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The purpose of this account isnât to dogpile whatâs being posted here, or to dunk on the internet, but to highlight serious privacy and security issues + bad laws, with of course some funny things. If you have any suggestions please DM.
over 1 year ago
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Ken Tindell
4 days ago
Things connected to the Internet stop working when their servers stop working, Part #132234 in a series of â.
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Cyberattack leaves Maine drivers with breathalyzer test systems unable to start vehicles
A cyberattack has shut down a nationwide breathalyzer test system found in vehicles of OUI offenders, impacting drivers in Maine.
https://wgme.com/news/local/cyberattack-leaves-maine-drivers-with-breathalyzer-test-systems-unable-to-start-vehicles-oui-intoxalock
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Barry Dorrans
4 days ago
All fellow UniFi users should update their network application tonight.
community.ui.com/releases/Sec...
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https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-062-062/c29719c0-405e-4d4a-8f26-e343e99f931b
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Brian Barrett
5 days ago
Less than five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg was so committed to the metaverse that he renamed his whole company after it. Anyways hereâs
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Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest
Metaâs flailing virtual reality social experience is being discontinued in June. It's part of Metaâs broader moves to slim down the business that became its namesake.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-shutting-down-horizon-worlds-on-meta-quest/
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Samuel
5 days ago
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Ryan Mac đ
10 days ago
In case youâre wondering how his night is going, Musk is currently reposting Grok AI videos made by his fans including one of him kissing a random woman
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"AG Paxton alleged that Samsung uses automated content recognition (ACR) technology, which can capture hundreds of images of whatâs on your TV screen each minute, without first obtaining Texansâ expressed, informed consent."
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11 days ago
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Barry Dorrans
12 days ago
Oh no who could have foreseen this?
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Boom in illegal porn sites following Online Safety Act age verifications | LBC
Data seen by LBC shows a big spike in internet traffic to porn sites operating without mandatory age verification checks.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/sex-offenders-warning-amid-boom-illegal-porn-sites-5HjdW54_2/
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"AG Paxton alleged that Samsung uses automated content recognition (ACR) technology, which can capture hundreds of images of whatâs on your TV screen each minute, without first obtaining Texansâ expressed, informed consent."
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11 days ago
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WIRED
17 days ago
In 2023, OpenAIâs usage policy explicitly banned the military from accessing its AI models. But some OpenAI employees discovered the Pentagon had already started experimenting with Azure OpenAI, a version of OpenAIâs models offered by Microsoft, sources say.
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OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway
Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoftâs version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-defense-department-ban-military-use-microsoft/
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Andy Greenberg
17 days ago
Hacking internet-connected civilian security cameras for recon has become a standard operating procedure of modern warfare. First for Russia and Ukraine, now for Israel and Iran. Your insecure internet-of-things surveillance system is now their targeting system.
www.wired.com/story/from-u...
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From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of Warâs âPlaybookâ
New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick...
https://www.wired.com/story/from-ukraine-to-iran-hacking-security-cameras-is-now-part-of-wars-playbook/
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Ben McCarthy
18 days ago
Toe the party line
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Ryan Mac đ
20 days ago
Jack Dorsey really is trying to do everything like Elon Musk
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George Pearkes
23 days ago
âWe put them in our agreementâ means there are no restrictions in the underlying models, unlike Anthropic, and youâre relying on *checks notes* the Trump administration to hold to this. So. Yeah.
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This is just more proof the world should be pushing harder for data sovereignty.
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26 days ago
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Justin Hendrix
26 days ago
"President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters that such efforts could interfere with artificial intelligence-related services."
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Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives
An internal diplomatic cable said such efforts could interfere with AI-related services.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-orders-diplomats-fight-data-sovereignty-initiatives-2026-02-25/
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Ryan Mac đ
26 days ago
An eye-opening story from
@ering.bsky.social
and Karen Weise on how Jeffrey Epstein worked his way into the inner sanctum of Microsoft's C-suite
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...
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How Jeffrey Epstein Ingratiated Himself With Top Microsoft Executives
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/technology/jeffrey-epstein-microsoft-executives.html
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Jason Koebler
about 1 month ago
Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
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Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand âSearch Partyâ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is âfirst for finding dogs,â indicating a plan to expand.
https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/
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Senator Ron Wyden
about 1 month ago
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and itâs one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Hereâs to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
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Garrett M. Graff
about 1 month ago
When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here itâs not just a huge scandal, itâs dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
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The Verge
about 1 month ago
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
https://buff.ly/EfAgKAS
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Kylie Cheung
about 2 months ago
they're trying to be coy about salivating over the prospect of raping women, they'll contest that but if pushed to explain, that's exactly what they would describe. forced pregnancy of any kind, by a man or by the state, is gender-based violence
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Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/notepad-says-chinese-government-hackers-hijacked-its-software-updates-for-months/
about 2 months ago
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Josh
about 2 months ago
My email is being spammed with activation requests because zendesk wonât fix their vulnerability. How is Zendesk not being punished by email providers over this?
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Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/notepad-says-chinese-government-hackers-hijacked-its-software-updates-for-months/
about 2 months ago
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it would be really nice for colleges to learn AI "detection" tools don't work.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
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To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI âhumanizerâ programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/college-students-ai-cheating-detectors-humanizers-rcna253878
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
This Doesn't Get Used Unless All Parties Involved Are Using Proton And Therefore Means Nothing In 99% Of Cases So User Is Still Correct.
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Zack Whittaker
2 months ago
Betterment was hacked and users' personal data compromised, but you might not know it because the company hid its data breach notice with a "noindex" tag in its web page source code. This tells search engines to ignore the page so people won't see it in search results.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/f...
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Jeff Wilcox
3 months ago
Apple HomeKit summarized in two screenshots
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Fake whistleblower used Gemini to generate fake documents (including a fake Uber Eats employee badge) in an effort to trick journalists.
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A âwhistleblowerâ tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
https://www.platformer.news/fake-uber-eats-whisleblower-hoax-debunked/
2 months ago
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Ryan Mac đ
3 months ago
tfw you have dinner with someone you've said is in the Epstein files
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Arin Arcady
3 months ago
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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Nick Kodama
3 months ago
Director of the CIA is in the room but you have OSINTdefender's twitter page up on the screen
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
3 months ago
The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: âexperience matters when lives are at stakeâ
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Ryan Mac đ
3 months ago
she's 18
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this has been updated to include photos, files, flight details and other records. it's really well done.
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3 months ago
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index
3 months ago
i wonder
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amos
3 months ago
GitHub Actions charging per build minute for *self-hosted-runners*? Shit's about to hit the fan lol
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max đ
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Cloudflare is down, in yet another example of why 5 companies should not control the internet.
4 months ago
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Matthewăăă
7 months ago
Itâs 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4
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Charlie Warzel
4 months ago
omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25
jmail.world
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Jmail, logged in as
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You are logged into
[email protected]
, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
https://jmail.world/
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Jason Koebler
4 months ago
it's enjoyable. i'm enjoying it
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
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Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-could-drink-piss-better-than-any-human-in-history-grok-says/
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RandallMakArt
4 months ago
when will the lesson finally get learned?
#cloudflare
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Aaron Rupar
4 months ago
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
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Aaron Zamost
4 months ago
Fantastic ad placement in the NYT. đ¨âđłđ
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Tom Sherman
4 months ago
Down detector is down because it can't verify that I'm human because Cloudflare is down
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Cloudflare is down, in yet another example of why 5 companies should not control the internet.
4 months ago
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Ben Litherland
5 months ago
The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
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