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C o m m u n i c a t i o n... fasterthanthespeedoflight--WHOOSH!

[Maximilian Dood @maximilian_]

I'm not saying we start balancing off twitter feedback or constant complaining videos. Instead, we promote something much more focused. We simply kill the SpiderMan.

It's for the best.

[IT Guy @T3chFalcon]

What the TV does by design:

— scans your entire home network continuously. in their test: one TV identified 38 unrelated devices including phones, smartwatches, printers, and thermostats belonging to people not involved in the test.

— collects the names and signal strengths of every nearby WiFi network, plus location data. all sent to LG Ad Solutions.

— runs ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) on everything displayed on screen. including HDMI inputs. your laptop, gaming console, or work monitor connected to the TV is being fingerprinted.

— one TV exchanged roughly 4GB of ACR-related data per month.

What the TV does that LG says it doesn't:

LG publicly stated their TVs "do not collect, record, or store ambient conversations."

Gamers Nexus found:
— the TV converts speech to plain text and stores it in on-device logs

— the microphone window stays open 10 to 15 seconds after talking stops, capturing bystanders who never addressed the TV

— the TV recorded room audio while the screen appeared off and the Ethernet cable was unplugged, then exfiltrated the file the moment it reconnected

The security vulnerabilities on top:
Beyond the designed behavior, researchers found remote code execution vulnerabilities in webOS that could allow a compromised TV to be weaponized as a covert listening device.

these sets are in hospitals. waiting rooms. boardrooms. hotels.

a surgeon asked Gamers Nexus where that leaves patient confidentiality.

Gamers Nexus has no answer. neither does LG.

What to do right now:
— disconnect your LG TV from your network entirely. route streaming through an Apple TV, Roku, or Fire Stick instead.

— if you must keep it connected: put it on a separate IoT VLAN or guest network so it cannot reach your other devices.

— disable the built-in microphone in settings.

— check your privacy dashboard and opt out of ACR and ad personalization.

— after every firmware update: recheck all of the above.

Credit to Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and other independent researchers.

[PC Master Race - PCMR @OfficialPCMR]

100% true.

https://t.co/6NVmPvQSHB

[bux ˙𐃷˙ @buxgarii]

i don’t get this argument, you don’t have to be rich to learn to draw and/or to make art in any capacity😭😭😭

[❤️‍🔥 𝙒𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙨 🧇 (Reading up: 86) @MON0EYE]

Modern adaptations of older SF works do take my by surprise when they come in with statements like this.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Much of BET’s digital journalism is no longer available on the live web.

Internet Archive has preserved more than 199,000 BET articles over the years. They can now be accessed through the @waybackmachine & a new pilot explorer: https://t.co/aFmIroV1RO

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration is closing 23 Forest Service research stations that study wildfires, invasive species, and water conservation.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

“We got tired of beating them.”

Do you understand the level of impunity you have to operate with to boast about torturing and killing people?

[Orwell Day @OrwellDay]

If Flock Safety can turn any CCTV camera into a Flock surveillance camera, and Toka can hack into any camera, then we should consider all CCTV cameras are already Flock cameras, streaming their data live to the Flock cloud.
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Flock Safety offers video software integration that lets operators connect existing IP cameras to the Flock Safety network, effectively turning them into ALPR (Automated License Plate Recognition) cameras.

Toka, an Israeli cyber-intelligence firm co-founded by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former IDF cyber chief Yaron Rosen, claims its technology allows clients to locate, hack into, and manipulate security cameras and webcams within a specified perimeter. According to internal documents and reports from outlets like Haaretz, the firm’s software can alter live video feeds and modify archived recordings in real-time.

If Toka can hack into and access live CCTV feeds, it can also stream that data to Flock Safety.

[Tigo @TigoODonnell]

The creator of the Fallout franchise is a gay man. A black man is credited with pioneering the video game cartridge.

[Michael LaFrance @mlafrance]

@factpostnews It’s not just one, three were approved, all hazardous.

[allison harvard burke @alliharvard]

i wonder how we’re supposed to bring more children into this world when everything we feed them is becoming poison

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump's EPA has approved the use of a pesticide and known carcinogen, trifludimoxazin.

The forever chemical will now be used on corn, wheat, oats, soybeans, oranges, apples, peanuts, and almonds.

[Akilah Hughes @AkilahObviously]

So the last remaining foods will give you cancer. Again, voting for republicans was the stupid choice.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

The CDC has confirmed more than 17,000 cases of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. this summer, including 922 hospitalizations and two deaths.

Another 12,000 cases are still under investigation, and experts estimate the real number of illnesses is likely much higher

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The Trump administration is closing research projects that help fight cyclospora, the foodborne parasite giving thousands of Americans diarrhea and pain this summer.

Three out of the three government projects that help combat the parasite are effectively shutting down.

https://t.co/3sCYfj2KwP

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[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Israel killed a 3-year-old today and it’s barely a news story. A 3-year-old.

Killing children every day is not normal.

[Orwell Day @OrwellDay]

Flock being used against a citizen in retaliation for exercising his first amendment right
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Jones was in a private parking lot across the street from a police officer he was recording on his phone. The officer saw him recording and came over and harassed him, pulled him out of his car and arrested him.

Jones later filed a complaint and ultimately found that because of his complaint the police department proceeded to search for his location over 100 times on the Flock system.

full video: https://t.co/QmLHHXnX41