If I recall, there are instances where this is not good advice as paying anything, even $1, resets time limits and confirms a debt.
I’ve had a incorrect bill sent to a debt collector simply because the fix took longer than the billing system allowed and sent outstanding balances to collections automatically.
Another friend had a zombie debt, one that had been dismissed, pop up again and paying anything would restart the clock.
Still use mine in my cannon point and shoot. (Just as a storage device though) The software support has long ago suckified when “cloud” became all the rage, but it was awesome to sync camera <-> PC without messing with adapters or cables.
Excited for that jump. How do I buy tickets?
A % of customers won’t return an incorrect product so an accidental sale is still a sale. It sucks, but statistically benefits the company.
I get tricked now and then too by products that ended up not matching my search. So annoying.
Totally right. Forgot what community I was in.
Don’t most? Even Fitbit does that for ages. You can select what apps to receive notifications from.
First of all, the ISP controls cable modem firmware. They have all the settings and manage the device. You don’t get much control there.
As for your question, I’d say no, for 2 reasons. First, designing that capability is expensive and modems are built for cheap reliability. Second, any hardware to spy is more useful installed in a data center accessible to their user base. There is not much point installing unnecessary tech to one endpoint.
As for router, they are beefier CPU-wise. AT&T has in the past prevented users from changing DNS settings and that could lead to lots of tasty data. Deep packet inspection is becoming more prevalent in home routers as is integration with other technologies. (EERO devices for example).
Make sure to fire up a VPN or something when you need.
Renewables dipped below $0 for us in California too this year. Fortunately for the utilities, those savings don’t get passed along to customers and I still paid $0.53 kW/h. /s
Lucky you.
Don’t take on all that guilt. There are things we can do to limit our data, but a lot, dare I say the majority, is scraped from sources beyond your control. You may have great practices and security, but others may not, and those weaknesses or business arrangements are vectors for breaches like these.
We’re all in the same boat here.
I feel a lot of these responses miss the mark. If I read it correctly, you suggest matrix is the data leak and the results of which show in Instagram.
Matrix has many clients, one of which could be leaking data, but not necessary from your end of the conversation.
There are also keyboards which analyze input, and high privileged apps that can read notifications.
From what I understand, Meta apps can scan a device for a list of apps installed (probably somesort of fingerprinting concern) but can’t actually read app interactions or content.
I’d say hi in a chat with some clear, unique keywords on a new or old/wiped device and see if the leak continues. It may not be you at all, but it would identify the problematic device
I pass 8 of these just to visit my parents. They are everywhere.
Bummer. I purchased something Dec 13th with a delivery window of the 24th through Jan 3rd. Meh, it’ll be late, but no biggie.
It sat somewhere for weeks and didn’t even enter the tracking system until it was picked up this morning and now supposed to arrive within 24 hours.
It definitely feels like shenanigans happened, but I couldn’t figure out why.