jamiexml

@jamiexml@infosec.exchange

Personal views. General counsel & CPO OASIS: open source and open standards. IPR, cybersec, civictech, privacy, serious DLT. Still a for-real lawyer, but mostly <chaotic-good>. If I wanted <neutral-*> alignment, I would have stayed on Wall Street. Ex-corporate law partner, ex-Minnesota, still Democrat. LA-based. Still also www.twitter.com/jamiexml on birdsite.

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jamiexml, to animals

catenary curve.

hacks4pancakes, to random

Can someone bring ice here please I give free drinks

jamiexml,

@hacks4pancakes I know and love those brands; great concept, great execution, A+ for modeling hospitality and the sharing economy. But one nagging question ... (see next thread)

jamiexml,

@hacks4pancakes ... what is the DEAL with those toasted-sliced citrus segments? Seems like they're in every bougie bar now. Why are we all microwaving our fruit in 2024? Doesn't it dry them out?

jamiexml,

@hacks4pancakes Ah - and maybe less leaky in a valise! Please don't let my unfamiliarity with modern bartending trends detract from my admiration for your being a great host. Anyway I think I may still owe you a drink from last year's RSA. Enjoy Shmoocon!

jamiexml, to random

Insurrection? What did the framers of the US Constitution have in mind in the 1860s when they wrote the 14th amendment?
You judge. https://www.reuters.com/pictures/defining-images-jan-6th-capitol-attack-2024-01-05/

jamiexml, to foss

Love this. "Dev" versus project management in projects. You need both, and they may not be the same people.
https://catodon.social/notes/9o07ggiolvmens99
HT @panos @josh

jerry, (edited ) to random

Hi all. I am taking matrix.infosec.exchange down for what will likely be a few hours. The server is super low on disk space and does not have enough ram to run a proper cleanup.

jamiexml,

@jerry @that_lurker Dayum. Thanks for all you do. Time to hit the "Donate" button again.

jamiexml, to ai

This is a tough issue and IANYL. But proceed cautiously with any materials that incorporate -generated material into work where you care about the .
PS, all work counts as "work where you care about the copyright."

Curious to see if any adopt the position that no AI-generated code can by definition be included in GPL or AGPL code. cc @osi

RT @glyph @josh: Until there is a definitive adjudication of the copyright status of LLM training data, it is deeply irresponsible to use Github Copilot for open source. I will refuse contributions created with it on any project I'm involved with, as well as permanently ban any user caught sneaking in Copilot-generated code in defiance of this rule. I would strongly encourage all maintainers to take this stand as well. License headaches are already bad enough without secret poison pills being injected.

jamiexml, to Bulgaria

Europe has been working for several years on a powerful, advanced, leading-edge set of identity data standards, called . Almost everyone who's followed it has been impressed. It was set to be one of those global-leading policy innovations like GDPR.
However.
Now it looks like, at the last minute, some politicians are inserting severe anti-privacy, pro-surveillance mandates.
What a shame.
RT @aral: “[A]ll web browsers distributed in Europe will be required to trust the certificate authorities and cryptographic keys selected by EU governments. These changes radically expand the capability of EU governments to surveil their citizens by ensuring cryptographic keys under government control can be used to intercept encrypted web traffic across the EU.” https://last-chance-for-eidas.org

hacks4pancakes, to random

What is your favorite Chinese disruption of the American corporate market and why is it cheapo internet glasses companies throwing a wrench in the glasses frame racket?

jamiexml,

@hacks4pancakes @jjenkins101201 I will if you will.

jamiexml, to random

RIP Richard , the absolute definition of cool, and action hero, in the 1970s. Back when Liam Neeson was still learning how to barfight in Antrim; way before Keanu was John Wick, or even an excellent stoner duuuuuude; Shaft was the man.

aral, to tech
@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

I love how this “Created by AI, edited by humans” summary of the chat I had with Doc this month starts off mildly enough with “A great chat on FLOSS Weekly regarding alternate funding models to support ethical tech projects…“ and ends a few paragraphs later with “…Balkan provided an urgent call to action to avoid extinction at the hands of unchecked capitalism.”

Well that escalated quickly!

😬 👍

https://twit.tv/posts/inside-twit/aral-balkan-calls-new-funding-models-support-ethical-tech

jamiexml,

@aral "Avoid extinction." Sounds like mom and apple pie to me.

jamiexml,

@aral https://www.oglaf.com/tax-deductions/

jamiexml, to random

Global Day.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/global-encryption-day-2023-encryption-empowers-our-lives/

HT @karmel80 @internetsociety

rwg, to fediverse
@rwg@aoir.social avatar

Latest blog post: on , the Non-Standard Standard.

https://fossacademic.tech/2023/10/15/APnonStandard.html

This is based on a presentation I'll be giving at . It discusses 4 key ways ActivityPub is not a standard standard.

Comments welcome! You can comment on it by (publicly) responding to this Mastodon post.

jamiexml,

This is a useful and important critique of the process, as applied to and its precursors. A bit overly bleak, and a bit one-off, as if there are no similar stories like this within established standards. Personally, I take it as a beacon of light that there are successes that •don't• require intervention from large corporate sponsors or celebrity consortium figureheads.
For professional standards moderators like me, this is good discussion and feedback. Expect more.
I'm going to read the whole paper, and think a bit more, before commenting further. HT @rwg @evan

jamiexml, to foss

From Sonatype, just out: annual tracking finds fewer projects are actively maintained. 18% down year over year:
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3708630/report-finds-few-open-source-projects-actively-maintained.html

9th Annual State of the Software Supply Chain report: https://www.sonatype.com/hubfs/9th-Annual-SSSC-Report.pdf

HT @apereo @InfoWorld @sonatype

hacks4pancakes, to random

I have a couple public talks over the next week! I will be speaking at South Dakota https://wildwesthackinfest.com/ about the 'dark secrets' about cybersecurity career hunting I have learned across years of mentoring.

I will also be at @ MXD 2023
https://gcsichicago.org/ in Chicago speaking on incident response tabletop exercises for OT.

Hope to see you at one!

jamiexml,

ATTENTION MIDWEST, HACKER INCOMING
I love being in an industry where we benefit from extremely energetic and effective mentors who, in spite of their success and being busy as hell, donate a lot of personal time to creating more opportunity for others. It's not like we don't need more folks coming into .

🩵🩷 @hacks4pancakes @vmbrasseur @wendynather @BlueTeamJK

hacks4pancakes, to random

I was asked for comment on the whole 23andme debacle and look - it’s a poison pit to comment on at all, but there has never been a truer example of “know your own personal threat model, and that of your family”. Either your family’s genetic data getting out to anyone is terrible, or it’s not (because it’s already out there, or you’re adopted and trying to find them, etc etc etc)

jamiexml,

@hacks4pancakes Over the last year, I've been heartened and encouraged by the number of 20-somethings, non-techies, in our extended family who come up to their parents (including me) and said, please don't use that, I don't want ME being tracked based on YOUR results.

Best case, Gen X may be the front edge of a more aware, and possibly less foolishly-trusting, citizenry.

kcarruthers, to ai
@kcarruthers@mastodon.social avatar

Utterly terrifying re : Over the past weekend I encouraged @mpesce to go get a to see if he could install an with no safety controls. He did and recounts his results here 🙀

My work here is done ✅ https://windowscopilotstrategies.substack.com/p/two-weapons-grade

jamiexml,

@kcarruthers @mpesce I don't get the "terrifying" conclusion here even a little bit.

There is knowledge of how to do dangerous things in the world. For the most part, that knowledge isn't prohibited or illegal, it's just hard to get.
Now, eventually, it's easier to get.

"OMG " is this century's version of encyclopedias and libraries becoming widely available … and to the horror of elites, spreading knowledge that used to be inaccessible to the masses, or on somebody's Index Prohibitorum.

Privacy by obscurity is dead, and so is secrecy by obscurity. We need more ethics, and less futile attempt to hide stuff.

Somebody in Alexandria probably thought the Mousion was a reckless, evil spreading of knowledge to the undeserving masses. Hey, maybe that's why they torched the Great Library.

evan, to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

Wow! We just finished the first annual general meeting .

We had about 1/3 of the full CoSocial membership on the call. We managed to get through reports from working groups, elections of board members, and resolutions on strategic direction.

Thanks to everyone who came. And welcome to our three new board members: @boris @mick and @Django !

jamiexml,

@evan @boris @mick @Django ♥️🏆

mattblaze, to random
@mattblaze@federate.social avatar

Someone now lost to history was the first person to exclaim, "I've got it! We can solve this problem with an Awareness Month!".

jamiexml,

@mattblaze The other two use Twitter or Facebook.

jamiexml, to sustainability

Today and tomorrow.
https://unsdg.un.org/

pluralistic, (edited ) to random
@pluralistic@mamot.fr avatar

ETA: Thanks for the suggestions, I went with moo.com!

Anyone have an online printer they like for full-bleed business cards? There's a company I usually use but they keep assuming the parts of my design that are supposed to bleed off are actually mistakes, and they resize my art to fit in the center of the card! After repeated failures with them, I gave up - but I still need new cards.

jamiexml,

@pluralistic @redler +1 to Moo. A bit bougie but extremely technically reliable, including with bleed-offs and full graphics to the edge on the reverse. And a good wholly-remote set up interface.

jamiexml,

@jameshowell @pluralistic This is a geocentric take. There are still contacts and cultures where the printed cards are important.

jamiexml, to privacy

New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend.
It would be fun to ring up Brandeis and Warren (see 4 Harv. L.R. 193 (1890)) and see what they think about uninvited drone cams in your backyard.
https://apnews.com/article/drones-labor-day-eric-adams-nypd-jouvert-c2787e87bcad8fa87aa8d34b454ee6cf

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