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During, as usual

Kudos to those who chose to watch day 1 just in case we made some move.

usually is announced after the draft. Rumor is (based on previous years) that it will be either the first or second weekend of November. This could change.

There was a weird Cloudflare error at that moment in time. Likely the source/server hiccupped when Cloudflare was trying to access the new posted update. No biggie, hence the repost.

Norton nor Malwarebytes would not do anything in this case, as the gaming software requires certain ports/features to be accessible for it to function. By playing COD, you need to bypass certain protection features of local-installed firewall software This reddit thread has a few kernels of truth scattered throughout the random rumor/fearmongering comments regarding how COD players on PC have gotten hacked. Don't take every comment at face value, but there's enough evidence to support the overall premise.

This is a good read that seems to explain things a bit https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/april-2001/should-cities-pay-for-sports-facilities

Responses like this are ones where I wish @Zod would add a "laugh pie" option

AT&T is not the only one this has happened to. There have been and will be data leaks from other companies. Your time is better spent not focusing on AT&T, but on hardening your own security setups for when (not if) this happens again - whether it be AT&T or any other company with your info. If your security provider is not giving you similar advice, then they need to improve their communication protocol and process. (Somehow, my previous reply didn't post. This may or may not be a repeat with different words.)

AT&T is calling it a leak because its better PR than other phrasing that could have been used -- primarily because they don't have evidence that a hack took place vs it being data from themselves directly or from one of their vendors. In either case - somehow, a dataset of 7.6m customers was shared to a publicly-accessible website -- easily discoverable via a Google search... (and subsequently copied over to the "dark web" to be used for nefarious purposes). The big AT&T outage took place on Feb 22. The dataset being talked about appears to be from 2019 or earlier (according to AT&T recently). The data seems to have been posted online/been available circa Mar 17. Other reports said that it was from an alleged 2021 data breach that AT&T also denied happening, but was released online by someone else on Mar 17. Based on the timeline of activities related to the data itself, there doesn't appear to be correlation between the Feb outage and the availability of the dataset

I've worked in IT. I saw the news. I shrugged, and mentally sent well-wishes to the System Admins who were working their butts off to bring systems back online knowing that it could have been anything from a bad software update pushed to various remote systems, to a cut cable line by a construction crew, to a networking intern who was cleaning up a cable closet and didn't plug a cord back in (then panicked when trying to fix it) Similar to Facebook being down yesterday, or when Amazon's east coast data center goes offline taking down a wide swath of the internet (which seems to be an almost weekly occurrence -- if you know, you know)

If you think the AT&T hack is what put your info online for miscreants and rapscallions to utilize, you're mistaken. It's just another in an ongoing series. Check https://haveibeenpwned.com/ for all the other places your online data may have leaked from. The best defense is a good offense: Use 2FA wherever possible. And not SMS messaging if you have options for Authenticator apps or other 2FA solutions. SMS is not secure (but it's better than nothing) Turn on any security feature that can notify you of account changes Have a unique password for every account Minimum of 20 characters, and a mixture of upper/lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols Use a password manager to manage all your passwords. Doesn't matter which one - 1Password, BitWarden, LastPass.... there are others. (disclaimer: some critics are not recommending LastPass due to its own one-off issues, but experts have dismissed those a bit for various reasons) Put a freeze on all three of your credit reports (it's free!). This would/should keep your credit from being utilized fraudulently without your involvement/awareness

They're not alone - same has happened to many many other companies. I wouldn't bother focusing on the AT&T situation when time is better spent hardening your own security access sets across the board. A data leak (from any company) will happen again. Best you can do is have a good plan in place for when it does.

that's not how systems or post-hack-discovery works. As the previous caller mentioned, there's separation of billing/backend systems vs systems that allow phone calls to be made.

Satellite Radio isn't radio in the traditional sense. They don't have a free version on readily available universal hardware like OTA/broadcast radio does. It's only available via specialized dedicated receivers capable of receiving satellite signals, or through a paid subscription to their streaming product.

If that was a question, then my response is "sure, they serve a niche"

For a while, Amazon sold/provided their own Android apps with their own Android store. Got a few premium apps that way for free vs paying for them via Google. But those apps weren't updated as often as they should have been compared to Google Play so I *think* the Amazon app store kinda fell apart. But it's possible

They (Sinclair) had money issues and couldn't keep it running.

They do in terms of the walled garden. If you want to create/sell an app, you have to do it on Apple's terms via Apple's store. If you want to use an Apple Watch, you aren't allowed to use one unless you have an iPhone. With Android, you have options on whose hardware to use. Not so much with Apple. From a monopoly viewpoint, other than a sunk-cost of ownership/application knowledge - it's hard to say that users are permantently locked in and can't utilize a different set of hardware. It may not be configured/done how those consumers are used to, but pretty much anything you're trying to do on iOS is accessible elsewhere. Similarly: Amazon is not a monopoly. Walmart and other online stores offers (almost) the exact same merchandise with (similar) shipping policies. AWS has competition from MSFT, Google and others. Doesn't mean that there aren't monopolistic practices happening, but DOJ can't break up Apple/Amazon simply because "they're big". Gotta have a solid reason to do so.

ESPN is looking to be a one-stop shop for all sports streaming (even if they aren't carrying the programming themselves - they'll at least point you to where it can be seen) ESPN Digital brought in nearly half of all users in the U.S. sports category in 2023 (as monthly unique visitors). For 2024, the numbers are higher, more than 50%. The offering will be geotargeted so that only those located in specific areas of the U.S. will see the option to watch their local games. The streams will not be housed within the ESPN app, which is merely serving as a portal to the RSN (regional sports networks) telecast, and viewers also will still need to pay for access to the RSNs. .... Internal research has indicated that avid sports viewers are “confused about where to find games, they’re frustrated,” https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/espn-integrates-pathway-regional-sports-153446055.html

haven't heard much since he put Dan/Dave in place. So far, things seem good?

Individual perception does not mean it's not being viewed by others The MTV Challenge is typically the #1 rated cable show when it airs (aside from some NBA basketball or wrestling program that may get randomly scheduled against it). Depending on the season being aired, it would pull in higher ratings than the primary broadcast channels. Yet it can be difficult to find people in one's own circle who actively tune in to watch it to help an individual justify its ratings numbers. Similarly, I've been to tech conferences where the overwhelming cell phone/watch combo seen is Apple (it has almost 60% market share in the US). But Android is more popular overall around the world with 70% global market share. So when the presenter says "raise your hand if you have an iPhone" and the entire room excitedly waves their arms around, that's not quite an accurate reflection of what's happening outside the conference walls.

Was referring to OTA / traditional broadcast radio. Anything that is a paid or streaming-only audio service is not "radio".

Not entirely true. Audacy (a radio company with a vested interest) says that 98% of GenZ listens to radio daily. A different company's report is more realistic and says over half of GenZ listens to radio daily And yet a *different* survey in 2023 (that is often reliable) says 37% of GenZ said they've listened to radio in the past week vs 60% for older demos. Different phrasing: GenZ might not be listening to radio as much as older generations, but they haven't abandoned it completely From a price perspective, it's almost to the point where subscribing to all the required streaming services at one time (which few households actually do) is practically the same as a lower-tier cable subscription. The one issue all the streamers have to deal with is the ongoing issue of "where do I go to watch my preferred show", vs having it all in one place - or at least, easier to find/interface - via a cable sub. And many cable subscribers don't take advantage of the TV Everywhere feature which allows them to log into a cable channel's website to watch content on-demand, just like they could with a streaming service. (*disclaimer: Paramount has removed themselves from the TV Everywhere service recently)

If broadcasters stop paying/broadcasting the events... you'll have nothing to see.

Thx for posting that video - had been looking for it on CNBC's schedule but it never showed up as a dedicated show. The ESPN history book THOSE GUYS HAVE ALL THE FUN gets into the details of what built ESPN to be the cable/sports powerhouse. Highly recommended read. The biggest issue is that ESPN is the primary reason for high cable prices being passed along to consumers -- and as consumer choose to cancel their primary cable subscriptions, ESPN (and Disney) revenues drop. The direct-to-consumer ESPN service that is supposed to come out in the next year or so (NOT the sports bundle partnership, but ESPN by itself) was originally rumored to be in the $50/month range - but new info suggests a more affordable $25/$30 month charge. It's more more than the $13/m ESPN charges for cable subscribers to placate the traditional cable providers. ESPN needs subscriber and advertiser money to lock in exclusive broadcast rights for sports that bring in eyeballs. Social media isn't going to help you watch the Masters or the National College Football championship. Getting exclusive rights isn't specific to ESPN. NBC with the Olympics, FOX and CBS with (most) NFL football games.... as long as there's live sports that interest a viewing audience, there's going to be some fee/cost involved from *somewhere*. Question is whether the broadcasters will ever just walk away and say "no more, it's not worth the cost/effort to bother"