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Samsung to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads

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  1. Sophocles

    Sophocles Senior member

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    Yep, that's what we want, more ways and reasons to be tracked for the purpose of inundating us with advertising. If Samsung gets away with it, other Cell brands won't be far behind.

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...se-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/
     
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    won't happen to me as I do not have a cell phone.
     
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    No cell phone in 2025? I guess they'll have to continue spamming you on the old PC.
     
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    I don't get spam on the pc as it has been a few years since I did.
     
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    Surely you're picking up some tracking cookies? Short of using your PC offline it's almost impossible not to because the choice is to use blockers which can make it a pain the @$$ access some sites.
     
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    I only use the cell phone to make long distance calls. Once in a while I might check on-line with it for store sales since most stores don't provide paper ads any more.
     
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    I use my cell for calling, limited texting, maps, item pricing, and playing Solitaire while I'm sitting in a waiting room.
     
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    DDP is still on Semaphore
    My adivce is keep your current "smart phones" as once AI is in everything those that want to escape will pay gold for your soon to be dumb phone, you'll get more money the more bells & whistles it has, i stand to make a killing *rubs hands*
     
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    no semaphore, just landlines, 1 copper & 1 coax as in 2 different systems.
     
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    Ca

    Calling long distance!


    long.
    Calling long distance!
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    that is just for local calls.
     
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    Then this has to be long distance?? :D

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    local to medium distance.
     
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    At a height of 2,000 feet, the distance to the horizon of the Earth is about 54.77 miles, and Skywriters typically fly between 10,000 and 15,000 feet. So definitely long distance. :D
     
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    look at the size of the characters then decide on the distance.
     
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    'You can't know their size and distance because either the photographer used a telephoto lens or it was filmed by someone in another plane.
     
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    the size you can because of the size of the planes.
     
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    Yes but you can't know the distance of the photographer, the lens he/she used and where they were positioned.
     
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    it is close not long.
     
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    mete
    Considering the lack of detail on the wings of the planes I would say the height is at least 15oo ft (457.2 meters). That would put the horizon at 47.5 miles so definitely "long." The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires aircraft, not taking off or landing, to maintain at least 1,000 feet, and the horizon at 1000 ft is at least 38.7 miles which is still long. :D
     

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