I can see orgies of blackmailing.

The article claims that the default assistant for a new phone is Gemini, but it seems people who responded here haven’t seen it. I already have the option to switch to Gemini, which I haven’t.

Lovely, that’s a trick I haven’t tried on Andorid.

Google assistant “app”: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googleassistant&hl=en&gl=US

I think once it’s rolled out in your region, the assistant will pester you to switch to Gemini.

There is no Gemini app of any kind for me either.

It looks like you can switch the assistant to the old one, and then turn that one off.

But just like Microsoft, Google is going to use this technology everywhere. If in the future (or now, if it is already available to you), you use features to describe images, summarize data, create texts, you probably will be using some form of Gemini.

Considered it done. ;-)

The CVE-2023-52160, which applies to Android/linux/ChromeOS devices connecting to WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise, allows an attacker to fool the user to connect to a malicious SSID and intercept the traffic. So unencrypted traffic can be compromised. So, their listing of sensitive data, BEC, and password theft sound scary but probably affects very few services that don’t encrypt the data.

Yeah, check out this link: https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/ , it says any Linux device running Intel’s iNet Wireless Daemon in an AP mode.

AI is most likely here to stay, so if you have it do “good” things effectively, then’s it’s a good boi. If it is ineffective or you have it do “bad” things, then it’s a bad boy.

No problem. Your question didn’t other me at all. Cheers.

I put it to the LLM manually. I end up reading articles by summaries first nowadays, and the real articles if interesting enough, so I typically share a summary I agree with.

Love it! 😍 Hope somebody makes a cartoon out of it.

Heck, these LLMs are really good at summary. Now, they can now summarize all your disparate data, including your weird interactions with Gemini (and associated apps), for advertisers’ and governments’ conveniences!

Yes, especially because Gemini is used (now, optionally) in place of Google assistant. You give personal information to Google assistant for convenience, but Gemini would use the information more, most likely in unexpected ways too.

I guess you shouldn’t expect any tech company to provide anything “forever,” as forever for them, and the fine prints, mean totally different things than what you and I think it is.

I’ll cry for Australia and Taiwan. I guess you can’t remain in the first world forever. 🤷‍♂️ /s

Can you curse regularly?

Haha, apparently, there is no direct law against cursing, but they can still throw these at you:

Disorderly behavior: Under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act, using abusive or insulting language in public can be considered disorderly behavior. This offense carries a maximum penalty of 6 months imprisonment, a fine of up to S$2,000, or both. The key factors here are the volume, tone, and target of the language. Shouting profanities at someone in a way that creates a disturbance could fall under this category.

Abusing a public servant: The Protection from Harassment Act protects public servants from verbal abuse, including threats and insults. Using abusive language towards a police officer, teacher, or other public service worker while they’re performing their duties is an offense with a maximum penalty of 12 months imprisonment, a fine of up to S$5,000, or both.

The above comment also is in SGD, not much solace.

I bet they don’t have to do too much to enforce some of these laws. Singapore is one of the places (along with Japan) with really low crime rate. The legend (see youtube) is that, if you leave your iPhone on a table in a coffee shop, you can come back to claim it a few hours later. A good part of it is probably because of socioeconomic reasons.

Otherwise, I also bet it’s just your getting caught by the authorities (with whatever Orwellian technologies they use to catch you) and your being reported by people surrounding you.

I must say, you are a fine-avoiding citizen! ;-)