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Comment Re:Good to stop promoting fake review sites. (Score 1) 27

I stopped trusting CR many years ago based on a car review. They significantly downgraded what was generally accepted as a great car because the hatchback didn't open high enough, and somebody might hit their head on the corner of it. Yes, it's a valid point. Making it a significant factor not to recommend the car was ridiculous.

Comment New Privacy Policy Today - Give us your Data (Score 4, Informative) 47

Subaru just pushed out a new version of their app that contains a privacy policy that explicitly allows them to harvest the data and sell it to 3rd party companies. So, if you want to use the features of the vehicle that Subaru sold you on, you must give up your right to privacy and allow Subaru to profit from your personal information.

Comment AI and Crypto (Score 4, Interesting) 84

How about we force the companies mining crypto and running AI server farms to pony up to build out more resources? Crypto is a massive electricity user with limited to no social value and arguably is a substantial detriment to society. Whether AI has a net negative or positive effect on society remains to be seen. Still, since multi-billion dollar companies are doing it, I see no reason they shouldn't pony up to build out the resources they will use to profit.

Comment Or how often it just plain doesn't work (Score 3, Interesting) 69

I recently entered the country and elected to have a facial recognition scan. The other line was hundreds of people long. Instead, I walked up to the counter, waited for the one person ahead of me to be processed, and then proceeded with the scan. I couldn't recognize my face, despite it looking exactly like my passport photo with no changes. I was then manually processed through. I asked why it couldn't recognize me but wasn't given a direct answer. But reading between the lines, it was clear that it was not an unusual occurrence. That sure made me feel nice and safe. Not.

Comment HIPAA Issues (Score 2) 31

Our EMS department uses Zoom for our Run Reviews. These run reviews contain sensitive patient data, which by HIPAA we are allowed to discuss for training purposes. However, if Zoom is recording, retaining, and later disseminating these sessions that would be a HIPAA violation. No idea how we address that mess other than not using Zoom.

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