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GENOCIDUS_REX t1_j8t5dx3 wrote

Reply to comment by ahecht in Anker recalls 535 Power Bank over fire safety concerns by GeT_Tilted

Ah, not as bad as it first looked, but:

> he points out that companies don’t tend to keep their serial numbers secret. Some stick them right on the box they sell at Best Buy — yes, including Eufy.

I’m good with condemning this massive lapse/lie about “no cloud” devices.

Their original statements, from that link: With secure local storage, your private data never leaves the safety of your home, and is accessible by you alone. False. Facial ID images were uploaded to the Eufy cloud. All recorded footage is encrypted on-device False. Footage was not encrypted. At all. Only the url was encrypted, not the footage. This is also known as a lie

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MegatonDoge t1_j8t4dmq wrote

Reply to comment by Mace_Windu- in Motherboard Shipments Plummet by Ten Million Units in 2022 by Avieshek

It's better in what sense? Get a Xbox series S/X with gamepass and you'll be set for the next 7-8 years. Or Ps5 and ps plus extra. You'll get a pc upgrade now to compete with the cost, then find out to upgrade your cpu, you'll also have to upgrade your motherboard, ram, power supply etc. I don't understand how it is better if money is a concern.

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Nytonial t1_j8t2nsl wrote

Reply to comment by MrWrock in Apple Exploring Viability of Foldable Devices With Touch-Sensitive Chassis. by SUPRVLLAN

Oh, hardware wise Samsung make some of the best electronics (screens, cameras, processors and flash storage), white goods(fridges and washers), tanks you name it...

But they are super restrictive on their own assembled phones, forcing you to install bloatwear (over 50gb on the s22 is unremovable apps/system. It's 4GB on the pixel series) and they do all in their power to prevent repair.

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ahecht t1_j8t228b wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Anker recalls 535 Power Bank over fire safety concerns by GeT_Tilted

There are two different parts of the URL, one is a 4-digit hexadecimal number that has 65,535 possibilities, the other is the 16-digit serial number that has 43-thousand-million-million-million possibilities. The "researcher" was only able to brute force it in 65,535 tries because they had physical access to the camera and were able to read the serial number off the label.

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