In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance by mitram in c/technology@lemmy.world
In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance by mitram in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] mitram@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

Sure, but at least from a technical POV those screenshots are accessible to the users, can be deleted/manipulated and the user is not forced to have the feature enabled

In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance by mitram in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] mitram@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

Although I dislike recall as much as anyone else, this is quite a bit worse.

From the article:

Then came the more unsettling features. The phone silently captured a screenshot every five minutes, storing the images in a hidden folder that users couldn't access. According to the BBC, authorities could later review these images to monitor the user's activity.

Certain dishes like Curries and fried rice keep getting better with age, until they don't. by mitram in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Someday, I plan to go to Europe, specifically Portugal & Spain. What’s the best region to go to so I can learn a language similar but not the same and expose myself to different cultures? by mitram in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] mitram@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

AFAIK The Basque country's language has no connection to the romance languages, I don't think it fits what OP is looking for

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