TX woman gets an abortion. So Texas cops used 83,000 cameras to track her down.
83 THOUSAND.
And I can't find an article that shows where cops used even 100 cameras to find a rapist.
If you can? Let me know.
Un fucking real.
PlayStation now has 8 community notes on the post and over 154M views, more than the GTA VI trailer.
They have gone completely silent for 6 days after the announcement of ending physical disks, and everyone is waiting for their next move.
In Pragmata there is a researcher on the Moon base who has a hidden room full of physical media.
They understand the importance of physical media, in this case for being something AI overlords can’t interfere with and something they are able to access offline.
BY THE WAY, anyone who is upset you need a PlayStation account to PLAY Marvel Tolkon Fighting souls on PC, this is the SAME FUCKING THING they did with Helldivers 2. They’re doing AGAIN after the backlash the first time.
Corporations never learn.
Every time the games industry has done something you hate, their stock almost always goes up.
You haven't been their customer for over a decade.
Investors are.
Hideo Kojima is 'really sad' about PlayStation ending disc production in 2028 🎮
• He's actively buying up physical media — including movies and CDs
• He's 'frightened' about the future of ownership as streaming becomes more dominant
(via @IGN)
Gamers, don't get distracted by today's news. Sony has been banking on the idea that the Xbox layoffs will take heat off of their awful decision to kill physical media.
Continue to apply pressure on Sony 💪
Walmart recorded your voiceprint when you called customer service.
Did not tell you.
Did not ask you.
Built a voice profile.
Stored it in a database.
Then a second Walmart sued them for recording warehouse workers’ voiceprints through headsets.
Then a third lawsuit for facial recognition in stores.
Three biometric systems.
One company.
All being sued at the same time.
McDonald’s. Applebee’s. Chipotle. Domino’s. Wingstop.
All recorded voiceprints during pizza orders.
Verizon enrolled customers in voice ID without asking.
Your voiceprint cannot be changed.
Your face cannot be changed.
If Walmart’s database gets breached your voice is compromised forever.
Every future authentication system you use is now at risk.
The voiceprint is not a password.
It is a biometric identifier.
And it is sitting in a Walmart database.
This is only illegal in Illinois.
BIPA is the only US law that lets you sue.
In 47 states companies can collect your fingerprints face and voice.
With zero legal consequence.
The customer service call you made five years ago.
Was a biometric harvesting operation.
You just found out.
Harsh reminder:
Shuhei Yoshida, the previous Head of Playstation, cared a lot about the customer. He was the one who made sure the PS4 had physical shareable discs that you could lend to friends or buy/sell used.
Then one day, the then President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan kicked Shuhei Yoshida out of the position of Head of PlayStation in 2019 because Yoshida disagreed with his direction for the company.
In hindsight, Jim Ryan’s “direction” became Playstation’s obsession with live service. Yoshida presumably told Ryan that it was a bad idea, and turns out, it was.
With Shuhei Yoshida gone, Hermen Hulst took his place.
After that, Playstation changed - the gutting of Sony Japan Studios in 2021, censorship of Japanese games ramped up, the live service, and the increase in consumer-hostile decisions such as PSN+ price hikes, removing games and movies from your library…
And now the decision to abandon physical discs by 2028.
When you look back at what made Playstation start to rot, it always started when Sony Interactive Entertainment moved its operations to California…and having leadership who want to do everything in their power to get rid of what made Playstation special.
You will never get another Shadow of the Colossus, another Bloodborne or a Gravity Rush - and you have people like Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst to thank for it.
They put a German Shepherd in charge of babysitting a group of Doberman puppies.
I love how he just lays down, rolls over, gets dog piled, and then does it again… I could watch this shit all day. Lol
American citizens across the country are physically cutting down Flock cameras as authorities are losing control as more people are viewing the technology as an unconstitutional form of mass surveillance.
The incidents are being described as part of a growing trend where cordless, battery-powered tools are used to quickly cut down Flock camera poles because they are highly portable, fast, and quiet.
Mass surveillance must be stopped everywhere.