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Former spy for China's secret police reveals operations targeting dissidents in Australia and overseas
  • I didn't link Wikipedia because people like you tend to jump on links to Wikipedia with big brain takes about how the article is probably controlled by whoever their boogeyman is.

    Both the articles I linked, SCMP which you dismissed because it has China in its name and Daily Telegraph are from the Wikipedia article references if you care to look.

    There is nothing to be skeptical about in terms of my sources. There is at this point no credible evidence he was the high level Chinese defecting spy he was presented as initially (just like they're presenting this one). At this point, it would be incumbent on anyone claiming he is a high level defecting spy to prove it, because even the Australians realized they were had and gave up on suggesting that. Or maybe not so much had as no longer useful for their purpose of pushing a narrative.

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    Former spy for China's secret police reveals operations targeting dissidents in Australia and overseas
  • I thought this story seemed awfully familiar but was like wait didn't that so-called Chinese spy turn out to be a total fraud?

    Turns out that was the last breathless story about a Chinese spy detector from this outlet: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-23/chinese-spy-wang-liqiang-seeks-political-asylum-australia-report/11732174

    Turned out to be a fraud but I guess they found a new one to present without questioning or contextualizing with last time: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3206318/chinese-spy-who-claimed-he-undermined-hong-kong-protest-movement-facing-deportation-australia-over

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    Iridium, Qualcomm end satellite-to-phone partnership
  • This send like the relevant bit:

    Qualcomm said in a statement smartphone makers have “indicated a preference towards standards-based solutions” for satellite-to-phone connectivity.

    “We expect to continue to collaborate with Iridium on standards-based solutions while discontinuing efforts on the proprietary solution that was introduced earlier this year,” the company said.

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    Xiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader
  • And why should you need permission to do this?

    Xiaomi historically had a problem with resellers installing malware in custom ROM on their phones, so they started putting up more and more obstacles to unlocking the bootloader over time, while still providing an avenue for legitimate customers to unlock.

    I don't know what spurred the current action though.

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    Xiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader
  • It's worse than that. All this China big brother talk is just a variant of xenophobia. It's a talking point they've been trained to slam their foreign "enemies" about without ever thinking about it at all of what the actual harm they're concerned about would look like.

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    The Huawei P70 will reportedly use an in-house image sensor for its cameras - GSMArena
  • This is such a eyerolling take based on stereotypes.

    Before America banned Huawei, Huawei was widely recognized as having the best camera system on a phone. Under your worldview they can't invent anything themselves and somehow borrowed their way into being the best.

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    Meizu 20 Classic arrives with new colors, 16 GB RAM
  • Really annoys me how Android is always closing my apps in the background like how even I switch back to the browser it has to reload the whole page. More RAM sounds good to me!

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    Why the Pixel 8's Face Unlock upgrade is a big deal
  • It seems useless if I was forced to unlock my phone by someone violent, like the police.

    My life seems a great deal more boring and uneventful than most people around these parts.

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    Resident Evil 4 Mobile Will Cost $60
  • Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the answer to the question that's posted all the time on gaming forums of: "Phones are so powerful these days, especially compared to the Switch, why can't we have real games on phones without microtransactions?"

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    What are the features Lemmy is missing that Reddit has?
  • Is there a way to individually hide? I only hide the ones I've already engaged with or decided not to engage with on Reddit, not every post I see.

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    What are the features Lemmy is missing that Reddit has?
  • I used the hide post feature on Reddit as my main way of browsing to keep topics I was done with from clogging my feed and keeping me from seeing new things.

    No option to hide here on Lemmy.

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    Over a quarter of Lemmy users use Sync (based on a poll)
  • it's that at any point a decision can be made which you have no control over

    This is true for any software you didn't write. Plenty of FOSS software has gone in directions I didn't like.

    The only real difference is whether decision makers have a profit motive. That's important, but that said, it's not everything.

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    Researcher builds anti-Russia AI disinformation machine for $400
  • Great, now take the same freedom fighter bots and tell them to argue IP policy on social media online. We can hear all about the right minded ways to think about intellectual property and how all the comments around here are misinformation.

    It's like people lose their minds when you throw an enemy into the sentence. I don't think these people crafting propaganda bots are heroes, even if they are on "my" team. Go down this road, and you can throw away forums like Lemmy, it'll just be bots arguing with bots.

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    Researcher builds anti-Russia AI disinformation machine for $400
  • Honestly, if you look at it in a vacuum, this looks pretty similar to what the other side is doing.

    It's a bot that draws from its own side's narratives and pushes that line.

    Take away Russia from the picture and think about how often our media pushes a spin on other subjects that isn't exactly the truth.

    Doesn't look so much like "social media propaganda bots versus AI-driven bots arguing back" as much as propaganda bots on both sides spewing whatever their masters want us to see.

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    Arson attacks at schools in Belgium are believed to be connected to a controversial sex ed program
  • What poor quality journalism writing.

    How can you have a headline like that without addressing what makes the contents of the program unusual and what makes the program controversial?

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    HoYoLAB is the community forum for Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd, with official information about game events, perks, fan art, and other exciting content.

    The rewards include: Primogems ×120, Mystic Enhancement Ore ×8, Hero's Wit ×9, Mora ×60,000, and Sanctifying Unction ×3.

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    arstechnica.com Bungie wins $489K from player for racist harassment of employee

    Ruling sets legal precedent for companies to recover costs from harassment campaigns.

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