The Level1 Show August 22 2023: I Spy, With My Private Company's Eyes

[@Ben-Rogue]

As someone who lives in New Zealand, the idea an ISP (or anyone utility company) can charge you a "hidden fee", is absurd!

[@jonragnarsson]

"Fees" should be banned. This is the service, this is the bill. I'm looking at you banks!

[@hglenn2k]

weird flex but okay

[@AegisHyperon]

What do you mean, most ISPs in NZ advertise a price that only applies for the first couple months of a 2 year contract! There's also ones that sucker people in with "free" stuff like a cheap fridge or TV then lock them into a high price long term contract.

[@tin2001]

​@@AegisHyperon That's not a hidden fee though. They're surely saying "first 2 months for $X", not "unlimited data for just $X.

[@AegisHyperon]

@@tin2001 nope, they advertise it at the discounted rate details are in small print

[@thegreatrestart7356]

This is the Only way to start the week!

[@BBWahoo]

OnlyFans wendell

[@haxwithaxe]

​@@BBWahoohot hard drive pics. Lately probably more likely hot CPU pics though.

[@Bob_Smith19]

The week is already two days old

[@BBWahoo]

@@haxwithaxe Techocado Wendocado

[@WereCatf]

Isn't it weird how other countries' ISPs have no problems with itemizing their bills and reporting all the fees publicly and it's just the U.S. ISPs who have that problem? It must be due to some weird electromagnetic interference from the tectonic plates or something over there!

[@SolaAesir]

Hooray for regulatory capture!

[@neatodd]

When I was a young man working in IT Hewlett-Packard was a byword for quality. Now 'HP' is a company that tries to trick its customers into buying printer ink. Sad.

[@StubbyPhillips]

Fun fact: Before they got into the inkjet printer scam, HP was a respectable, well-liked, innovative tech company. So sad...

[@AegisHyperon]

That company is now known as HPE

[@tin2001]

​@@AegisHyperon Nope. HPE is just as scammy and disrespectful to the customer. They tried to put firmware security updates for brand new products behind a contract paywall... Not buying their stuff new or second hand simply due to the risk that BIOS updates or user manuals could go $1000/yr on a whim.

[@AegisHyperon]

@@tin2001 most enterprise vendors do the same, keep your warranty valid

[@the_alquemist101]

This always helps Monday nights 🙌🏻

[@sjukfan]

8:00 Earlier this week I realised that my 10 year old Epson printer blocks everything when the ink has expired. Scanning, and even the Epson printer utility so you can't do a nozzle check.

[@lesliestandifer]

my question would be if you can’t itemize the fees how do you know your even charging the correct amounts?

[@Bob_Smith19]

Don’t bring logic into this

[@lesliestandifer]

@@Bob_Smith19 sorry you are right i won't do that again

[@wskinnyodden]

The ISPs should simply be fined up their arse as much as they make in profits per month until they comply as a reply to that complaint.

[@CannonC0cker]

L1 Techs is the best!

[@Kelekona_808]

Love the infinite Spider-man meme universe background

[@jonragnarsson]

Wendell leaves, then sirens? Coincidence? I think not!

[@paxdriver]

18:08 don't forget trademarks and copyrights aren't the same thing. I believe Trademarks includes slogans and falsifiable statements like "Canada's number-one yacht furniture upholstery detailer"... Or more simply, "have it your way" or "we got the meats". It's not just using a company name or brand name that gets covered by trademarks.

[@jubalrahl]

Hooray!! You guys are awesome!!!

[@Sauceyjames]

Oh I gotta talk about the MLS listings being down. I rent a room with some old folks in my family tree and they are gonna get a kick out of it! I will warn them about it.

[@jakedill1304]

You know when a bank finds that it's too hard to pay it's account holders on account of spending all their money or losing it accidentally the FDIC steps in and reorganizes that situation as best as they can to those limits.. perhaps the isps should have the FCC step in and sort things out and solve what is too hard about things for them in that they cannot fulfill their obligations.. don't get me wrong government interference etc.. but there is a precident for it and clearly.. doing their job is too hard.. so perhaps someone should help them out.

[@hard4hardware]

I've learned that tech has some really spicy terminology but I did not see 5:31 coming. 😂 "hooker backdoor" meaning full access for a price?

[@user-ui4fn6fj3p]

'hook or backdoor'

[@peterpain6625]

Less than 1000 to go. Still confused on why you only have 400k subs ;) Thanks for sharing.

[@neon_Nomad]

Its not social media its the ability to see the world burning down around you

[@sirius4k]

oh, poor ISPs. Being oppressed with these ridiculous demands just because they want to oppress their clients. What an unfair world we live in. lol, "regulate surveillance industry".. as in, monitor everything with immunity. Don't worry about it. "potential exposure"? Do they know what the word potential means?

[@chrisw1462]

Wendell! Hope you feel better soon!

[@howardthompson3543]

The Department of Defense has NEVER passed an audit.

[@computerhac]

“This feels like trying to control” lol welcome to Illinois

[@murraywebster1228]

Good morning from Hannover, Germany, how ya all doin?

[@MorRobots]

'kyber' as in kyber crystal (star wars), kyber is a lattice based encryption (quantum safe) so lattice as in lattice crystals. Oddly enough one of the other half of that standard is called dilithium because naturally you need to mix and match your science fiction genres to make all the nerds happy. Also they name the standards because there are like 30 different proposed post quantum standards right now and marketing is everything when trying to get NIST to establish a standard. This is big money because lattice is also the underpinning standards to full homomorphic encryption (Secure encrypted compute) So the more likely your standard is adopted the more like your solution will be marketable (EnVeil is the big player here). The US Government wont use anything that is not NIST certified, the DoD in particular wont use anything that is not NSA approved and NSA verifies encryption standards for NIST. So yea Branding is a big deal when it comes to new encryption standards right now as it increases the likelihood it will get adopted.

[@50PullUps]

All iOS users should know how to use Guided Access.

[@PhoeniXfromNL]

best start of the week

[@T19R0N]

great episode as always

[@sgt_hobbes]

If you can't tell me what i'm paying you for I shouldn't have to pay you. at least with Taxes its just super convoluted but they can at least tell me why I owe them money

[@zepesh]

I like Wendell's new deep voice

[@GainingDespair]

Regarding the Chinese spy satellite, it's not entirely impressive. Similar satellites are already in orbit around the Earth. The concern lies in the fact that China has positioned their satellite at a considerable distance. The drawback of this approach is that, at such a distance, the quality of resolution is compromised. Placing the satellite closer to Earth would significantly enhance the resolution, but it would also result in the satellite orbiting the Earth. Essentially, China has made a trade-off between resolution quality and the ability to observe a single location for an extended period of time. While this strategy is not revolutionary, it is widely regarded as not worth the compromise. The spy satellite is considered on par with Hubble, however at that distance they believe the resolution quality drops anywhere from 5-7x.

[@soal159]

For Saudi Arabia those AI chips are going towards NEOM

[@MegaAshabasha]

Wait, should I be recording all my TV shows on VHS?!?!?

[@Bob_Smith19]

No, Betamax. It’s the superior format.

[@MegaAshabasha]

@@Bob_Smith19 I knew it would make a come-back.

[@howardthompson3543]

X25519 uses the prime number 2^255-19 as a parameter.

[@ShamanKish]

The more it happens the less I believe that databases have been hacked. Companies just sell data and then say they were hacked.

[@porforyticbasalt]

for that space force reaper logo, i feel like BSOD would be better.

[@The_Privateer]

Whish is better - a government legislating smartphone and age behavior - how about teaching children beneficial behaviors vs detrimental behaviors and arming and empowering them for the challenges they will face in a modern world? Why aren't these 'life lessons and wisdom' being taught by parents?

[@freeman105]

Wendell you sound sick if you are hope you feel better

[@Dmorris556]

Good ol Gravy Seals.

[@KRAVER_]

LINKS Monday !

[@10100rsn]

Hmm... Did you guys round the corners of your video? Is that a thing or is it the browser? I'm confused...

[@10100rsn]

Seems to be a new KZbin feature. The update must have just come through since now all videos are like this.

[@mrfilipelaureanoaguiar]

😂 too many fees to show anything for the sake of transparency and environment, saving paper here.

[@roberthambrook150]

Ah! Souls. I amuse myself.

[@dunastrig1889]

Woot!

[@carlosog5041]

I am surprised that they haven't given their 2 cents on the LTT problems

[@gulagamelee4804]

And why should they

[@Bob_Smith19]

That’s not news,its drama. Not saying what GN did wasn’t warranted. But there’s been enough coverage and no one is going to change their mind at this point.

[@gulagamelee4804]

@@Bob_Smith19 even gn's response came of as kinda petty. But the allegations from the former employee are just clout chasing bs imo. She knew video production is a stressful job and what she got into then whines years later on twitter when there's clout to be farmed. But o well. You are still right it's not news just drama. It's bad what happened to billet, how their product was portrayed and then auctioned off. But it's not that newsworthy and wasn't needed for gn to act like a "messiah" again.

[@jakedill1304]

Of course that is the natural way.. business first and security always later.. if at all :-)

[@kapunas]

So tried to post a simple textbook jquery example and thank this channel for its content. It was removed instantly. Is AI trolling?

[@epicoddgamer2900]

I wouldn't use any images related to Disney if I were you in the BG

[@Erowens98]

You shouldn't legislate away social media based upon common sense. You have to base legal restrictions on real data. Laws based upon common sense usually do more harm than good

[@LoveToMix]

Defs the best

[@TechnomancerStream]

Haven't slept, guessing not.

[@sambojones8681]

Monday!!!!!

[@ClaviculaNotoria]

Links with buddies!

[@WarkWarbly]

😂😂😂😂😂 "US watchdog to announce plans to regulate 'surveillence industry ' ".... I think they mean, tax. They're going to tax and asses fees they'll have trouble itemizing on the invoice forms 😂😂😂😂 Edit: The Reaper will be seriously sowing satellites from Saturn's orbit.

[@JohnMiller-mmuldoor]

herro prease

[@churblefurbles]

The multipar japanese guy got google poached for years.

[@4brigger]

chat. yes.

[@jad1079]

Quote of the video: "I'm a white girl, so I get a pass."

[@thegreatrestart7356]

While lame…I do like pumpkin spice

[@MrFloppyHare]

Me: "I wonder what they have to say about the LTT situation?" Level1Techs:

[@call_me_stan5887]

maybe in the nonsense section :P

[@4brigger]

700th like.

[@call_me_stan5887]

In this episode Wendell became an insect with adorable antennae.

[@fr0ek]

[Level1News] girl; Techdledum; Techdledee

[@polyesterbebe]

great episode as always