My brain still hasn't processed Alan Rickman's death
Aw dang, I'd actually forgotten that he'd passed away.
I always adored his role as Sheriff of Nottingham, and he was fantastic as Severus Snape (those are the only two roles I ever saw him in, and I liked them both). Oh, and he was amazing in Galaxy Quest (three).
This is like how it took me about a year to realize that Robin Williams was dead.
"Hello, sir, thank you for your continued donations. ... Did you donate blood last week?" "Yeah." "Then you're not eligible to donate again for eight weeks." "Yeah." "I don't know why you received this call, then. I'm sorry." "Yeah." "Have a good day." "Yeah."
"Hello, sir, thank you for your continued donations. ... Did you donate blood last week?" "Yeah." "Then you're not eligible to donate again for eight weeks." "Yeah." "I don't know why you received this call, then. I'm sorry." "Yeah." "Have a good day." "Yeah."
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Is putting tape over your computer's webcam a legit good idea or something only paranoid people do?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Is putting tape over your computer's webcam a legit good idea or something only paranoid people do?
Webcam hacking is certainly a thing and putting tape on it is an easy and effective solution, so it doesn't seem like a ridiculous thing to do.
I mean it's clearly a little paranoid, but that doesn't make it a bad idea.
I guess my thing is, like..surely covering the lens with tape would stop them from getting video, but couldn't they still record audio? And I'm not willing to rip out my computer's microphone because I need to use it sometimes.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
and in any case if someone was using my laptop's webcam I know. There's this big honkin blue light that turns on when it's in use
The issue is that some of these cameras are wired in such a way that it's possible to activate the camera without activating the LED.
Some have it implemented correctly (the LED and the camera can only physically be powered together) but it's impossible to know unless you actually want to tear down your webcam.
Is putting tape over your computer's webcam a legit good idea or something only paranoid people do?
Webcam hacking is certainly a thing and putting tape on it is an easy and effective solution, so it doesn't seem like a ridiculous thing to do.
I mean it's clearly a little paranoid, but that doesn't make it a bad idea.
I guess my thing is, like..surely covering the lens with tape would stop them from getting video, but couldn't they still record audio? And I'm not willing to rip out my computer's microphone because I need to use it sometimes.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
i'm ok with being audio recorded, less so taped (as in "video taped", remember those? taped is genuinely the first verb that came to mind)
See, I'm kind of the opposite I think. Video would just be my head moving back and forth in front of hte screen, not very revealing. But audio would basically let them pick up anything said in the vicinity of my laptop.
All the time, in fact I make sure to always tell myself to definitely do the opposite of not whatting I to not whatted to tell not to what not to not do. But sometimes I get the better of myself, but I always know to know what to not do.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Just face it, next poster, I'm princessier than you. u_u
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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"Hello, sir, thank you for your continued donations. ... Did you donate blood last week?"
"Yeah."
"Then you're not eligible to donate again for eight weeks."
"Yeah."
"I don't know why you received this call, then. I'm sorry."
"Yeah."
"Have a good day."
"Yeah."
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Awwwwww!
I mean, if Mark Zuckerberg does it there's gotta be some credence to it. I'm pretty sure he knows some shit we don't.
The way I see it, if the NSA wants to see me fap, they damn well ought to have that right.
I mean it's clearly a little paranoid, but that doesn't make it a bad idea.
...Wait, I guess the computer isn't assembled in that case.
of course, what i'd really like is something like my old netbook, that had a physical shutter over the camera. sensible, haven't seen it since