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Pixeljammed t1_j5k15my wrote

The story is better than it sounds as well lmao

Fish was hooked up to a tank that could input his movements into a nintendo switch, that was also livestreamed unsupervised

The fish was trying to beat the new pokemon game but it crashed, he then happened to go onto the EShop and add about 4 dollars worth of yen (500) to his owner's account, BUT in the process he exposed the credit card details to ALL of the livestream viewers

What a lad.

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manticor225 t1_j5k15qq wrote

Now let's see if it can pull a phishing scam.

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adamhanson t1_j5ldffl wrote

Sounds like breach of TOS giving someone else access to your accounts and private information.

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dawgzfan96 t1_j5lkirt wrote

No wonder chi-yu got banished to uber

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peensteen t1_j5lqkpw wrote

I didn't know that Klaus was into Pokémon. Man, Stan's gonna be pissed!

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peensteen t1_j5lrk6i wrote

All that they care about is that you buy multiple versions of the same damn game, in every color, gemstone, precious metal, or whatever. Soon, they'll be down to releasing Pokémon Onion/Shallot.

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AnimusCorpus t1_j5lxbrq wrote

So funny anecdote. I live in New Zealand.

For whatever reason, back in the 90s, Nintendo products were crazy hard to get. I had to order most of my N64 games from the states and wait 6 months to a year for them to arrive. PS games were a dime a dozen though.

As a result, PlayStation was EVERYWHERE.

This meant every electronic was a "playstation".

I just find it amusing, because it's the exact same phenomenon just a different brand.

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AnimusCorpus t1_j5ly15r wrote

Not quite what happened. He was streaming his fish tank that was set up to provide inputs to the switch.

The fish accessed the online store, exposing their credit card info.

Essentially, they exposed their own credit card information.

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Maskeno t1_j5mhk4i wrote

I'm not sure I buy it. This fish supposedly beat Pokémon sapphire in about 130 days? Color me skeptical.

Edit: Downvoted for not believing a fish can beat Pokémon and buy $4 worth of eshop cash without help. Okay, lol.

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bagsofcandy t1_j5n1lfy wrote

Damnit goldeen, stop buying games on my account

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9Lives_ t1_j5n6eej wrote

I remember that. PlayStation became synonymous with gaming console the same the word xerox became synonyms with photocopier.

There’s heaps of examples, another one is yo-yo , the corporations HATE it because when brands become integrated into modern day vernacular it fucks with their copyrights and patents.

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Kelpsie t1_j5n7b9a wrote

> copyrights and patents

Amusingly, you named the two types of intellectual property that it doesn't mess with. Trademark is the one you wanted. Trademark genericization is the relevant term.

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robinmood t1_j5nbsmu wrote

And people are worried about AI?!

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Dlo-Nainamsat t1_j5nd1ly wrote

Heckle fish behave…..and where is you tinfoil hat?

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greasy_minge t1_j5nja84 wrote

This is the same fish that accidentally discovered a glitch in one of the old pokemon games too.

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Corka t1_j5nuphs wrote

?? I'm also from NZ and grew up with an N64. You could buy N64 games locally for sure, though they were way more expensive than playstation ones. But our N64s were PAL and not compatible with American NTSC cartridges.

My guess is that you probably got a NTSC N64 somehow, and so you HAD to then import them from the US.

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AnimusCorpus t1_j5nzkoh wrote

Ah crap, my bad. No I definitely have a PAL N64, it must have been ordering from Europe. I was a kid, I just remember it was coming from very far away and taking absolutely FOREVER to arrive.

For whatever reason, all of the local stores near me stocked an extremely limited range of N64 games.

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Corka t1_j5o0h1o wrote

Oh well that was partly because the N64 didn't exactly have the widest range. I think the catalogue was literally one tenth of what was released on ps1. The PAL region was a bit more limited as well. Also for some reason Starfox 64 was called Lylat Wars.

But that's okay, we got Golden Eye.

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kz393 t1_j5o6q4x wrote

>BUT in the process he exposed the credit card details to ALL of the livestream viewers

How? Does it display the whole CC number? Never have I seen a website do that, it's always just the last four digits.

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Karkava t1_j5o6v34 wrote

I think Jell-O has been the catch-all term for fruit flavored gelitan products.

The official product name is Lego Bricks, but just about everyone seems to call them Legos. Even if they're a knockoff brand.

Kool-aid is so commonly used, "Drinking the Kool-aid" was used to refer to the Jonestown incident. Even though they used "Flavor-aid" the name.

The internet age also brought in the terms "Google it" and "Photoshopped".

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BloodlustyGummybear t1_j5odglz wrote

Obviously this is a strange edge case but I've always thought it was important to never save my credit card info anywhere.

I have it memorized.

If someone manages to compromise my accounts, they could probably do damage but my credit info won't be in there. I feel like it's just part of having good security practices. An added bonus is that if I find myself in a jam, with no wallet, I can still give my card info over the phone.

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smudgiepie t1_j5ork92 wrote

My favourite part is that Nintendo actually refunded the money

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laplongejr t1_j5ov0ba wrote

Yeah, it does. I guess that the switch weren't affected by regulations for websites.

> Never have I seen a website do that, it's always just the last four digits.

Note that the browser is always acting between you and the website, so it's possible that standard browser handle automatically that for fields about CCs, and the switch's browser didn't.

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