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[^]Quote: That all takes us to the nub of the problem. It’s natural to trust one’s own senses, to believe what one sees—a hardwired tendency that the coming age of manipulated video will exploit. Consider recent flash points in what the University of Michigan’s Aviv Ovadya calls the “infopocalypse”—and imagine just how much worse they would have been with manipulated video. Take Pizzagate, and then add concocted footage of John Podesta leering at a child, or worse. Falsehoods will suddenly acquire a whole new, explosive emotional intensity.
But the problem isn’t just the proliferation of falsehoods. Fabricated videos will create new and understandable suspicions about everything we watch. Politicians and publicists will exploit those doubts. When captured in a moment of wrongdoing, a culprit will simply declare the visual evidence a malicious concoction. The president, reportedly, has already pioneered this tactic: Even though he initially conceded the authenticity of the Access Hollywood video, he now privately casts doubt on whether the voice on the tape is his own.
In other words, manipulated video will ultimately destroy faith in our strongest remaining tether to the idea of common reality. As Ian Goodfellow, a scientist at Google, told MIT Technology Review, “It’s been a little bit of a fluke, historically, that we’re able to rely on videos as evidence that something really happened.”
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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I'm sure there will be a technological solution to this, such as a wifi device that emits an encrypted signature based on time, GPS, possibly biometric data, that can be then be correlated to reality. Any recording device will have to receive this signal and record the signature on a separate channel, which must be merged with a hash of every frame of the video (or whatever a "frame" of audio represents.) Through encryption magic that I don't understand, possibly using a unique public key that is assigned to every single person and is part of the broadcast, embedded in our body somewhere, the authenticity of the video can be verified. Of course, this technology would also need to handle multiple (like, crowds) of people and their authentication broadcasts. Technically, we pretty much already have that capability with smart phones.
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Well, if they just add blockchain technology to videos, the problem will be solved. Blockchain can solve any problem, I've been told.
(Waiting for the new Rogaine, now with Blockchain!)
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The outer limits[^] already told it.
Kind of Quote: Don't trust what you see, we control the horizontal and the vertical, we can expand an image to the infinite or .... And that over 20 years ago.
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Was the same intro in that seasons?
That's before I was born, I knew about the classic, but I haven't seen it
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Joe Westby is Amnesty International’s Technology and Human Rights researcher. Recently, in response to Google’s launch of a new messaging service called "Chat", Westby argued that Google, “shows total contempt for Android users’ privacy.” Total lies! It's not just Android users!
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I will not tolerate anything less than total contempt for Windows users !
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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New GDPR regulations on personal data will affect even individual coders "Deep, dark depression, excessive misery"
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Researchers made a smart wall that can detect touch and movement. Walk into wall twice to open document
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Gives a whole new nuance to "Harvey Wall Banger"
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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So, what does it do that cannot be done with a cheap webcam? Do they really assume homes will have a wall without anything in front of it and without any decoration? And what use would this investment have?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Oh no, you can't just question the value of anything that starts with the words "Researchers made ..."^^
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According to the FBI, cybercrooks have changed tactics and sometimes pose as government agents or tech support reps for GPS, printer or cable companies, or virtual currency exchangers. Hello, this is "Bob" from a totally legit phone number to let you know that your computer has^H^H^Hwill be hacked
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I really enjoy catching them in their lies. Unfortunately I haven't received a call from one in a while.
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You have failed if you can't get the scammer to swear and threaten you. There is some Indian bloke who works for Microsoft who thinks I am really thick.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I was round at my mum's the other day when she got a call from "Microsoft". She was rather good:
"Hello Kevin, how are you? It's a shame, you sound like such a nice boy, why don't you just do something honest for living? Get yourself a proper job and one day you might not have to lie about working for Microsoft - that would be nice, wouldn't it? You might even be able to sleep at night." <long pause="" as="" "kevin"="" tries="" to="" explain="" that="" he="" really="" does="" work="" for="" microsoft=""> "Ah well, whatever you say, dear. If you want to talk about computers, you're in luck, my son's here - he writes Windows programs, I'll just pass the 'phone over to him ... Kevin? Kevin? Are you still there? Oh! He's gone!"
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I whish my father in law had done this some months ago
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but... but... but... but...
... to do that I'd need to answer my phone when confronted with an unknown number instead of dumping to voice mail.
That's never going to happen again.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I'm waiting for the next call to show up. I'm going to start with
"Hey! I'm so glad you called. Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?"
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That reminds of a site I used to visit called "Fun With Telemarketers". The guy had a bunch of recordings where he would say stuff like that to telemarketers and he would try to keep them on the line as long as possible. It was really hilarious. I don't know if it's around any more.
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