The #Cephaly device, a tens unit you stick on your forehead, was the biggest piece of #SnakeOil that ever hurt me. $$ tiny little thing magnetically att'd to prissy finicky electrode sticker$ that often would loosen and cause electrical arcing and burns on my forehead #MedicalDevices #Migraine #Quack #FuckThat #CaveatEmptor

any of you boot licking ZuckerBorg fans or crazy gremlin mastodon users even mention #metaFascist #corporation 's #threads application for any reason get an immediate block and mute!! #caveatEmptor . mic drop

Ex-SEC Official Issues Serious Warning About Crypto Platforms Amid Escalating Regulatory Pressure: 'Get Out Of Crypto Platforms Now' — Benzinga

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/23/06/32807639/ex-sec-official-issues-serious-warning-about-crypto-platforms-amid-escalating-regulatory-p

#CryptoPlatforms #SEC #regulation #CaveatEmptor

#CaveatEmptor: Money stored in payment apps like Venmo may be more vulnerable than bank deposits, >3/4 of US adults have used a payment app. Millennials made up the bulk of users in 2022 at 94%. These apps are increasingly used as substitutes for a trad. bank -but lack the same protections +CFPB: monitoring whether tech cos. adhere to fiscal safeguards as they expand into banking and payments. Musk: exploring payment functions on Twitter-: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/01/cfpb-says-money-stored-in-payment-apps-is-not-federally-insured.html

@nazgul Sorry, as one myself, I blame the lawyers. This was sloppy and careless and it’s good they got caught. It is as if something spit out “lorem ipsum dixit ipse,” and you let it go right straight through to the college’s President. Contrary to the averments in their affidavits, the various AIs explicitly WARN that they do this. #caveatemptor

#BuyerBeware #CaveatEmptor
Be careful to check where your drugs come from!!!
Indian study reveals about 3% of drugs ‘substandard’ amid official crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/27/three-per-cent-of-drugs-taken-by-indians-substandard-inspections-reveal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

People don’t bother reading anybody’s #PrivacyPolicy anymore. #Journalists and writers love to #promote the latest #tech #services, but seldom with a mention about the policies.

That’s just so #irresponsible

Then they complain about their #privacy being invaded.

Really?!‽ it’s there in black and white 🤯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#CaveatEmptor #BeCareful

Wired: Scams Are Ruining Pakistan’s Digital Economy https://www.wired.com/story/pakistan-scams-digital-economy-gaming/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/TechCulture #gamingculture #CaveatEmptor #eCommerce #Business #Economy #Crime #fraud

Scams Are Ruining Pakistan’s Digital Economy - Ecommerce is booming, but as one gaming group found out, there are few protections for bu... - https://www.wired.com/story/pakistan-scams-digital-economy-gaming/ #business/techculture #caveatemptor #business

@lekowicz pretty sure this will be the play among the Meta ilk

#CaveatEmptor

"No hyperbole can be hyperbolic enough." Well, at least he's being honest (and maybe honest about being dishonest).

#CaveatEmptor. #Books #Publishing 📚

https://themillions.com/2023/03/beware-of-blurbs.html

The global business lobby *loves* the idea of "#PersonalResponsibility" and its evil twin, "#CaveatEmptor." Its pet economists worship the idea of "#RevealedPreferences," claiming that when we use plastic, we may *claim* that we don't want to have our bodies poisoned with immortal, toxic microplastics, that we don't want our land and waters despoiled - but we *actually* love it, because otherwise we'd "vote with our wallets" for something else.

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@Pipistrelle
🤣 Be careful not to get sucked into the UTC honey trap!

At one point, I was kind of a poobah for organizing and running online tournaments for a popular (Then. Dunno about now.) TCG game.

This took me into a time zone rabbit hole of organizing events catering to 3 major time divisions: Americas, EuroAfrica, and Pacific.

Life devolved to eating and sleeping at all kinds of odd hours.

It's a slippery slope. The game, then society, broke, not me.

#CaveatEmptor

@Verdantsquare Remember: #PlantBased doesn't always mean #healthy! #CaveatEmptor #junkfood

File this under the heading of "SERVES 'EM RIGHT."

It turns out that these snakeoil salesmen, hucksters and conmen - who have spent years actively bilking the greedy and the gullible with #bitcoin and other #crypto - have seen the chickens come home to roost.

Sadly, along the way, there have been far-too-many "greater fools" who have followed them off the cliff.

#CaveatEmptor for 2023

A case of #CaveatEmptor

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyregion/george-santos-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A case of #CaveatEmptor
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyregion/george-santos-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#uk #Localauthority or #council leaseholders have to share costs, have no say over who does the job and can face financial ruin - Now I believe that everyone who buys a #property has to be #caveatemptor - separating #leaseholders and build/land holders is crazy. #coop ownership of the building is the only sensible approach and minority leaseholders need protection like they would have if they were minority #shareholders

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/17/artist-fears-he-will-lose-flat-as-lambeth-council-hits-him-with-98000-repair-bill

You know those companies that hide their pricing and insist on a meeting with a salesperson before being transparent? They aren't helping themselves, their salespeople, or prospective clients.
Fortunately, I noticed some key trigger words like "artisanal" and "concierge" that helps me confirm that it'll be a hard sell on a big-ticket service.
Thanks, no thanks.
#CaveatEmptor #BuyerBeware #Artisanal #Concierge #Transparency

#CaveatEmptor I’m adding the #hashtag #knitting to all my #posts . I don’t knit. #newbie #Introduction #twittermigration