▲ 1118 ▼ Film studios demand IP addresses of people who discussed piracy on Reddit (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 234 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ain’t this the truth. Here’s story about a serial killer being caught by a floppy drive’s meta data. https://www.grunge.com/332018/heres-how-the-btk-killer-was-finally-caught/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Facebones@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Few things more fun than telling people who harp about vaccines being tracking chips that if they're worried about tracking they should ditch their smartphone, and watching them rage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JonEFive@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago* You mean the always-on GPS-enabled internet-connected microphone and camera which is also likely Bluetooth and NFC beaconing and contains all of my most personal data including my name, contacts, unencrypted chats facilitated by major cell phone carriers, photos, emails, and other personal files which are also likely synced with a cloud service operated by major multi-national corporations, and also stores biometric data such as facial recognition, fingerprints, time spent sleeping, and even heart rate and number of steps taken assuming you have "fitness" features enabled? With those last couple items, these massive companies that regularly share data with law enforcement are literally tracking your every step and nearly every beat of your heart. Well don't worry about that, I've got Express VPN. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Detectives were able to run relatively simple tests to determine that the file had last been saved by a user named "Dennis," and it had been printed using one of the printers at the nearby Christ Lutheran Church. Maybe the article is badly worded, but it seems like they got metadata from the file, not the floppy disk itself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It was either the FAT file or the file itself. The case is famous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Few things more fun than telling people who harp about vaccines being tracking chips that if they're worried about tracking they should ditch their smartphone, and watching them rage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JonEFive@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago* You mean the always-on GPS-enabled internet-connected microphone and camera which is also likely Bluetooth and NFC beaconing and contains all of my most personal data including my name, contacts, unencrypted chats facilitated by major cell phone carriers, photos, emails, and other personal files which are also likely synced with a cloud service operated by major multi-national corporations, and also stores biometric data such as facial recognition, fingerprints, time spent sleeping, and even heart rate and number of steps taken assuming you have "fitness" features enabled? With those last couple items, these massive companies that regularly share data with law enforcement are literally tracking your every step and nearly every beat of your heart. Well don't worry about that, I've got Express VPN. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JonEFive@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago* You mean the always-on GPS-enabled internet-connected microphone and camera which is also likely Bluetooth and NFC beaconing and contains all of my most personal data including my name, contacts, unencrypted chats facilitated by major cell phone carriers, photos, emails, and other personal files which are also likely synced with a cloud service operated by major multi-national corporations, and also stores biometric data such as facial recognition, fingerprints, time spent sleeping, and even heart rate and number of steps taken assuming you have "fitness" features enabled? With those last couple items, these massive companies that regularly share data with law enforcement are literally tracking your every step and nearly every beat of your heart. Well don't worry about that, I've got Express VPN. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Detectives were able to run relatively simple tests to determine that the file had last been saved by a user named "Dennis," and it had been printed using one of the printers at the nearby Christ Lutheran Church. Maybe the article is badly worded, but it seems like they got metadata from the file, not the floppy disk itself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It was either the FAT file or the file itself. The case is famous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It was either the FAT file or the file itself. The case is famous. permalink fedilink source parent