SECURITY RESEARCH AND DATA PRIVACY
Always Rambling on about Games and Security
if (
player_x < enemy[0] < player_x + player_size
and player_y < enemy[1] < player_y + player_size
):
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
# Remove enemies that go off-screen
if enemy[1] > HEIGHT:
enemies.remove(enemy)Life would be so much simpler if it was possible to kill off your bad emotions this way.
It’s become easier to create doubt.
If there exists any reasonable hypothesis or explanation, based on the evidence or lack of evidence, that could lead a rational person to doubt the defendant’s guilt, then they must be found not guilty.
If I can be bothered it would take around 5 hours to create a Deepfake Video and cost less than 20 USD. Naturally, it all comes down to identifying a target and baselining your actual objective.
Trust but verify is common advice but it’s harder and harder to verify data or information especially when the unthinkable is actually happening.
The unity of all these countries against the mightly England was a powerful tool that spread pride and created inspiration for my father’s generation who struggled to even get a bank account in Sunny England.
Faster forward to now and that pride has sadly been eroded and dispersed but living in plain sight as an integrated competitor like Rebecca Leigh “Becky” Spencer British-born representing Jamaica.
Sometimes running sole is much more effective. Unfortunately, this often leans towards being anti-social or selfish and ultimately can damage relationships. Next few days will be ultra-social for me, yes, I will be out there for all and Facebook to see. Fully observable and traceable.
Of course, this is purely so I can harvest my data when I return from glorious China.
Do we act differently when we are aware someone is watching? Probably yes, but eventually we ignore it to take advantage of “free” services.
The next chapter in the Life is Strange Universe was touted as “a free game” but today it seems it’s just a free demo that leads into Life is Strange 2 ($39.99). Fine, I can accept that but more and more the privacy notices have become so upfront that I swear it has an impact on my experience.
After accepting the privacy notice and actual choice, I proceeded to the game wondered around my character’s bedroom then kitchen, interacted with a few items wondered outside the house in the snow and then deleted the game.
It would be curious as to the analytics the publishers get from my underwhelmed one-time gaming experience.
Like so many tech trends, once something becomes mainstream it simply loses its appeal. I started DIY mining years ago but quickly figured out that the cost of the hardware, maintenance and most importantly my electricity bill made it a potentially high overhead experiment.
With some many active serious investors hunting for crypto currency, the energy costs are ramping up.
BitCoin costs too much energy (report May 2018)
This report suggests that in a few short months it will no longer be feasible to mine cryptocurrency. Hopefully, the masses will get the heads-up and go back to what they were doing before the media hype.
