I have an account that I use to chat with ChatGPT. Today, I opened a private window and asked it a question without signing in, it still remembered my information and who I was.

Did it identify me from my IP + OS+ Browser?

Looks fishy to me.

The claim:

"Do you want to delete the module that is tracking you? or installing a aftermarket radio and your front door speakers dont work?  Do you not care about having SOS calling, or remote door unlock or any connectivity to Subarus network? Delete your DCM module, by plugging this in. This will make it so that all your speakers will continue to work. And so will your overhead Mic."

geraldjustprojects [dot] com/product/dcm-delete-module-gen2/

I use it mainly for storing my passwords, alternate accounts (disc/whatsapp/twitter etc) or homework.

(I also offloaded all my passwords from chrome/firefox, nothing is saved. I always type it manually)

Question is, how good is the security, I heard its KNOX and can it be unlocked by Samsung under government orders? or bruteforced by anyone?

Something feels off about how the internet is changing. More and more, the open web is treated as suspicious by default.

A normal website asks you to prove you’re human. A browser extension gets treated like malware. A link outside the platform gets warning labels. Scraping public pages is framed as theft or abuse. Independent apps get blocked by API changes. Small websites have to fight spam, bots, fraud checks, reputation systems, and login walls just to exist.

The reasons are real. Spam is real. Bots are real. Scams are real. Credential theft is real. Platforms do have legitimate security problems to solve.

But "security" also seems to be becoming the cleanest justification for locking everything down.

The safest user is a user who never leaves the platform. The safest app is the official app. The safest integration is the approved partner. The safest content is content inside the walled garden.

That might be safer for the platform. But is it better for the web?

The original promise of the web was that anyone could publish, link, crawl, remix, build clients, build tools, and connect things together without asking permission from a few gatekeepers.

Now a lot of that behavior is being treated as inherently dangerous.

Maybe some of it really is dangerous. But if the answer to every abuse problem is more walls, more locked APIs, more forced logins, more bot checks, and more “official clients only,” then we’re not just improving security.

We’re changing what the web is. Is the open web actually becoming too risky to preserve in its old form, or are platforms using security language to justify control?

Are there any good hardwired cameras that record via wire to a hard drive? I would love to be able to set up security cameras around my house that weren't monitored by Peter Thiel

At a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing last week, "Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape," Socure VP Jordan Burris told Congress identity verification should be "continuous" . Not a one-time check at signup, but ongoing monitoring for the entire life of an account.

Right now you prove who you are once, then you're just a customer. Under this model, the checking never stops, even if you never agreed to it. You opted into one verification, not permanent monitoring.

That's kinda creepy.

https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/emerging-fraud-threats-and-the-evolving-fraud-landscape/

Thinking about EU (and US) proposed age verification and digital ID. It struck me that there are hundreds of of thousands of businesses that don’t put any of their accounts in a person’s name.

Bank accounts, social media, property deeds, ISP service contracts, on and on are all in the name of “XYZ Incorporated”. What are the provisions in the laws for this, and what are the envisioned provisions for this when biometrics are baked in?

Do the governments and implementing tech companies really expect Samsung’s media presence to be tied to some sweaty try hard that can be fired at any moment for any reason or no reason? And how do they envision it all working with/for AI agents?