mail, which is responsible for stamp printing and mail processing.

umami_wasbi OP ,

Can I drop it in post box instead? There is a post box nearby, not Post Office. Otherwise I will need to arrange a collection.

umami_wasbi OP , (edited )

I believe counterfeit stamps is always a problem but never been discussed publicly, though I can't deny the barcode could be used for other purposes like tracking internally.

And you're right at counterfeiting 1 dollar bills analogy. People can just print and mail it at a lower than what real stamp cost, sell it to unsuspicious people and earn the difference.

umami_wasbi OP ,

You might be right. I spent a little time to gone through a few online shops, including Chinese, and couldn't find one that I can tell it's clearly counterfeit. Unless I bought it and Royal Mail have something for me to verify its authenticity.

umami_wasbi OP ,

This is way nicer than barcodes. Just a pen will do.

umami_wasbi OP ,

You can wait for the postman to collect your mail, or leave it at "secure location" for the postman to pickup.

umami_wasbi OP ,

Isn't tailscale serve only do tcp?

umami_wasbi OP ,

Does that require my friends install & configure Tailscale/WG/OpenVPN? I tried that route like 2~3 yrs ago with OpenVPN and it doesn't works well.

I would like to keep it as simple and easy as it can be. Aka no need extra software and config. Just fireup the game, connect, and play, as if the server is hosted on some VPS.

umami_wasbi OP ,

For non tech savy people, is ZeroTier easier to config than Tailscale? I tried Tailscale and everyone needs a account before start playing, which can be a fraction.

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