Probably would make prosecutors think twice about bringing certain cases to trial. Any “sympathetic” defendants would likely just get a plea deal, and probably a lax one.

Influencers/Famous people could also do what they like, because prosecuting means risking that a jury could just side with them, regardless of the seriousness of the crime.

I think thats in the trailer, so no spoiler. Its not exactly OPs premise, but its close, its still a normie being helped by a larger organisation. Did you like it?

Dont worry, this time will be different!

If its the CIA funding them, their called “Freedom Fighters” :D

I think I have seen something like this. Can’t recall the name, but it was more like taken, with some agency funding some rando to collect their family.

Edit: I think this is the one: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000734-amateur

Edit2: Remade with Rami Malek: https://youtu.be/DCWcK4c-F8Q

If I am understanding right, when you say “can’t be bothered”, you mean “can’t be compelled/forced”?

Seems pretty reasonable, albeit slightly reliant on honesty. At least for scammers, they aren’t likely to want it back, as that would deanonymise them, so if its definitely a scam, your pretty safe to keep it.

Thanks for the info :)

Do you know of any countries that have different laws? I’m curious as to how it would work?

The items could also have been purchased with a stolen credit cards.

I had a variation of on of these scams happen to me.

I purchased a pair of headphones on eBay - $50 The box that arrived, was shipped directly from Officeworks, with an invoice for $70, and a business account setup in my name, and a strange credit card. Reported it to officeworks, got to keep the headphones, but likely someone got a $70 charge on their card, and the eBay seller probably got my $50 for free.

That makes even more sense, they probably dont stand out in the crowded market place, but for a few dollars in shipping and lost product, they can get a glowing review to push them up.

Its important to realise that while the item might list for $$$$$, it probably only costs $ to manufacture.

It may be a fake item, but also remember that the cost to make jewelry is usually far less than what they are sold for, so it probably wasn’t hundreds of dollars.

I’ll update when I find the video, but there was a woman who gave a blackhat defcon talk about it, and she got a coffee machine, so its not without precedence to spend hundreds.

Edit: link https://youtu.be/2IT2oAzTcvU

This is probably a scam:

https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/brushing-scam

Alphonso is listening for TV sound signatures, which while definitely intrusive and privacy invading, is not the same as 24/7 listening for voice-to-text-to-ad purposes.

They would only need to listen for a second or so to determine what channel you are on, instead of all the time, so there is a massive difference in scope.

They are effectively shazaming your TV.

Still creepy and invasive, but not 24/7 recording invasive.

The myaddress+shop@gmail.com should be trivial to defeat by a spammer. Its a very simple string remove/replace to get back to a stock email address, or change it to impersonate another service, eg. myaddress+netflix@gmail.com.

It’s only useful for the actual service, after that, you can’t rely on it.

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Wonder whose responsible for the policies that created that? :D

Depends if your name is Khaleesi, and how mad on power they get. Im willing to risk it though.

I’m sorry :( tell you what, when you run for president of the world, on a platform of “rename all Khaleesi’s to Daenerys”, I’ll vote for you :)

They probably dont know that its a title, but it doesn’t really matter. The character is colloquially known as Khaleesi, and thats what they are naming their kid after.

I don’t think its a good name either, given the TV series has largely fizzled, so its connection won’t make sense in a few years time, but being a title first doesn’t exclude it by itself (IMHO).

That isn’t really that unusual, King and Queen are both used as names, so its not that weird. Steven King, Queen Latifah (stage name, but still), King C Gillete (inventor of the safety razor)

Are you familiar with carnival mirrors?

Theres a 50-50 chance they end up in internment camps without any war breaking out…