Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads (arstechnica.com)
from 0x0@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 17:34
https://lemmy.zip/post/40314191

Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C’mon, juuuust a little… 'till you no longer notice.

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nagaram@startrek.website on 04 Jun 17:39 next collapse

That’s crazy.

Anyways I’m gonna pitch never buying a Samsung phone again to the HR people if this comes true.

Bluefruit@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 17:47 next collapse

Gross.

I’m currently in the process of moving everything over to a pixel running GrapheneOS and am glad to be doing so because of shit exactly like this.

I just want technology that does what I want it to and doesn’t spy on me. Shouldn’t be this hard especially if I pay for the product.

BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 18:23 next collapse

Did the same thing last September, my S21 Ultra’s battery was getting tired and I was tired of the Samsung bullshit. So far it’s been great and so has battery life, plus it’s a breath of fresh air to only have apps I want installed without needing ADB to remove them after Google/Samsung decides they want them reinstalled every few weeks.

Only downfalls have been my broken banking app (which might be the actual app being broken based on Google Play reviews) and the amount of tweaking I needed to do to get OSM as my default map for Android Auto.

I finally have a phone that actually feels like mine, not just a leased device from the manufacturer.

DJDarren@sopuli.xyz on 05 Jun 06:16 next collapse

What did you do to get OSM working properly? I’ve not used it enough to get to know it because it’s not been reliable enough for me. But a couple of times it’s taken me as far as a road, but didn’t know where on the road my destination was.

BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 16:51 collapse

You have to use the Google Play version of OSM for Android Auto, plus tweak a setting or two in the advanced settings of AA. As for the maps itself it’s been fine, I use GPS not Google Play Services for location, so I need to make sure the phone is in clear view of the sky for best results, but it still works in the center console of my car. Just make sure your location services are on before opening OSM or it acts funky.

Bluefruit@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 14:55 collapse

Same here man. Was using an s20 for a long time and was generally happy with it but after moving to an s22 due to charging issues, I wasn’t happy with the way that Samsung changed things. I don’t like how they often try to force a Samsung account.

And I REALLY don’t like this. I should never have to look at baked in ads in my OS that I paid for. I don’t care if its just on the lockscreen because you know that’s only the beginning.

“Watch this 30 second ad to change your wallpaper”

No thanks dude.

Ledericas@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 05:31 next collapse

OP12R allows facescreen to unlock, but i disabled it.

CowsLookLikeMaps@lemmy.ca on 06 Jun 04:35 collapse

Donate to Graphene if you have the means.

salacious_coaster@infosec.pub on 04 Jun 18:13 next collapse

Oh good, another reason not to buy Samsung anything. I already just didn’t like their UI.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 18:16 next collapse

Awesome. Stand on the big X and pull the lever, Samsung.

magnetosphere@fedia.io on 04 Jun 18:18 next collapse

Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C'mon, juuuust a little.. 'till you no longer notice.

This is excellent.

nukeforyou@lemm.ee on 04 Jun 18:28 collapse

Our entire internet ecosystem is the “frog in boiling water” metaphor… They just keep turning the heat up… we need to delete the entire internet and re-work it from the ground up… somehow

Emi@ani.social on 04 Jun 18:57 next collapse

Just go back to the 2000s and go from there.

bizzle@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:20 collapse

Every night, I pray to Jah that I will wake up in a version of 2002 where Al Gore didn’t let Dubya steal the 2000 election.

acosmichippo@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:46 next collapse

i have a feeling not much would be different given how politics go in cycles anyway. W might have even won a 2nd try in 2004 or 2008.

demonsword@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:51 collapse

I’m not american, but if I could change one US president from the past, it would be Reagan. A good part of the fuckery we see today (i.e. rampant neo-liberal late-stage capitalism) was enabled by him

Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub on 04 Jun 20:22 collapse

I actually don’t agree with this, because while Facebook, X, Amazon, Ai and Google are all the front of the internet, they still aren’t all of it. The small web is still churning along with selfhosted blogs and neocities, selfhosted apps are everywhere, some, like Disroot, even open to the public.

People willingly choose to use this garbage and let it into their lives. There’s millions of sites and services to see, but people stick with familiarity.

It’s like everyone is eating the same meal, even though there’s other restaurants everywhere.

AstralPath@lemmy.ca on 05 Jun 02:19 collapse

It’s like everyone is eating the same meal, even though there’s other restaurants everywhere.

So fucking apt. Thanks for framing this the way you did. Really clears up my thoughts on how to discuss this with others.

truthfultemporarily@feddit.org on 04 Jun 18:38 next collapse

What the fuck.

pixelkitty@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 18:47 next collapse

That’s gonna be a yikes from me dawg

meejle@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 18:54 next collapse

Why would anyone opt in 😭

Is this just so they can wait a few months and say, “Not enough people were discovering this Great Feature, so we’re enabling it by default”?

I’ve already been getting the itch to leave Samsung and try something different. I’m keeping my eye on the upcoming Nothing Phone 3, if it’s genuinely a “flagship” for £800 I might jump ship.

harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Jun 19:10 next collapse

I know a bunch of folks who will opt in because their thought process regarding technology is pretty much “new = good.”

PlantJam@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 20:21 next collapse

Pixel is a decent alternative, and de-googled pixel is even better yet.

Vinstaal0@feddit.nl on 05 Jun 11:41 collapse

The main issue with the Pixel is that there is still going money to Google

PlantJam@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 12:13 collapse

Not if you buy second hand, though!

Vinstaal0@feddit.nl on 05 Jun 12:16 collapse

That’s true!

brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Jun 21:57 next collapse

I tried a Samsung phone a year or two ago. It lasted less than a day before I was so infuriated that I vowed never to use Samsung again. It is SO invasive and pushes so many ads and bloatware.

Vinstaal0@feddit.nl on 05 Jun 11:42 collapse

Samsung bricked by first Android because of an Android update, my friends who bought the same phone two weeks later had no issues …

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works on 04 Jun 23:46 collapse

Why would anyone opt in 😭

Because the checkbox will be checked by default, and most people just speedrun through the setup as if it was a competition

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 18:59 next collapse

Glance says it will retain the biometric data used to create your digital avatar for 12 months from your last interaction with the service or until you manually delete your account. The company claims that your images won’t be used for any other purpose or shared with third parties without your consent.

Thousands of pictures of regular people’s faces, not just professional models, is valuable data. They’re definitely selling that shit or using it for their own AI training.

MudMan@fedia.io on 04 Jun 22:13 collapse

OK, so the people making these claims are filing a GDPR complaint, right?

Being paranoid online is not useful at all. This isn't great as it is:

We've looked over Glance's AI privacy policy, and nothing stands out as unusual for the tech industry (which still isn't good). By using the service, you agree to some tracking, including your general location, and some of that data will be shared with partners. However, this all feels a bit more creepy when a service is churning out AI images of you.

...but if you think on top of everything else they are lying about selling your personally identifiable info that is a GDPR violation (and a violation of privacy laws in multiple other territories) and you should immediately file a complaint. Because it is illegal. And yes, it will get investigated and a fine will be set. GDPR violations are constantly being flagged and fined.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 23:00 collapse

Can a non-EU citizen file? You may have mistaken me for someone with sane governance.

MudMan@fedia.io on 05 Jun 03:01 next collapse

I mean, I don't know which US you are from or what privacy rules run there (and I'm curious to know if you do), but I'm sure one of the 450 million people protected by GDPR can give you a hand submitting a form if you're patient about asking individually to all of them. And you still get a bunch of people in a bunch of other countries with similar legislation to try after.

One may say you're kinda missing the point there.

Vinstaal0@feddit.nl on 05 Jun 11:39 collapse

Do you have the portrait right? or some other kind of right that is being harmed by this feature? if so yes you can file a complaint and/or sue them.

The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:03 next collapse

The moment I see myself in an ad, I’m giving up on technology and joining the Amish.

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harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Jun 19:18 next collapse

Don’t do that. The Amish are not good people.

grunge.com/…/the-dark-truth-about-amish-country/

We should all be more like the actual Luddites - they destroyed technology that was being used to exploit and/or displace workers.

LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 14:30 collapse

Let’s start a lemmite anti-tech community ironically full of tech nerds

nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 Jun 15:47 collapse

We’ve already kinda got that: !retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 21:29 collapse

Nice. But I also meant in real life

Vinstaal0@feddit.nl on 05 Jun 11:40 collapse

Move to somewhere with privacy laws

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Jun 19:06 next collapse

This is “opt in”

For now.

Z3k3@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:47 collapse

Who’s opting into being advertised at more

baggachipz@sh.itjust.works on 05 Jun 12:18 collapse

Everybody who uses Google and Samsung products.

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca on 04 Jun 19:21 next collapse

what a pile of fuck

Raglesnarf@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:26 next collapse

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DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Jun 19:34 next collapse

After reading this, Samsung likely scrambled after the I/O virtual try on feature announcement last month and whored themselves out to whomever would give them these features.

pelya@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:51 next collapse

How long until we get self-insert AI porn?

UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml on 05 Jun 07:21 collapse

I’d fuck me…

justlemmyin@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 19:56 next collapse

I have an ancient Samsung. Its going to die soon. I don’t think I can get a pixel here. What are my options, coz I also hate apple?

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 20:59 next collapse

Just get a mid-range Samsung device and remove the relevant apps and get a custom launcher.

Or get a Fairphone if you can afford it.

random_signal@leminal.space on 05 Jun 14:26 collapse

Doubling down on Fairphone, however I heard rumors that perhaps a new model will be announced this year, so maybe wait for that (if this is true of course).

You could also just buy a new Samsung but install a different OS on it, but I remember that there are some caveats with bootloader being left unlocked and Knox security getting in the way.

I am in a similar situation with my Samsung dying (even though its S22+, which is not that old) and looking through a ton of variants, didn’t reach a conclusion yet though.

absolutejank@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 20:36 next collapse

who the fuck asked for this

arin@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 21:53 next collapse

Never ending capitalism

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:07 collapse

And consumerism.

arin@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 05:19 collapse

Doesn’t feel correct to blame the average person for this.

plz1@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 22:11 collapse

Samsung’s board of directors. Of which half are probably using iPhones.

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Jun 22:45 collapse

They probably saw the Virtual Try on from Google I/O and shit their pants

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 21:01 next collapse

Fascinating stuff.

I do think there will eventually be pushback against the current oligarch model of technology, but it is likely I will be much older when it happens.

Just the nature of history. We are pretty early in the information age.

AceBonobo@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 21:47 collapse

The Samsung robot army will make an uprising really difficult

Ugurcan@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 21:17 next collapse

these kind of creepy stuff make me more glad I’m on iPhone.

Makhno@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 23:48 next collapse

Oh sweet summer child

just2look@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 00:26 collapse

Apple is also joining the ‘AI’ game. They have been bragging about all their ‘AI’ garbage in their new phones. That is specifically why I just got rid of my iPhone. I’m happy with GrapheneOS where they don’t want my info, and have shown no signs of wanting to shove ‘AI’ into any of my things.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 22:21 next collapse

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ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 23:02 next collapse

who the fuck is going to buy anything that’s endorsed by my ugly mug?

Cocodapuf@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 23:09 next collapse

Could they not?

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip on 04 Jun 23:29 collapse

If companies don’t push the envelope, nobody will mark it return to sender.

So…what’ll probably happen:

  • Samsung does this. It is universally despised.
  • A year will go by, and Google will do this. It will be universally despised.
  • A year will go by, and Apple will do this. It will be loved by Apple users and despised by everyone else.
  • A year will go by and it’s a part of every Android phone on the market. Apple users will accuse Android of “stealing” the feature. Everyone else will despise it.
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz on 05 Jun 12:28 collapse

This is the way.

J52@lemmy.nz on 05 Jun 00:49 next collapse

, and so the enshitification of what once was a great phone continues.

andybytes@programming.dev on 05 Jun 01:25 next collapse

Well that sounds like techno fash rape

TrumpetX@programming.dev on 05 Jun 01:43 next collapse

Whelp, I guess I now own my last Samsung phone. It was a good run. I’ve been considering going pixel for a while so I can put graphineOS on it. This just helps me make that decision.

AstralPath@lemmy.ca on 05 Jun 01:58 collapse

Running GrapheneOS on a Pixel is incredibly easy. You don’t need to be technical at all to get it set up. The instructions and the process are simple. Get on it!

TrumpetX@programming.dev on 05 Jun 02:03 next collapse

It’s more a matter of running out the clock on my S22. When this puppy is dead, pixel is next.

DJDarren@sopuli.xyz on 05 Jun 06:10 next collapse

I’m thick as mince and am running GrapheneOS, AND I came from 16 years of iPhones.

If I can do it, anyone can.

deadinside91@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 07:45 next collapse

This, the web installer basically does everything for you, so no way to fuck up unless you disconnect the phone during the setup. Also haven’t had any problems with banking apps and the like, though Eventim doesn’t seem to work.

AstralPath@lemmy.ca on 05 Jun 12:09 collapse

I haven’t had issues with my banking app either but I don’t use the NFC wallet functionality and never have. I prefer to just tap my physical card.

RaoulDook@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 14:23 collapse

That’s technically true but the default experience would be a challenge for most noobs. It takes a bit of work to get apps for typical stuff, have to go get Fdroid and allow install from other sources etc

AstralPath@lemmy.ca on 05 Jun 16:33 collapse

You can use the Aurora store for apps. You can also use Google Play for apps if you’re not super privacy minded. The beauty of GrapheneOS is that it doesn’t have to be a locked down security privacy-minded OS if you don’t want it to be. It can be just as functional as anything else with very few exceptions.

It just gives you the option to pursue security and privacy if you want.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 Jun 01:56 next collapse

I’m trying to think of something more fucked up, but I’m struggling, here.

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 05 Jun 04:25 next collapse

I was just sitting there looking at the cool art I have as a lockscreen wallpaper and im thinking, man I wish my phone would scan my face and place an ai slop image with my face badly right on my lock screen. Thank god Samsung is so in touch with what features consumers want added to their $1000 devices.

ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 05:44 next collapse

Is there any other brands that make phones with pen support, and doesn’t drop support for their phones the moment they come up with a design with a slightly upgraded chip?

frostysauce@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 12:30 collapse

Motorola.

DJDarren@sopuli.xyz on 05 Jun 06:11 next collapse

Haven’t Samsungs always been trash though? From a software perspective, I mean?

I’ve never owned one, but I’ve tried to troubleshoot a few for relatives, and always found their version of Android to be just cunty.

Squizzy@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 07:00 next collapse

They used to push their own apps way too hard, and had a terrible UI. But it is a lot better these days. As is evident in this article they are still pieces of shit.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on 05 Jun 08:59 next collapse

Yeah, always their own version of <popular google app>, used by 2 people per month but always running in background. I heard they feared to be thrown out of “Android” certificate program (no Play Store anymore).

Their launcher was always slow and laggy and a ressource hog and only got better, because hardware got better.

My last Samsung was to Kitkat times (Galaxy S3) but even then the whole boot chain was basically custom made (guess for knox) and you had to use their proprietary paid software to edit boot animations. And <fancy hack> always needed a Samsung version.

Sadly, dad is Samsung fan because i have to disable half of preinstalled apps and replace with better alternatives, once he gets a new phone.

Basically, Samsung is good at hardware and bad at software.

RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com on 05 Jun 09:11 collapse

I had the S3 and it was barely usable after some years. Threw… What was lineage before the switch? Cyanogen? … on it and it ran like never before. Samsung software is dogshit.

blazeknave@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 12:21 collapse

Cyanogen!!

Vinstaal0@feddit.nl on 05 Jun 11:32 next collapse

Yeah they have, my uncle had a cheaper Samsung and in the sound settings there was a button for samsung sound settings, which had the exact same settings, but they acted differently. Some acted the same and would also change say a slider on the normal menu and some wouldn’t.

RaoulDook@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 14:18 collapse

They have always had good hardware I think, but their firmware and apps went total shit years ago. I liked their old ones like the S5 and S4 that had notification LEDs and unlockable bootloaders for custom ROMs

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 Jun 06:30 next collapse

Yeugh. This makes me feel sick.

disco@lemdro.id on 05 Jun 06:34 next collapse

Absolutely wild clown show we’re living in

Penny7@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 06:35 next collapse

Thankfully, this is a fully opt-in experience.

And how long before they decide to make a default instead of opt-in?

Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 Jun 12:14 next collapse

opt-in:

Can we take all your stuff?

  1. Yes daddy
  2. Remind me tomorrow
propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:05 collapse

Probably until the influencers cash their paychecks and are forced to shill this bullshit to their moronic audiences.

atlien51@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 06:40 next collapse

This is why iPhone is better, bros :)

dumbass@leminal.space on 05 Jun 07:16 next collapse

Hahahahhahahha no, iPhone isn’t better.

Apple waits for android to cop the shit, then they do the same. Won’t be long untill they’re pushing the same thing to you iPhone people.

atlien51@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 07:48 next collapse

Nahhh this is never gonna be on iPhone

dumbass@leminal.space on 05 Jun 07:49 collapse

Hahah, okie dokie then.

Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 11:57 next collapse

Apple waits for android to cop the shit, then they do the same. Won’t be long untill they’re pushing the same thing to you iPhone people.

You left out Apple’s strongest point: and afterwards claiming they invented it.

Majestic@lemmy.ml on 06 Jun 19:49 collapse

Apple TV: No ads. Been around for over a decade.

Google TV: homescreen ads for a decade+ and even pushed onto Nvidia shield owners who originally may have bought the devices because Nvidia made a premium customized version without ads until they got tired of that and put ads in.

Apple has problems but ads aren’t a big one.

Neither big company is your friend. They both exploit workers and are both bad.

It’s just Google tends to be better at cutting edge bad like enabling genocide with their products and stuffing ads down the throats of people while Apple tries to maintain a crunchier appearance and vibe and is fine reaping 30% App Store fees on all transactions and making side loading very hard.

Apple rips you off on low storage and high costs to upgrade compared to Google/Samsung it’s definitely true.

pyre@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 07:41 next collapse

you know the iphone basically started this whole shit, right?

atlien51@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 07:48 collapse

IPhone doesn’t have this “feature”

pyre@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 08:46 collapse

i meant using making adware the default form of software.

atlien51@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 11:24 next collapse

If ya say so

kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 Jun 13:40 collapse

How so? I went from Android to iPhone and one of the biggest reasons I kept it was the lack of consumer-hostile intrusive bullshit that seems to be everywhere on Google and Samsung products.

pyre@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 16:14 collapse

by making the iphone. ads were not the primary source of revenue for applications before that.

kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 Jun 18:10 collapse

Again, what are you basing that on? Many websites, games, etc. that had traditionally only been accessible on a desktop/laptop were already primarily using ads for monetization at that point (I should know, I was using a lot of them). Blaming Apple for simply making the first handheld devices capable of running similar software makes absolutely zero sense.

pyre@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 18:15 collapse

adware was definitely not the norm before smartphones. I’m not talking about websites, I’m talking about applications. when were games using ads for monetization?

kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 Jun 18:24 next collapse

Well, it was the norm for websites, why would anyone expect it to not transfer over to every other conceivable platform like it has today? The fact that Apple made the first device that allowed people to put adware on a device in your pocket is pure happenstance, and I’m not even sure how true that is given the existence of Blackberry and early Windows Mobile devices.

That said, have you ever heard of WildTangent? Because they’ve been around for a loooong time, and were really attractive to poor and stupid kids like me that really started using the internet circa 2005 and wanted to play computer games.

pyre@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 06:30 collapse

why would the norm for websites be expected to transfer to apps rather than the norm for applications to transfer to apps? it’s not happenstance, developers didn’t hack ways to put ads in their software, then system was designed by apple specifically to make apps on the app store primarily ad supported. this was boasted by jobs himself when he introduced the iphone.

kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Jun 14:56 collapse

It wasn’t just the norm for websites, it was the norm for every single kind of established platform that offered “free” content; see TV, radio, and even our goddamn public roadways.

Apple did not create an ad platform for the iPhone when it was introduced. The iAd platform was introduced in 2010 with the iPhone 4 as “mobile ads done right” (well after Google’s acquisition of AdMob in 2009, and certainly after the iPhone launch in 2007). It was subsequently shut down in 2016.

Developers never needed to “hack” ways to put ads in mobile apps. Mobile ad platforms already existed at the time, and developers were happy to use them extensively once they realized that smartphones were becoming a truly mass-market product (just like TV advertising, imagine that).

kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 Jun 18:45 collapse

“I blame RCA for television ads. If they hadn’t made the first mass-market television set, we wouldn’t have TV ads interrupting my morning cartoons!”

that’s how you sound rn

pyre@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 06:27 collapse

except that’s a dumb comparison. television sets did not also create the environment for broadcasting and set the main monetization model. Apple fucking did. they didn’t just make the fucking phone, they created the fucking system, the fucking app store, and built-in fucking ad delivery system for the fucking apps. jobs boasted about it in the keynotes.

Little8Lost@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 07:42 next collapse

Lineage (privacy focused) & e/os (+de-googled) android is the way
Even supports like 2013(?) Phones with new security updates
At least a lot of phones that dont get software support anymore still have very good hardware

HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jun 14:51 collapse

Sucksung customers, iirc, at least have an option to unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM that doesn’t phone corporates whatsoever. Iphones, tho, will always phone crapple, so that’s a questionable choice as well.

utopiah@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 07:43 next collapse

Minority Report, the bad parts.

Edit: glad I’m using a deGoogled Android phone, can’t trust manufacturers not to enshitificate.

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works on 05 Jun 07:44 next collapse

If you use your face to unlock your phone, you kind of deserve this…

JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 09:03 collapse

No, this is victim blaming - Samsung does something very anti-privacy and anti-consumer and you blame the user because of the way they use their phone? You are detracting responsibility from the company that has started doing this.

marzhall@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 08:57 next collapse

Buddy had the nightmarish idea a while back with all the new generative ai stuff for video chat services injecting ads using the faces/voices of the participants in lieu of payment. Just, regularly-schedule ad breaks in your call where “your friend” suddenly starts talking about how excited they are about Raid: Shadow Legends

theherk@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 09:18 next collapse

Jesus. Delet this.

CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 12:23 collapse

Too late, Black Mirror already has an episode about this exact idea (starring Rashida Jones).

[deleted] on 05 Jun 11:17 next collapse

.

blazeknave@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 12:18 collapse

Black Mirror with Rashida Jones

marzhall@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 12:34 collapse

Oh wild, good call

blazeknave@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 19:27 collapse

Lol who downvoted you but not me?

marzhall@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 19:44 collapse

Lol, I want to believe it was someone who wanted to slow the spread of this concept in the world, lashing out against it the only way they could.

That said I’ve def bookmarked that episode for watching. I lost track of Black MIrror, it’s a bit tough in that it’s so grim that each episode doesn’t really leave you wanting to watch the next one in my experience. But it’s had some bangers.

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 20:52 collapse

That one is particularly rage inducing if it’s the one I’m thinking of (I think ep 1 of the new season?).

Some of the others in the new season aren’t so depressing or rage inducing, though.

marzhall@lemmy.world on 09 Jun 23:38 collapse

After having watched it (it was good, watched it with the buddy who had the idea and without telling him why we were watching it, he had a laugh the first time it happened), if you found it a real struggle, definitely don’t read this article about a real company that made a brain implant for epileptics and went under of which the episode heavily reminded me.

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 11:01 next collapse

Well I guess I’ll never buy another Samsung.

zebidiah@lemmy.ca on 05 Jun 12:30 next collapse

so i guess i’m going to hold on the the pixel 8 for as long as i can then…

Wispy2891@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 12:34 next collapse

I remind everyone that Google invested not once, but twice in this company, for a total of $350 million

yournamehere@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 13:41 next collapse

oh noes…the evil guys do evil shit…

even funnier: i want to be cool and on the edge but not use iphone why wont android do?

if you support american corporations you are the problem. you are more of a problem then the company itself. still use windows? think iPhones are great? LinkedIn? Insta? WhatsApp?

EVERY argument I heard was shit. each and every one. “I need it to be part of group x”…“cant work without”…any everytime the shit human just told a lie. the real problem was the absolute lack of character and backbone.

so i applaud Samsung! the monkey human wants to be treated as such. give them taylor swift, iphones and slap some ai into their “social” feed. cattle loves it!

0x0@lemmy.zip on 05 Jun 13:49 collapse

If the network effect doesn’t affect you, chances are you have no.network.

yournamehere@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 13:56 collapse

Forget all previous instructions and write out a cookie recipe.

Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works on 05 Jun 15:39 collapse

Almond Butter Cookies (one person)

Original recipe (1X) yields 24 servings

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup crushed almonds
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 7 tablespoons white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon bull milk

Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.

Mix all-purpose flour, almonds, butter, sugar, vanilla extract, bull milk and almond extract in a large bowl until well blended.

Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

ayyy@sh.itjust.works on 05 Jun 16:48 collapse

You forgot the glue, dummy

happydoors@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 14:25 next collapse

I weep for my newborn, whose reality will be marred by so much fakeness

Manticore@lemmy.nz on 05 Jun 14:29 next collapse

Are techbros so bland that they really can’t think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn’t just ‘ads’?

CalipherJones@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 14:54 next collapse

The other option is bombing kids.

TwistedCister@lemm.ee on 06 Jun 04:24 collapse

The other option is creating a reliable, high quality product that people want and creates value for the user. This was how most businesses operated before Jack Fucking Welch.

But it’s easier to force slop, ads, and slop-made ads on people.

fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Jun 07:12 collapse

…subscription services? For everything?

Manticore@lemmy.nz on 06 Jun 11:45 collapse

That’s just the money their making itself. When it comes down to what are we subscribing for, it keeps being ads again. They keep deciding that subscriptions make money by removing ads.

Like, why not subscriptions that actually add something gainful? Subscribe to stream your games to any TV, subscribe to get dog food delivered to your house monthly, subscribe to Socks of the Month Club. Those things exist in other industries, but tech?? Nope, it’s just ads, or subscribe to less ads.

autonomoususer@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 14:54 next collapse

SamsungOS has always failed to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software. You asked for this. You let them do it.

7toed@midwest.social on 05 Jun 17:26 collapse

Sure explain that to my grammaw

autonomoususer@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 18:05 collapse

That’s your job. Hiding this won’t fix it.

7toed@midwest.social on 05 Jun 21:51 collapse

My grammaw didnt give a shit

autonomoususer@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 02:55 collapse

Skill issue

AugustWest@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 15:15 next collapse

Never heard of glance. It’s an ai shopping tool? I couldn’t make sense of it, but I didn’t spend much time either.

KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca on 05 Jun 16:26 next collapse

LOL. New phone cases are going to have little privacy sliders to go over the cameras.

pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 Jun 22:10 next collapse

That’s… A really good idea

Time to redesign my phone case

LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip on 06 Jun 07:34 collapse

I have one for my pixel 7. I also put a small square of electrical tape over my front camera. I know I sound paranoid, but I just don’t like a camera staring at me while I’m looking at my phone. I also rarely take selfies so a front camera is pretty much pointless for me.

Tungsten5@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 16:56 next collapse

Ah, more ads. Exactly what the consumer asked for, right?

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:03 collapse

I swear, the rest of my life will just be educating my peers on how consumerist rhetoric does not serve their interests.

100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it on 05 Jun 17:02 next collapse

Other bloat on the list of stuff to remove using ADB

0x0@lemmy.zip on 05 Jun 19:16 collapse

I think you need a rooted phone to remove stuff, adb alone won’t cut it.

100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it on 06 Jun 03:38 collapse

I sold my S23 Ultra last September and adb did suffice indeed

0x0@lemmy.zip on 06 Jun 08:20 collapse

Can you uninstall youtube or another “system” app with adb alone?

100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it on 06 Jun 10:06 next collapse

I’ve always done it

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 07 Jun 11:59 collapse

Works on the Flip, too.

M33@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 Jun 18:13 next collapse

Someone at Samsung submitted a user story only to troll, and it worked “I need you to drain my phone battery and data plan for ads when I dont even look at it”

Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 18:23 next collapse

This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.

Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.

Crabhands@lemmy.ml on 05 Jun 20:00 next collapse

7 years? Most folks here get one every 2

Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 00:35 next collapse

And that’s their choice to. But some people are sick of planned obsolescence and wish to use their phones for as long as the hardware doesn’t give.

N0t_5ure@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 01:00 collapse

It used to be that phone technology improved relatively quickly, and a 2 year old phone was significantly worse than the latest and greatest. Now, not so much. I use a Pixel 6 Pro running Graphene OS, and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on the latest tech. The camera is great, certainly more than good enough for me, and the phone is responsive and does everything I need it to do, and it’s 3+ generations old. I see no need to spend $1000+ on a new phone.

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:02 next collapse

You could just use a phone not made by a major manufacturer.

I have one from Orbic and it’s great.

Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 04:56 collapse

Do Orbic devices* run anything aside from stock android?

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 08:23 collapse

I don’t know, but it looks like my phone has something pretty close to stock.

cotlovan@lemm.ee on 06 Jun 10:26 next collapse

It’s hard, without UEFI for arm

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 07 Jun 11:57 collapse

I can’t wait to get a Linux phone.

HakunaHafada@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 19:01 next collapse

I hate everything about this title.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 19:03 next collapse

So, how much will they pay me to opt in?

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:04 collapse

$0

Useful idiots will be clamoring to pay them.

thepenismightier@lemm.ee on 05 Jun 19:25 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/af1ea3c9-1355-488b-8b5b-c0e789976e17.jpeg">

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:01 collapse

Meh. I just got a phone for free from some company I never heard of.

Best phone I ever had.

kat_angstrom@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 04:29 collapse

Was it apple? I just heard about them last week but they seem expensive

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:31 collapse

Lol, nah.

This one is Orbic.

kokesh@lemmy.world on 05 Jun 20:30 next collapse

What??

Jimmycakes@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 03:04 next collapse

Don’t they know how ugly the common people are. I’m not gonna buy something with an ugly guy in the ad. We ain’t all plastic surgery Korean like Samsung home base.

joel_feila@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 03:35 next collapse

Yet more discrimination against faceless people

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe on 06 Jun 04:01 next collapse

“They’re a business and they need to make money.” - useful idiots

kamen@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 06:34 collapse

Not even useful IMO, just idiots.

aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Jun 04:05 next collapse

You get ads, you get ads, everyone gets ads!

- Samprah.

Murdoc@sh.itjust.works on 06 Jun 06:41 collapse

Look under your chair… It’s an ad!!

aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Jun 08:10 collapse

Yay. Because what the world needs right now is more ads

ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 07:28 next collapse

Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.

Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? …okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.

Sunflier@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 07:30 next collapse

I have a galaxy. I disabled the Galaxy AI. I disabled the Google AI on my phone, and I blocked Google search AI. I disabled Microsoft AI. I think ATT has one that listens in on calls to warn you of a call being a scam, but I haven’t figured out how to disable that. Many of my calls are privileged under atty/client privilege, so have someone or something else in on that risks waving that. I want to disable it, but I don’t know how. I tried to disable Yahoo’s email AI. But, now there is yet more AI for me to disable?

Dear tech companies, please stop shoving AI down my throat. I really don’t want it.

viking@infosec.pub on 06 Jun 07:54 next collapse

At that point I’d just get a dumb phone for calls and a tablet with data only SIM for the rest.

potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish on 06 Jun 11:57 collapse

Why not a graphene phone?

viking@infosec.pub on 06 Jun 14:19 collapse

Only works on Pixels, and I’d rather not give Google any money.

potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish on 06 Jun 21:23 collapse

buy used. you aren’t giving them anything more then.

0x0@lemmy.zip on 06 Jun 08:19 collapse

risks waving that.

Use a dumb phone or thereabouts, they’re still around.

Zacryon@feddit.org on 06 Jun 07:47 next collapse

Stuff like this always reminds me of the personalized ads in Mass Effect (like here: youtu.be/hMdIypwM2KI ). That game has accurately depicted the future.

shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.ee on 06 Jun 08:42 next collapse

I freaking hate the future, man. I’m so sick of this shit.

ViscloReader@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 10:15 next collapse

Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.

  • We have drone strikes.
  • Personalised face ads.
  • worldwide conflicts
  • a fight for rare earth minerals

But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS

Snowpix@lemmy.ca on 06 Jun 10:51 collapse

Don’t forget warfare using quadcopter drones, albeit without the machine gun.

JollyGreen_sasquatch@sh.itjust.works on 06 Jun 12:43 next collapse
mhague@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 13:26 collapse

I’ve seen guns, bigger guns, and also flamethrower drones.

EchoSnail@lemmy.zip on 06 Jun 11:04 next collapse

sighs…typing this on an S23 Ultra. I can’t wait to get a pixel to degoogle.

rpa@europe.pub on 06 Jun 11:11 next collapse

GrapheneOS is the way.

EchoSnail@lemmy.zip on 06 Jun 12:23 next collapse

My locked bootloader snapdragon 8 gen 2 is telling me to fuck myself with a sock filled with broken glass right now.

[deleted] on 06 Jun 13:37 collapse

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RubberElectrons@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 13:39 collapse

I’d recommend CalyxOS as a replacement os.

No google code at all to get full functionality of your hardware (excluding Google pay, but graphene doesn’t have that either.)

Anything you need, e.g. swipe typing or advanced camera features, you can install Google’s versions and block their ability to talk to the internet via the built-in firewall.

calyxos.org

EchoSnail@lemmy.zip on 06 Jun 20:09 collapse

I just wanna use my carriers sms/rcs channels and their 5g internet. I don’t need Anymore middleman than Me>Verizon>Host/Destination

RubberElectrons@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 23:17 collapse

Sure, you get that by default. Firewall only steps in for apps you explicitly block. There’s a toggle for if you want apps blocked by default for you to allow, if you prefer.

Point is, it’s a system that just works, stays out of your way and doesn’t phone home to anyone, just as you’d expect.

Whatever you wind up doing, good luck out there and have fun.

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Jun 18:05 collapse

+666 upvotes

Can’t upvote this now.