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Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians
  • I haven't used Whatsapp Groups. This says the analysis is from looking at who is in a group, so just metadata, not contents of messages.

    That sounds like a normal marketing technique, though I don't know how hard or easy it is to get a list of users in a group.

    And also a phone number is Whatsapp is easy to lookup in Facebook and tie to a real person.

    It's all plausible without breaking into Whatsapp. But that doesn't disprove inside information.

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    Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar”
  • Not even an apology. They'll spend money smearing the FTC leader. And call it a witch hunt. And publicize all the people who will lose their jobs if the company has to pay these fines.

    And they are hedging their bets that Trump becomes president and the FTC gets gutted, so there won't be any fines anyway.

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    Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar”
  • These days companies see fines as just a little fee for doing business.

    We've seen fines for other companies.

    Worst case, they have to.pay, what. 10% of their earnings back as fines? That's still definitely worth it to them.

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    Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar”
  • The FTC is not taking specific action against any automaker at this point. Instead, the blog post is meant to be a warning to the industry.

    So, the only thing that will change will either be a tiny EULA on the underside of the car, or car companies will hire better security teams to keep the data collection hidden.

  • Brexit border IT outages delay import of perishable items to UK by up to 20 hours
  • Hey, but at least there aren't any more foreigners simultaneously using up all the social benefits from their couch and also taking everyone's job, right?

    Well, imagine how bad it would be if an outside government (The European Union) was directing this movement of goods between many countries. Only the UK knows how to keep life moving best for UK citizens.

  • Meta will shut down its Teams competitor Workplace next year
  • development slowed considerably after people returned to offices that had been empty due to the covid pandemic and after a number of key employees left.

    I wonder if those two things are related. Hmm.

    Also, the return to office was a conscious and forced decision with lots of evidence against it, so boo hoo.

  • If life never emerged on Earth, would the continents still be more or less the same today? In other words, does life affect the formation and movement of continents significantly?
  • Continents as a whole, probably.

    I'm not sure how the weight of fossils adds up over the eons, but probably not enough to change things.

    I'm not aware of the ice age having changed plate tectonics, and that a lot of weight. Maybe someone knows if it affected volcanoes.

    The top shape would be different because of plants holding back erosion and life having changed the chemical makeup of the air.

  • Home Improvement @lemmy.world BigMikeInAustin @lemmy.world
    Do ceiling fan motors from the same manufacturer and same time change based on the blade length?

    Currently installed is a recent (about 10 years) Harbor Bay 5 blade ceiling fan with 44" blade diameter.

    In a box I have a recent (about 10 years) Harbor Bay 5 blade ceiling fan with 52" blade diameter.

    Yes, the large blades will run the motor harder.

    Would these two fans likely use the same motor, so that I can just swap the larger blades and leave the current motor? Or is there a high chance the motors are sized specific to their blades, and I would need to fully swap the motor to use the larger blades?

    The blades appear to use the same connection.

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