WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Hey, hey, it's me, you know, this guy, you know, you know, me. 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:12.760 I'm Riley, ha ha! Samsung is being accused of faking moon photos 00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:16.160 taken on Galaxy phones. Galactic consequences. 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:23.640 The Space Zoom feature, which was introduced with the Galaxy S20 Ultra, allows users to zoom 100 times 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:27.360 and take pretty impressive photos of the moon. 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:31.680 But Reddit, the site specializing in proving that we cannot have nice things, 00:00:31.680 --> 00:00:38.280 had something to say about that. User iBreakPhotos took a high res moon image from the web, 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.400 downsized it to 170 by 170 pixels, 00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:45.560 and blurred the hell out of it. Then, they displayed the image on their monitor, 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:49.320 turned out all their lights, and took a picture with their S23 Ultra 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.340 from across the room. The results are pretty shocking. 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:57.540 No moon, then bam! That's a moon. 00:00:57.540 --> 00:01:02.260 Like being pantsed at summer camp. Some, such as a few LTT forum enthusiasts, 00:01:02.260 --> 00:01:07.660 initially dismissed this as just post-processing, but changed their minds when iBreakPhotos 00:01:07.660 --> 00:01:13.860 updated their original post with another test. They added another half of a moon to the full moon image, 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:17.580 and only the full moon's detail was increased. 00:01:17.580 --> 00:01:22.340 Either Samsung is adding extra detail from a database of high res moon images, 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:26.420 or, and hear me out here, okay, it's aliens. 00:01:26.420 --> 00:01:31.660 It's not a natural satellite. I have another question. Why do we care whether our phones can take, 00:01:31.660 --> 00:01:36.820 like if you take a picture of the moon, it's like, congrats. There's, there's so many pictures of the moon. 00:01:36.820 --> 00:01:40.100 Why do you need a picture on your phone? That's mine. 00:01:40.100 --> 00:01:43.820 Because the man comes around, he gives you a little medal. Pins to your chest. 00:01:43.820 --> 00:01:47.500 He's the moon man. Hey, that's a pretty good picture. Here you go. 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:51.300 Thanks, moon man. Many people's dead relatives have been found 00:01:51.300 --> 00:01:53.620 on a facial recognition website. 00:01:54.620 --> 00:01:58.340 Would you say? Pim eyes, a site that allows users 00:01:58.340 --> 00:02:01.660 to search for images of themselves, has apparently been scraping photos 00:02:01.660 --> 00:02:06.180 from ancestry and obituary websites without the consent of the deceased, 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:10.420 since scientists haven't had much luck on that app for seances yet. 00:02:10.420 --> 00:02:13.860 They also didn't ask relatives. We've totally forgot about that. 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:17.060 Now, this is extra sketchy because photos of dead people 00:02:17.060 --> 00:02:20.260 could be used to identify their living relatives, 00:02:20.260 --> 00:02:24.900 who may or may not want to be found by their second cousin, who's still angry about losing the tug of war 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:29.860 with the family reunion. That is very specific. This isn't the company's only controversy either. 00:02:29.860 --> 00:02:35.380 Last year, former Apple employee, Cher Scarlet pointed out that though PimEye's claims 00:02:35.380 --> 00:02:40.060 to scrape porn sites in the name of helping users take down revenge porn, 00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:43.780 anyone could upload the face of a victim of revenge porn 00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:49.500 and find that porn. And at that time, the service was also charging users $80 a month 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:53.820 for the privilege of opting out of appearing in its search results. 00:02:53.860 --> 00:02:58.380 Fortunately, it is now totally free to opt out of this face search service 00:02:58.380 --> 00:03:02.860 you've never heard of by going to its website, which you have probably also never heard of. 00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:07.460 Anyway, back to dead people. It turns out that PimEye's has now been scraping images 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:12.580 of the deceased from sites like Ancestry.com and a cemetery directory owned by Ancestry 00:03:12.580 --> 00:03:17.140 called Find a Grave. Though, since Ancestry's terms and conditions 00:03:17.140 --> 00:03:24.480 expressly forbid scraping data from the site, including photos, PimEye's may need to find a lawyer. 00:03:25.740 --> 00:03:30.620 That was my name. Before they get put in a grave. 00:03:32.140 --> 00:03:37.260 That's vigilante justice is a crime rally. Not by me, I just look at these arms. 00:03:37.260 --> 00:03:43.140 And an online mental health care company has been sharing private patient data with advertisers. 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:48.380 Now, to be clear, this story is about the telehealth company Cerebral, Not BetterHelp, 00:03:48.420 --> 00:03:53.900 which is an online mental health care company that has been sharing private patient data with advertisers. 00:03:53.900 --> 00:03:58.060 Now, I can see why some of you may be confused. Both companies offer online appointments 00:03:58.060 --> 00:04:03.420 with therapists by phone or video and both leaked email addresses, IP addresses, 00:04:03.420 --> 00:04:07.820 and the health status and histories of millions of users to add platforms like Meta. 00:04:07.820 --> 00:04:11.740 So that should clarify things. The key difference between the two companies 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:15.460 is that Cerebral actually admitted to it. 00:04:15.460 --> 00:04:20.100 Two months after they found out. Unfortunately, Cerebral claims that they disabled, 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:23.540 reconfigured, and or removed any tracking technologies 00:04:23.540 --> 00:04:26.620 on their platform to prevent future data sharing. 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:31.380 Though hopefully they were quicker at that than admitting they shared incredibly sensitive 00:04:31.380 --> 00:04:35.500 personal and or medical information with companies like Meta and Google. 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:39.180 Especially since this sort of breach is exactly the type of fear someone 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:45.020 actively being treated for anxiety might have. That's more like much worse help. 00:04:45.020 --> 00:04:48.380 They should change the name. We're not helping much. 00:04:48.380 --> 00:04:53.180 Cerebral to severe anxiety. Better than nothing. 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:57.140 Not even. All right, here's what's gonna happen. 00:04:57.140 --> 00:05:00.580 There's a short intro. Then you're gonna get five shorter stories. 00:05:00.580 --> 00:05:02.300 We call quick bits. 00:05:03.740 --> 00:05:07.620 Sound good? HP updated the firmware of their printers 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:13.180 to block the use of third-party inks. Now, it's worth noting that HP stands for Hewlett Packard 00:05:13.220 --> 00:05:16.460 and not, as some of us here in the office assumed, ha! 00:05:16.460 --> 00:05:17.300 Pay! 00:05:21.060 --> 00:05:26.820 Thousands of customers have been affected by this update, though apparently devices made before December 2016 00:05:26.820 --> 00:05:32.140 won't be affected, which I'm sure is great solace to anyone that received a terrible Christmas gift 00:05:32.140 --> 00:05:36.100 six years ago. A printer? Really, Kevin? 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:40.500 I married your daughter. You're not even a real part of this family. 00:05:40.500 --> 00:05:45.620 A printer? It's 2023, Kevin. In what now seems to be a cherished tradition, 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:49.460 details on the newest Google phone have leaked months before launch. 00:05:49.460 --> 00:05:52.620 What? We always do that. 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:56.300 So we're a family. A Vietnamese tech enthusiast got hands-on 00:05:56.300 --> 00:06:01.380 with a Pixel 7a and made the decision every Google phone leaker before has made. 00:06:01.380 --> 00:06:05.340 Tell everyone. It looks like the 7a will have eight gigs of RAM 00:06:05.340 --> 00:06:10.500 and 128 gigs of storage, as well as a 6.1-inch 90-hertz 1080p display. 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:15.180 Okay, but let's all make a pact, all right, to not act surprised when the phone is launched, 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:18.580 so Senator Pichai doesn't feel bad, okay? 00:06:18.580 --> 00:06:23.940 Oh, that's what the phone looks like. Oh, that's okay. 00:06:23.940 --> 00:06:30.140 Didn't expect it to look just like this Pixel 7. Meta has stated they will end news access in Canada 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:35.340 if the online news act becomes law. The act, also known as Bill C18, 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:41.140 would require digital giants like Meta and Google to negotiate payment deals with Canadian media companies. 00:06:41.140 --> 00:06:45.940 Google has been blocking news links for some Canadians for weeks in a test 00:06:45.940 --> 00:06:49.580 which will apparently end this week. Oh, thanks. 00:06:49.580 --> 00:06:53.900 Meta is threatening more drastic action because the bill's wording could mean 00:06:53.900 --> 00:06:57.100 any link posted by Facebook or Instagram users 00:06:57.100 --> 00:07:00.640 could cost Meta money. Wow, sounds like a great thing to bring up 00:07:00.640 --> 00:07:05.500 during the inevitable negotiation that will end in paying Canadian news publishers for content. 00:07:05.500 --> 00:07:10.300 You know, like pretty much exactly what happened in Australia and France. 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:13.620 Or, you know, you just wanna threaten to ban news? 00:07:13.620 --> 00:07:17.020 Yeah, that's cool, okay, yeah. You do, you Meta, you just ban that news. 00:07:17.020 --> 00:07:21.100 I'm sure that'll work. A claim has been made that a hardware designer 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:26.780 has been chosen for the PS6. What's more, a possible timeline may have been leaked 00:07:26.780 --> 00:07:29.940 from documents filed as part of the UK's investigation 00:07:29.940 --> 00:07:35.220 of the Microsoft Activision merger. Sony writes in a document that they will lose access 00:07:35.220 --> 00:07:39.460 to Activision games by the time the PS6 launches, 00:07:39.460 --> 00:07:42.620 while simultaneously stating in another sentence 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:47.700 that Activision games would only be available to PlayStation until 2027. 00:07:47.700 --> 00:07:52.420 So that seems like the year, maybe. I'm not good at math, but man, 00:07:52.420 --> 00:07:57.940 a $69 billion merger has gotta be the most expensive way to hypoconsul launch. 00:07:57.940 --> 00:08:01.340 There's Sony isn't even paying. Thanks, Microsoft. 00:08:01.340 --> 00:08:05.820 And Pokemon fans are panicking at what else is new? 00:08:06.900 --> 00:08:12.020 Well, it's a different color. Those aren't donuts, it's on a kitty. 00:08:13.020 --> 00:08:17.540 They're panicking because the Pokemon company posted a job listing on LinkedIn. 00:08:17.540 --> 00:08:22.740 And it's not because someone is using LinkedIn. The offending listing for a corporate development principle 00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:26.300 is looking for applicants with deep knowledge of web three 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:30.580 and specifically mentioning the N word, NFT. 00:08:31.420 --> 00:08:35.780 Fortunately, they didn't drop any hard Rs. You know, redesign. 00:08:35.780 --> 00:08:39.820 A rocket-propelled grenade. Hey, did you go on the Linus Tech Tips subreddit 00:08:39.820 --> 00:08:43.420 this weekend? Or on YouTube, people made videos about this. 00:08:43.420 --> 00:08:47.500 That's our boss. And you'll be fortunate to stick around for the credits 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:51.500 because there might be a surprise. Just don't be surprised when there's more TechLinked 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:53.980 on Wednesday. Wait, what's the surprise in the credits? 00:08:54.820 --> 00:08:59.740 This is my son. What's happening right now? 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:00.900 I'm so confused.