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jsrailton, to Youtube
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Where can I find current advanced university lectures / lecture series on arbitrary scientific and technical topics?

I'm finding these are really hard to surface on .

joelvanderwerf,
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jsrailton,
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@joelvanderwerf Good tip. I almost thought to add: I've found MIT Open CourseWare helpful. But also struggled with the fact that a lot of the topical courses are from like 200X-201X

Which for some topics makes them dated:(

jsrailton, to China
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So... the ran a Truman Show on this ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณspy for 8 years?

Wild.

jsrailton,
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This ex-CIA PRC spy basically lived his 50s in a constructed universe, thinking he was unobserved.

Like the Robert Hanssen story on steroids.

I want to watch this movie.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-cia-officer-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-commit-espionage-0

profdc9,
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@jsrailton That's called counterintelligence. Better the devil you know, than the devil you don't.

jsrailton, (edited ) to random
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When politicians attack the means of knowledge transmission like libraries, science, teachers & universities, remember:

Your ignorance is their power.

ZillaMon,
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@jsrailton First they came for the libraries and we did nothing...

jsrailton, to poland
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NEW: second judge in reportedly confirmed as spyware victim.

Appeals court judge told reporter her responsibilities included classified cases where wiretapping was used.

Poland's spyware reckoning continues.

[PL, machine trans.]
Story: https://oko.press/wiemy-o-drugim-polskim-sedzi-inwigilowanym-pegasusem-to-sedzia-apelacyjna-z-krakowa-news-oko-press

jsrailton, (edited ) to environment
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Reading this๐Ÿงต? 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,
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2/ Risks from include Diabetes, obesity, testicular , developmental delays...

Some researchers think that anyone exposed to these chemicals will have an elevated cancer risk.

At ANY concentration.

Since scientists estimate that we ALL have at least one of these forever chemicals in our blood...

That would be all of us.

jsrailton,
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3/ If the "we are all at risk of cancer" from framing for some reason doesn't bug you, consider the taxpayer costs.

Numbers are staggering.

$64 billion in estimated increased disease burden in a single year.

Meanwhile makes $1.5 billion a year from making the stuff.

And 16,000 of 3M's products still contain the chemical.

While company pledges to wind down manufacture. They haven't stopped.

To date, 3m has not admitted wrongdoing and faced no criminal liability

jsrailton, (edited ) to Health
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Even for cancer and transplant patients.

We are speeding into idiocracy.

bouriquet,
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@jsrailton Just another state I can put on my list to never set foot in or spend another cent in again.

CindyWeinstein,
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@jsrailton.

Is it also illegal to say, "I have my reasons"? Has that free speech also been banned?

jsrailton, to infosec
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FINALLY: a ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUS official speaks the truth security researchers keep warning about...

Americans' movements being tracked with well-known weaknesses that US telcos aren't fixing.

It's remarkable how bad the problem with #SS7 & #Diameter is.

Must-read story by @josephcox
https://www.404media.co/cyber-official-speaks-out-reveals-mobile-network-attacks-in-u-s/

#infosec #cybersecurity #hacking #intelligence #surveillance #espionage

jsrailton, (edited ) to poland
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BREAKING: spyware abused in ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ 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

Awoke,
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@jsrailton @citizenlab


MAKES ZERO SENSE Netanyahu, had this spyware tool & wasnโ€™t prepared 4 OCT 7th Attackโ“
The crime matches TRUMPโ€™S Jan 6th INSURRECTION.

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wonka,
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To the absolute surprise of... nearly no one.

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jsrailton, to random
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NEW: heard about ? Something about ?

Or the waxing paranoid about ?

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.

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

jfmezei,

@jsrailton @citizenlab Big advantage IF NSA got Apple's cooperation is distributing a signed version of IOS to users in Russia that contains the modified BackupAgent. While each App has its own rooted file system and can't normally touch/see another app's files (unless you grant permission), the backup process (either to iCloud or to a Mac/PC with iTunes/Finder has access to all App's files.

starchturrets,

@jfmezei @jsrailton @citizenlab While wholesale cooperation would make this moot, apps can choose to exclude themselves from backups. Itโ€™s long been a complaint, for example, that Signal on iOS has literally no way of backing up messages.

jsrailton, to random
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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/

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jsrailton,
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2/ SEO operations like this are a bit like opportunistic infections for Content Management Systems.

They show up when there are bugs, misconfigurations & permissions issues.

rapidly pushed out notifications to affected orgs & the content is coming down all over.

jsrailton,
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3/ The PDF spam is still all over. Including many gov sites.

Want to help?

1๏ธโƒฃ Google search:

"site:[pick a top-level domain e.g. .gov.au .gov.uk etc.] instagram hack followers filetype:pdf"

2๏ธโƒฃmix in terms e.g. "Tiktok" & "fans."

3๏ธโƒฃ Cry

4๏ธโƒฃGently notify administrators

jsrailton, to random
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Remember Tara Reade?

The one-time accuser is live on ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian State TV announcing that she's defected.

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

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jbaggs,

@jsrailton That's...lovely.

jsrailton, to random
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Notice how fast alleged medical concern for youth became... smash rainbow displays at Target?

This is a playbook.

It must be forcefully resisted.

jsrailton, to random
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Life in prison for sex in .

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

They have the same goals for people that are in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerica.

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

jfmezei,

@jsrailton When middle east terrorists attack, they often claim to be on a jihad as dictated by islam which was false.
It is time we stop accepting religious justification for western extremists actions/speeches when what they call for is not dictated by religion. They must be called extremists and not "evangelicals" or "religious right". They are extremists. Period.

laxuzyzo,

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You're using logic. Not acceptable on Mastodon.

jsrailton, to random
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Proven way to stop an autocrat?

Don't be a spoiler candidate like this guy.

jsrailton,
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Everything you need to know.

Letting Steve Bannon flatter you into a vanity candidacy is the opposite of moral courage.

jfmezei,

@jsrailton Encouraging idiots to run appears to be a GOP strategy, even since Bush Jr.

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

#spyware #cybersecurity #UK #intelligence

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jfmezei,

@jsrailton Is Pegasus now a generic name for spyware like Q-Tips or Ozonol, or is it still the one and only spyware that is in effective use? (aka: are there different spyware packages that end up being generalically called Pegasus?

And if possible, any hints on how an outfit in Toronto would/could know that UK PM phone was infected? Wouldn't this be an MI5 or even 6 responsibility as they would have listening capability to spot packets from his phone to suspicious destinations?

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