Notices by MadeInDex 📰🌎 (madeindex@mastodon.social)

Most "Smart" TVs use Automatic Content Recognition (#ACR), essentially taking snapshots every 10+ms of what you watch and hear, then forwarding & selling that data to companies for ads, etc.

I now feel it's only a matter of time before this "feature" finds its way to our ever "smarter" PC monitors.

#LG with the help of #Windows is already installing adware when the right Device ID is detected.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows/

☑️ To disable ACR on #TV:
https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how-to-disable-acr-tv/

#news #Tech #Technology

However you look at it, #ageverification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

We've seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.

What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it's happening in 20+ countries in parallel.

It's like they're all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260721-french-lawmakers-expected-to-pass-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15

#Privacy #EU

@a_cubed They love spending on anti privacy ;)
https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech

#Meta has been up to no good for a while - always?

Is $1.4 trillion a reasonable amount for these cases? Who knows.

Is it reasonable compensation for all the evil they’ve done? I’d argue yes.

It’s essentially their entire market capitalization as a penalty.

https://www.engadget.com/2209332/meta-is-facing-1-4-trillion-in-state-lawsuits-over-social-media-addiction

#SocialMedia #News #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Tech #Accountability #US #USA #America #UnitedStates #Engadget #Reuters #Consumers #Digital #MentalHealth #Addiction #Lawsuit #Corporation #Legal #Zuckerberg #App

🌐 Many companies now block older browser versions from accessing their websites!

This follows many #browser makers ending updates 4 older operating systems, leaving legacy devices unable to use #web services without an #OS upgrade.

This kinda reminds me of the Java #website block by browsers a few years ago, just in reverse. (Revenge? ;)

Old #Android versions are also increasingly blocked from accessing the #Google #appstore.

Truly about security or perhaps Planned Obsolescence?

#Tech #News

@celinho @loops 😜 I hope they fix it asap!

It's ironic to see those same global elites who love partying with the likes of known & convicted child sex-trafficker Jeffrey #Epstein now urging worldwide restrictions on E2E / #VPN & promoting age, biometric, and identity verification online - all in the name of protecting children

It’s also highly suspicious that so many of the world’s biggest countries
are trying to implement this wider #internet control at the same time.

Feels like a major push toward #authoritarianism to me.

#Privacy

@Mastodon That t-shirt fits so well with this actually: https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116381133582413117

@Mastodon @imanijoy Looking forward to it, going to miss the nerdy outlay but a cleaner design like dat is probably better in the long run, especially for UX :)

Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.

This is just sooo bad 😡

#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:

"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"

"told us that it's because the stock price is down"

"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"

"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo

#News

The #US & #Israel now really have a friend in #Tehran.

In strikes #Mojtaba was wounded, while his father, wife and other family members were likely killed.

This new #Ayatollah guy is going to be super sympathetic to them!

They truly must have achieved their #war goal...

In case you haven't heard it, there is that old saying in #Iran:

"Kill somebody's family and (only) wife,
make a friend for life"

"Hearts and minds" eh?

#IranWar #News #middleeast #uspol #politics #military #Humor #Sarcasm

@WarnerCrocker Just a couple billion and thousands of lives more, trust me!

Uploaded a higher resolution version in portrait:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MevF_GVhokk

🚨 🚨 🚨 Exclusive: Iranian Shahed Drone Strike on S-Hotel in Bahrain's Capital Manama 🔥

Casualties are unknown. Emergency services are working on the scene.

Let's hope nobody was hurt!

The final convulsions of the Ayatollah #Khamenei regime before his reign ended?

#Ayatollah Khamenei is reportedly dead!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plu-BIyMG2A

#Bahrain #war #breaking #news #exclusive #iran #shahed #drone #dronestrike #fire #strike #military #video #youtube #manama #live #world #hotel #skyscraper #emergency

@silver_huskey Good to know :)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113192760603122930

#Telegram seems trapped between a rock & a cold place.

First #Europe targeted the messenger; now it's #Russia.
https://en.zona.media/article/2026/02/10/telegram

Rumors are spreading of a complete ban effective April 1 (not an April Fools' joke ;)
https://t.me/bazabazon/44143

Meanwhile, just like in #France, the company is giving in to #government demands.
https://www.cryptopolitan.com/telegram-complying-russias-requirements

Many view this as an attempt to push users toward VK #MAX (a state-backed #WeChat-like #app).

#news #privacy #software #it #legal #freedom #tech

Is #Threads even still trying to federate?

✅ They changed their .net domain to .com: https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/115871208581092120

✅ They have not continued federating, it's still a one way road of
Fediverse traffic moving to Threads:
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/112553443779869972

✅ There haven't been any changes since I can remember & it's always been in "Beta".

✅ The only "change" I have noticed is a spam notification before every! post "Continue sharing to the #Fediverse?"

@JBrickelt963 💙

#Facebook #Meta #Tech #IT #Mastodon

@Bruiserzinha it's just a 12 minute helicopter ride away from you ;) @sol2070

@pfefferle Looks amazing! So this is the best place to download it? https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/ / https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub
@fsoc

🌏 This is THE thing that some people really really don't seem to get:

“...it’s taken 100 years to get the oceans that warm at depth,” he says. “Even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it’s going to take hundreds of years for that to circulate through the ocean...”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/the-oceans-just-keep-getting-hotter

#climate #ocean #globalwarming #heat #hot #weather #climatechange #oceanlife #marinelife #emissions #poles #arctic #northpole #southpole #news #update #climatescience #data #earth #humanity #science