Mine would go years without changing. The last few changes were caused by things like the upstream DHCP server failing and being replaced.

Even if the data comes from kids, it’s not identifiable or personal. It could loosely fall under unpaid child labour if the in-game task is actually just a job in disguise.

From someone who asked ChatGPT? Unlikely.

Did ChatGPT mention that a vaccine won’t work if the dog already has cancer?

Once I had appeal a ban on /r/programmerhumor for merely commenting on one those. My comment was calling it out as a scam. Reddit was an odd place.

When it’s overrun by bots, the only valid complaint about the content is that it was generated by bots.

Whether the bots are bigoted or racist doesn’t matter.

A hardcoded IP is even easier to block.

GrapheneOS is absolutely the best thing going right now.

Just buy a phone wallet hold your credit card and transport pass.

You need plain DNS to resolve the DoH server. Just block that.

The TVs absolutely have automated content recognition. They use Unruly and nexxen.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250122111405/https://unruly.co/vidaa-partnership/

https://nexxen.com/nexxen-vidaa/

I also stumbled across a diagram lately that showed how this data eventually flowed into displaying ads for medical products. The size of this platform behind the scenes would be huge.

changing the TV’s DNS servers or disconnecting it from the internet entirely.

Chiming in as an Australian budget VIDAA owner.

I spotted that this TV attempts to query 8.8.8.8, regardless of your DNS settings. I implemented a port 53 (DNS) redirect so those queries get resolved by my local server.

I also figured out which servers are serving up ads/tracking. I fired an email to Pete and got them added to his list. You’re welcome. I’m guessing a pi-hole would work with it.

https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php

I didn’t install the latest update, and probably never will. My TV contacts the unruly ACR servers, but the later firmware probably contacts nexxen.

Whatever hurdles apply to 18+ media should also apply to online gambling and alcohol stores.

It won’t apply consistently because SportsBet are behind this entire operation.

That’s why I have multiple.

The lesson: AI cannot bridge an air-gapped backup. This could all be prevented with a crappy portable hard drive from costco.

Yes. It’s like this for close to half the product range at both Coles and Woolworths.

“50% off” I consider to be the normal price. Every price is either doubled or not. There are no “specials”.

Open. It has no windows, and I don’t want moisture to turn into mould .

By “bathroom”, I mean ensuite. It has no bath. It’s just a shower and a sink.

Even at $3.60, the supermarkets are pissing on you and telling you it’s raining.

Coles Trend.

You might need to upgrade your browser 😉

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/coles-trend/

I actually saw Tim Tams on the shelf at a Morrison’s in Northern Scotland, and it was cheaper than Coles in Australia. It’s absurdly priced here.

Moto have been making phones for as long as there has been phones. Software issues would get fixed. I don’t think hardware issues are likely.

The biggest risk is Google being evil and cutting both of them off from the Android source code or refusing to sign the releases. Google already refuse signing releases for GrapheneOS on the pixel.