jsrailton

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

Mastodon friends. I've got a search results problem.

When you search for me by name none of the results are... me.

They are all scraped "unofficial mirrors"

Thoughts on how to fix this?

It's a double issue:

1 - how to get my own correct result to show.

2- flag these empty mirrors as spam

jsrailton, 1 year ago to random

Late to the party here, but the chance that new .zip and .mov domains mostly get used for malware attacks is 100%

Not sure who asked for this, but this is a bad move.

Block it all.

This sort of thing undermines our collective #cybersecurity & is fundamentally unhelpful.

jsrailton, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to environment

Reading this🧵? Your blood probably contains some amount of toxic #foreverchemicals made by #3m

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 & #dupont 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

#environment #pollution

jsrailton, 1 year ago to ai

Had to factcheck #AI hallucinations about my work by #ChatGPT

Again.

It's sanity-bending.

Like trying to hold together the fabric of reality as it rips.

A bit further each time.

The factual gravity of the written word, already diminishing, is basically at Martian.

jsrailton, 1 year ago to internet

#Musk defending caving to #censorship pressure:

"But they threatened to block us"

Autocrats will read this as a playbook.

#twitter

jsrailton, 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago) to ai

AI-drafted police reports will absolutely result in mistakes enshrined as facts.

This will permanently impact peoples' lives & freedom.

Story: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/04/23/axon-ai-police-reports-/?sh=7bdefd5b476b

#AI #artificialintelligence #law #policing #police #taser #courts

jsrailton, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to poland

BREAKING: #Pegasus spyware abused in 🇵🇱#Poland under previous PiS-party government, confirms the new PM Donald Tusk

"Very, very long" victim list.

Vindication.

When we @citizenlab first confirmed the hacking in 2021 both we & victims were targeted w/extensive harassment & disinformation.

REPORT: https://apnews.com/article/poland-government-pegasus-spyware-tusk-duda-78420fc7099401926d28b5be98669192

#cybersecurity #infosec #spyware #hacking #surveillance #malware #NSOGroup #authoritarianism #democracy #europe

jsrailton, 16 days ago to Toronto

My colleague Mitchell & partner just escorted a family of lost geese to the lake.

Safely navigating 2km of downtown #Toronto took 2 hours.

At one point, police stepped in to block traffic.

Strangers jumped in to help too.

He jokes: at @citizenlab we don't just help humans!

#wildlife #birds #birding #goose #Canada

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jsrailton, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to Health

Even for cancer and transplant patients.

We are speeding into idiocracy.

#cancer #transplantation #immunocompromised #health #healthcare #masks #northcarolina

jsrailton, 1 year ago to random

'#Trump is newsworthy & people need to know what he's about'

This is the justification that the media wrapped around itself in 2016.

Then spent the last half dozen years soul searching over.

We're headed right back there. #CNN

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

NEW: I found 1000s of shady PDFs hosted on .gov websites of states, universities, defense contractors, etc.

It was a clever SEO spam operation, but the access could have been exploited for more nefarious things. 1/

@lorenzofb has the writeup

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/02/scammers-publish-ads-for-hacking-services-on-government-websites/

#cybersecurity #spam #SEO #google #instagram #tiktok #fraud

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jsrailton, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to psychology

I can confidently diagnose #betterhelp as sociopaths.

Promised therapy customers privacy...then gave their mental health info to advertisers.

Victims get less than ten bucks each.

Company made billion+ in revenue last year alone.

In a just society with good privacy laws, they'd face existential civil & criminal consequences.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/betterhelp-therapy-class-action-settlement-refund/507-b4ef5e0f-c722-4562-95e9-c3cdd7738d1a

#therapy #psychology #privacy #psychotherapy #mentalhealth #telehealth #medicine #HIPAA #surveillancecapitalism #advertising #facebook #meta

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

NEW: heard about #Triangulation #spyware? Something about #Kaspersky?

Or the #FSB waxing paranoid about #Apple?

What does it all mean?

Well, my @citizenlab colleague Bill Marczak has an deliciously spicy take on the unfolding saga.

Plus some tips for defenders.

#cybersecurity #hacking #APT

https://medium.com/@billmarczak/triangulation-did-the-nsa-fail-to-learn-the-lessons-of-nso-5f36d251d02e

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

They just made it up.

The #VPN industry is a scourge.

Not content with tricking people into paying for security talismans by misrepresenting what VPNs do..., they are SEO-optimizing fake #cybersecurity advice to drive signups.

The perverse thing is that the high risk people like dissidents & journalists that need to get safer from Predator not only won't be.helped, but real advice is getting drowned out.

Glad to see @maldr0id call it out. #hacking #spyware #Predator #malware #security

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

#Trump had Murdoch.

#DeSantis has #Musk.

jsrailton, 1 year ago to random

Hello new followers! Tell me something about you!

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

Proven way to stop an autocrat?

Don't be a spoiler candidate like this guy.

#elections #Democrats #Republicans

jsrailton, 1 year ago to random

Spate of spurious claims about #encrypted messaging apps lately.

Unless they come with receipts, don't amplify.

Realtalk: People panicking & switching to a less safe app = godsend to intelligence services like Russia.

Don't get played.

#encryption #e2ee #security #privacy #cybersecurity

jsrailton, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to hacking

BREAKING: #Israeli private investigator arrested for cyberespionage on behalf of American PR firm.

Caught by UK under #RedNotice from 🇺🇸US while boarding a flight.

BIG TWIST in a wild case that began w/our @citizenlab investigation into indian hack-for-hire group #belltrox

Sound familiar?

Because Amit Forlit is the second PI from #Israel arrested in similar way for this case.

First = convicted.

https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-private-eye-arrested-uk-over-alleged-hacking-us-pr-firm-2024-05-02/

#hacking #cybersecurity #infosec #malware #espionage #intelligence

jsrailton, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to infosec

Big #VPN companies are churning out bullshit "security advice" on an industrial scale.

It's a marketing funnel that targets those seeking help.

And then misinforms them.

I wish it stopped there

The nonsense makes its way to victims of spyware, where misinformation can have life, death and liberty impacting consequences.

#infosec #cybersecurity #malware #IT #pegasus #predator #spyware #malware

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

Life in prison for #gay sex in #Uganda.

American evangelical extremists got the ear of Uganda's dictator & helped this happen

They have the same goals for people that are #queer in 🇺🇸America.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/world/africa/uganda-anti-gay-bill.html

jsrailton, 15 days ago to egypt

All shipping traffic stopped on the #Bosphorus Strait.

Channel connects Black Sea & Mediterranean is busiest in the world.

Why? Bulk carrier #Alexis is grounded across northbound shipping lane.

Headed to #Egypt from #Ukraine.

Turkish maritime authorities say on Twitter that they suspect mechanical failure.

#turkey #shipping #maritime #istanbul #blacksea

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jsrailton, 1 month ago to random

Russian on the street speaks his mind to journalist.

5 year community service sentence.

No doubt without apology it would have been worse.

Story by @meduza_en
https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/04/22/moscow-man-convicted-of-spreading-disinformation-in-street-interview-with-rfe-rl

#Russia #putin #ukraine

jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

Whenever I see #BorisJohnson
I wonder: anybody check that phone for #Pegasus etc. lately?

#spyware #cybersecurity #UK #intelligence

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jsrailton, 11 months ago to random

Remember Tara Reade?

The one-time #Biden accuser is live on 🇷🇺Russian State TV announcing that she's defected.

Sitting with Maria Butina whom she refers to as a friend.

#Russia #Propaganda #disinformation

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