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electro_blahon PayPal introduces new fee for dormant accounts

"PayPal says it will consider the account to be inactive if the user hasn’t sent, received or withdrawn money, or logged in for a year or more. Importantly, that means users can avoid the fee simply by logging in."

electro_blahon Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config file

smart my arse. it's as smart as the guy who designed/programmed it.

electro_blahon An update on our security incident

I understand what you are saying, but the thing is they compromised accounts of multiple employees (according to them), so I still think it's important.

electro_blahon An update on our security incident

How did they manipulate their employees? that's the most important part don't you think?

electro_blahon Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s repairmen

I'm sure most of the officials are in their pocket. others just won't mess with their business. if you aren't going to play by their rules they will make an example of you.

electro_blahon Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack?

"or attempting to start a war by issuing false, inflammatory tweets from world leaders." LMFAO

electro_blahon Live BTC transactions in Twitter hack

or just diverting attention from something else (that might be more "profitable") while making some extra profit.

electro_blahon Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings

what was the outcome? did they catch the criminals?

electro_blahon Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

Maybe they are trying make it look like a Saudi hit job.

electro_blahon Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

lol. dude, Turkish goons beat the shit out of American people in front of cameras and got way with it.

electro_blahon Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

business deal gone bad. one simply does not start a business in Nigeria without paying local gangs first.

electro_blahon LinkedIn sued over allegation it secretly reads Apple users' clipboard content

shitty company that uses dark patterns[0]

[0]https://twitter.com/darkpatterns

electro_blahon Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1B in India, sources say

in other news, suicide rate of India has sky rocketed.

electro_blahon My dad got scammed for $3k worth of gift cards

Shout-out to scambaiters like Kitboga, ScammerRevolts, Jim Browning and Lewis's Tech. you can find their videos on YouTube. jim browning recently closed down one of the scam call centers with the help of Karl Rock (popular vloger in India) and ofc Indian police. they also arrested the owner.

electro_blahon India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps

Yeah, I'm sure this has nothing to do with them killing Indian soldiers. it's sad how this is more bigger news than that.

electro_blahon FBI used Etsy, LinkedIn to make arrest in torching of Philadelphia police cars

or parallel construction.

electro_blahon FBI used Etsy, LinkedIn to make arrest in torching of Philadelphia police cars

Probably used https://clearview.ai/ ?

electro_blahon IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition or analysis software

Yes, that's when the parking issue arise.

electro_blahon IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition or analysis software

There's a simple fix. just hire a few white dudes to follow them around. this could lead to some parking related issues later though.

electro_blahon Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Autopilot Failure

LOL An 8 year old would have at least yelled there's a fucking thing on the road first before driving head-on into it.

electro_blahon I was blackmailed – any YouTuber could be next

LOL maybe they should actually look into it before replying with their canned response.

electro_blahon Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a little better

They have a local server option. read the "Offline Use" section at the bottom of that page.