Same in the US

I have no doubt people will be able to hack it. What I'm saying is there is no way it could be hacked without the company finding out and forcing you to return it or pay up. When you sign up you have to give them your personal information and credit card. If you disconnect it from the Internet, filter its Internet traffic, or modify it in any way they will tell you to return it and if you don't return it they will charge the credit card.

From their terms of service:

In order to use the Product and Services, You will:

(a) Use the Product as the primary television in Your household;

(b) Keep the Product connected to WiFi and internet; and

(c) Not use any software on Your WiFi network that with advertising blocking capability.

(d) Not make physical modifications to the Product or attach peripheral devices to the Product not expressly approved by Telly. Any attempt to open the Product’s enclosure will be deemed an unauthorized modification.

If we discover that You are not abiding by the requirements above or have disconnected the Product from an internet connection or WiFi for more than short periods each month, You will no longer be able to use the Service and You must return any Products in your possession to Telly. Failure to return Products to Telly will result in Telly charging the credit card on file.

Indeed, topograpgically it is not a hole.

I'm honestly shocked that all of them are so high.

It's called social media, the entire purpose of its existence is for other people to see what you post. This is true for Reddit, Twitter, literally any social media site. I'm not saying, well other social media is just as bad, I'm saying, this is inherently how social media works. If you're expecting anything you post on any social media to remain private or be completely erased from existence when you delete it, you're either stupid or hopelessly uniformed.

There are some sites where you can allow only people you've friended/followed can see your posts, but that is not the default setting and doesn't prevent someone you've shared your content with from saving and distributing it.

Most social media sites ask at the very least for your phone number and birthday when signing up; Lemmy doesn't, they don't have any personal information other than an email address and only if you choose to add that for account recovery.

If this article is news to you, then so might this headline: Warning: when you drive your car from one place to another on public roads you can be seen by other people. Car users should consider this carefully before driving.

This is not built into Lemmy at the moment so the only way to do it is browse using a 3rd party app/website that has added this feature.

The only one I'm aware of at the moment is Connect for Lemmy on Android.

RCS is Rich Communication Services, it's a newer protocol that is end to end encrypted and adds more features like replying to a specific message, emoji reactions, typing indicators and read receipts if the user has that turned on, and sending more types of files.

Your phone is supposed to check if the other person's phone supports RCS before sending a message using it, and automatically resend via SMS if an RCS message doesn't go through, but it doesn't always work.

In the default Google messages app it is the first option at the top of settings.

The dog is at least cute

Each can is like 12 pixels

It was the top post in my feed so I thought I had somehow opened the reddit app by accident even though I've uninstalled it.

Obligatory William Osman

I like it fine, I just wish Google (and Microsoft, Apple, etc) would decide on a consistent UI theme instead of completely changing it every few years. They don't even have time get all their first party apps up to date with the latest design trend before they move on to a new one, and third party apps are even worse. I have apps on my phone in like 4 different UI styles now.