LordMayor

@LordMayor@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  But, why would they track some random $10 Amazon tag?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, there’s a big piece of this puzzle missing.

  If it was an Apple or Google tag it would make sense. They have systems for tracking those but I imagine they must have some kind of limits.

  Anyway, this a $10 random tag from Amazon. Why would any phone report its location? I imagine it has to either be: officially recognized by Apple or Google; spoofing Apple or Google ids; or being picked up by some third-party app.

  No article I’ve see has explained how it was tracked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How The U.S. Will Track EVERY Vehicle from Space: SAR GMTI/AMTI⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I like how they use an AI generated nerd for this crap rather than an AI that is too unbelievably attractive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smart Glasses Companies Are Getting Shamed Into Covering Their Cameras⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People wearing smart glasses should be shamed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now, you may ask. “How is this different than autopay.” Well, for one, you no longer would have to configure your autopay with every single company, you just do it with your bank or cc company, making it more centralized and convenient.

  But, that’s how I’ve been doing autopay for years. My utilities send the bill to my bank. My bank gives me the option of automatically paying it or logging into the bank and clicking a button.

  This existed before the latest AI craze.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists Created a Bulletproof Material 3 Times Stronger Than Kevlar—It’s Already Breaking Records⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The cm0002 account makes a ridiculous amount of posts. Either it’s a bot or someone with way too much time. It’s not organic sharing that some people—myself included—would want social media to be.

  And they keep making the same accounts on different instances. I’ve blocked close to a dozen of this account already.