As always, for any question asked in the title of a news item, the answer is "no".

C22 is a perfect example of why clueless politicians should have zero ability to impact privacy. If the pigs can't do their job without breaking encryption then too fucking bad.

I really wish they would just ban Meta instead, would also solve the smart glasses problem.

If the accessory belt fails to spin your power steering pump, it isn't going to pump. Be it a failed belt (which will also impact the alternator and AC compressor) or a seized bearing or whatever else. No pumping, no pressure. No pressure, no power steering. And a sufficient leak, without regular topping up, will eventually allow air into the system. Which, again, means no pressure and no power steering.

How easily (and costly) it's repaired depends entirely on the nature of the failure. A belt might only set you back $15 to $25 USD and be doable with a cheap socket set and a breaker bar that reaches the tensioner (if you've got an automatic tensioner). A bearing might only be $7 but how many people already have the puller and press? Removing and replacing a failed pump? For my old truck the OEM part is discontinued. We're starting at $80 (remanufactured) going up to around $200 new aftermarket with a reservoir and pulley. And I've the luxury of a spacious engine bay and longitudinally mounted engine. Good luck to anyone with a small car and transverse mounted engine; taking off a wheel, popping clips, removing skirting and wheel well plastics... "Easy" becomes relative mighty quick.

I haven't worked a day in my life as a mechanic (not even small engine) that wasn't for myself or friends and family, and I still know enough to say you're either wrong or incomplete in your claims.

It will be a back door illicit entities know is their, all time spent attempting to discover it is worth the effort.

It is one thing to look for backdoors if you don’t know they exist or not, because eventually you need to move on.

I hate phone typing, so I'll take it as a compliment 😉

Of course not. Even if there were any legitimate need for a government backdoor, it's also a backdoor to everyone else

You are absolutely right, and I should have thought before quickly posting.

Dear god even your reply sounds like an AI... can you provide any assurance you are a human?

AGENTS.md, no thank you I like my software slop-free

You are absolutely right, and I should have thought before quickly posting. I'm going to amend the source repo ASAP to make it clear. I enjoy algorithmics and CLI works, but I hate UI, so this really is a time-saver for me. I'd never be a good web front-end developer. That said, I exercise quality control and control the logic. This app is just a tiny layer on top of the official age/typage typescript library. Go and check the source!

Given that there's an agents.md file, an AI usage disclosure statement would be helpful.

My no Concentration Camps rule prevents me from visiting.

Good point. I’ve been limiting access photo by photo for something I want to share vs whole album. The mechanics are doing this have gotten better overtime though it’s still not perfect.

doesn't matter, if any ill intended app on your phone has gallery permissions, as shown in the video, they are able to scrape the data trove. like: Reddit, Insta, Tiktok...

So even if you use immich instead of google photos or Apple cloud you are not safe enough...

Immich gang, unite.

i use immich btw

Lol. Whod've seen this one coming?

Ooo I can't wait to watch this

In Germany, for example, thanks to data retention laws, connection information such as IP addresses and their assignments is already being stored anyway.

This is wrong. Vorratsdatenspeicherung was ruled unconstitutional multiple time already. They always try to put in law again, but court will just throw out again.

And i know about the SEK raid caused by Andy "Pimmel" Grote.

Bypassing them will then be declared illegal.

But this do a huge ton of lifting for you. There cannot be blanket ban on bypass because what if use but not actually follow service rule. For example require id verify. Ok i use other person id. What now? This what i mean, cannot close loophole fast enough because text can always interpret in different way.

Wow! What a great read.

The terrorists preying upon our women and throwing society into a state of perpetual persecution failed at even issuing a well deserved ticket for tailgating.

Instead the highwayman and political activist clergy proceeded in terrorizing a rando person for the crime of existing and breathing.

The political activist clergy edict clearly documents this fact.

The highwayman is even shown on camera using a mass surveillance service. Which they know is highly illegal. He is not in jail cuz he is a member of this mafia and in cahoots with the political activist clergy class.

The highwaymen and political activist clergy, for allow it, should be sued. If no legal remedy is on offer, the society itself should reject them in their entirety.

It's a clear as day violation of the 4A and any form of decency. And points to them being terrorists and not public servants as they'd have you believe.

Do you think the defendant, now, feels she has freedom to travel unimpeded? Does she now hide in fear of leaving her house?

Fck the 4A, this is a violation of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness without prior approval and ritualized acts of submission and compliance. And illegal detention that she is punished by the process.

Fck these people! They are clearly terrorists who both got paid for this theater, while society gets dragged thru the mud for their personal gain.

That's technology as a whole.

See and I go the other way. Assuming everything is up front this would be amazing for a teacher based on how OP explained it.

That said, to your point, none of this would even be a discussion if we paid teachers properly and staffed schools adequately.

We are moaning about a technical solution to a problem that already has a solution that has been solved for decades but collectively we choose to ignore that solution because education is a cost centre.

I'll leave the classic Matt Damon bitching about underpaid teachers.

https://youtube.com/shorts/nvVYPZpjzno

On the flip side with this being a device that is more in the realm of persistent audio and visual recording I can't help but think this type of wearable will lead to every interaction being recorded and transcribed. And sounds like some suped Big Brother network if it becomes ubiquitous of every single person being a camera.

When I'd see that stuff in scifi years ago I thought it was cool, but also wondered how secure it actually would be to have electronics that is capable of seeing what you see all the time.

And of course that answered in SciFi with that stuff getting hacked from time to time.

OK cool, you go make a tps sensor or a stepper motor TB and I'll go make a throttle cable. Let's see who can do it far easier. Answer: a fucking cable.

You know what's funny here. You gotta get a cable made to spec these days, cause 1) nobody makes a cable throttle anymore so new OEM cables are scarce, and 2) it's hard to find premade aftermarket cables that don't snap in 5000 miles, so you gotta find a shop to do it, or you DIY it and buy the parts and spend the time measuring everything out. Even moreso if it's for a custom project. That takes time and is a very tedious process. I know that because I've had cables made for my Honda XR500. It's a fully manual bike, choke and everything. No computers anywhere, just a big carb and a big jug - but with modern LED lightning.

Do you hate right to repair or what?

Right to Repair's message isn't "go back to carbs". Our message is "give me the ability to repair and modify MY shit that I bought and paid for any way I goddamn well please"

To fight against tech progression is antithetical to the entire point of R2R. We just want to fix it without having to obtain drawings/parts/tools from factories/manufacturers at obscene prices, or sometimes not at all.

The fact that modern vehicles are rolling spyware has nothing to do with R2R, and everything to do with the shareholders demanding the imaginary money line continue to go up forever steeper, for that sweet, sweet YoY increase bonus. THAT is where your issue lies. Not at some random guy who happens to enjoy making tech his bitch.