▲ 1531 ▼ Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage (fedi.simonwillison.net) submitted 2 years ago* by Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 199 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/23752739 https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/hangout_servicesthunkjs/
[–] skybox@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Became? 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Different places have different laws permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* Torrenting itself is not illegal. The distribution of copyrighted material that you don’t own is the illegal part. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kava@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* It's sort of legally gray but generally speaking in the US downloading is a civil offense but not a criminal one. You can get sued by the copyright holder for example but you won't end up in jail over it. People usually never get sued for it because it's not worth it for Comcast to pay for lawyers to try and extract any money out of regular people. Not only will they almost certainly be unable to even recoup the lawyer fees, they risk getting a lot of bad PR for no gain. What's usually considered an arrestable offense is uploading aka distribution. Once you start hosting seedboxes then you enter the area where you're liable to go to prison. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Different places have different laws permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* Torrenting itself is not illegal. The distribution of copyrighted material that you don’t own is the illegal part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kava@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* It's sort of legally gray but generally speaking in the US downloading is a civil offense but not a criminal one. You can get sued by the copyright holder for example but you won't end up in jail over it. People usually never get sued for it because it's not worth it for Comcast to pay for lawyers to try and extract any money out of regular people. Not only will they almost certainly be unable to even recoup the lawyer fees, they risk getting a lot of bad PR for no gain. What's usually considered an arrestable offense is uploading aka distribution. Once you start hosting seedboxes then you enter the area where you're liable to go to prison. permalink fedilink source parent