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aiefel

@aiefel@mastodon.social

Technologist for the humans and misanthrope for the machines. Works on digital safety and information security for media and good orgs via Internews. Opinions are my own and subject to drift.

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chloe, to random
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What the FUCK did I do?

aiefel,
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@chloe You used the forbidden math!

aiefel, to random
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Late Saturday liquid lunch break while doing the local food shop.

What are folks reading?

dangillmor, to random
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Social media disappointments:

  1. Journalists are still actively participating at exTwitter, thereby actively supporting Musk, who is helping extremists bring down democracy and, by extension, a free press.

  2. Reddit got away with stomping its volunteer moderators and users, and its execs are cashing in on an IPO that in a more just world would have flopped.

  3. Writers I respect decided to stick with Substack despite arrogant, extremist-friendly investors and leadership.

aiefel,
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@dangillmor mix of reasons, but largely I think it's down to learned helplessness. There are still news people who will say Mastodon is somehow "too complicated." It becomes this un-interrogated mantra applied to why people don't switch from systems they allegedly don't like.

ayo, (edited ) to random
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Which CHAT protocol do you use more? #pls #boost

aiefel,
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@ayo Signal.

shanecelis, to random
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MICROSOFT: Wait, I can explain!

GOOGLE: You spy through the whole OS?? I only spy on the web.

APPLE: Your users know that you're spying?

LINUX: You guys are spying?

aiefel,
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@shanecelis NSA: you're all spying, you just don't know how much.

futurebird, to random
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This is the kind of thing I always imagined a husband would get when grocery shopping before I had one and, lo, it’s the sort of thing they really do come home with.

Just… just random cheese—

can I complain though? I think not!

aiefel,
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@futurebird impulse-buy cheese is the best cheese.

aiefel, to random
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Signal is secure, but the group of guys attacking it right now certainly do seem to be struggling with insecurities of some kind.

aiefel,
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@benjaoming This kind of covers it. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-encrypted-messenger-app-wars-telegram-signal-2024-5

aiefel, to random
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It still counts as resistance so long as it's against the occupier.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/zelensky-ukraine-war-leaked-documents/?s=09

aiefel, to random
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The issue isn't the AI, and whether it can live up to hype. The issue is the commodification of it. What so many people are upset about is essentially the same problem that exists in the marketing of nearly anything. Instead of a pause on AI research, consider a pause on the monetization of it. That would slow the hype machine, end the snake oil sales and give corporations a reason to not rush product lines out the door. (File under: things that will never happen)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-openai-chatgpt-overrated-hype.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE0.2pJC.01Wt4_Qoo_ut

aiefel,
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All the problems around AI are problems with humans.

aiefel, to random
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This whole story is absolutely wild, and far beyond NSOGroup type capabilities. And the telecom industry is itself complicit.

"Global Surveillance: The Secretive Swiss Dealer Enabling Israeli Spy Firms"
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-05-10/ty-article-magazine/.premium/global-surveillance-the-secretive-swiss-dealer-enabling-israeli-spy-firms/00000188-0005-dc7e-a3fe-22cdf2900000

aiefel, (edited ) to random
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Always found it odd that this weird denial persisted as long as it has.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/19/israel-nuclear-weapons/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE1OTE4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE3MzAwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTU5MTg0MDAsImp0aSI6IjdiNjE3MmU3LTZiZmMtNGVkYy1iNzYyLTY3MmY0NGFkOGQ4MSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI0LzAyLzE5L2lzcmFlbC1udWNsZWFyLXdlYXBvbnMvIn0.G6LRNum__LNuwFkDkd37MDDUbMpQTCGDAepRdtqIyN8

aiefel,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j83bGaauRXw

aiefel, to random
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The TikTok fear mongering is at idiotic levels. But go ahead and alienate a whole demographic of young voters, have fun with that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/08/tiktok-ban-biden-sign-congress-trump/

evacide, to random
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"I'm not listening to any more Dune takes from a guy who can't tell CHOAM from the Landsraad!" is a perfectly normal thing to yell while making brunch.

aiefel,
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@evacide spicy!

aiefel, (edited ) to random
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Something like 'Constellation' should be my kind of sci-fi but are we really supposed to dislike every character? Does quantum entanglement make everyone an arse?

aiefel, to random
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Listening to a Tory MP shriek about fake scare stories about sex education in schools and angry that people are asking for proof that anything "inappropriate" was found, when there was none. Really angry the interviewer is asking things like "when did that happen?" or "where did that happen?"

One upside of the new Tory restriction guidance on sex education in schools is that there will likely be an entirely different government before school resumes next autumn and this goes no where.

aiefel, to random
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Fetterman sellout updates are increasing across the issues. He was a grifter from day one. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/fetterman-sunrise-movement-climate-activist-video/

aiefel, to random
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Declaring it the weekend, now.

aiefel, to random
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Behold, a pale king emerges from the scarlet rot.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68981200

aiefel, to random
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Bidenistas throwing online fits about people who returned ballots with "uncommitted democrat" are just an extra bonus.

aiefel, to random
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Looking at Biden's "temporary pier" plan with a Rashida Tlaib expression.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-says-building-gaza-port-take-likely-up-60-days-2024-03-08/

aiefel, to random
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"How to Remove Weeds Between Bricks (Without Herbicides) ... If you want the quick answer: there isn’t one."

[ Close laptop, go outside and mentally accept overgrowth and think of just rolling with the 'managed decline' aesthetic of Victorian cemeteries. ]

aiefel, (edited ) to random
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One outcome of this Tory government making it easier for the pre-retired to access their pensions early is now financial institutions are spamming people on how they can "help" them cash out and blow their retirement fund today. These people run the country like it's a Paddy Power gambling website.

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