Hacker News: josephcsible

Sony CEO Just Sold over Half His Stock

josephcsible — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:37:45 +0000

Article URL: https://gamerant.com/sony-ceo-sells-stock/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48846617

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

LG uses MS Store auto installs to show McAfee ads when connecting a new monitor

josephcsible — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:29:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/companies-are-now-using-automatic-windows-installers-to-display-adware-through-the-microsoft-store-when-you-install-new-hardware-customer-immediately-gets-mcafee-ads-on-their-pc-after-connecting-new-lg-monitor-heres-how-to-block-the-new-ads

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827525

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Domino's Pizza parodies Sony's discontinuation of physical games

josephcsible — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:47:06 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/Dominos_UK/status/2072602429959340517

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768873

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Kalamazoo parents say pacifiers they bought off Amazon were used

josephcsible — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:10:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/kalamazoo-parents-say-pacifiers-they-bought-off-amazon-were-used/69-909514e2-0284-4df0-a825-847df36be706

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768023

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Feds Might Flip the Script on Right to Repair Vehicle Emissions Systems

josephcsible — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:29:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/news/feds-might-flip-the-script-on-right-to-repair-vehicle-emissions-systems

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48757340

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Minecraft, COD community servers illegal piracy, ESA tells California Senate

josephcsible — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:46:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/esa-tells-california-lawmakers-that-private-game-servers-are-piracy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48752882

Points: 13

# Comments: 0

New comment by josephcsible in "Hand Gesture Verification – Google Cloud Fraud Defense"

josephcsible — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:06:39 +0000

tl;dr: Google now has a CAPTCHA that requires you to turn on your webcam to complete.

Hand Gesture Verification – Google Cloud Fraud Defense

josephcsible — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:05:32 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.cloud.google.com/recaptcha/docs/hand-gesture-verification

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649795

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Android dev verification on track for Sep, 'Verifier' service will auto-install

josephcsible — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:39:02 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5google.com/2026/06/18/android-developer-verification-progress-timeline/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598451

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Pixel Screenshots no longer exclusively uses on-device AI

josephcsible — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:12:35 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5google.com/2026/06/17/pixel-screenshots-cloud-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48586630

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

josephcsible — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:42:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-users-are-tired-of-microsoft-account-requirements-and-workarounds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533101

Points: 570

# Comments: 446

New comment by josephcsible in "Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely"

josephcsible — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:04 +0000

Losing all of your data is not a nothingburger.

New comment by josephcsible in "Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher"

josephcsible — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:35:23 +0000

> Just click no/decline/reject all the way, what’s so difficult about it?

Things like this:

> Don’t click “Upgrade to Priority & 2 Cabin Bags”. This one is particularly sneaky as it doesn’t have a “No” option, you must dismiss the window.

New comment by josephcsible in "A Microsoft Surface flaw allowed unprotected devices to be bricked by a packet"

josephcsible — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:04:04 +0000

The word "packet" in the headline is misleading, because that implies it's exploitable remotely over the network, but it's not.

New comment by josephcsible in "macOS 27 Beta breaks the ability to boot Asahi Linux"

josephcsible — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:37:44 +0000

They're different for now, but it's frog-boiling. Apple has been steadily adding more and more hoops to the process for Macs, and eventually they are going to end up as locked down as iPhones.

Silent Android feature scans photos for 'sensitive content' – how to uninstall

josephcsible — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:36:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-safetycore-scans-phone-photos-for-sensitive-content-how-to-uninstall/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497343

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

Valve will stop selling Steam gift cards at retailers over scam concerns

josephcsible — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:38:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/valve-will-stop-selling-steam-gift-cards-at-retailers-over-scam-concerns/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48486599

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

New comment by josephcsible in "Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable"

josephcsible — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:09:41 +0000

It's entirely reasonable for them to be really annoying to legitimate users while still being useless at their intended purpose. Just look at DRM.

New comment by josephcsible in "Firefox adds Google Play Integrity checks for it's AI features"

josephcsible — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:29:21 +0000

It means that if you root your phone or use a custom ROM, Firefox will help remote third parties detect that you did so, so that they can block you from accessing them.

macOS 27 Beta breaks the ability to boot Asahi Linux

josephcsible — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:01:43 +0000

https://social.treehouse.systems/@AsahiLinux/116719749555082...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462070

Points: 375

# Comments: 157