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funnymonkey, to random
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The different names applied to phishiung variants (ie, smishing, quishing) do more harm than good because they introduce more inaccessible terminology into a space where people are already intimidated.

Just say "phishing", and then clarify that phisihing attachs can occur via multiple ways, including text or using a QR code.

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Taylor Swift won, so Biden is declaring a Marxist utopia, right?

douglevin, to ukteachers

Leaked Active School Shooter Plans Revive Scrutiny of Ed Tech Privacy Pledge https://www.the74million.org/article/leaked-active-school-shooter-plans-revive-scrutiny-of-ed-tech-privacy-pledge-2/ @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey @michaelfklein via @mkeierleber

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@dsalo @douglevin @PogoWasRight @brett @michaelfklein @mkeierleber

The pledge has a long and storied history of working very hard to do nothing. The fact that the College Board was allowed to remain a signatory after multiple clear and obvious violations is one of many examples.

funnymonkey, to random
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Most layoffs are straight up corporate greed.

This is the rare (only?) exception?

https://apnews.com/article/oregon-republican-walkout-reelection-f1d270db9e9a72935c13b973d79a4bb7

funnymonkey, to random
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When Nick Clegg comes off as one of the more reasonable people, things are at a VERY bad place.

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/technology/meta-childrens-safety-documents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R00.DOPS.O2u_ny3yKyhp&bgrp=t&smid=url-share

funnymonkey, to random
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ChatGPT will definitely save education.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/ars-reader-reports-chatgpt-is-sending-him-conversations-from-unrelated-ai-users/

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March 2023: Microsoft fires AI ethics team responsible for, among other things, making sure AI products included safeguards for ethical use. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/amid-bing-chat-controversy-microsoft-cut-an-ai-ethics-team-report-says/

January, 2024: people use Microsoft tools to create porn fakes of Taylor Swift. https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-taylor-swift-porn-twitter/

This is AI in action. AI is Big Tech, Big Tech is AI.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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I'm going to preface this by saying it's not true (at least, marzipan dildo comes from The Thick of It), but what it is is funny as fuck 😂

"Nicola Sturgeon urged to apologise after leaked WhatsApp messages describing Matt Hancock as “Weaker than a nun's piss,” Liz Truss as “About as much use as a marzipan dildo,” and referring to Suella Braverman as “Shitler.”"

When you see marzipan dildo trending, it's a solemn duty to find out why.

funnymonkey,
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@fkamiah17 Not seeing anything inaccurate from Sturgeon here.

PogoWasRight, to ukteachers

reports: "K-12 Cybersecurity Spending, Insurance on the Rise"
https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/k-12-cybersecurity-spending-insurance-on-the-rise

Direct link to the Clever report, Cybersecure 2024, upon which it is based: https://www.clever.com/cybersecure-report

@douglevin @funnymonkey @brett @michaelfklein @mkeierleber @dsalo

Here's a somewhat chilling, but expected finding from the report on how districts consider vendor cybersecurity:

funnymonkey,
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@dsalo @douglevin @PogoWasRight @brett @michaelfklein @mkeierleber Yeah - this feels way optimistic, and doesn't line up with what I've seen.

douglevin, to ukteachers

Relied on by Parents, Hailed by Schools, GPS Bus Trackers Raise Security Risks https://www.the74million.org/article/relied-on-by-parents-hailed-by-schools-gps-bus-trackers-raise-security-risks/ via @mkeierleber

Must read:

"But Nguyen-Bull said her company was uninterested in signing the [CISA] pledge, calling it meaningless without any clear cybersecurity standards. Yet she also balked at the idea of regulations that would set specific cybersecurity requirements.

“We’re not just going to sign random pledges that ask for slightly different things if we don’t know if we can track those things,” she said. “As a small family-run business, we don’t have five compliance people tracking all of the different pledges and ensuring that we check all of the boxes.”

@PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey @michaelfklein @boblord

funnymonkey,
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@douglevin

"as a small family run business" - okay - just stop right here. If you are too small to make sure you are managing sensitive information securely, then you shouldn't be trusted with that information.

@mkeierleber @PogoWasRight @brett @michaelfklein @boblord

funnymonkey,
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@douglevin @mkeierleber @PogoWasRight @brett @michaelfklein @boblord

A quick static analysis of their mobile app shows that an org called Karros Technology did a lot of the build, and is linked in a lot of the infrastructure running the app. Makes me wonder how much of Edulog's infrastructure is outsourced, and what that risk and data usage looks like.

(also, the perms and disclosures on the Play store look interesting).

funnymonkey,
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@douglevin

Appears to be, yes.

See also: https://karrostechnologies.com/

@mkeierleber @PogoWasRight @brett @michaelfklein @boblord

funnymonkey,
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@douglevin
Of course they are.

I bet they also take privacy and security very seriously.

@mkeierleber @PogoWasRight @brett @michaelfklein @boblord

funnymonkey, to random
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People using tech often have no idea of how it works, or how well it works, or when it will give garbage results.

ALWAYS assume that any tech will be used in ways that weren't intended or imagined.

And yes - the excuse of "shouldn't we try everything in the name of safety" really doesn't fly, ever. It's right up there with "it's for the kids".

https://www.wired.com/story/parabon-nanolabs-dna-face-models-police-facial-recognition/

funnymonkey, to random
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The theme of "Ukrainian goods are competing with European goods" sounds a lot like RU propaganda to me.

funnymonkey, to random
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Glad to see Bill Ackman and tech bros using AI to support an info op that benefits the far right.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/01/18/ai-tech-biden/

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Imagine working at Meta, on something like AGI, and knowing that "success" means a small number of already super-rich people can add a few zeroes to the end of their net worth.

Like, you make AGI happen at Meta, and Zuck gets to steal more land from Hawaiians.

funnymonkey, to random
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Two problems with both the reporting on and the frame of this study:

One - it centers Facebook.

Two: because it only has data from under 800 people, it's almost certainly undercounting the extent of the tracking and the companies engaged in this behavior.

Facebook/Meta is part of the problem - but they are best understood as both a symptom and an example of the disease of surveillance.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24041897/facebook-meta-targeted-advertising-data-mining-study-privacy

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OpenAI's shift here -- aptly summarized as emphasizing "legality over safety" -- is part of the tech playbook. I have seen this in EdTech personally, where even self-proclaimed equity champions sell out children under the guise of "legal" -- as opposed to ethical and transparent -- data use.

The law allows despicable uses of data and technology. Just because it's legal doesn't make it right.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/12/open-ai-military-ban-chatgpt/

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The fact that, in the US, access to even mediocre health insurance is tied to our jobs forces people to make impossible choices: do I tolerate abusive behavior, unethical behavior, and potentially illegal behavior, or do I put the security and health of myself and my family at risk?

I have observed this more times than I can count in my career, including in my very recent past (but thankfully, not in my present! ).

douglevin, to ukteachers

US School Shooter Emergency Plans Exposed in a Highly Sensitive Database Leak https://www.wired.com/story/us-school-shooter-emergency-plans-leak/ @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

funnymonkey,
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@PogoWasRight @douglevin @brett

Raptor clearly takes the security of their users very seriously: https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/04/11/raptor-technologies-volunteer-management-client-side-security-controls-fixed/

funnymonkey,
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@douglevin I know! Effing brilliant! @PogoWasRight @brett

funnymonkey, to random
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Pesto and mushrooms, with olive oil and sea salt on the crust.

The pesto is from our garden, and was frozen back in September.

The sauce had conserva with tomatoes and garlic from the garden as well.

funnymonkey, to random
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Mainstream press need to stop calling swatting "a prank".

Swatting is assault and harassment.

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Twitter is a clear and obvious national security risk.

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