Yes, since most modern chargers and cables have internal chips to communicate capabilities with for things like fast-charging. It is not difficult to have the chip identify itself as something else, and execute a payload.
A common attack method is to have it show up as a keyboard, and execute a series of key-sequences when connected to a computer (like opening and executing things through a command prompt).
It is also why you should try and avoid plugging random USB cables/chargers into your phone/computer when out and about, since you don’t exactly know if the other end is what it appears to be.
Backups all tied to the same Google account that got mistakenly terminated, and automation did the rest?
It didn’t matter that they might have had backups on different services, since it was all centralised through Google, it was all blown away simultaneously.
It probably already is, or is part of one, since those investigating sexual exploitation would check traces in photos and things to get.an idea of location.
There is/was a website for the general public to contribute, if they knew of the locations in the photo.
But that space usually isn’t. No company would make a battery with a tiny little protrusion where the headphone jack once was. That’d cost a lot more, and make it a lot more fragile.
They’d be more likely to leave it empty, or fit something else in that space, like a third speaker.
Also a little bit with it being advertised as “not an app”, when it turns out to be an app, and doesn’t have any special magic that makes it need that dedicated hardware.
It’s not that the secret snake likes to hurt, it’s that you’re (ab)using it in a way that it doesn’t typically get used in. That’s part of why you don’t tend to see cats have back issues, even though they go full slinky.
It’s also more efficient. You lose somewhere around 20 - 30% of the fuel-energy in a combustion engine, but about half that for an electric, since the generator can always run at its most efficient without ramping up and down much, and you don’t waste as much energy from the fuel running the plant.
Been a bit lost and depressed lately (see spoiler), so could do with a bit of distracting/cheering-up.
Thanks to uni shenanigans.Spent somewhere close of 3 months of back and forth, only to find out that my WAM is 0.25% too low to qualify for the honours programme I was hoping for/need to do for job/further study reasons.
Military would be fine, because they don’t tend to update very frequently, if at all. If it works, that’s the way it will stay, and the recent controversy wouldn’t exactly encourage them to do so.
What about its use in a company that has extremely valuable trade secrets that need to be kept that way?
Same way the LLM debacle has currently gone, where people will just throw sensitive information into it with abandon. At least one major tech company has penalised workers for doing that with ChatGPT.
If there’s a group policy to turn it off, maybe, but Microsoft might just not have one, or it’ll need to be disabled every update.
It’s arguably worse, since it seems to be more pervasive than crypto and NFTs were at their peak.
Crypto never really hit the mainstream, and even NFTs were still fringe. Whereas AI and AI accelerators are packed into basically every new phone and (Intel) processor.
At first when I heard the ACAB slogan, I thought it was rather judgemental. All cops are bad? Then I learned that the American police are hired primarily on having low IQs and receive only few weeks of training. Now I understand why Americans hate them. Not all American cops are bad, but majority of them probably are. What can we expect from hiring low IQ folks with minimal training and arm them to the teeth? No wonder the American cops are memes themselves.
And when they do get things wrong, they rarely get punished.
The slogan probably wouldn’t be quite as prominent if the police that made mistakes like that were held accountable.
Making the world a better place doesn’t need to be some grandiose revolutionary affair.
All the little things you do while being alive would add up. Whether it’s hanging out with a friend, giving your pet some extra pats, or cleaning up your own space, and that would put you a good deal of the way there, if not be enough on its own.
Unclear. But eventually, people would work. People get bored, it’s nice to have something to do, and get paid extra on top of it.
UBI just ensures that if they don’t like a job, they can just quit, rather than be forced to keep working on pain of starvation.
Tests so far seem to be fairly positive about it working. People who get UBI aren’t likely to sit on that money, they’ll just go and spend it either paying back debts, or buying something nice for themselves, so the money will keep going around (just look at the COVID economic stimulus packages). They might even spend more than they might otherwise have, if they’re not just scraping by.
The reality of modern tech (files.catbox.moe)
“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups (arstechnica.com)
Google Cloud accidentally deleted UniSuper’s account and backups, causing a major data loss and downtime for the company....
17-year-old girl trafficked into U.S. from Mexico rescued after texting 911 and describing landmarks (www.cbsnews.com)
Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries (steamdb.info)
It’s crazy to see Sony kill their golden goose.
Dual headphone jack smartphone scores high in new reparability video (www.notebookcheck.net)
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)
Am I the only one who thinks the community is being to hard on the Rabbit R1?
Sure, it runs Android. What did people expect? They aren’t going to build a custom system from scratch....
Kerbal Space Program 2 Is Getting Review-Bombed After Take-Two Shut Down Its Developer (www.ign.com)
'I don't think it's that hard': The former cop who says he knows how to save more domestic violence victims (www.abc.net.au)
The snake is high maintenance and doesn't like you to sleep in. (lemmy.world)
Electric garbage truck trialled in regional Australia drives 'like a limousine' (www.abc.net.au)
Daily discussion thread: 🐮 Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Elon Musk publicly dumped California for Texas—now Golden State customers are getting revenge, dumping Tesla in droves (fortune.com)
The Tesla Model 3 dropped from first place to third, behind the Toyota Camry and the Honda Civic, among all passenger cars sold.
Why the Guardian is investigating the deep failings in Australia’s school system (www.theguardian.com)
What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you) (www.windowscentral.com)
It seems like an inefficient setup (lemmy.world)
If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?
8/10 adults did not realise this (lemmy.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/19875697