Need LIDAR
If a photo is capable of fooling them then they’re not using LIDAR which, as Steve Jobs once said about phones that needed a stylus, “You’ve already lost”
Posts by ian 28
10 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Jan 2022
Phones' facial recog tech 'fooled' by low-res 2D photo
It's this easy to seize control of someone's Nexx 'smart' home plugs, garage doors
Monday 10th April 2023 14:53 GMT
Re: Elementary, Watson!
I’ve worked in several places where the deadlines are dictated by management and not how long myself and fellow devs say how long things will take. In these cases we’re forced to do bodge jobs and take shortcuts. They often don’t care if it’s a complete bodge job under the hood as long as it looks ok on the surface.
I’m always sure to use a CYA Note though (an email explaining I’m being forced to do something improperly and explaining the consequences)
Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users
Wednesday 14th December 2022 08:55 GMT
Lights, FireTV and heating
Ours are used almost exclusively to turn on plugs (Alexa, turn on the living room lights) or to ask to rewind the firestick by 30 seconds because the wife talked through an important bit, or to ask her (Alexa) to turn on the heating. Oh and the drop in feature is handy for asking the kids to come down for dinner.
For this, we find it very useful. Maybe we’ve got lazy but it would be pain not to have it nowadays and have to manually turn on a switch!
Can see how this is of zero benefit to Amazon though
Biting the hand that feeds IT
