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What? An item wouldn’t have both dates. But almost everything has at least one.

So we’re changing “Sell By” and “Best Before” to "Use By” and "Best if Used By”

I don’t really see this helping food waste at the consumer end, but greatly benefits supermarkets by allowing products to remain on shelves longer and closer to spoilage.

However, in that case customers could have less margin to use their purchased groceries before they go bad.

I think this has a chance to backfire. There is greater incentive to dig around for the product with the most time. Those who frequently shop or most desperate would buy the items expiring sooner, but folks like me who only really check items I’ve been burned on, will start checking everything. I’m not buying a $3.99 head of lettuce with 2 days left.

EDIT: don’t grocery stores already donate lots of near-expiration unspoiled food to support systems? I thought there was a organization in CA that coordinated all that. They may see a dip in donations.

Raises paddle

$2.50!

If I recall you still can through ADB, but it’s a pain and they started locking that down too. Ad blocking VPN (at least the one I tried) didn’t work.

There was a big update about a year ago that very clearly sent the message “this device will show what we want you to see.”

While based on Google TV, they lock down the OS, control the app store, and force their apps. You’re in their walled garden and it’s a pain to break out in any meaningful way.

No thanks. It’s all about data harvesting and ads now.

There was a time it was a neat product, but Amazon tech isn’t entering our household anymore.

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.

Maybe they did mean hung, drawn and quartered.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hung

In that case, I’d rather be hanged.

I’d be more disappointed in the missed naming opportunity: Upperware

Yeah, yum!

Better than 8 years of broccoli and prunes.

Ha, I get it. Lots of stuff here is posted super seriously. It’s easy to incite this community where it spills over into others.

I suppose the joke part of this didn’t sink in. I refer to my earlier comment about lack of coffee. :)

Name calling… Check Unsubstantiated claims… Check Fake quotes… Check Rampant escalation of violence… Check

Yup, quality post we got here guys. I haven’t even had a cup of coffee yet.

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.

The user may not be aware they have this tracking technology on their phone. The toolkit may be some app developer integrating a 3rd party library for analytics. Banking apps, loyalty apps, phone companies, games, utilities… they all can rely on 3rd parties for proximity services.

In fact, I was going to mention an app, Exodus, that can reveal these trackers and in scanning my phone, I found 2!. The first is home assistant, which is understandable, but the second is a Health app my doctor office uses! Man, that irks me!

Uhhh that exact technology has been in use for years. Your phone broadcasts/receivers a beacon at regular intervals while Bluetooth is on. Anyone can pick it up if they are looking.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html

The process is so streamlined companies bragged your advertising profile is updated before you check out.

The Next Major Version of Bluetooth Might Help Advertisers Track Your Smartphone Faster

FIFY

Let’s not pretend this feature didn’t trickle down the data harvesting dog-hydrant to us peons solely for our benefit.

James May of Top Gear fame actually went into this in an episode of “Cars of the People” season 2 episode 1. Basically, he claims it was actually World War II that set things on that course. Pretty enlightening episode IMHO. Worth a watch for a history lesson.

Sure, let’s blame something that can be done safely because some dumdum tried to do it while drunk. Hmm… there’s a piece of the puzzle missing. I wonder what it can be?

Also, what a bummer.

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“Why am I here?”

“When I’m done rolling up this booger, should I eat it or throw it out the window?”

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