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  • As OP said volume leveling is acceptable, something like this will do.

    Modifying HDMI video signal is simply impossible due to DMCA and bla bla bla. But not all hope is lost though. You can overlay opaque video on top of another encrypted stream via this little box. This is an old project per se and I have no idea if still available, but with some dirty work you might able to detect the increase of volume or match of an algo or something with a total black screen overlay on top.

  • Yeah, for the pic you used as example, the tool will just create something that fits. Not really "unblur" the image but guess what it would be with the info it have. It will be very likely not the same face versus the original.

    However, recreating background maybe easier and accurate enough for a geo guesser or a ML model to figure out roughly where the image was taken.

  • I do remember 1-2 years ago there is a paper (or model?) that reverse blured images. It's similar to how ML based object remover and inpainting works. Granted it only works for specific blurring algo.

  • multiple email account? Not really. It is typically implemented using some email proxy or alias like anonaddy or simplelogin. By the look of it is multiple accounts, but in fact you're just receiving mail forwarded to you in one account. All you have to do is append any strings as the user with your domain.

    (anonaddy and simplelogin requires adhoc address generation using subdomain by them or a domain owned by you with MX records pointing to their servers)

    disclosure: I'm a current customer of anonaddy. Never used simplelogin though.

  • There's one issuse: Not everybody has the capacity to interpret the lengthy legal document. While being reasonable, when was your last time sit down and have a good read of the EULA and other related documents? These documents are designed to be difficult to read, and often intertwined with legal concepts that most don't understand. That's why lawyers exist.

    Then the next question is: should a product a consumer bought (not lease) be completely dysfunctional after a undefined period of time? Is the petition asking for the servers operate indefinitely regardless of revenue? No. The petition is asking to not make the game completely unusable after a server shut down because of an always online DRM or something alike. The online part can go away and we can all enjoy the offline campaign like 10 years down the road. I don't think this is a request unreasonable to make.

    Your interpretation of such action's legality is valid, but legal is just the minimum bar of ethical, and seems like there is a need to raise the bar.

  • That I'm not surprised. Look how many companies are shoving apps down our throat while treating web browser users as second class citizens. My sister (21-30 age group) only know to use the "Google app" to search the web on her iPhone while Safari is pinned at the bottom and rarey uses it.

  • For not having some infra managing "cards", to have some infra managing app instead. Let's be real, that infra (and managing work) most likely is being out sourced to another company. I think the "efficiency gained" is minimal, but rather the cost to operate. With apps, they can recoup some cost by selling your data.

  • But does the driver have a reasonable chance with adequate timeframe to regain control?

    Like what happened with Boeing 737 Max MCAS incident, Boeing expects the pilot to disengage the trim motor in mere 4 seconds, which accoriding to a pilot "a lot to ask in an overwheming situation" or something similar.

    Normal people in soon-to-crash situation are likely to freeze for a second or two, and the fear kicks up. How the driver reacts next is hard to predict. Yet, at the speed most US drivers love to go (I saw 70+ mph on freeway is the norm), the time avalible for them to make an well thought out decision I guess is quite short.