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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sony inadvertently leaks player counts for PS4 titles
Personalized PSN videos and trophy data combine for massive data dump.
The leak centers on Sony's recent My PS4 Life promotion, which lets users generate a personalized statistics video for their PSN Gamertag. Amid some aggregate statistics and "total hours played" numbers for your favorite games, the video also lists your "rarest" trophy and, crucially, the precise number of PSN users who have earned that trophy.
IDK if I really care. Knowing how many people have heard an trophy does what exactly? What PII is exposed here?
I was kinda wondering the same - the general public probably don't give a shit about these numbers - though i'm guessing that game makers and advertisers on the platform might care about these numbers - though it's likely they already have them.
If that data is worth anything, they already sold it illegally.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sony inadvertently leaks player counts for PS4 titles
Personalized PSN videos and trophy data combine for massive data dump.
The leak centers on Sony's recent My PS4 Life promotion, which lets users generate a personalized statistics video for their PSN Gamertag. Amid some aggregate statistics and "total hours played" numbers for your favorite games, the video also lists your "rarest" trophy and, crucially, the precise number of PSN users who have earned that trophy.
IDK if I really care. Knowing how many people have heard an trophy does what exactly? What PII is exposed here?
I was kinda wondering the same - the general public probably don't give a shit about these numbers - though i'm guessing that game makers and advertisers on the platform might care about these numbers - though it's likely they already have them.
Exactly, and while the game makers may have this information. What is the risk of knowing the exact number? This kind of information falls into the "generally who honestly GAF?!" category.
Now if the exact numbers where tied to their account and their login name or email was exposed because of it then I could see an issue.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sony inadvertently leaks player counts for PS4 titles
Personalized PSN videos and trophy data combine for massive data dump.
The leak centers on Sony's recent My PS4 Life promotion, which lets users generate a personalized statistics video for their PSN Gamertag. Amid some aggregate statistics and "total hours played" numbers for your favorite games, the video also lists your "rarest" trophy and, crucially, the precise number of PSN users who have earned that trophy.
It’s either Sony’s Film or Gaming that keeps getting leaks.
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Hyundai finally gives us a price for the 2019 Kona EV—$29,995
MSRP is $36,450 before the delivery charge and $7,500 IRS credit are applied.
Based on the internal combustion-powered Kona, it packs in 64kWh of lithium-ion to give it an EPA range of 258 miles (415km). On top of that, the little Kona EV also sported a rather nifty Smart Regeneration System that uses the car's cruise control radar to maximize energy recuperation when following other cars. The one thing we couldn't tell you back then was how much this EV would cost.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sony inadvertently leaks player counts for PS4 titles
Personalized PSN videos and trophy data combine for massive data dump.
The leak centers on Sony's recent My PS4 Life promotion, which lets users generate a personalized statistics video for their PSN Gamertag. Amid some aggregate statistics and "total hours played" numbers for your favorite games, the video also lists your "rarest" trophy and, crucially, the precise number of PSN users who have earned that trophy.
IDK if I really care. Knowing how many people have heard an trophy does what exactly? What PII is exposed here?
I was kinda wondering the same - the general public probably don't give a shit about these numbers - though i'm guessing that game makers and advertisers on the platform might care about these numbers - though it's likely they already have them.
Exactly, and while the game makers may have this information. What is the risk of knowing the exact number? This kind of information falls into the "generally who honestly GAF?!" category.
Now if the exact numbers where tied to their account and their login name or email was exposed because of it then I could see an issue.
OH - no, I can see a reason to not publish numbers - because stock market. People are utterly irrational. They'll see that PS4 sold 5 million more units than the Xbox and suddenly think the Xbox is tanking (not that I'm saying it is or it not tanking - I have no clue).
This is why apple has declared they will no longer release iphone unit sales. They know they have reached peak iPhone, from here their numbers can only flatline or go down. Of course apple can make more money by just pulling more from the same people.. increase in services instead of a device.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sony inadvertently leaks player counts for PS4 titles
Personalized PSN videos and trophy data combine for massive data dump.
The leak centers on Sony's recent My PS4 Life promotion, which lets users generate a personalized statistics video for their PSN Gamertag. Amid some aggregate statistics and "total hours played" numbers for your favorite games, the video also lists your "rarest" trophy and, crucially, the precise number of PSN users who have earned that trophy.
IDK if I really care. Knowing how many people have heard an trophy does what exactly? What PII is exposed here?
I was kinda wondering the same - the general public probably don't give a shit about these numbers - though i'm guessing that game makers and advertisers on the platform might care about these numbers - though it's likely they already have them.
Exactly, and while the game makers may have this information. What is the risk of knowing the exact number? This kind of information falls into the "generally who honestly GAF?!" category.
Now if the exact numbers where tied to their account and their login name or email was exposed because of it then I could see an issue.
OH - no, I can see a reason to not publish numbers - because stock market. People are utterly irrational. They'll see that PS4 sold 5 million more units than the Xbox and suddenly think the Xbox is tanking (not that I'm saying it is or it not tanking - I have no clue).
This is why apple has declared they will no longer release iphone unit sales. They know they have reached peak iPhone, from here their numbers can only flatline or go down. Of course apple can make more money by just pulling more from the same people.. increase in services instead of a device.
That seems like a stretch but I can also understand it. If anything this would be more of a indicator to the sales performance of an individual game and the company that made it though.
Still a stretch though.
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Archaeologists reconstruct pre-Columbian temple with 3D-printed blocks
Centuries of looting had completely demolished the structure.
The unfinished temple in a southern valley of the Lake Titicaca Basin in modern-day Bolivia has been a mystery for at least 500 years. Now known as the Pumapunku—"Door of the Jaguar" in the Quechua language—the complex stone structure is part of a sprawling complex of pyramids, plazas, and platforms built by a pre-Columbian culture we now call the Tiwanaku. Construction began around 500 CE and proceeded off and on, in phases, over the next few centuries until the Tiwanaku left the site around 900 or 1000 CE.
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Weather and technical issues forced multiple launch scrubs Tuesday, but…
Four launches are possible from the Americas, and one from India.
Tuesday had the potential to be a pretty amazing day of rocket launches, with SpaceX, Arianespace, and United Launch Alliance all on the pad for their final orbital missions of 2019. Blue Origin, too, said it intended to fly the tenth mission of its New Shepard Launch system from West Texas.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Weather and technical issues forced multiple launch scrubs Tuesday, but…
Four launches are possible from the Americas, and one from India.
Tuesday had the potential to be a pretty amazing day of rocket launches, with SpaceX, Arianespace, and United Launch Alliance all on the pad for their final orbital missions of 2019. Blue Origin, too, said it intended to fly the tenth mission of its New Shepard Launch system from West Texas.
2018 I assume?
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US citizen sues the Federal Government after being detained at airport.
A Southern California man has become the latest person to sue the federal government over what he says is an unconstitutional search of his phone at the Los Angeles International Airport.
According to his lawsuit, which was recently filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Haisam Elsharkawi had arrived at LAX on February 9, 2017 and was headed to Saudi Arabia to go on a hajj, the Muslim religious pilgrimage. -
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Weather and technical issues forced multiple launch scrubs Tuesday, but…
Four launches are possible from the Americas, and one from India.
Tuesday had the potential to be a pretty amazing day of rocket launches, with SpaceX, Arianespace, and United Launch Alliance all on the pad for their final orbital missions of 2019. Blue Origin, too, said it intended to fly the tenth mission of its New Shepard Launch system from West Texas.
2018 I assume?
Not according to the article, but probably.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
US citizen sues the Federal Government after being detained at airport.
A Southern California man has become the latest person to sue the federal government over what he says is an unconstitutional search of his phone at the Los Angeles International Airport.
According to his lawsuit, which was recently filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Haisam Elsharkawi had arrived at LAX on February 9, 2017 and was headed to Saudi Arabia to go on a hajj, the Muslim religious pilgrimage.That's not likely to go far. Courts have ruled that citizens stop being citizens when entering or leaving the country.
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@scottalanmiller The issue lies in that he was refused to be given a lawyer, was detained without cause and was arrested and illegally detained when he was in the terminal.
So while I can agree to an extent, this seems like it has some bearing.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller The issue lies in that he was refused to be given a lawyer, was detained without cause and was arrested and illegally detained when he was in the terminal.
So while I can agree to an extent, this seems like it has some bearing.
Except none of that matters because of where he was. The point being, you have no rights in no man's land. The US doens't recognize the authority of the constitution universally. Constitutional rights only matter if you are covered by them.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller The issue lies in that he was refused to be given a lawyer, was detained without cause and was arrested and illegally detained when he was in the terminal.
So while I can agree to an extent, this seems like it has some bearing.
Except none of that matters because of where he was. The point being, you have no rights in no man's land. The US doens't recognize the authority of the constitution universally. Constitutional rights only matter if you are covered by them.
This is LAX, so while close to the coast, I'd have to see where the US border comes in. I know we've had this conversation and that people 100 miles in from the border aren't granted any rights when it comes to CBP.
Still this seems like an infringement on this US citizens rights.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller The issue lies in that he was refused to be given a lawyer, was detained without cause and was arrested and illegally detained when he was in the terminal.
So while I can agree to an extent, this seems like it has some bearing.
Except none of that matters because of where he was. The point being, you have no rights in no man's land. The US doens't recognize the authority of the constitution universally. Constitutional rights only matter if you are covered by them.
This is LAX, so while close to the coast, I'd have to see where the US border comes in. I know we've had this conversation and that people 100 miles in from the border aren't granted any rights when it comes to CBP.
Still this seems like an infringement on this US citizens rights.
LAX is a port. The coast has nothing to do with it in airports. The "border" is inside of the airport. There is no citizen rights until after he is through customs and past security. This is how all airports around the world work. In order to be labeled an "international" airport, they must contain a zone that is "outside of the US" and subject to "any use of force desired with no rights".
Welcome to the world of international travel.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller The issue lies in that he was refused to be given a lawyer, was detained without cause and was arrested and illegally detained when he was in the terminal.
So while I can agree to an extent, this seems like it has some bearing.
Except none of that matters because of where he was. The point being, you have no rights in no man's land. The US doens't recognize the authority of the constitution universally. Constitutional rights only matter if you are covered by them.
This is LAX, so while close to the coast, I'd have to see where the US border comes in. I know we've had this conversation and that people 100 miles in from the border aren't granted any rights when it comes to CBP.
Still this seems like an infringement on this US citizens rights.
Most of the US population lives in no man's land. This is not a new or surprising thing.
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@scottalanmiller He was already past security.
After clearing the security checkpoint, Elsharkawi, an American citizen, was pulled aside from the Turkish Airlines boarding line
