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jsrailton, 1 month ago to apple

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tek, 1 month ago to random

Starry Addax targets human rights defenders in North Africa with new malware
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/starry-addax/

kendraserra, 1 month ago to random

Everyone who works in "AI ethics" and who has not said anything about Gaza needs to read this article and have a good long look at themselves in the mirror. https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

Griffey, 1 month ago to random

I'm very sad this morning at the news of the passing of Vernor Vinge...his novels are among the very best in sci-fi, and while I don't agree with his views on the concept of the Singularity, he was a thoughtful, careful thinker who more people should read.

I had the great privilege to interview Vernor back in 2011 for the ALA Midwinter conference. https://jasongriffey.net/2011/01/18/my-interview-with-vernor-vinge/ and speak with him several times of the years. He will be missed.

fdroidorg, 2 months ago to fdroid

We have a new blog post :fdroid:.

@uniqx wrote about how we handle our servers to protect your privacy: https://f-droid.org/2024/03/08/privacy-design-of-fdroid.org-webservers.html #FDroid

profcarroll, 2 months ago to privacy

New @kashhill on the privacy nightmare that is your car; if only we had some kind of data protection here in the US to get a handle on the wild west of data brokers like LexisNexus who supply insurers with our driving telematics. #GiftLink #Privacy #cars
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.NEsf.gtBwqfOzLyVx&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Techaltar, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FQSFnZpsqw

Absolutely insane story of a Ukranian girl getting her face cloned & deepfaked into dozens of pro-Russian digital influencers on Chinese social media.

I fear this flood of AI shit is truly going to break the internet

rileytestut, 2 months ago to random

MarketplaceKit entitlement approved 🥳

scidsg, 2 months ago to journalism

⏰ Coming soon...

Hush Line Personal Server is a secure and anonymous tip line for increased threats and all skill levels.

🧠 Learn more at https://hushline.app

#journalism #opensource #hardware #mobile #selfhosted #privacy #security #anonymity #nonprofit

ned, 2 months ago to random

Cartoon by Ding (Jay Norwood Darling), May 14, 1921, published on the front page of the Des Moines Register, above the fold.

This is how long the war on active transportation has been going on, financed by Automotive lobbyists.

a11ytalks, 2 months ago to random

Join us in two weeks for the next #A11yTalk.

Accommodating Neurodivergent Learners with Star Peterson, M.Ed.
Star will discuss how to design learning content that is accessible to autistic learners and other neurodivergences.
March 13, 11am ET
https://buff.ly/42OBUgw

LumenDatabase, 2 months ago to random

"Experts warned that a radical site-blocking program without proper checks and balances would end badly in Italy. On Saturday, at least one Cloudflare IP address was added to the Piracy Shield anti-piracy system. According to an expert, that ended up blocking a large number of websites, including a charity, a telecoms company, and several schools. It's the outcome many people predicted but one that could've been easily avoided."

https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-cloudflare-disaster-blocks-countless-sites-fires-up-opposition-240226/

dangillmor, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

How can we prevent Wikipedia from crumbling under the weight of "AI" garbage spewing, and disinformation specialists' gleeful use of the garbage?

@molly0xfff says you can help best by becoming a Wikipedia editor.

It's not difficult. We all need to participate.

https://www.citationneeded.news/become-a-wikipedian-in-30-minutes/

(I'm assigning this to my students.)

OpenArchive, 2 months ago to random

🌟Thrilled to join the Social Impact Summit, hosted by the Blockchain Law for Social Good Center & the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web on February 27.

👉We're presenting on the panel “Building Trust: Integrating Integrity into the Tech Stack” with @brewsterkahle , @n8fr8 & Nikhil Raghuveera. Ready to dive into discussing emerging #dweb technologies for archivists, activists, human rights defenders, journalists, & more.

✨Can’t wait to see you there! >>https://www.blockchainlawsg.org/blog/blockchain-law-for-social-good-center-announces-inaugural-social-impact-summit-2024

shiro, 2 months ago to random

This week marks the end of our 14th @PrototypeFund funding round - it’s the 10th round of amazing projects I got to support (and it doesn’t get boring)! 🎉

As usual we’ll celebrate the projects, their accomplishments and learnings together at our Demo Day on Friday, March 1st at bUm Berlin. There’s still a few free spots on the guest list, drop us an email if you’d like to join ✨

https://prototypefund.de/demo-day/

hi_mayank, 2 months ago to random

proton halved the price of their password manager because they made too much money

https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-price-change

ben, 2 months ago to ai

A simple proposal for making generative AI models legal, and for getting creators paid for their work: #AI https://werd.io/2024/ascap-for-ai

guardianproject, 2 months ago to Signal

#Signal has a beta that makes it possible to chat without sharing your phone number with the others. This is an important development for privacy in use cases like journalists and activists that have to privately interact with people they do not know. Careful about using a public username for Signal, it could open you up to spam and targeted attacks like Pegasus.

https://social.librem.one/web/timelines/home

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to random

Ada is saying Au revoir to Brussels and to #fosdem

To my new friends, old friends, Magic groupies and hangers-on... Santé

feynudibranch, 3 months ago to random

Here’s my chart on the flow of funding to open source maintainers, from today’s #FOSDEM talk. (Apologies to everyone who tried get a pic of it live 📸😅)

rcheesley, 3 months ago to opensource

Look out for us on the 2nd floor in Chez Theo restaurant opposite U block for the Women of Open Source meetup!

https://nav.fosdem.org/l/c:2:271.02:175.43/

#Fosdem #fosdem24 #fosdem2024 #womenofopensource #opensource

benjiweber, 3 months ago to random

Interesting talk by Andrew Katz on copyright and LLMs at #fosdem

""a wav file is just a set of facts about how far away a speaker cone is over time [and facts aren't subject to copyright]" (on why model can contain derived works)

caludio, 3 months ago to random

I think I am repeating myself, every single year, but once again I believe that the most interesting, and potentially disrupting technology presented at #FOSDEM is Matrix. There is now video call, openid connect support and DMA interoperability ongoing.

Matrix help and qrcode slide

colindean, 3 months ago to random

Found on the ground outside of building F at #fosdem: a badge with ❤️ FOSDEM

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koen, 3 months ago to Matrix

#matrix state of the union #fosdem