And that irony now is that messenger on Android is RCS compliant and currently has this exact functionality, except it’s less trustworthy.

Once again I’m using one messenger and everyone else who’s using an RCS messenger gets encrypted, but SMS (clearly marked as such) is a viable fallback.

But, it worked!

They have actually done it, the madlads

(What’s the gender neutral equivalent of madlads?)

I recall there being a LOT of those watches out that were “mobile data connected” for very cheap.

The catch? The mobile data radio was 2g, and those networks are all obsolete and gone now (I think)

All of the wyze stuff seems to be decent, but not super premium.

The headphones are 85% as good as the Bose, but for $49

The scale is quite good, nothing even remotely off about that and it integrates with Fitbit just fine.

The Color smart bulbs have been solid. One of the wyze smart plugs lost its memory once and needed to be re-setup, but fine since.

The cameras all work great too, as long as you’re comfortable with the fact that the video goes to some cloud location.

Seems like asking for disappointment

if you want a decent cheap option, the wyze watch seemed okay

Damn them wangs look good…

They wouldna survived intact

32 now and I actually like it. I hope it will taint my profile in a positive way

Oh that Royksopp is excellent.

Marie Douceur

By Marie Laforêt

https://youtu.be/3zuqX6gHriM?si=C1RnyifZr1Z94gNj

They figured out how to resolve it weeks ago.

It has taken this long to implement the results, and to get usable data flowing again

And this is related to the relative capabilities of USA vs Russian in terms of logistics.

The Americans can generally afford the fuel, and the logistics tail to keep it flowing.

Russia cannot.

How well the M1A1 serves Ukraine remains to be seen, but so far they’ve gotten pretty fantastic performance out of every weapon system they’ve been given, from Javelins to Patriots.

I think Signal shot themselves squarely in the dick by removing SMS functionality.

Previously, you could use Signal as the primary SMS/messenger app. Any conversations with other Signal clients secure. Conversations in SMS/MMS? Marked as not-secure.

But, out of some purity concerns, SMS functionality was removed and the dev team focused on adding useless shit like “stickers” and then the pin-code harassment.

Signal adoption plummeted as intended (?)

Easy! Just replace their usual SMS app with Signal, and then every contact they have that does use Signal is private and secure!

Oh. Wait. That’s exactly the functionality that Signal removed in their effort to ensure that Signal is never widely adopted…

Facesitting porn (of adults) is illegal in UK for the reason that it’s potentially dangerous

Virtually every international border on the planet.

It’s pretty well established that any biometric can just be taken from you — facial recognition is super easy and it won’t be hard to force your thumb onto the sensor.

This is also the case for things like blood draw for blood alcohol testing.

The only unlock key that’s (probably) truly yours is something inside your brain.

I’ve mulled/wished for this for years. Also useful at borders, where in the past I have actually been asked (required) to unlock phones and laptops. Generally you have no rights whatsoever there.

Those shadow accounts would need to be ‘lived in’ to pass those border checks. My worst experience was traveling with new, obviously burner devices — border agents were extremely suspicious.