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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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scalzi, to random
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The tech equivalent of "I thought that celebrity was already dead"

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june

markx, to random
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Sherifazuhur, to westernsahara
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At Western Sahara: Visiting a Forgotten People @westernsahara

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/05/24/at-western-sahara-visiting-a-forgotten-people/

zackwhittaker, to random
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New, by me: U.S.-made consumer-grade spyware app pcTattletale has been hacked and its internal data published to its own website.

The hacker posted a message on pcTattletale's website late Friday, claiming to have hacked the servers containing pcTattletale’s operations. The spyware maker’s website briefly contained links containing files from its servers, which appeared to include some victims’ stolen data.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/25/spyware-app-pctattletale-was-hacked-and-its-website-defaced

Miriamm, to random
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This morning Ireland officially recognised Palestine as an independent state. Our history of struggle and oppression has taught us the value of freedom and justice, and we always stand unwaveringly with the oppressed. I’m very proud to be Irish today
🇮🇪🇵🇸✊🏾 https://news.sky.com/story/ireland-and-norway-recognise-palestine-as-independent-state-13141083

evacide, to random
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"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

cbecker, to ai
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"Lavender applies the logic of the pattern recognition-driven signature strikes popularized by the US ... with the mass surveillance infrastructures and techniques of ... Instead of serving ads, Lavender automatically puts people on a kill list based on the likeness of their surveillance data patterns to the data patterns of purported militants – a process that ... is hugely inaccurate. Here we have the AI-driven logic of ad targeting, but for killing." @Mer__edith https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/detail/die-rede-der-zukunftspreistraegerin

alshafei, to privacy
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"This undisclosed WhatsApp vulnerability lets governments see who you message."

And when it comes to metadata, unfortunately - that's by design.

"Metadata — information about the who, when, and where of conversations — has come to hold immense value to intelligence, military, and police agencies around the world."

End-to-end encrypted messages isn't all you should seek out from any app that claims to be private.

https://theintercept.com/2024/05/22/whatsapp-security-vulnerability-meta-israel-palestine/

jsrailton, (edited ) to environment
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Reading this🧵? Your blood probably contains some amount of toxic made by

Enough to spike your risk of cancers & illnesses?

Without a blood test, you have no idea.

Why is their toxin running in your veins?

Well, 3M & kept the harms secret even as their toxins were incorporated into...everything.

From french fry bags to chairs.

They gaslit their own scientists.

& regularly dumped, creating toxic zones. 1/

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

molly0xfff, to ai
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back in my day we called this spyware

dangillmor, to random
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So you deleted those iPhone photos years ago, because you wanted them gone forever?

Apple obviously kept them around anyway.

And you trust Apple? Give that some thought...

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161152/apple-ios-17-photo-bug

JSharp1436, to Israel
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🇺🇸 Secretary of State Antony directed his top staff to crack down on leaks about diplomacy relating to the , saying clearly that he was “angry” with the constant stream of reports revealing sensitive information - a new leak can reveal

Not only did classified materials make it into the press, he chided State leadership earlier this month in a small team meeting, but also fresh proposals to broker a cease-fire and ⏩

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/19/blinken-crackdown-israel-hamas-leaks-00158807

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Arizona-based Internet domain company NameCheap ended all service to Russia over the invasion of Ukraine but has now registered an Israeli website targeting Palestinian children. Activists are calling out the company's complicity in war crimes.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/israels-extortion-leaflets-and-namecheap-how-to-do-corporate-accountability-during-a-genocide/


@palestine @israel

alshafei, to privacy
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"To make it work, Recall records everything users do on their PC, including activities in apps, communications in live meetings, and websites visited for research" :blobpeek:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

w7voa, to random
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Congo coup thwarted. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/05/19/shooting-in-kinshasa-is-a-failed-coup-d-etat-says-congolese-army_6671940_124.html#

mhoye, to random
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We've all seen the IBM presentation saying, a computer can never be held accountable therefore...

but if you rotate and adjust the gamma settings on the best versions of that image on the internet you can see further text through the page.

https://cohost.org/a-hungry-mouth/post/4039145-chosting-my-reply-be

The header is called THE COMPUTER MANDATE and it is incredible reading.

evacide, to random
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Threat models matter.

When a platform/service/app tells you they are “private” or “secure” always ask “from whom?”

Criminals, domestic abusers, law enforcement, data brokers, and intelligence agencies are all different attackers with very different capabilities.

rotnroll666, to llm
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Absolutely unbelievable but here we are. by default using messages, files etc for building and training models, enabled by default and opting out requires a manual email from the workspace owner.

https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/trust/data-management/privacy-principles

What a time to be alive in IT. 🤦‍♂️

dangillmor, to random
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Another Supreme Court "justice" who's an out and out insurrectionist. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

taylorlorenz, to random
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"After 50 years of crime without punishment, in many ways the violent settlers and the state have become one" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/magazine/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-impunity.html

Julia, to random
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For more than a year, policy makers have been worried about the consequences of AI getting too powerful.

But it’s time to start worrying about the consequences of AI staying as dumb it currently is.

My latest for NYT Opinion (gift link):

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-openai-chatgpt-overrated-hype.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE0.SV0g.r4iVMq0NT6z7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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On the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, "Returning to Zarnouqa" tells a story of generational displacement, genocide, and the inevitability of Return.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/returning-to-zarnouqa/


@palestine @israel

Bellingcat, to random
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In our recent investigation, Bellingcat’s Carlos Gonzales and the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) investigated the case of a TikTok Influencer with 150,000 followers whose posts about people smuggling activities didn’t quite add up...

The research also highlighted a trend in human smugglers using the social platform to promote their services.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/30/a-phantoms-tale-the-coyote-influencer-on-tiktok/

mekkaokereke, to random
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Is Trump ahead in the polls, because Biden is losing support amongst one of his key demographics: Black men? Or are the polls all a lie?

Trump ahead in polls?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/politics/biden-trump-battleground-poll.html

Biden camp doesn't believe the polls?
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/14/biden-polls-denial-trump-2024-election

Either way, the most important thing to do, is to ignore, insult, argue with, and generally disrespect, Black men online! 🤡 Find a Black man, and yell "Trump is worse!" in his face as hard as you can! Swear at him, and threaten him with violence!

1/N

mekkaokereke,
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The problem isn't Black voters.

The problem isn't Trump.

The problem isn't even Biden.

The problem is you, the Dem voter. Yes, you.

Your willingness to ignore the suffering of Black people, and to expect us to continue to vote against our self-interest, has brought us to this point.

Even now, for the brink of disaster, more of you are angry at me for typing this, than angry at yourself for never listening to Black people.

I swear at least one person is typing a "Trump is worse!" reply.

elysdir, to random
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“In the months following return-to-office mandates, an increased number of senior employees departed Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX, often to work for competitors.”

Unlocked WaPo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/12/rto-microsoft-apple-spacex/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE1NDg2NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE2ODY4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTU0ODY0MDAsImp0aSI6IjEzYzUzYzYyLWIzNWEtNGZjZS05ODFhLWU0NTBhOWU2ZTI3MiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI0LzA1LzEyL3J0by1taWNyb3NvZnQtYXBwbGUtc3BhY2V4LyJ9.UIvzIv58TQTb6eSwqy47rds7JRdmGCQcZZdjVweZHC8

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