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  • Reminds me of the pettiness during the aftermath of the class action because of the Nexus 6P battery problems. Google/Fi suddenly lost all records of my support tickets, my having purchased the phone at all, the warranty replacement they’d done, etc.

    Fortunately, I keep meticulous records and still had a phone that powered down at 60% battery, so recorded a video of it as evidence and got my payout. Severely tainted my impression of Google/Fi though. Neither the faulty hardware nor the shady practices are surprising at this point.











  • They identify with a political group who’s primary recognizable characteristics are publicly wearing an extremely identifiable bright red hat and actively mocking and trolling their perceived opponents even in completely fictitious situations.

    This could also apply to a party built entirely around the Limp Bizkit song “Hot Dog,” I believe.


  • I don’t think an article writing for an audience that needs API defined is the place to get the finer details. Also, does it really matter? Keeping secrets out of the repo is pretty basic stuff, so there’s a lack of fundamental information security awareness.

    I’d bet all the monies that there’s a bunch of unencrypted spreadsheets with enough data to steal millions of identities on some idiot’s Google Drive or whatever, and a bunch of it’s been shared with commercial LLMs without any of our consent. Our personal data’s being handled less securely than the average corporate SharePoint site’s plans for the next pizza party.