Here’s one source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/investigators-wrangled-video-nancy-guthries-google-nest-camera-backend-rcna258460

I’m 100% sure it was Kash’s call, and he was just too stupid to realize what the FBI was inadvertently admitting to by releasing this footage.

Yup.

And they probably did ruin their Macbook, since Macs are designed to be irreparable on purpose and a ding like that may have affected screen functionality significantly.

they want all of that “spying on their own people” power for themselves.

My assumption as well, after after the video release in the Guthrie case, we know objectively that every device with a microphone or camera and a wireless connection is spying on us and feeding the data to the US government without a warrant too.

This is the kind of stuff that makes me despair more than anything else. That billion dollars they’re wasting could do so much fucking good in local jurisdictions all over the country, but instead, it’s being used to lock us further into a fossil fuel energy structure. Not only is this one singular asshole (and to be fair, his golf buddies) enough to turn back the clock on renewable energy, but in my town, we’ve experienced temperature swings of 70 degrees twice in the last ten days.

To me, it seems undeniable that climate change is escalating, but none of our federal legislators experience this because they’re all massively wealthy and insulated from the consequences. Bad weather? They hop on a plane Ted Cruz style and go somewhere else, or tuck themselves away in some McMansion that is energy-independent of the grid and climate-controlled. Ergo, it’s not their problem.

And over in China, fossil fuels are being burned at a massive rate because of the Iran War, which could very well drag on for years despite Donald’s assertions (and that’s what they are, unconfirmed assertions) that he’s supposedly gotten Iran to come to the negotiating table.

I’m just glad I never procreated. I’ll have to deal with the fallout of this shit, but I’m not rolling the boulder further downhill.

Thank you.

You’re wrong.

But that’s okay. Thank you for the reply. I hope you a nice day.

They already have all of that.

They did when you adopted smart phone and smart home technology, same with everyone else. They have it for most people because most people knowingly use corporate social media sites like TikTok, Facebook. Twitter/X, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, and the like, and those are collecting data too.

We know this objectively because the FBI just released footage in the Guthrie case that shouldn’t exist, and definitely shouldn’t be hanging out in a government database either.

You’re not protecting yourself or anyone by allowing these systems to access kids without any regulation whatsoever. I appreciate that it makes you feel good to think that you are, though.

That is factually incorrect.

It was exposed in 2014 that FB was running experiments on its users by tinkering with their news feeds, so culturally, conversations around this have been happening for at least twelve years, and tech addiction has been a known problem for at least a decade. These products are designed to be addictive, induce mental illness, and foment rage bait because it keeps eyes glued to ads, and the corporate media providers know this.

Now, we live in a world where it’s causing widespread mental illness in young people, because its effects are more pronounced in developing brains. This is a public health issue, and it’s not going to be solved with whoo whoo solutions like expecting parents to actually parent, because we can see from the last 5-10 years that this ‘solution’ is ineffective.

Regulation is necessary, whether it’s ID verification, or banning cell phone sales to kids, or even limited solutions like disallowing cell phone use in schools.

When education and talking with kids actually seems to be accomplishing something, I’ll agree that it’s a good solution.

We’re talking about ID verification because everything listed in the first part of this meme has failed (including, most importantly, depending on parental oversight) and we’re now at a point where the consequences require immediate regulation.

The pizza box laptop is still goated, IMHO.

That last one does sound nice.

Oof. Sorry to hear it.

No need.

I endure because my success infuriates my enemies.

Child rape: Not excommunicable

Reporting child rape and seeking justice: Excommunicable

It’s important to remember who these people really are. I recall the story of Bishop Robert Finn, in Kansas City, who hid a rapist priest and of all the crimes he could have been charged with, the authorities chose “failure to report”, and the pope’s response was to let him retire peacefully to Italy. He never spent a day in prison for aiding and abetting rape.

And the RCC has ‘litigation (read: rape) insurance’.

This is what I keep squarely in my mind whenever the rich douche in the white robe tries to change the conversation by talking about universal health care.

Don’t ever let your kids be alone with religious authorities of any flavor, but especially not Catholics.

This is the dumb shit your president is working on instead of making sure your family can eat.

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Makes you wish we had an opposition party that actually opposes things.

Nah, they’re too busy reading through their classified briefings and making sure their stock portfolios can take advantage, and if they’re getting current enough info, insider trading on Polymarket. These are much more important considerations than the US Constitution.

Good on them for fighting back. I imagine it’s going to be hard to defend in court, given the manner in which the DOGE cuts were conceived of and perpetrated, and our historical institutions are an important cultural staple that need to be funded and defended.

The bigger problem is that, with oil needed to produce and transport EVERYTHING, we’re all going to be hit hard by this. I’m glad I spent the last year filling up my pantry, because food is going to become even more cost-prohibitive if Donald doesn’t declare victory and stop this shit.

(Unlikely, since they’re begging for $200 billion to keep his stupid war going.)

Diesel is almost $8 a gallon in Southern California today, btw.

You’re not wrong, but just a suggestion. This might be content more appropriate for the Political Memes community.

That is a magnificent cock.