https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Fingerprinting

https://amiunique.org/

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

There are plenty of resources for this already.

I just did that on my own laptop, trying to figure out why it was running like crap. Turns out I set it to quiet mode instead of cool, so it underclocked instead of running the fan

It will know as much data as it would for any other wireless client. MAC address mostly.

I bought a new one recently. Apparently they’re doing a subscription thing now, so look closely at which model you’re buying. But other than that, it works just the same as my old one.

I’m not exactly sure what you’re trying to do here. Yes, if you use a phone as a hotspot, everything going through will be associated with that hotspot phone’s IMEI.

I don’t have a specific recommendation, but you can look over the big list maintained by Reddit users: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ijfqfLrJWLUVBfJZ_YalVpstWsjw-JGzkvMd6u2jqEk/edit

You probably want one hosted in a non-cooperative country, and one that doesn’t keep logs.

What are you trying to accomplish by using a VPN?

Ohhh. The headline made it sound like people who get tattoos make poor decisions.

I don’t think you’ve looked closely enough at China, then.

“I don’t know how to run a shop, but it can’t be that hard, let’s just have AI do it!”

For a first pass, yes. I wouldn’t really trust it for an unbiased, objective perspective. Each model is only as good as its training data.

When did they ever? I remember when one of my parents got fired in the 90s, they sent the stuff from the desk in a box. Including the company desk phone!

Does it work if you unplug and replug? If you hit a button other than power does it wake up, or does it say “no signal” or something? Does the laptop see it? Anything in any log? Can you force a redetection from the laptop?

It could run entirely on-device.

I saw one of their Jeff Goldblum ads within the past week, so they’re still airing.

I don’t know anyone that seriously uses it. The only posts I see are corporate PR and LinkedIn “Agree?” lunatics.

You’ll need to check the logs for your display manager, probably kdm if you’re using KDE.

No. Most cameras have filters to cut non-visible light.

And any EM that passes through a mask is probably going to pass through flesh too. And any EM that’s transmitted and not reflected means it can’t be imaged by a sensor.

Very thin fabric, like a thin white T-shirt, can be transparent to IR in bright sunlight. But that’s a fairly rare case.

I heard a bit on NPR over the weekend talking about copaganda. Turns out body cams are beneficial to cops, because they can take that footage and selectively edit and release it to push a certain narrative.

If you’ve ever seen a clip on social media, it often starts a few seconds before the cop hits someone, rarely showing the full sequence of events that led up to that point.

And if they can’t edit the footage to make them look good? “Oops, we didn’t retrieve that footage in time so it was overwritten.”

“They’re too big to fail, they’re the only major domestic aircraft manufacturer!” Ok so nationalize them