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by zachr 1y ago
> [access to use customer data...] *to provide the Services and perform its obligations under this Agreement.* "Services" – which you'll note is capitalized... lawyers do that for a reason – has a very specific meaning tha
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A Facebook request: Write a code of tech ethics(latimes.com)
85 points by zachr 7y ago|131 comments
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by zachr 7y ago
We can pretty easily call micro aggressions casual [race/sex/class/etc]ism. Sound good?
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by zachr 7y ago
> Psychologists declare whole races of people or countries as doomed to poverty because they've got "low IQ" Who the hell have you been talking to? This is obvious bullshit.
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by zachr 7y ago
I have heard very little in the way of hard sciences finding more robust ways to diagnose or treat mental illnesses. Source?
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by zachr 7y ago
Some of this is definitely good. Requiring companies to use plain and truthful language when describing privacy-affecting settings is a great step, and apps/services shouldn't try to hide the "continue without enabling"
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by zachr 7y ago
Everyone will just sneak their parents' cards. I know I would have.
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by zachr 7y ago
Any time Alexa is lit up, it may be listening to you. Any time Alexa is not lit up, your conversations can't be overheard. The tin foil hat aspect comes in when people say it's listening ALL THE TIME, which it isn't. None of
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by zachr 7y ago
Fundamentally for a voice assistant to assist you it needs to listen to you. I don't see how this could possibly be surprising to anyone.
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by zachr 7y ago
Am I supposed to be surprised? This is just logical. Of course they employ people to grade the quality of assistants' voice recognition and responses.
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by zachr 7y ago
On an iPhone, you can tap the power button five times consecutively to disable biometric access. However, I think the only way to do this on a MacBook with TouchID is turning it off.
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by zachr 7y ago
The fact that this happens at all should be constantly in the news. This is unconstitutional treatment of a US citizen and CBP clearly needs oversight.
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by zachr 7y ago
Unique with Grindr is that it's a safe bet that the majority of users have sent and received explicit photos. So if you want to find a congressman's dick pics that his wife doesn't know he's been sending to men..... grin
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by zachr 7y ago
Yes, they already have it, and that is the concern. If someone in Chinese intelligence wanted high quality extortion material, Chinese ownership of Grindr means they could probably get it with relative ease.
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by zachr 7y ago
trying to read this damn article without e's and r's.
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by zachr 7y ago
Has an employment lawyer vetted this approach? I suspect that's not really effective...
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by zachr 7y ago
> If a company needs someone focused internally on product for 8-10 hours a day Then they need two people, not one.
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by zachr 7y ago
>I have yet to meet a senior who is anything less than highly competent. Where is this mythical land? Are you hiring?
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by zachr 7y ago
Not OP, but my stab: programmers are the ones actually building something. A technical leader can craft a vision for the technical future of a product, but the engineers need to buy into that vision and will, by necessity, quickly form refi
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by zachr 7y ago
The implication is reduction of bad intent due to in-group/out-group discrimination (i.e. racism, classism, other -isms)
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by zachr 8y ago
You can option-click on the volume icon in your toolbar to select AirPods without having to go into bluetooth settings.
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by zachr 8y ago
Point me to a truly wireless, charging-from-case set of earbuds released before AirPods. I'll wait.
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by zachr 8y ago
I'd be surprised if AirPower isn't coming within the month. The latest iOS 12.2 beta includes references to AirPower.