And they are changing their practices!? I don't see any details about them no longer collecting information illegally or how this money is going to be used to stop them from collecting information on children under 13. Also the age should be 18, wtf is up with 13 and then with a caveat of "parents permission".
It should be no gathering any information under the age of 18 period non-negotiable and you lose your business license of you get caught.
If you had several people wearing them to the same show you could stitch together a decent rip and with the help of AI it could very watchable hallucinations and all.
They are scared that if a country does this and years later shows a dramatic increase in the quality of young people's lives that the jig will be up and they will be exposed for the soul destroying monsters they already know they are.
Native Linux PCs speak in penguinese and celebrate their mesiah the great Torvaldius giver of kernels.
Oh! Can I play? Let me transcode a video into a new format and put it on a blu-ray and then delete the old file! Transformative, lol.
Yes, let's check back in a couple of years on this one as there is no reason to go round and round when the reality is we both have our differing opinions.
I agree the most likely outcome will be court action when companies begin engaging in open cyberwarfare with each other under the pretense of stopping criminal activity. The US is not new when it comes to industrial espionage and by sanctioning this behavior this administration is opening the door wider to a dystopian future.
Obviously this process will become corrupted right away as the safe guards on private corporations are non-existent compared to the military regardless of any claims made by this administration. This administration has already shown time and time again they will use corruption to control the legal system (see charging people for vandalism when the job was botched, see going after colleges under the guise of civil rights, see going after US officials for nonsense crimes, see going after our constitutional rights with executive orders, see pardoning allies thus circumventing our legal system for profit).
Birtherism is not even close to the same thing and I find it insulting you continue to pussyfoot around with it. The fact that Obama ignored an obviously false and racist attack isn't in the same realm of Mconnell hiding his medical condition from his constituents and failing to do his job. Frankly, I don't know where the fuck you are trying to go with this. If he came clean with the truth it would end this charade. This is in no way what Obama dealt with.
You fail to see the connection of Trump purposely destroying our countries ability to fight cyber terrorism and then trying to privatize it for profit. I am beginning to see you are being purposely obtuse. Hand waving the facts because they don't fit your seemingly naive interpretation of what is going on is disingenuous.
I won't engage with your silly game of cherry picking what Trump as done. Why? Because it is garbage as Trump has done just the opposite.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2026/08/state-play-around-2027-pay-raise/415269/
Why was his recent raise bad?
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/10/trumps-false-claims-about-military-pay-raises-and-recruitment/
Well first of all it isn't all federal employees. In fact, he gave them paltry 1% and is planning on doing similarly in 2027. Even more damning is this is actually following a preordained increase formula. Biden gave 4.6%, 5.2% and 4.5% in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
I am at a loss with you and I do think everyone is correct in down voting you. Having said that, you are not a completely unreasonable person. I appreciate that.
There is a difference between being an apologist and a realist. You seem to be more of an apologist than a realist hence the pushback you see on Lemmy now and likely in the future.
We can have a gentleman's bet that this EO will lead to more governmental dependence on the private sector and more corruption as a result. I already know what is going to happen so if you want to take the bet like Andy did with Trump and regulating big tech please check back to see how wrong you are in a couple of years.
The fact that you seriously bring up birtherism as having some truth or as some kind of bizarre conspiracy comparison plays your hand so to speak. The fact that they have not released any audio or video is just ridiculous. McConnell's camp created this conspiracy to cover up the fact that he is unfit. How do we know? He ain't doing his fucking job.
Your bizarre insistence they did a good thing is not supported by any sort of reality. This is your opinion, one that all reasonable experts have disagreed with.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/08/trump-iran-elections-cyberattacks/688297/
The reality is this administration started a cyber war after they fucked over the United States ability to fight it. If it was not for Congress the current administration would have made far deeper cuts. Now you are here to praise them because they started a cyber war that they can't fight and they want to privatize our ability to fight foreign actors for their profits. That is pure corruption!
This is obviously a fucking cash grab that will continue to weaken our existing system to benefit the Tech Bros. There is a reason they have been running a constant AI is the best hacker propaganda pieces all this last year. You really must be blind not to see this.
This is classic Republican nonsense backed by their extreme self-serving ideology that the private sector does it better than the government (after they sabotage it). This constant theme amounts to shifting governmental funding to their pocket book and you are here to apparently cheer on their corruption as a "gud thing".
So you are saying people who hate someone or something so bad they can't see the benefit of it. Like hating Hitler so much but not seeing what he did to help the Germans!? I am sorry, you crossed the line of reasonable in your pursuit of being a devil's advocate.
Then, so desperate to be right or perhaps get your point across, you come up with with your own conspiracy theory that is not evidenced in any way shape or form. If Mconnell had just fallen they wouldn't be hiding him. Give me a break. The conspiracy is obviously he can no longer conduct his position, the conspiracy theory is he died or just fell.
I think that Trump is a fucking disaster and a complete disgrace and no, Trump signing an increase in no way makes up for haphazardly gutting the federal government with the help of AI idiot 20 year old hackers and the pedophile Muskrat.
Chinese outnumber US cyber security by 50 to 1 according the rhetoric/propaganda and the solution is to attempt to deputize US companies to engage in cyber warfare!? The solution is obvious. Hire and train more cyber security experts. Instead this administration has done just the fucking opposite.
Instead of working with Congress on a supposedly bipartisan issue his solution is an EO, just like every time because his administration thinks they rule instead of govern. Just stupidity and inability to govern properly is the reality of this administration. They are just as corrupt and inept as the last time. To believe anyone is dumb enough to carry water for them without knowing the truth is beyond me. That is why you are so sus.
This is another obvious hamfisted attempt to privatize important military operations to enrich the private sector and take power away from the government and hand it to the same psychopaths pushing AI. If you can't see this it is because you are either obtuse or fucking blind.
It was a fucking joke. We knew he had a medical emergency and that he can no longer fulfill his role. Not sure why you would say he could return after summer. Once again you give so much deference to absolute garbage it is ridiculous.
You took a joke and some conspiracy theories seriously and then try to make a point that is absolute nonsense. I won't even go into how ridiculous your pretend there is a silver lining to this administration is. You remind me of that dumbass Andy Yen.
What are you saying!? The dude is incapable of fulfilling his position. From the very start people were saying he had a stroke and that he was unable to function. The joke was that he was dead. The fact that you so grossly misrepresent this is concerning and makes me seriously doubt your honesty.
Are you seriously defending Mitch McConnel now!? I mean it was obvious from the start you were acting stupid but you really went over the top here.
Their solution will just be cameras you can't see. My mom worked in security 40+ years ago and they were using pin head cameras that were invisible to the human eye.
Destroying them is not going to solve the problem, but I suppose it may be a good start.