Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

Let's see if I can say this gently, so that nobody will get their knickers in a knot:

Hey anybody working in cybersecurity, wannabe-peer and queer American dude speaking!

Cops are an APT.
Republicans are an APT.
The cop in your heart is an APT.

Who are you really working for?

What are you securing?

Why?

Morgenochtend 10u in #DenHaag gaan mensen van uiteenlopend politiek pluimage tegen het nieuwe, extreemrechtse kabinet demonstreren! Voor veel mensen eigenlijk wel erg laat, want ik zelf en mijn antifascistische kameraden demonstreren al sinds mensenheugenis tegen #extreemrechts (en sinds 22/11 tegen dit aankomende kabinet). Maar goed, no bad feelings verder; we gaan er een goede demonstratie van maken met z'n allen! 🪧

Wel één advies voor mensen die niet zo vaak op demonstraties komen: PRAAT NIET met #Powned, #Bender, #UP! Network en #OngehoordNederland! Dit is geen legitieme pers! Het enige wat ze doen is hun items zo verknippen, dat het binnen hun extreemrechtse narratief valt. Een betere term voor deze lui is #haatentertainment. Je hoeft ze niet te slaan, maar wel negeren en als ze echt lastig worden, ze met zachte hand uit de demonstratie verwijderen. Veel succes!

🌐 h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶w̶w̶w̶.̶g̶l̶o̶b̶a̶l̶i̶n̶f̶o̶.̶n̶l̶/̶n̶i̶e̶u̶w̶s̶/̶2̶-̶j̶u̶l̶i̶-̶t̶e̶g̶e̶n̶-̶e̶e̶n̶-̶e̶x̶t̶r̶e̶e̶m̶r̶e̶c̶h̶t̶s̶e̶-̶r̶e̶g̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ https://www.globalinfo.nl/nieuws/2-juli-extreemrechts-begint-te-regeren-en-ons-verzet-daartegen-eveneens/

🗓️ https://events.todon.eu/event/oproep-tot-een-radicaal-antifascistisch-blok-2-juli

🪧 🗓️ https://events.todon.eu/event/2-juli-tegen-een-extreemrechtse-regering

#Schoof #Schoof1 #Bruin1

as a result of the months-long student encampment for palestine at swansea university, the uni has agreed to divest 5 million from barclays bank ❤️💚🤍🖤

when they hold banner drops on the bridge over the big road, all the traffic beeps in support too <3

Innovative use of the GDS Design System 😂

@njion www.vice.com/en/article/y3paxb/3d-printed-blowjob-powered-dildo-keyboard-gagwriter-diy

I swear fedi is the only place on the internet where I regularly see shit like:

"CW: software development, open source, kink, nsfw, drugs"

and I absolutely love it

thinking of how formerly open source corporate like Red Hat or HashiCorp are migrating to more restrictive licenses because they don't want the Big 5 to appropriate their labour, while FOSS people still reject ethical and anti-capitalist licenses in favour of Freedom 0 dogma, even after being repeatedly backstabbed by Apple, Google etc. and after watching their free labour bankroll the likes of Anduril or the IDF.

PSA: how to keep using ublock origin on chrome
a lot of people are using this as an opportunity to switch to firefox, but some people need to keep using chrome for some things, or just prefer it in general. so:

https://gist.github.com/velzie/053ffedeaecea1a801a2769ab86ab376

Adobe is trying to claim right of access to all of your projects for them to use to train their "AI," regardless of things like NDA, meaning that they are willing to violate HIPAA laws, FERPA laws, and any number of binding civil structures:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/06/adobes-new-terms-of-service-unacceptably-gives-them-access-to-all-of-your-projects-for-free

If you're in the US, you can contact the FTC here: https://www.ftc.gov/media/71268
and provide them with this contact information
Adobe
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Tel: 408-536-6000
Fax: 408-537-6000

I don't know the specifics of the process in the EU, but here might be a good place to start:
https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection_en

The cool thing about cracked adobe products is that blocking their access to the internet is usually part of the crack. Piracy and privacy are besties

Wieder mal großartig: #TomGauld

So Microsoft is shipping a new feature in Windows 11 called Recall, which takes screenshots of what the user is doing every few seconds, and then feeds it into OCR.

And I've read a number of people describe it as useless.

But I disagree.

I'm sure plenty of people will find it very handy.

For example, your friendly local law enforcement agents and prosecutors are likely to find a feature like this very useful.

As will the NSA, the other three-letter agencies in the US, and intelligence agencies around the world.

Including the ones in authoritarian states. A couple of back doors, and it will be so much easier keeping track of who's been typing naughty words like "Prigozhin", "Navalny", or "free Hong Kong".

Not in the state surveillance business? No worries!

Assuming this data isn't locked down properly — and we are talking about Microsoft here — it's sure to find plenty of more mundane uses.

Perhaps for bosses who will no longer need to install keyloggers to snoop on their staff.

Or jealous current and former partners.

Mark my words, this poorly-thought-through attempt to shove LLMs in another place they don't belong to temporarily spike Microsoft's share price will find its uses.

And the next computer I get definitely won't be running Windows.

#LLM #AI #GenerativeAI #Microsoft #Recall #Windows #Linux #OpenSource #Infosec #Apple