So the other explanation is that apple announced a few years ago that they were going to scan people’s devices for known CSAM hashes and report any matches to authorities.

This was only for icloud photos, and the reason they were considering that was to keep your photos encrypted in the cloud. this way the photos are analyzed locally on your device and kept private, unless they are found to be problematic obviously.

that has always been a thing, i was just listing the new fun stuff.

You’ll need to verify your age by June or lose access to PlayStation social features.

don’t threaten me with a good time.

that appears to be OP’s headline, not from The Verge.

climate change, school shootings, fascists, pandemics, AI, gambling… what’s one more thing?

try that with the drone in the article. ain’t gonna work buddy.

not nearly enough surface area to power a drone.

ever had to use servicenow?

I think their point still stands. People “buy” windows when they need a new computer, so the the rate at which windows is sold probably hasn’t changed much. If anything it’s probably slower due to more durable modern hardware like SSDs.

so it seems like they should just “limit” the storage to a reasonable number of TB that is more than most desktops/laptops, and less than NASes with hundreds of TB.

For online purchases I need to give my address anyway and name so I can pick the package so there’s no way around it.

well, yeah, that’s what we are talking about here. online purchases that require anti-bot procedures.

do you pay cash for everything?

mobile only

I dont agree with the argument that chat gpt should “push back”. They have an example in the article where the guy asked for tall bridges to jump from, and chat gpt listed them of course.

but that’s an inherently unhealthy relationship, especially for psychologically vulnerable people. if it doesn’t push back they’re not in a relationship, they’re getting themselves thrown back at them.