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Comment Re: Pre-installed? (Score 1) 14

From the above website Users should also avoid buying unbranded or ultra-cheap devices from unknown sellers. Stick to manufacturers that offer ongoing firmware support and publish clear security documentation. If your device feels sluggish, heats up unexpectedly, or shows signs of unusual internet activity even when idle, it might be infected. Other red flags include Google Play Protect being disabled or missing entirely, unfamiliar apps appearing on their own, or the device being from an off-brand manufacturer without verified firmware. These signs could point to malware like BADBOX 2.0 running silently in the background.

Comment Re: Its not logic, or reasoning (Score 1) 66

Does it matter whether it actually has an internal strategic model, if the output based on statistical wordbuilding leads to what a human would characterize as strategy? Just because it thinks in a fundamentally different way from a human, trained on gobs of data on how humans think including human strategy, doesnt mean you cant characterize it as strategy or intelligence, no matter what mechanisms it used. The Turing test is interesting in itself. The idea that in the end, if it fools a human then it can be considered to think. The important insight being that it is true regardless of what the internal process was, be it binary, statistical, quantum or otherwise.

Comment Who paid for this (Score 1) 13

Honest question for you /.ers that probably know the answer. Why did the Linux Foundation step up to solve this Wordpress problem. Really, I want to know how do they benefit and who paid the salaries for the Linux Found employees that obviously put a lot of time into solving this. seems like a good move, just curious how it got incentivized to do so.

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