I could imagine plenty of normal people going to work for a company that purportedly wants to use technology to improve the security of communities. A naive person may not think, “wait, isn’t this turning my country into a dystopian surveillance state?” Nobody that works for ICE got there naively. They were selected from the worst America has to offer.
I appreciate the info! A TV box really doesn’t require much in the way of hardware. Have you considered picking up an old laptop? I personally use a SteamLink to stream from my desktop. (Pretty rare that I want to watch TV and game at the same time.)
As stupid and lazy as they are, their main problem is being infinitely, shamelessly corrupt.
“We can’t let the environment be a deciding factor” is a preposterous take. There’s practically nothing more important that preserving the environment. Even the Chinese are looking beyond their borders for raw materials these days. If it costs more to extract raw materials in a way that doesn’t fuck up the environment, then subsidize it and pay for it. We can fund the subsidies with a carbon tax.
A crossover is a station wagon but the entire thing is raised up for no reason. It’s funny how averse the public is to driving a minivan. I drove one as a rental for a week and it was snappy, convenient, comfortable, and could hold a ton of stuff or people.
But I like being able to see over everyone else
At this point I’m planning to see under everyone else.
And your Western-made car doesn’t? Ha!
They can get around your Pi Hole with DNS over HTTPS these days. I don’t have one. Do you find yours still works well?
Build a cheap PC or buy an NVidia Shield to be your media center. (I actually use a SteamLink to my desktop PC.)
Never tell your TV your Wi-Fi password.
Use a wireless keyboard with touch-pad as your remote.
(4. Pirate stuff over a VPN.)
Is there any evidence this happens? Why would manufactures go to the trouble of making a nefarious hacker TV when 99.9% of buyers are just going to type in their wifi credentials when prompted?
As much as I liked the “massive brain damage causes conservatism” narrative following Fetterman around, I’ve been hearing more and more that he was always a duplicitous asshole.
Our country needs a way to recall public servants when they betray constituents. Six years is too long to wait.