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The more I find out about the tech bro dissolution of the United States, the more it seems certain & scary.

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 9 points 9 hours ago

This shit is suddenly everywhere. It's so dystopian seeing these cameras on every road.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Sorry, Yiddish, I think I pointed this out in one of your other threads, and I don't mean to spam, but it bears repeating...

Ring is partnering with Flock:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/amazon-ring-cameras-surveillance-law-enforcement-crime-police-investigations.html

I inherited a Ring camera with my house and added more, I'm now in the process of de-Ringifying everything.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Well this is extremely unnerving and expected. I mean jesus shit.

Edit: I met a Russian expat in SE Asia, I don't know how correct what he says is, but he's in IT like me and runs his own org, and he says that Russia is ridiculously surveilled with cameras with advanced facial recognition that will easily identify you in spite of disguises like masks or sunglasses or basically anything you try, he says they have absolute control over who and where people are at any given time, and that's where the US is heading full speed.

Edit2: Also, everyone check out Benn Jordan, who's hacking this various shit,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
(Breaking the Creepy AI in Police Cameras)

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

You know shit is off the rails when the unibomber is starting to sound reasonable.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 points 9 hours ago

Never apologize for spreading information!

[–] meisterah@ttrpg.network -5 points 5 hours ago

Holy shit this guy is so annoying.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What could you expect from a company named after the Palantír?

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

New name was of course - INTegrated ELectronics, or Intel for short. The fact that "intel" was the term for intelligence information was also quite suitable, but that name was already taken by some hotel chain in the mid-west. In the end, Moore & Noyce Electronics bought the name from the chain and renamed itself Intel Corporation.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago

Pure coincidence, clearly.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s the Business Plot from the 1930s. History rhymes in a circular fascion.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 15 points 1 day ago

The Pinkerton's got a surprise coming.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I think it can be repaired but it would require an actual human being as a leader. I dont know if you have that over there in politics.

Someone who isnt a huge friend of the billionaries. Actually when I think about it, you will find no such person.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

I think it can be repaired but it would require an actual human being as a leader. I dont know if you have that over there in politics.

You have plenty in politics. Special interests (mainly but not exclusively the rich) have seen to it that the American electorate would never make any of them president. Billionaires don't buy news and media outlets because they love honest journalism.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, it hurts knowing we have in our own ranks those who support this admin.