jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Florian Roth decided not to share his detection methods anymore.
This is what I'm afraiding and know why LLMs ruining things... not because on how good they are at noticing things, but the way these LLM companies work.
They just scrap data, without giving any incentives to the data owner they used.
I hope we can pass this timeline ASAP.
#technology #cybersecurity #copyright #llm #artificialIntelligence

The camera isn’t where you expect it.
It’s not the obvious one above the door. Not the cheap plastic dome blinking red like it wants to be noticed. It’s the old phone on the shelf, screen black, still connected. It’s the WiFi plug that reports more than voltage. It’s the car that logs every turn you didn’t think mattered.
Most people imagine surveillance as something external. Government vans. Corporate databases. Someone else watching.
That’s outdated.
What actually exists now is quieter. Personal. Voluntary, even. A system you assemble piece by piece until it starts to feel normal.
And once it’s in place, it doesn’t turn off.
No one sets out to build a surveillance system.
They just want things to work.
A camera to check the front door. A smart speaker to play music. A thermostat that learns. A car that syncs with your phone. A cheap ESP32 board running something half-finished because you were curious.
Individually, these are harmless. That’s the trick.
The shift happens when they begin to overlap. When data from one device quietly informs another. When timelines start to form.
You unlock your phone at 7:12 AM. The thermostat adjusts. The car logs ignition at 7:24. Your location updates. A camera records you leaving. Your router logs the device drop-off.
No one needed to “watch” you.
The system assembled the story on its own.
A personal surveillance system isn’t a single tool. It’s a mesh.
At minimum, it looks something like this:
Network visibility Device telemetry Environmental sensing Behavioral logging Storage and correlation
That sounds abstract until you realize you probably already have all five.
Your router sees every device, every connection, every DNS request. It knows when something wakes up at 3 AM. It knows when a new device joins. It knows when something disappears.
Your phone is a sensor grid. Accelerometer, GPS, microphone, Bluetooth scanning. It logs movement patterns with unsettling precision. Even offline, it builds a picture.
Your “smart” devices report constantly. Not just commands. Status. Errors. Usage patterns. Timing.
Your car logs more than your phone does. Speed, braking behavior, routes, idle time. Some of it stays local. Some of it doesn’t.
Then there’s the storage layer. Cloud dashboards, local NAS setups, random logs you forgot you enabled.
None of this requires sophistication.
It just requires accumulation.
People like to argue semantics here. Data collection versus surveillance. Passive versus active.
It doesn’t matter.
If the system can reconstruct behavior, it is surveillance.
If it can answer questions about you without asking you, it is surveillance.
And most modern setups can answer a lot.
– When do you leave the house?
– How long are you gone?
– Which devices stay active while you’re away
– How often you wake up at night
– Where you go after work
– How long you sit in your car before going inside
You don’t need facial recognition. You don’t need AI.
Patterns alone are enough.
Raw logs are boring.
Correlation is where things start to feel different.
Take something simple. Your router logs a device disconnect at 11:48 PM. Your phone’s motion sensor shows inactivity shortly after. A bedroom light turns off. The thermostat drops by two degrees.
You went to sleep.
No camera needed.
Now extend that.
A Bluetooth device appears near your phone regularly between 2 and 4 PM, but never at home. Location data shows a consistent stop during that window.
You didn’t label it. The system doesn’t need you to.
It builds associations.
This is where most people underestimate what’s happening. They think in terms of individual logs. The system thinks in relationships.
And relationships scale.
Here’s the part people don’t like to admit.
It’s not just happening to you. You can do it yourself. Easily.
Give someone a weekend, a few ESP32 boards, a Raspberry Pi, and access to their own network, and they can build a surprisingly complete surveillance layer.
Not theoretical. Practical.
A few passive sniffers on the network. Log MAC addresses, connection times, signal strength.
A couple of BLE scanners. Track nearby devices. Identify patterns.
Basic motion sensors or cameras in key areas. Not for constant viewing. Just event triggers.
Centralize it all into a local dashboard. Even something crude. SQLite, flat files, doesn’t matter.
Now you have a system that can answer questions.
– Who is home
– When they arrived
– Where they spent time
– What devices they used
– What changed in routine
You didn’t hack anything. You didn’t break in.
You just listened.
The uncomfortable part is how little input is required.
You don’t need labels. You don’t need manual tagging. Over time, the system infers.
It learns that a specific MAC address belongs to you because it follows your phone’s movement patterns.
It learns your sleep schedule because your devices go quiet in clusters.
It learns your habits because humans are predictable in ways they don’t notice.
Miss a day at work. The system sees it.
Stay out later than usual. It logs deviation.
Bring someone new into the environment. A new device appears. Different signal pattern. Temporary presence.
Nothing about this requires advanced AI.
It just requires persistence.
Look at a typical setup.
Smart doorbell camera. Cloud storage enabled.
Voice assistant in the living room.
Phone with location history turned on.
Car with app connectivity.
WiFi router with a basic admin panel that logs connections.
That’s already a partial system.
What’s missing isn’t data. It’s aggregation.
Most people never connect the dots because the interfaces are fragmented. Different apps. Different dashboards. Different companies.
But the data exists in parallel.
And if someone decides to unify it, it stops feeling fragmented very quickly.
People fixate on external threats. Hackers, corporations, governments.
Those matter, but they’re not the most immediate risk.
The real shift is internal.
When you have access to this level of visibility, even over your own environment, your behavior changes.
You start checking logs. Not out of necessity. Out of curiosity.
You notice patterns. Then deviations.
You start asking questions you didn’t ask before.
– Why was that device active at 2 AM?
– Why did the car idle for 15 minutes yesterday?
– Why did that sensor trigger twice instead of once?
The system creates questions by existing.
And once those questions exist, it’s hard not to follow them.
There’s a common assumption that because you built it, you control it.
That’s only partially true.
Yes, you can turn devices off. You can wipe logs. You can segment networks.
But behavior leaves traces faster than you can manage them.
Even if you lock everything down, the system has already learned patterns. Already formed baselines.
And humans are bad at being inconsistent on purpose.
You can try to “break” your own patterns. Change routines. Randomize behavior.
It works for a while.
Then new patterns form.
A well-built personal system has legitimate uses.
Security. Automation. Insight.
You can detect anomalies. Catch issues early. Optimize routines.
But the same system can drift.
From observation to monitoring. From monitoring to fixation.
It doesn’t announce the shift.
It just becomes normal to check.
Normal to verify.
Normal to wonder what the system saw that you didn’t.
That’s where it gets uncomfortable.
Not because the technology changed, but because your relationship to it did.
This isn’t a future scenario.
If you have a smartphone, a connected car, and a few smart devices, you are already generating enough data to reconstruct large parts of your life.
You just don’t see it all in one place.
That fragmentation creates a false sense of privacy.
But the boundaries are artificial.
APIs exist. Exports exist. Logs persist longer than you think.
Anyone motivated enough can pull it together.
Sometimes that “anyone” is you.
Strip away the abstractions, and a personal surveillance system looks less like a command center and more like a messy desk.
– A Raspberry Pi in the corner running a few scripts.
– An ESP32 taped behind a shelf, quietly scanning.
– A router interface you check more often than you admit.
– A folder of logs that started as curiosity and turned into history.
No cinematic screens. No dramatic overlays.
Just accumulation.
And a growing ability to answer questions that used to require guessing.
There’s a reason this feels familiar once you see it.
Because it mirrors something older.
Journals. Diaries. Habit trackers. Calendars.
Humans have always tried to record themselves.
This is just a version that doesn’t rely on memory.
It’s more accurate. Less forgiving.
And it doesn’t forget.
Not with some dramatic takeover. Not with a single moment where everything clicks.
It settles in.
Quietly.
You stop thinking of it as surveillance. It becomes “the system.” Just part of how things run.
You trust it, even when you don’t fully understand it.
You rely on it, even when it makes you uneasy.
And occasionally, late at night, you check something small. A log. A timestamp. A pattern.
Just to confirm what you already know.
Or what you’re not sure you want to.
Want to build your own offline personal surveillance network? Check out my latest guide on doing exactly that.
The Solitary Panopticon: Building A Zero-Cloud Personal Surveillance Network
If you’re already building systems like this, or thinking about pushing them further, the OpenClaw Mastery Megapack goes deeper into practical tooling, ESP32 deployments, and data workflows that don’t rely on cloud assumptions. Throw a bit of AI in the mix, why don’t ya?
The AI world is buzzing over TurboQuant, Google Research’s new answer to the AI Memory Wall. This isn't just an incremental update; it’s a fundamental shift in how we think about hardware efficiency.
By combining two new methods—PolarQuant and QJL—Google has managed to compress the Key-Value (KV) cache by 6x with zero accuracy loss. For those running H100s, this translates to an 8x speedup in attention processing.
Why it matters:
Beyond Brute Force: Much like DeepSeek-R1, Google is proving that high-level math can bypass the need for endless HBM expansion.
The "Memory Wall" Pivot: TurboQuant moves the bottleneck from memory bandwidth to compute, effectively "stretching" the life of existing silicon.
The Jevons Paradox: History shows that when we make a resource (memory) 6x more efficient, we don't use less of it—we build models 10x larger.
Is this the end of the global DRAM shortage, or just the beginning of a much larger scaling era?
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TurboQuant #Google #AIMemoryWall #AICompression #KVCache #LLMInference #AIInfrastructure #MemoryBottleneck #ModelEfficiency #AIHardware #DataCenter #deepseek #technology
What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
Coachella Festival Will Stream Live in 4K on YouTube for the First Time https://petapixel.com/2026/04/03/coachella-festival-will-stream-live-in-4k-on-youtube-for-the-first-time/ #Technology #coachella #streaming #youtube #News #4k
📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp
“ISP is honored to host Prof. Julie Cohen (Georgetown Law) at tomorrow's Ideas Lunch for a talk on: "Governing after the Digital Phase Shift"
📅 March 26, 2026
⏰ 12PM
📍 Baker Hall 405
Zoom available for ISP fellows”
https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3mhvlkxwa5c2p
Is OpenAI chasing vibes? CNBC says the company's M&A strategy gets more confusing with TBPN purchase.
The "scattered" approach has included the $6.4 billion purchase of Jony Ive’s devices lab and health-tech startup Torch.
I have never used a Web Browser Extension yet. Would you recommend some useful extensions?
#Question #AskFedi #FediHelp #Tech #technology #Digital #software #WebBrowser #Browser #extension #Brave #TechHelp
Researchers studied patterns of #technological change over millennia and concluded that the current wave will not just convulse but obliterate the #labour market by 📆 2045. Once a new #technology captures just a few percentage points of “mind share or market share”, it tends to acquire overwhelming #dominance within 15 to 20 years, which means robots and AI will soon make human labour #obsolete https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/09/futurist-adam-dorr-robots-ai-jobs-replace-human-labour
Stop losing $25 per transaction 💸 These platforms actually keep more money in your pocket
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#finance #money #technology #tech #fintech #ewallet #freelance #freelancer #freelancetips #digitalnomad #remotework
Can AI apps replace teachers? Experts urge caution over school model
Imagine school being two hours of core academics learned daily via an app, without teachers, and double that time spent on hands-on experiences. The unconventional model from a U.S. private school is sparking chatter and may benefit some, but Canadian experts say the approach blending GenAI with pre-existing methods warrants serious consideration about...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ai-led-schooling-alpha-9.7148428?cmp=rss
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - Issue 209
https://ai-weekly.ai/newsletter-03-24-2026/
✨ The Week's News in Artificial Intelligence
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
#ai #news #ainews #artificialintelligence #aiweekly #technology #tech #technews #techtrends #machinelearning #robotics #datascience #airesearch #futuretech
Subscribers: 48,767 🔢️ subscribers were sent this issue via email.
AI-Weekly is the world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in artificial intelligence.
I've recently summed up my thoughts on generative "AI" on my homepage. Here's a screenshot of that section.
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #FuckAI #Fuck_AI #enshittification #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
[#TRADESHOW] The 25th #Shanghai #International #Lubricants and #Technology #Exhibition (Inter #Lubric #China) will be held from June 9 to 11, 2026, at Shanghai New International #Expo #Center. As a #leading lubricants #trade #exhibition in China, the #event serves the lubricants, #greases, #metalworking #fluids, and #surface #cleaning technology #sectors, bringing together #suppliers, #manufacturers, #business, and #distributors across the full #ValueChain. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/25th-shanghai-international-lubricants-and-technology-exhibition-inter-lubric-china-2026/
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Issue 210
By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://ai-weekly.ai/newsletter-03-31-2026/
✨ The Week's News in Artificial Intelligence
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
#ai #news #ainews #artificialintelligence #aiweekly #technology #tech #technews #techtrends #machinelearning #robotics #datascience #airesearch #futuretech
Subscribers: 48,767 🔢️ subscribers were sent this issue via email.
Black screens on Windows 11 are primarily caused by faulty, outdated, or corrupted graphics drivers, failed Windows updates, or issues with display connections. To quickly fix it press Windows + Ctrl + Shift + B to reset the graphics driver (the screen may flicker briefly), or press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to open the security screen and select Restart from the power icon if the system is frozen but responsive.
1. Check physical connections: Turn off the PC and ensure HDMI, DisplayPort, or VGA cables are securely connected, trying a different port or monitor if possible.
2. Boot into Safe Mode: Restart the computer, hold Shift while clicking Restart on the login screen, then navigate to Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings and press 4 to enter Safe Mode.
3. Update or rollback drivers: Once in Safe Mode, open Device Manager, expand Display adapters, right-click your graphics card, and select Update driver or Roll back driver.
4. Disable Fast Startup: Open Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options, click Choose what the power buttons do, select Change settings that are currently unavailable, and uncheck Turn on fast startup.
5. Repair system files: Open Command Prompt as administrator and run sfc /scannow, followed by DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth if the first command fails.
6. Uninstall recent updates: Go to Settings > Windows Update > Update history and uninstall the most recent update if the issue started after an update
#windows #windows11 #windows10 #tech #software #blackscreen #nodisplay #technology
[#TRADESHOW] LET-a #CeMAT #ASIA #EVENT 2026 will be held from June 3 to 5, 2026, at #China #Import and #Export #Fair Complex in #Guangzhou. As a major #logistics #equipment and #intralogistics #technology #trade #exhibition in China, the #expo brings together #suppliers, #manufacturers, system #integrators, and industrial #buyers focused on #business #warehouse #automation, material handling, smart logistics, and #digital #factory solutions. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/let-a-cemat-asia-event-2026/
🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Palantir's contract with NYC's public hospitals will not be renewed: though the latter's CEO defends the use of Palantir software, termination is a vital step to prevent potential data-sharing with ICE and protect immigr...”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mic2qrqdqs2c
🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.
[#TRADESHOW] The 26th #China (#Guangzhou) #International #Stainless #Steel #Industry #Exhibition 2026 from May 16 to 18, 2026, at the China #Import and #Export #Fair Complex. As one of #Asia’s important stainless steel #exhibitions, the #event gathers #manufacturers, #suppliers, and downstream #distributors from across the #global #SupplyChain. The #expo is a platform for #trade, #networking, #technology exchange, enabling #manufacturers and #buyers to #connect. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/26th-china-guangzhou-international-stainless-steel-industry-exhibition-2026/
LinkedIn is using invasive techniques to fingerprint your browser. Together with its understanding of your identity and professional history, it has the ingredients for an incredibly detailed profile. #Technology https://werd.io/linkedin-is-illegally-searching-your-computer/
I've been seeing hate on NASA lately, being bought into by leftists even, and I just want to point out something very important:
Musk has hated NASA for a *long* time. There is a reason it is being attacked, and a reason public opinion is being swayed against NASA: It *keeps SpaceX in line* more than anything else.
NASA is being seen as "competition" to SpaceX, as the obstacle in his way. It has been like this for quite some time, and now, with DOGE and other things, he can do something about it.
I would like to point out a few things:
1. SPACEX IS NOT CHEAPER
They boast they can "do what NASA does for 10% the cost!" Sure, it's easy when you did none of the R&D.
SpaceX saved on:
Landing tech: DC-X project in 1991-1996
Tank structure: Shuttle SLWT tank, 1998-2011
Merlin Engines: direct descendant of the Fastrac Engine, 1997-2001.
Those three things alone saved SpaceX over 90% of the R&D costs. It's easy to "appear" cheap when you're using off the shelf tech someone else (NASA!) developed.
2. NASA IS GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY!
For every $1 spent on NASA, $8 is put into economy. Its stupid to not invest in that kind of ROI! 800%! At times, its ROI Has been 1600%!
Simply put, if you defund NASA, the economy would shrink so much you would actually have to RAISE taxes to make up for the lost revenue, and without its existence we would be 30 years behind in technology and the quality of life for everyone would be much lower. Science and research is GOOD for society, it's the fuel for all progress.
3. WHAT HAS NASA DONE FOR ME?! (Surely you just mean NASA is good for tech & science folk....)
Nope! Good for all!
Ever have an MRI or CAT Scan? They wouldn't exist without the Apollo program! The software that made them possible was originally written to analyze lunar photography.
Low power digital x-Rays was planetary body research.
Heart pumps are modeled after space shuttle turbopumps.
The software that designed your car was originally written to design spacecraft!
Who do you think pioneered all the early research into alternative power like solar panels, hydrogen fuel cells, and durable batteries? NASA!
NASA developed tech and satellites is also what improves agricultural yields while reducing the needs for water, fertilizer, and pesticides.
Do you really think Musk gives two shits? No. He wants the money, he wants to let SpaceX run amok without any oversight for safety, without any "competition".
All fights are important, but do realise that this one is a huge thorn in his side, and one that is keeping a huge problem from ballooning and swallowing us all whole.
Do not be fooled or swayed by lies, of tactics meant to divide, of things being done to make you be angry at NASA. If he can make you hate NASA, he won.
Expect far more space junk to fall, the night sky to be ruined by satellites, and the loss of all things good that proper research and design does for humanity and gives back to the world. Not to mention: enjoy seeing the horrible things he can accomplish fully unchecked.
ETA: Now that you know, call / fax / email your senators and reps, and whatever else too! Boosting gets people thinking, but thinking is not action!
It's the 1st of April and the US is now waking up, which means I'll be ignoring all press releases for the next 24 hours or so.
My #Hackster round-up, you'll be pleased to hear, contains only the truth - starting with, yes, the sad news that #RaspberryPi has hiked prices *again*, for the third time in five months. The big 'uns, with 16GB RAM, are now $100-150 more than yesterday. Ouch.
A great project next: Space Drums, which combine IMU motion tracking and "AI" (don't worry, it's just traditional computer vision - a pose estimation algorithm - not LLM slop) to make a couple of bulky drumsticks into a full virtual drumkit.
Less welcome is the news that Bambu Lab is discontinuing the whole X1 family of fused filament fabrication 3D printers - but at least you can get software updates for a few years yet, and spare parts under a best-effort promise out to 2031.
Back to great projects: a "laptop" (not a laptop, more like a weirdly thin desktop) which uses a custom graphics card (built around a VGA chip from 1995!) to drive a lovely glowing electroluminescent display panel.
#Technology #News #Hackster #Makers #VintageComputing #OpenHardware
And to finish, some #science: a paper detailing a new approach to previewing 3D prints, which uses "AI" (again, stay with me, it's not LLM slop, I promise) to combine a 3D model with a photo of the material it's to be printed in - giving you a more accurate idea of what the finished thing will look like before you print.
For my second leadership event of the day… I’m honored to participate in CXO Inc.’s #CISOMeet event today. We’re discussing the evolving role of the CIO/CISO today and strategies for #AI and #cybersecurity.
#cio #chicago #technology #leadership #educator #mentorship #collaboration #cisomeet #ciso
’Not how you build a digital mind’: How reasoning failures are preventing AI models from achieving human-level intelligence
Existing LLM architecture may not support the problem-solving capabilities needed to underpin human-level AI, the authors ...
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/qss85
#artificial-intelligence #technology
https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/not-how-you-build-a-digital-mind-reasoning-failures-are-preventing-ai-models-from-achieving-human-level-intelligence
"US op to seize Iran’s uranium would take weeks, require building a runway — report
Trump reportedly briefed on risky plan, which would require airlift of up to thousands of troops and heavy equipment to extract material all while forces would be exposed to fire"
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO #Oil #Nuclear #Weapons #Evacuation
[#TRADESHOW] #Intersec #Shanghai 2026 – #Security #Equipment and #Technology #Expo will be held from May 7 to 9, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#NECC), Shanghai. #Exhibition connects #international #suppliers with #China’s rapidly #expanding security, #fire #protection, and #safety #technology #markets. #Event integrates #global expertise with #market depth to promote #innovation in #AI, #IoT, #cybersecurity, and #emergency response #systems. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/intersec-shanghai-2026-security-equipment-and-technology-expo/
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #enshittification #microslop #microsoft #LinkedIn #social #media #SocialMedia #data #security #safety #InfoSec #internet #web
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Time tracking changed how I bill clients ⏱️ These 15 remote work tools are total game-changers 💼✨
Read more: https://flip.it/XUipH5
#tech #technology #remotework #remoteworking #digitalnomad #productivity #digitalapps #projectmanagement #business #freelance
It's #Hackster round-up time, and your five today starts with the DSTIKE-DA - a compact ESP32-powered Bluetooth speaker (3W, mono)... in a gumstick format. Yeah, with a USB Type-A connector on the end.
Then Canonical, with the announcement that #Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will need 6GB of RAM minimum - up from 4GB for previous versions.
Weirdly, this now gives Ubuntu a higher minimum RAM requirement than Windows 11, which will officially run on 4GB.
I mean, not *well*, but it's the official minimum.
📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp
“At today's Speaker Series, we were fortunate to host Prof. Seema N. Patel for a fascinating talk on “The Political Economy of Low-Wage Worker Datafication.” Thank you, Prof. Patel, for such an engaging discussion!”
https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3mhto7pzgcs2o
AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C (48 F)
Data centres built to power AIs produce so much heat that they can raise the surface temperature of the land around them by several degrees – creating so-called data centre heat islands that may already be affecting up to 340 million people.
#environment #climatechange #water #pollution #datacenters #technology #tech
Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI
CEO Sam Altman happens to head a company that provides age verification services. Probably a coincidence.
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #technology #enshittification #dystopia
FTC Says OkCupid Shared Three Million User Photos with Facial Recognition Firm https://petapixel.com/2026/04/02/ftc-says-okcupid-shared-three-million-user-photos-with-facial-recognition-firm/ #aifacialrecognition #facialrecognition #dataprivacy #Technology #datingapp #privacy #News #Law #ftc
The Guardian | Goodbye mrbrightside416: Google allows users to alter quirky Gmail addresses by Dan Milmo Global technology editor
Those in US given chance to have more professional usernames without losing access to account
Did your McLovin!1976!@gmail.com email address seem funny at the time but less so now you are applying for dozens of jobs?
Google has said it is giving US users a chance to appear more professional by letting them change their Google account username – whatever appears before @gmail.com in an email address – without losing access to their account.
Continue reading...
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/02/google-allows-users-alter-quirky-gmail-addresses
It’s International Fact-Checking Day. Refresh your AI identification skills.
From @AssociatedPress: "Since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, researchers have identified an unprecedented number of false and misleading images that were generated using artificial intelligence."
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FactCheck #Tech #Technology #Iran
Mark Zuckerberg (Instagram WhatsApp, Facebook) Larry Ellison (Oracle), and Jensen Huang (NVIDIA) appointed to Trump's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to lead the world in AI.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mark-zuckerberg-larry-ellison-jensen-030000356.html
Total Trust - Totales Vertrauen #Film
Wenn das die Gegenwart ist, wie sieht dann unsere Zukunft aus?
"Was passiert, wenn der Schutz unserer #Privatsphäre missachtet wird? Wie umfassend sind die aus Big Data gewonnen Informationen über unsere Aktivitäten und Überzeugungen, Abneigungen, Vorlieben und Gewohnheiten? Lässt sich sicherstellen, dass diese Daten nicht in die falschen Hände geraten? Sind sie vielleicht schon in den falschen Händen?
„Total Trust“ ist ein zutiefst beunruhigender und bewegender Film über die unheimliche Macht von #BigData und #KI, über ihren Gebrauch und Missbrauch im öffentlichen wie im privaten Leben, über Zensur und Selbstzensur. Anhand eindringlicher Schicksale von Menschen in China, die überwacht, eingeschüchtert und sogar gefoltert wurden, erzählt „Total Trust“ von den Gefahren aktueller Technologien in den Händen einer ungezügelten Macht. Mit China als Spiegel schlägt der Film Alarm: Der zunehmende Einsatz von digitalen Überwachungstools ist längst ein globales Phänomen – auch in demokratisch geführten Ländern." (Pressetext)
https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=ZDBLvJoKOtY
#Überwachung #Technology #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Antireport #Hamburg #Hansaplatz #Autoritarisierung
How goverments are using facial recognition to crack down on protesters
Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. #FacialRecognition #technology changes the equation.
"But while authorities generally pitch facial recognition as a tool to capture terrorists or wanted murderers, the technology has also emerged as a critical instrument in a very particular context: punishing protesters.
(...)
In countries where demonstrating can come with physical or political risk, large-scale protests have historically offered a degree of anonymity, and, with it, a level of protection. Mass protests are a way for citizens to express dissent as a collective — often under the assumption that “they can’t arrest us all.”
But in the last decade, the spread of facial recognition technology has changed that equation: A lone face in a crowd is no longer anonymous; facial recognition allows #authorities to capture people’s identities en masse."
https://restofworld.org/2024/facial-recognition-government-protest-surveillance/
🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“”There's not accountability for who they are targeting...I’m definitely concerned that they’re going to use this incident as an excuse to ramp up their social media monitoring, particularly of Muslim Americans."
- S.T.O...”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mibzexezyc2c
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Researchers Enhance Quantum Encryption Using the Talbot Effect
📰 Original title: A 200-year-old light trick just transformed quantum encryption
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/researchers-enhance-quantum-encryption-using-the-talbot-effect/?redirpost=cea7aa5c-4034-412d-a462-282f64cdcb18
#technology #quantumencryption #quantumkeydistribution #talboteffect
The competition is lined up & ready to profit.
"K-Sure provides $1 billion in pre-emptive financing to #Romania"
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO #Oil #Korea #Weapons
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/04/01/Ksure-financing-romania/2001775053306/
Samsung Galaxy Buds4 Pro: A Comprehensive Review of Premium Audio
📰 Original title: Samsung Galaxy Buds4 Pro Review Malaysia: Should You Buy?
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/samsung-galaxy-buds4-pro-a-comprehensive-review-of-premium-audio/?redirpost=def1ebe4-8a36-4cce-ab99-fd6f16def0af
Cameo integrates with TikTok to simplify celebrity video requests
📰 Original title: Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/cameo-integrates-with-tiktok-to-simplify-celebrity-video-requests/?redirpost=043398e4-ec8e-489a-92c3-0229dca21e2d
#palantir
The mechanism is straightforward & worth understanding. As AI automates the cognitive, analytical, and communications work that college educated professionals have built careers around, those white collar jobs shrink in value and number. The people most exposed are educated women who vote Democrat. Meanwhile, trade and vocational workers, the plumbers, electricians, and machinists who lean Republican and male, become harder to replace with software. Karp isn't just predicting this shift. He is building the technology that accelerates it, cashing Pentagon checks along the way, and calling it patriotism.
#democracy #politics #tech #technology
We are watching a tiny class of AI billionaires reshape society, redistribute political power, and embed themselves into government infrastructure without a single vote being cast. Even Palantir's own head of communications called the company's political drift "concerning."
#taxtherich #regulation #law
The solution is not complicated: tax these people aggressively, break up these contracts, and demand democratic oversight of AI before the architecture of our entire society gets quietly handed over to a few unelected men with god complexes and government clearances.
Here is the @guardian take
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/14/palantir-ai-marco-rubio-afghanistan-katy-perry
Students Are Hiring Smart Glasses to Cheat on Their Exams https://petapixel.com/2026/04/01/students-are-hiring-smart-glasses-to-cheat-on-their-exams/ #smartglasses #Technology #metarayban #cheating #students #china #News
📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp
“Join us tomorrow for “The Political Economy of Low-Wage Worker Datafication” with Seema N. Patel of University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings).
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
12:10–1:30 ...”
https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3mhqqemkdw22a
Just pushed a new layer into PH4NTXM: Ghost Net Stack 👻
This module dynamically mutates the network surface per session — spawning ephemeral interfaces, randomized bridges, and persona-aligned MAC identities.
No persistence. No predictable topology. No stable fingerprint.
Each boot ≠ the previous one.
Each persona ≠ the same network behavior.
From dummy links to veth pairs and ghost bridges, the system simulates believable, noisy environments instead of clean, forensic-friendly ones.
Goal: break assumptions.
Effect: blur host identity at the network layer.
PH4NTXM is not just an OS.
It's a moving target.
#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology
🧵 1/x
A thread about my game dev years (late 1980s - late 1990s)…
Our small Dutch dev team's name was initially Soft Eyes. An Amiga shooter titled Venom Wing was our first internationally distributed game, published by the British Thalamus in 1990. I made part of the graphics.
Downloads and more: https://linksta.cc/@seven ➔ Team Hoi
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #IT #tech #technology #design #artwork #art #artist
🧵 Game dev years, 3/x
Our composer Ramon Braumuller's four-channel title track for the Venom Wing Amiga game, published by Thalamus in 1990. The repeating track was made in our own SIDmon Amiga music editor.
Downloads + more: https://linksta.cc/@seven ➔ Team Hoi
#TeamHoi #chiptune #music #ElectronicMusic #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #computing #IT #tech #technology #vintage #digital #DigitalArt
🧵 Game dev years, 4/x
Following Venom Wing in 1990, our next major project was an Amiga platform game called Hoi. I penned down preliminary ideas and sketches in a ruled notebook.
#TeamHoi #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #drawing #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #tech #technology #vintage #sketch #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
🧵 Game dev years, 9/x
Our 1992 Amiga platform game Hoi ranked at number 2 in the charts of the British Amiga Mania magazine, above Rainbow Islands (Bubble Bobble 2) and Rick Dangerous.
Downloads + more: https://linksta.cc/@seven ➔ Team Hoi
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #computer #computers #computing #IT #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital
🧵 Game dev years, 10/x
The British Amiga Action magazine stitched together screenshots of our 1992 Amiga platform game Hoi into a partial map. 😃
Downloads + more: https://linksta.cc/@seven ➔ Team Hoi
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #computer #computers #computing #IT #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork
🧵 Game dev years, 21/x
Our 1994 Clockwiser puzzle game on the cover CD-ROM of Amiga CD32 Gamer magazine. I've photographed the CD-ROM on top of the contents page.
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #computing #IT #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #design #artwork #GraphicDesign
🧵 Game dev years, 26/x
Our composer Ramon Braumuller's thumping Techno track for world 3 of our 1997 Moon Child Windows game, larded with sounds from Ramon's Roland TB-303.
In this world, Moon Child flies through a futuristic fortress with a jetpack, shooting his way across enemies and obstacles.
#ElectronicMusic #music #techno #dance #windows #TeamHoi #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #tech #technology
Artists Explore the Future of Luxury and Comfort in Lexus LS Concepts
📰 Original title: Lexus LS Reimagined by Artists as a Vision of Future Luxury Mobility
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/artists-explore-the-future-of-luxury-and-comfort-in-lexus-ls-concepts/?redirpost=7691a7be-1e15-45a8-b4a4-edb9a56d56b2
🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Lawmakers in California voted to audit the operation of joint intelligence centers, citing S.T.O.P.'s "Deportation Data Centers" report on data-sharing practices between ICE and fusion centers.
Read more.
https://calma...”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mibyviuedk2c
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Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance
"In the pandemic’s bewildering early days, millions worldwide believed government officials who said they needed confidential data for new tech tools that could help stop coronavirus’ spread. In return, governments got a firehose of individuals’ private health details, photographs that captured their facial measurements and their home addresses.
Now, from Beijing to Jerusalem to Hyderabad, India, and Perth, Australia, The Associated Press has found that authorities used these technologies and data to halt travel for activists and ordinary people, harass marginalized communities and link people’s health information to other surveillance and law enforcement tools. In some cases, data was shared with spy agencies."
#surveillance #Covid19 #Autoritarisierung #Pandemie #Digitalisierung #Corona #antireport #Überwachung #DigitaleTransformation #Technology #Tech #SurveillanceCapitalism
Claude Code lets you hatch "buddies". I wonder how many trees will be burned and how much water will be evaporated just to hatch these 😂. #ai #claude #claudecode #llm #sustainability #technology
Insightful video. Regardless of your stand on LLMs you will learn a lot from analyzing this vid.
The truth about LLMs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8HBj8QAbk
#LLM #AI #slop #enshittification #programming #large #language #model #technology #hidden #whistleblower #insightful
`lsof -i`
# display ports connected to the internet
#Networking #ports #lsof #Linux #csh #ksh #bash #zsh #sh #fish #programming #opensource #Technology #mathematics
Uber Expands Driverless Robotaxi Services in Dubai and Boosts Investment in WeRide
📰 Original title: Uber increases stake in WeRide as robotaxi partnership ramps up in Dubai
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/uber-expands-driverless-robotaxi-services-in-dubai-and-boosts-investment-in-weride/?redirpost=2d207f0d-87df-4d09-9b42-dec353ed15a3
Is AI Messing With Your Reality? The Battle Between Truth & Lies!
Article:
https://www.listentoyourmuse.com/communication-and-information
Visit the website
https://lnkd.in/dVfnG9pE
#fakenews #techforgood #tech4good #b2b #b2bmarketing #aiforbusiness
#newsletter #muse #listentoyourmuse #technology #technologynews
Really???
"Markets cheer as Trump threatens to abandon Iran war, but Jamie Dimon sides with allies: ‘Win this thing and clean up the straits’"
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #Hybrid #Iraq #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO #Oil #Escalation #Retreat #Defeat
https://fortune.com/2026/03/31/nasdaq-sp-rally-iran-war-trump-strait-hormuz-gas-prices-crude-oil/
📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp
“Read ISP fellow Sandra Ristovska's op-ed in The Boston Globe: "The Problem with Police Body Cameras"
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/opinion/police-body-camera-court-evidence/”
https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3mhixjnrb2c2e
Meteorology
Current weather in Donderskamp SR SA with the infinite power of wttr.in & the grace of lolcat(6) 🏳️🌈 wttr curl(1) & {ba{c{k{z{fi}}}}}sh
$ curl -v wttr.in/donderskamp|lolcat
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:05 --:--:-- 0* Host wttr.in:80 was resolved.
`/"".-. Light rain shower
,_( ). +26(30) °C
/(() ↙ 17 km/h
‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 10 km
‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 1.2 mm
You should repeat the request with an interval of 8 then 60 secs when the server sends and empty response to curl, watch the LOG!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Bash
https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat
Z
#Weather #wttr #lolcat #curl #bash #csk #ksh #zsh #sh #fish #meteorology #environment #Physics #Chemistry #Mathematics #Lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #programming #POSIX
📰 New Post From The SeerOfSouls Blog 📰
Cliff’s Notes 2026: Episode Five
https://www.seerofsouls.com/cliffs-notes-2026-episode-five/
Associated Mastodon Account: @Cliff
#Tech #Technology #AllThingsTech #SeerOfSouls #Blog #Blogging #Blogger #Author #Writer #WordPress
Recovering from Ransomware Attacks: What You Need to Know. A recent Cook County divorce case highlights the devastating consequences of inadequate cybersecurity on high-net-worth individuals. Without proper protection, financial evidence can be lost, sanctions imposed, and even judgments rendered against you. Learn how to prevent such disasters in our latest blog post featuring a detailed recovery case study.
#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology
🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/69usci
[#TRADESHOW] #Security #China 2026 – China #International #Exhibition on #Public #Safety and Security will be held from November 3 to 6, 2026, at China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall), #Beijing. As one of China’s most #influential #events dedicated to public safety, #intelligent security #technologies, and #digital #governance, the #expo brings together #government authorities, #industry #leaders, and #global #technology #providers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/security-china-2026-china-international-exhibition-on-public-safety-and-security/
The Guardian | MacBook Neo review: the budget Apple laptop powered by an iPhone chip by Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor
Snappy performance, high-quality screen, best-in-class keyboard and trackpad show cheaper can still be great
Apple’s brand new entry-level laptop is powered by the chip from an iPhone and offers more than just the essential MacBook experience for a great price, putting the PC industry on notice.
The MacBook Neo is the first of its kind from Apple. A 13in laptop that runs on an A18 Pro chip and brings the starting price for a brand new MacBook down to £599 (€699/$599/A$899) – £500 or the equivalent less than the MacBook Air.
Continue reading...
Supply chain attacks have become increasingly common, with 45% of organizations worldwide falling victim to software supply chain hacks in 2024. The average cost of a breach? A staggering $4.76 million. What's driving this trend? A critical gap in security that leaves companies vulnerable to cargo hijacking and compliance havoc.
#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology
🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/65r2nc
@gamesthatwerent Thanks for the boost and faves, appreciated. The demo of the never-finished AGA Amiga version of Moon Child can be downloaded here, along with many screenshots, videos, music and more:
https://archive.org/download/MoonChildGame
#TeamHoi #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #16bit #commodore #amiga #computing #IT #1980s #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt
🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Lawmakers in California voted to audit the operation of joint intelligence centers, citing S.T.O.P.'s "Deportation Data Centers" report on data-sharing practices between ICE and fusion centers.
Read more.
https://calma...”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mibyvs4b3k2c
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New York Times Cuts Ties with Book Review Writer Over AI Use
The New York Times has cut ties with a freelancer after the paper discovered he used AI to…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #THENEWYORKTIMES #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/504197/
I guess an introduction is in order? I make #music, been known to write, a podcasting pioneer you never heard off. I like #movies, #TV, #videogames, #anime, #computers, and #technology. Worked in factories, loading docks, customer service centers, retail stores, and even did a spell as a programer for a tech start-up. Generally too tired to cause much trouble these days.
Here's one of my songs to check out if you're so inclined:
https://youtu.be/oq0ADY5Ni9I
You Posted It Publicly, So Who…Or What…Gets to Read It?
There is an important distinction between objecting to your content being used to train an AI/LLM, and for one to process your content. Blurring that distinction does nobody […]
#copyright #social-media #ai-ml #technology
https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/you-posted-it-publicly-so-who-or-what-gets-to-read-it.html
Bluesky recently launched an AI assistant named Attie, which allows people to create their own custom feeds. It’s also creating a heavy dose of pushback from Bluesky’s AI-skeptical userbase. The only account that’s been blocked more is J.D. Vance’s. Read more, including Bluesky's take on the product launch, from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #SocialMedia #Bluesky #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
An old saying from my grandparents that went, "Not all that glitters is gold," can be perfectly applied to technology, especially the internet and social media. In fact, I'd say that nowadays almost everything is shit Especially digital activism, which from afar smells of business dealings as dirty as all the others out there. And I say this because of the fundamentalism and fanaticism with which more and more people are advocating for their preferred software or against the one they don't like.
I don't let anyone tell me what device I'm going to use, what operating system, or what application, nor am I going to tell anyone what to do.
Do you like Macbooks or iPhones? Do you use Windows? Do you like Linux? Are you an Ubuntu or Fedora user? Do you prefer Android?
In my previous jobs I learned that if a government wants to find and spy on you, it will do so anyway, no matter what the hell you use. If they can remove a president from his own country they'll find you however they want, and they'll grease your ass with oil if they want to.
Use whatever you want or whatever works well for you. For the past 36 years I've owned many computers and phones, and they're all pretty much the same.What matters is what you do with them.
I have one laptop and one desktop, both running Arch. But if I had more computers I would install Debian, Fedora, etc. on them. I work and have fun with the machines. I think it's great that there are many Linux desktops and many distros, that there are iPhones and Android, Windows, BSD, Unix, and there should be more different things.
#computing #operatingsystem #apple #windows #linux #android #technology
If you’ve been looking for a way to customize your BlueSky feed, there’s “a very people-focused” AI app for that. Introducing Attie, an AI assistant that allows you to create custom feeds, design your own algorithms, and, one day, vibe code your own app. Here’s more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #BlueSky #Technology #Apps #ArtificialIntelligence
John Deere's Austin testing center brings new tech to farming
New tech for farmers takes a foothold in rural Austin, Texas.
The John Deere company opened a new testing site in late 2022 and are working with local farmers to bring new technology to the agriculture industry.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/john-deeres-austin-testing-center-brings-new-tech-to-farming/
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/tFf475Vbp4zD7vBhJJi6i9
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_signal_116319663492147014_en)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2026/amd-ryzen-ai-pro-400-series-cpus-deliver-advanced-ai-for-desktops.html")
AMD's desktop AI acceleration push transforms "AI PC" from marketing term to foundational platform requirement.
#technology #war #artificialintelligence #software #pcgaming
Popped onto BBC Radio Bristol this morning to chat to John Darvall about where the data on your smartphone goes and if it's safe, following the news that Lord Mandelson has been ordered to turn over his personal phone to the government.
Listen from 53:41 🎧🎙️:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002t04d
#cybersecurity #smartphone #iPhone #dataprivacy #iCloud #WhatsApp #technology #analysis #technews
📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp
“New forthcoming publication by ISP Fellow Claudia Haupt: “Misplaced Trust in Artificial Professional Advice,” in the Boston University School of Law Journal of Science & Technology Law (JoSTL).
https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3mhbkaxzcc22t
Researchers Come Up With Foolproof Method to Certify Real Photos https://petapixel.com/2026/03/30/researchers-come-up-with-foolproof-method-to-certify-real-photos/ #contentauthenticityiniative #cryptographic #Technology #authentic #deepfake #research #genai #News #C2PA
Bluesky's new service isn't about AI; it's about accessibility. #Technology https://werd.io/bluesky-leans-into-ai-with-attie-an-app-for-building-custom-feeds/
AI Survey Exaggerates Apocalyptic Risks A speculative survey about AI’s future may have been biased toward an alarmist perspective https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-survey-exaggerates-apocalyptic-risks/ #PostSapiens #artificialintelligence #technology
Don't let your APIs and web services become an open door for malicious activity. A recent breach exposed over 5 million records, revealing how vulnerable they can be. Learn insider secrets on securing high-profile client-facing applications to protect sensitive data and prevent similar incidents.
#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology
🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/ktx5y7
Don't let AI governance failures hold you back from innovation. The EU's AI Act brings comprehensive legislation to the table, but compliance can be a minefield. Understand the risks and takeaways: classify AI systems into four tiers, avoid "unacceptable risk" categories, and face potential bans. Secure your business within 30 days of non-compliance or risk devastating consequences.
#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology
🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/l73yan
Apple markets itself as the most secure consumer platform. That reputation makes its users the easiest targets.
Most people trust the ecosystem blindly. They never configure FileVault properly, never think about what Pegasus-level spyware can do to a fully updated iPhone, and never question whether their iCloud backup undoes their encryption entirely.
"Comprehensive Guide to iOS and Mac Security" covers what Apple does not tell you. Biometric security, encryption, spyware defense, hardware-level protections introduced by Apple Silicon, startup process monitoring with tools like KnockKnock and BlockBlock, firewall management, and application hygiene — with hands-on exercises and real-world threat analysis, not just theory.
Whether you are a casual user wanting better privacy or a professional hardening your own devices, this is the resource that fills the gap.
https://infosecpress.com/books/comprehensive-guide-to-ios-and-mac-security/
#cybersecurity #infosec #technology #apple #ios #iphone #mac #ipad #malware #pegasus
Your ads deserve better than blending into the feed ⚡️📲
Read more: https://flip.it/B5hp7p
#marketing #digitalmarketing #tech #technology #socialmedia #socialmediaads #advertising #advertisement #business #businesstips
[#TRADESHOW] #WATERTECH #CHINA 2026 will be held from June 9 to 11, 2026, at National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#NECC) in #Shanghai. As a #leading water #industry #trade #expo focused on #process water, #drinking #water, and #wastewater treatment, the #event serves as a major #B2B #platform for #technology #sourcing, #supplier #discovery, and #international #business #exchange. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/watertech-china-2026/
This is the standard config of cooling on the Pi5. I wanted more so I got myself a much better cooling system. Instead of one Al cooling arry, all of my IC's, not just the SOC are cooled making contact with a full cooling block of solid Al, on top of the block this is a high performace fan with ball bearings, not sleeve bearings which have a longer MTBF. The block alone with the contacts on the IC's is so effecient that on light loads the fan can even stop running.
The cooling system has space for m.2 2080 SSD controllers with multiple SSD's, which one other reason why I bought it. I want m.2 SSD speed instead of microSD speed (which is nice)
#Pi5 #SBC #Raspberry #Pie #Single #Board #technology #Computer #hardware #cooling #thermal #management #temperature #Celcius
[#TRADESHOW] The 25th #Shanghai #International #Lubricants and #Technology #Exhibition (Inter #Lubric #China) will be held from June 9 to 11, 2026, at Shanghai New International #Expo #Center. As a #leading lubricants #trade #exhibition in China, the #event serves the lubricants, #greases, #metalworking #fluids, and #surface #cleaning technology #sectors, bringing together #suppliers, #manufacturers, #business, and #distributors across the full #ValueChain. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/25th-shanghai-international-lubricants-and-technology-exhibition-inter-lubric-china-2026/
📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp
“Read ISP fellow Madhavi Singh's forthcoming article in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review: "A Roadmap for a Monopolization Case Against Google: Monopsony Power and AI Overviews"
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/paper...”
https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3mhben7l2f22i
Endianness describes how a system orders bytes in memory, and it is a core concept in computer science that affects data encoding, processor design, and cross-platform compatibility.
Here is the difference between little-endian vs. big-endian 😎👇
Find high-res pdf ebooks with all my technology related infographics at https://study-notes.org
#computerscience #operatingsystem #technology #networkengineer #networking
Introducing PH4NTXM Lone Wolf Firewall Guard.
A runtime integrity loop for lonewolf mode that continuously verifies the nftables ruleset and restores it instantly if any deviation is detected.
On tamper, change, addition, or even a single drift on rules:
• ruleset is reloaded
• connection tracking is flushed
• all existing flows are terminated
No persistence. No drift. No second chances.
Designed under one assumption:
compromise is inevitable — enforcement must be continuous.
#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology
Europaweiter Zugriff auf deutsche Patientendaten?
Bislang können Patienten in Deutschland der Einrichtung einer elektronischen Patientenakte widersprechen. Eine neue EU-Verordnung könnte dieses Recht SWR-Recherchen zufolge aushebeln. Datenschützer warnen…..
#Datenschutz #ePA #Privacy #EU #Europe #Daten #Data #Gesundheit #Digitalisierung #Technology
Die nahe Zukunft erscheint als Cyberpunk-Dystopie, nur ohne die coole Ästhetik sondern im Grauen Überwachungskapitalismus des Spätanthropozäns.
Überlegen wir uns lieber bessere Ideen wie wir leben wollen und wie wir diese Ideen umsetzen können, anstatt so etwas abzuwarten.
"Forscher:innen aus Italien ist es gelungen, Menschen in WLAN-Feldern biometrisch zu identifizieren – und das auch, wenn diese keine Gadgets wie ein Smartphone bei sich hatten. Das eigens entwickelte System Whofi hat eine Trefferquote von 95,5 Prozent.
Die feinen Veränderungen, die menschliche Körper verursachen, wenn sie WLAN-Signale durchqueren erwiesen sich laut den Forscher:innen als so individuell, dass damit einzelne Personen identifiziert werden konnten. Ein neuronales Netzwerk war dann in der Lage, ein personenspezifisches Profil aus den vorhandenen Daten zu erstellen – und die Signaturen mit vorhandenen Personenprofilen zu vergleichen.
[...]
Ob und wann Whofi in entsprechenden Sicherheits- oder Smarthome-Anwendungen zum Einsatz kommt, ist unklar. Klar ist derweil, dass künftig ein Verzicht auf Smartphone und Co nicht mehr vor der Erstellung eines Bewegungsprofils schützen dürfte."
Algorithmen auf Streife: Bremens Straßenbahnen werden zur KI-Überwachungszone
Mit #AI-Watch führt die #BSAG eine Echtzeit-Analyse von Fahrgästen ein. Was als Sicherheitsgewinn verkauft wird, markiert eine neue Stufe der #Videoüberwachung….
These guys were the wrong CEOs not because they're not ready to manage "the next wave" (powered by AI) but because they believe all the hype about AI improving business productivity.
Based on chip production, water availability, electric grid capacity, and local political pushback, all current projections for the growth trend of AI (specifically measured in terms of data center lives) estimate a Peak Data Center/Peak AI point will be reached sometime in the early 2030s.
That's not a great trend line on which to anchor a company's financial future.
#ai #economy #technology #business #datacenters #environment #leadership
Völlig vorhersehbar versucht die autoritäre EU-Kommission die "digitalen Identitäten" in das Überwachungswerkzeug zu verwandeln, dass sie wohl auch von Anfang an sein sollten.
Vermeintliche Eingrenzungen der Überwachungspotenziale, die bei der Einführung von #eIDAS vom EU-Parlament beschlossen wurden, stellen sich ganz offensichtlich als lächerliche Farce heraus, die die Kommission leicht umgehen kann, um ein Kontrollwerkzeug ganz im Sinne von Konzernen und staatlicher Repression zu erhalten.
#Überwachung #EU #Datenschutz #Datensicherheit #Privacy #Technology #Europe #Überwachungskapitalismus
Auch zu "digitalen Identitäten" (aber nicht nur) passt dieser allgemein ganz lesenswerte Text über digitale Kontrollgesellschaften (wie sie auch die EU gerade auf- und ausbaut)
The Enclosure of Information: Alternative Data, Bossware, and the Societies of Control
Auszug:
"If the enclosure of land led to peasant revolts, what forms of resistance might emerge against the enclosure of data? The answer is uncertain, but one thing is clear: the commodification of information serves only to reinforce class hierarchies. As financial elites manipulate alternative data for speculative gain and employers use bossware to extract ever more surplus-value, the question we must ask is not merely how to regulate these practices, but how to dismantle the very system that enables them. A society built on the enclosure of knowledge is not a free society. It is a society of control, and it is time to resist."
PH4NTXM RAM Seeding Engine Update:
We’ve been refining how synthetic memory artifacts behave under analysis.
Earlier versions produced clean, easily identifiable markers (e.g. ELF, HTTP, SSH) with visible padding — useful, but unrealistic under scrutiny.
Now:
• Injected patterns are entropy-blended
• Boundaries between data and noise are broken
• Strings are partially preserved, partially corrupted
• Memory dumps resemble organic process residue rather than structured inserts
Result:
Traditional tools like strings and pattern-based grepping become significantly less reliable — output is fragmented, inconsistent, and closer to real-world memory conditions.
We’re not trying to hide data — we’re trying to make synthetic memory indistinguishable from naturally occurring noise.
#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology
Reading about cybersecurity and doing cybersecurity are two completely different things.
You can memorize every concept and still freeze when faced with a real system. Knowledge without practice is just theory.
Vulnerable VMs fix that. Platforms like VulnHub and VulNyx put you in controlled environments where you can break things, fail, and learn why without consequences.
🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“"The Trump administration is now using America’s airports as a space for authoritarian training and conditioning."
Read more.
https://www.salon.com/2026/03/26/ice-at-the-airport-is-just-the-beginning/”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mhxutihg4k2u
🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.
Catching up with some of the news coming out of the Atmosphere conference.
"With Attie, anyone will be able to build their own custom feed just by typing in commands in natural language, the same as if they’re chatting with any other AI chatbot."
I'm guessing NFT profile pictures are next?
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/bluesky-leans-into-ai-with-attie-an-app-for-building-custom-feeds/
#news #technology #TechNews #atmosphere #ATProto #bluesky #AI #LLMs
The #HongKong #Trade #Development #Council (#HKTDC) has expressed support for the 2026-27 Budget presented by the Financial Secretary of the #HKSAR. The #budget outlines measures to strengthen #HK’s position as an #international centre for #finance, #trade, #shipping, and #innovation and #technology (I&T). It aligns with #China’s 15th Five-Year #Plan, aiming to help #businesses #integrate into national #development and seize #global #opportunities. https://cnbusinessforum.com/hong-kong-budget-2026-27-aims-to-boost-trade-and-innovation-amid-national-five-year-plan/
[#TRADESHOW] #Security #China 2026 – China #International #Exhibition on #Public #Safety and Security will be held from November 3 to 6, 2026, at China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall), #Beijing. As one of China’s most #influential #events dedicated to public safety, #intelligent security #technologies, and #digital #governance, the #expo brings together #government authorities, #industry #leaders, and #global #technology #providers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/security-china-2026-china-international-exhibition-on-public-safety-and-security/
[#TRADESHOW] #World #Irrigation #Technology #Conference & #China #International Irrigation Technology #Exhibition 2026 will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2026, at China National #Convention #Center (#CNCC) in #Beijing. As a premier #global #platform #expo dedicated to irrigation technology and #smart #agriculture, the #event brings together #leading #innovators across the entire agricultural #water #management and #digital #farming #ValueChain. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/world-irrigation-technology-conference-china-international-irrigation-technology-exhibition-2026/
Muse™ - Imagine How AI is changing our world
#techforgood #tech4good #b2b #b2bmarketing #aiforbusiness
#newsletter #muse #listentoyourmuse #technology #technologynews
You haven’t lived until you’ve walked down the street with a boombox on your shoulder. Or banged out a resume on a typewriter. Or recorded music from the radio on a cassette tape (Shh, that was illegal, or so we were told). Retro tech is making a comeback. Find out how you can get in on it from @Techcrunch:
📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp
“ISP Fellow Christoph Busch publishes about:
"Enabling Innovation and Protecting Consumers in the Agentic Economy: Why the Digital Fairness Act Should Regulate Agentic AI" - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstra...”
https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3mgx6dyvjus24
We obsess over system uptime. But what about our own?
76% of cybersecurity professionals deal with work-related stress and physical health issues. Most of us treat it like a badge of honor instead of a warning sign.
Hours of screen time, sedentary work, chronic stress, and broken sleep schedules take a real toll. And the field never slows down long enough for you to recover.
Cybersecurity is a marathon. Your health is the one asset you cannot patch after it fails.
"Cyber Health: A Guide to Preventing Occupational Diseases in Cybersecurity Professionals" is an evidence-based, infosec-specific guide developed with occupational health specialists.
Practical strategies for vision, sleep, stress, ergonomics, and long-term career sustainability.
$4.99.
https://cybercraftstore.gumroad.com/l/cyber-health-guide
#cybersecurity #infoSec #ai #aislop #malware #education #technology
🐺 Lonewolf Mode: When the wire stops making sense.
Ran the same system, same environment… different execution mode.
The Network Forensics (p0f) verdict?
→ OS: ???
→ dist: 0
→ params: none
No guess. No fallback. Just… unknown.
Same hardware. Same stack. Same connectivity.
But this time, the network behavior doesn’t line up with anything in its signature database.
Not legacy. Not modern. Not even “generic”.
Just something it can’t classify.
On the wire, we’re no longer a system—
we’re an anomaly.
PH4NTXM OS — sometimes you’re a fossil… sometimes you’re a ghost.
#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology