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Patrick says

There's like 3 paths to your SD Card on an Android phone, and whenever I finally figure out which path is writable, I immediately forget it, and I think it changes with the phone anyhow.

I understand the Linux file system hierarchy - why did they change it on Android? There's literally no reason not to have a /home/user directory.

The_Deplorable says

This seriously happens. If you have an Alexa or a Google Home, or possibly even Siri - fake a discussion about a pet you'd never own with your family, and see what ads you start getting.

They are 24/7 listening devices. This is a simple test. I've gotten a FEW people to try it, but not with Siri. It's the 1984's telescreen. I'm giving you a test so you can verify it's true, if you don't do the test, whatever. We've been trying to warn you for years.

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Phones are about 20 minutes in.

https://abovephone.com/

Oh great, now your cheese can spy on you.

https://notthebee.com/article/makers-of-parmigiano-reggiano-are-putting-edible-microchips-the-size-of-a-grain-of-sand-into-their-cheese-wheels-in-order-to-combat-counterfeiters

The Journal reported the chips cannot be read remotely or used to track someone should they ingest it.

richwicks says

They are 24/7 listening devices. This is a simple test. I've gotten a FEW people to try it, but not with Siri. It's the 1984's telescreen. I'm giving you a test so you can verify it's true, if you don't do the test, whatever. We've been trying to warn you for years.

I knew this years ago, when I was talking about my cat, Artemis.

Immediately I started getting ads for that Sci-Fi book which had been released around the time.

richwicks says

Phones are about 20 minutes in.

Thanks, also see https://takebackourtech.org/tag/mobile/

https://tritorch.substack.com/p/elon-musks-x-app-is-the-one-ring

Damn, the second video on this page is really good.

Old comic format showing cellphone dystopia.

Patrick says

https://tritorch.substack.com/p/elon-musks-x-app-is-the-one-ring

Damn, the second video on this page is really good.

Old comic format showing cellphone dystopia.

The song is what they made for Donnie Darko. IF you still like films, I'd recommend that film, NOT the director's cut either, but the theatrical cut. Richard Kelley was a one hit wonder director, all his other films are terrible - I strongly do not recommend them.

He's like Neill Blomkamp that did District 9, but 10 times worse. I don't know how he managed to make Donnie Darko, but that's his only good film.

But he is right, wechat is the best app out there in terms of functionality. No doubt about it, you can do a lot with it. Not coding such an app just because of the potential for abuse doesn't make any sense

richwicks says

Patrick says

https://tritorch.substack.com/p/elon-musks-x-app-is-the-one-ring

Damn, the second video on this page is really good.

Old comic format showing cellphone dystopia.

The song is what they made for Donnie Darko. IF you still like films, I'd recommend that film, NOT the director's cut either, but the theatrical cut. Richard Kelley was a one hit wonder director, all his other films are terrible - I strongly do not recommend them.

He's like Neill Blomkamp that did District 9, but 10 times worse. I don't know how he managed to make Donnie Darko, but that's his only good film.

It's a decent movie but these movies repeat every decade, adjusted for the new (tech) villains and problems of our times. Momo is a really oldschool German one

richwicks says

This seriously happens. If you have an Alexa or a Google Home, or possibly even Siri - fake a discussion about a pet you'd never own with your family, and see what ads you start getting.

They are 24/7 listening devices. This is a simple test. I've gotten a FEW people to try it, but not with Siri. It's the 1984's telescreen. I'm giving you a test so you can verify it's true, if you don't do the test, whatever. We've been trying to warn you for years.

This is 100% true. I can't stand it, but the tech makes life easier. I don't do anything illegal and have the resources to fight anything that infringes on me in a way I don't like. Most don't.

Fact is we don't have the time to go through all our food weekly with 3 pre-teen boys. They add what they need to the grocery list via alexa. And I know that bitch is always listening. Is what it is. Saves us hours per week easily. I'll dump it when it's time when the kids are out of the house. Until then I'll bite the bullet and have big brother listen in on our bull shit conversations. Nothing good to hear besides bad jokes and bull shitting with kids. No money laundering or murder going on here.

It's not so much that Siri or Alexa is listening for your drug transactions, it's that it's recording information that can be used to construct a LLM simulacrum that can have you say anything "they" want you to say - a deep fake for every man, woman, and child in this world.

Patrick says

Damn, the second video on this page is really good.

Overweight belligerent redneck on the train drinking a Trump beer sort of ruined it for me.

stereotomy says

It's not so much that Siri or Alexa is listening for your drug transactions, it's that it's recording information that can be used to construct a LLM simulacrum that can have you say anything "they" want you to say - a deep fake for every man, woman, and child in this world.

I've noticed a lot of customer service systems ask for voice prompts now days. For the exact reason you stated, I only use the keypad.

just_passing_through says

Overweight belligerent redneck on the train drinking a Trump beer sort of ruined it for me.

True, that artist has a severe case of TDS. I've seen it in his other drawings. No thought as to why people would vote for Trump, just raw hate for those he sees as beneath himself.

Patrick says

I bet you $100 you're incorrect about this, and I will come to your place to deliver the bill, along with a pizza, if you're correct.

Hopefully the "Pizza" isn't code for anything because Patrick's got this one right.

They test every year, it's plastered all over government sites. If you want info on why to avoid, see my thread.

Misc says

Hopefully the "Pizza" isn't code for anything because Patrick's got this one right.

@Misc I didn't get any notification.

I didn't want to spend $100 and have to hand deliver a pizza anyhow but I would have.

And no, I despise pedophiles, you cannot imagine how much I hate them. Victimizing a child, it's as bad as murder. I oppose my government in part because they allowed this with Epstein. Our government is invalid because it's immoral. We should overthrow it.

Anyhow I actually like pizza, and there's a decent place near Patrick. It's kind of a heart attack in a box, but once a month, that's fine.

NuttBoxer says

They test every year, it's plastered all over government sites. If you want info on why to avoid, see my thread.

@NuttBoxer - I received no notification.

@richwicks The test is suppose to happen at about 2:20pm East Coast time.

Glad to hear the place has good food Patrick will enjoy it.

If he'd gone to the government sites, or read my thread he would have known that. Just another patnetter who wants to share opinions, but not take the time to do any research.

It pinged - I shut the phone off for 30 mins.

They just proved they can kill any one of us with 5G directed drones.

Misc says

richwicks The test is suppose to happen at about 2:20pm East Coast time.

Glad to hear the place has good food Patrick will enjoy it.

It happened at 2:18 PM Eastern. Looks like Patrick needs to decide on some pizza toppings.

True, it looks like it did happen. I leave my phone off most of the time, but lots of people are reporting getting this.

YEP - I owe @Patrick a $100.

If you want to collect..

Makes one wonder what use it is when it didn't work in Maui...

Patrick says

True, it looks like it did happen. I leave my phone off most of the time, but lots of people are reporting getting this.

HeadSet says

Patrick says

True, it looks like it did happen. I leave my phone off most of the time, but lots of people are reporting getting this.

Well, he's near an Amici's, although I won't tell you which one:

https://www.amicis.com/

Pick out a pie.

I was in a room full of people when the alert went off this morning. Twenty plus cellphone alarms went off at the same time, including mine.

I forgot to turn off my phone!

I looked around checking for sudden deaths but everyone survived the incident.

Most phones are made in china. It wouldn't be too hard to rig them into little shrapnel bombs...

@richwicks I never made the bet, but pizza for lunch sounds good. Maybe some others want to show up and make it a mini-meetup.

@Patrick, I'll do it and I'll buy. I think the park is very nearby. Perhaps that's the best place to meet up.

@Undoctored Want some pizza?

Any other readers near Palo Alto?

https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/government-clarifies-alert-message-reading-the-arachnids-are-here-run-for-your-lives-just-a-test

https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/330-million-phones-go-off-after-biden-hits-wrong-button-reaching-for-life-alert

Some people reported they got the alert after turning their phone back on. Others said the phone was turned on for them. We took our Roku off the internet(unplugged cable), and put our cellphones in a closet. No alerts, were not turned on for us.

Do you know how many convicts in jail were outed for having cell phones they weren't supposed to have?

No alert for me, I was on a Zoom meeting at the time too.