All it takes is some API calls and some simple python scripting and you could data mine a person. Maybe they subconsciously only upvote LGBT posts. Maybe they downvote leftwing posts.

Then, oops, one day they post something that can doxx them and now they’re getting targeted ads or worst case a stalker or someone who wants to get them fired/thrown in jail.

Now imagine a machine learning algorithm or AI has done all the data mining and it took just a couple days to work through all users on lemmy.world.

If there’s any data that could be used to make money someone will eventually try it.

It’s probably a McKinsey playbook getting passed around

If you know plex it’s the same thing just open source.

But they are just video player front ends for your media libray

Dunno how many people will still have machines they haven’t already reimaged laying around.

The article mentions a movie in the works. I don’t consider that dead and buried.

Plus as society gets more dystopian with surveillance, the IP will probably get more topics to cover

If I remember right they both have the same company Weyland yutani

Are you walking away with wet butt? I have to dry with at least 2 squares post bidet

Watched Blade for the first time Saturday and that line gave me whiplash.

I found one in a parking lot after 4th of July fireworks. Had mostly original CDs instead of copied CD-Rs. Was quite a collection

Dodged bed bugs at an airbnb in LA earlier this year. When we made the report it didn’t allow us to comment on the listing. So somebody else could possibly run into the same issue without resolution