@caseyliss Uncheck “Include Self”? Bless you! Thank you.
Andrew Wade
@andrewwade
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I got a 5-star review on Reverb once
NiléaneRE: https://mastodon.social/@jamesthomson/115743268704666181
Apple: can you believe Japan and the EU want to FORCE people to use UNSAFE third-party app stores whereas ours is SAFE & CLEAN & SLICK??? 😠😠😠
Also Apple: btw we’re adding more ads to our app store
Dr Paris (he/him)posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?
Martin SeegerThis is a valuable lesson for any manufacturer: never awaken the nerd sleeping inside your customer, because his wrath shall be terrible.
In this case the warning was quite literal.
The company annoyed a buyer enough to push him into full blown nerd mode. He tore the product apart, reverse engineered every part, and then published a step by step guide showing exactly how to disable "kill switch" that prevented the use of the product without the vendor spying on the user.
What started as a minor grievance became a public, technical exposé that left the maker exposed and embarrassed.
Moral of the story: underestimate your users at your own peril.
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Update: This post seems to have struck a nerve and went very wide. As I will not be able to answer every comment, I want to add a few points:
- The linked article was not written by me. It came to me on a different channel (Discord). I only wrote the post on Mastodon.
- The top image in the article looks AI generated. It is no a good image, but in my view less irritating than an advertisement (which is far more common).
- Some people suggest the article itself is AI generated. I don't think this is the case. I wouldn't rule out he author wrote the text in a different language and used AI for translation assistance.
- The claims in the article are not fully backed by the linked repo, but the general statement is correct and IMHO important.
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it. The Beginning: A Curious Experiment It all started innocently enough. I had recently bought an iLife A11 smart vacuum—a sleek, affordable, and technologically advanced robot
Quinn NelsonStep 1: install shortcut
Step 2: “Add a control” in Control Center, “Run Shortcut,” and select the newly installed shortcut
Step 3: Profit!
Download here: https://snazzy.fm/eP
Or add manually:
PepijnI'm on the server floor of a "highly secure data center with 24/7/365 surveillance, direct access control and robust perimeter security".
An actual duck just walked by. 🦆
The panic is absolutely glorious. I think this just became one of the highlights of my life.
sofiaA shitpost that's been brewing in my head for a while now
Merlin's Wisdom ProjectNever argue on the internet. No one will remember whether you won or lost the argument; they'll just remember that you are the sort of person who argues on the internet.
Casey LissOld school Plex users, it looks like they're turning on the sell-your-data spigot. Opt out here:
James ThomsonIt's the last day for my Black Friday sales - everything is 50% off today!
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macOS:
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🎲 Dice by PCalc, my 3D physics based #TTRPG dice app, is only $0.99 USD.
iOS / iPadOS / watchOS:
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macOS:
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Note that I actually say what my apps do, unlike my previous posts! #marketing
