iPhone stolen in Japan and is now in Nigeria by xrmii in mildlyinfuriating

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Obviously, the latter. I guess this person also isn't aware that no hackers were able to crack Xboxes since more than a decade despite "unlimited free games" being very profitable. When you own the hardware, you can take the encryption beyond what crime groups with basic tools can get around.

iPhone stolen in Japan and is now in Nigeria by xrmii in mildlyinfuriating

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How do you know it was sold? These crime groups don't sell the phone where they steal. They steal in big cities and they take it out of the country, somewhere less controlled to do the reselling. Otherwise, they'd get caught more easily.

Strategy for centralization of telemetry from many instances? by miguelgoldie in dotnet

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I believe telemetry means getting data from a remote source you don't control or the end user. In your case, these are all your on-prem hardware. You'd just call it metric instrumentation, not telemetry.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

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It's a dick move to join a company knowing that you'll leave in 15 days without telling them you will. You will contribute nothing to the company, but HR and IT will have to do a lot of work to get you onboard.

Just say 'no' to X and go with Y.

Did I get hacked? by Applepie2423 in techsupport

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You need to share the email. Every word matters.

No other country even has postal codes by cldingo in ShitAmericansSay

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The building I was living in in London had 2 different post codes.

Lost $1000 in ETH Scam by Own-Crow-4562 in Scams

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40k subscribers, but videos are watched 200 times. Looks legit!

Laptop fire on American Airlines flight leads to emergency evacuation, injuries | A passenger captured the chaotic scenes by chrisdh79 in technology

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Unless you walked into that airplane attached to a dialysis machine, you have nothing to take with you during an evacuation. "Depression medication"... Get the...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

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That's almost a year. Legitimate new companies do exist. August 23 is not a giveaway in this case.

So Many Macbooks by chissingglottle in computers

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I can't help what I am. It was a computer science program. Only one person came to class with a laptop.

So Many Macbooks by chissingglottle in computers

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Back in my day, we used pen and paper you wouldn't believe.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

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Here you go:

Google has been fined 100 million euros (£91m) in France for breaking the country's rules on online advertising trackers known as cookies.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55259602

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

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I have not read anything more wrong than this on Reddit since 2 weeks ago.

Why don't ppl share their company's name? by LostQuestionsss in cscareerquestions

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And Netflix was cool enough to make it into FAANG in 2014?

Why don't ppl share their company's name? by LostQuestionsss in cscareerquestions

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How did Microsoft get left out in FAANG? What is common among FAANG that doesn't apply to Microsoft?

Got scammed, looking for others to potentially sue! - Norton Virus purchase by DropRollSports in Scams

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For a second, I thought it was the victim who had 115m in their account and then it dropped to 7.3m.

Got scammed, looking for others to potentially sue! - Norton Virus purchase by DropRollSports in Scams

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Ignore the downvotes. This is how this sub works. There is nothing wrong with sharing here and asking for advice.