No no, they mean a 128 character, case sensitive, alphanumeric code. Just type it in.

NFC stickers cost virtually nothing when bought in bulk. Like, less than 10 cents if you are buying at extreme numbers. Programming them is dead simple as well.

Oof, I’d question how they could even determine that beyond “shouldn’t have worn that fast” but I suppose they know what they’re doing…

Horsepower is a pretty standard way to advertise things in the automotive industry…

So you get another set under the warranty? Maybe even twice?

What does underground even mean in this context?…

Reading through this post and your comments, it really seems like you’re looking for people to just agree with a decision you’ve already made. Anyone contradicting your idea is immediately shot down, “angry”, or wrong.

So honestly just do whatever you want. It really seems like you’re going to anyway, which raises the question on why you even made this post to begin with.

Pretty much the second.

I tell my spouse I can change the sheets in seconds, and pre-swap the sheets to accomplish it. This makes it a “fun” thing, that my brain is more than happy to focus on because it’s “fun”. It also happens with just the right frequency that it doesn’t become boring.

However, if my spouse ever found out the trick (or told me they did) the magic would be lost.

No, bank you!

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The opposite is fucking people over lately too. Pure coding jobs are passing people over because they don’t have literally any degree and it’s insane. 10 years of experience but no degree? Pass. Fresh out of a bootcamp and a bachelors in music? You’re hired!

Powered off isn’t enough. Take recent iPhones for example, even when “off” they remain in a low power state, phoning home periodically to report location and see if “lost mode” has been turned on.

Bring a burner, or nothing at all.

Their video player streams, not unlike YouTube. Sending the “the user paused” action can easily be explained by them wanting to tell the server to stop sending data when the client isn’t even attempting to view it.

Look, I get that you’re gung go about privacy, but you’re going to see damn near exactly these types of things with any API. Sometimes it’s nefarious, sure. But the vast majority of it is simply how web based software works.

I mean, just look at the majority of that data. What feed you’re in? You pulled the feed data from their server, they don’t need to gather that for tracing purposes. What media is open? Obviously they can track that when you pull the media info down from their servers. How long that media is? The sizing of the media? When that post was posted?

I’m seeing virtually nothing in there they don’t already have. This is just an API being fed information it needs to run. The fact that it’s all information they can already track is kinda proof of that. Why go to all this trouble tracking the information a second time?

99% of that is stuff they already know. What api endpoint is this?

This entire post is just a massive misunderstanding of how web software works. This is a normal, every day thing, and every single non static (and even sometimes static) site out there does this, or something parallel to this.

They don’t need to make api calls to track you, you’re logged in or at the very least connecting in a way that lets them follow your session.

They don’t even need api calls to fingerprint your browser, they can just throw that fingerprinting into every post when you go to get more content.

Bottom line: This ain’t it, chief.

You realize they can track every page you view right? Literally any content you view inherently has to be pulled from their server, and they can track that. Killing off the API endpoints used to do things like vote or post doesn’t somehow turn off their tracking.

I mean sure, but should we also list all the games you can’t even purchase on consoles?

The “poking and prodding” is literally just settings that you are locked out of on consoles. Literally just purchase games that are verified steam deck compatible, and you’re golden.

Steam Deck

How would you even enforce this?