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Happy "#RaspberryPi Proudly Announced That They Hired A #SpyCop, Then Told Those Of Us Who Asked Questions To Fuck Off" Day, to those who celebrate
@pikesley oh boy, a year already!
@piofthings @pikesley Fun times, abounded way back when, eh? Remember: YOU are the problem and anything you say is irrelevant. It was a powerful message. Powerful. (And yes. That was sarcasm)
@pikesley I really don't get the problem.
Most Raspberry Pis sold are not connected to WiFi and even if they were, totally lack the sensors needed to report back to *whomever*.
@britishtechguru are you a cop?
@pikesley Nope. I don't have a problem with cops or computers. It's not like he could put code in to spy on your project. I really do not understand all this rage.
@pikesley Again... I do not see the problem.
What exactly is this guy allegedly doing that affects anybody who buys a Raspberry Pi?
I will defy anybody to hack my Raspberry Pi. Here.... Try to hack my Raspberry Pi Pico powered 20 foot long LED flashing penis outline.
Better than that... Here's the darned code....
|http://www.covertresearch.org/2022/05/morse-code-generator.html
@britishtechguru you're missing the point by a very long way
@britishtechguru @pikesley
You sound like a dude who would exist in the Star Wars universe and be like "What's everyone's problem with The Galactic Empire? They make good tech."
@britishtechguru @pikesley
> It's not like he could put code in to spy on your project.
I beg to differ. Countless adopters use the 'official' Raspberry Pi OS (née Raspian), and only a few ever attempt to build it from source. Telemetry could be inserted in a thousand dependencies.
The devices depend on closed source blobs for the GPU firmware, Wifi chip, bootloader, & USB controller. So, everything that passes in or out of the device could be surveilled.
@RealGene @pikesley Again I ask what is the problem?
Let me ask a further question, assuming that this alleged copper loads down your Raspberry Pi project with spyware to report back to SPECTRE HQ, how is this alleged spy going to get around the fact your project lacks a wifi connection to SPECTRENET. What on earth use would a Raspberry Pi project that controls a little robot that bumps its way around the house be to SPECTRE operatives?
@britishtechguru @pikesley
A Pi Zero has WiFi. A Pico has WiFi and Bluetooth. So it could connect to anything passing by, or where it's carried.
Just because *you* have nothing to hide doesn't mean the risk doesn't exist for someone else. These things are ubiquitous, and there may be very little awareness that one lurks inside of just about anything.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4bs-inside-spin-scooters
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@pikesley I already have a private note on the Raspberry PI account to remind me not to buy their stuff for other ethical reasons, but please provide context for this reason to avoid them as well (I do already know about Spycops - in the past someone close to us was a victim).
@pikesley Thank you. Very dubious. The note has been updated to make me avoid them even more.
Oh come on, SpyCops don't go round saying they are cops or even ex-cops. The disaster last year was the PR guy who handled the questions so badly that made a massive mountain out of a molehill.
There are sadly plenty of real evidenced cases of police overeach/corruption to pursue without imagining what this guy could do. You don't boycott Timpsons because they are staffed by ex-jailbirds - do you?
And would you have a tendency to jump to unevidenced totally wrong assumptions?
I could have simply said 'No'. But I despair.
If you want evidence check out my posts on here and on the Sydenham Town Forum concerning #metpolice corruption.
Thank you.