Bloody Day For Israel With Six Soldiers Killed In Gaza And West Bank (Videos, Photos)
Bloody Day For Israel With Six Soldiers Killed In Gaza And West Bank (Videos, Photos)
Six Israeli soldiers were killed on September 18 in two separate attacks that took place in the occupied West Bank...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
Russia challenges ICAO’s findings on MH17 crash in UN Court of Justice — ministry
Russia challenges ICAO’s findings on MH17 crash in UN Court of Justice — ministry
Russian diplomats also noted that although the tragedy occurred over 11 years ago, "there is still a long way to go in the quest for truth"TASS
Not a canary or anything
we've had enough of those lately and i'm going to miss kimmel.
Texas Man Is Charged With Making Threats Against Mamdani
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Murena launches phone with hardware kill switch
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– A hardware kill switch; disconnected completely the microphone and cameras at the circuit level, leaving nothing open for intrusion.
– A software-based switch, to easily turn off all your radio signals, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC.
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Software, OS support and hardware specs.
Overall it was a fun project which introduced me to the company Pine64, which also makes the Pinetime Watch which I wear every day for the last 3-4 years.
Phone just isn't there for daily usage. Horrible battery life, back then the OS worked but were wonky at best. Maybe things are better now but I wouldn't hold my breath
Niche product, niche price, nice intentions, sure. But if they were going to go for a niche market, they really should have leaned into it.
Things like a headphone jack, removable battery, and not-gigantic display aren't unrealistic beauty standards. They were perfected over a decade ago and still relevant among sub-300 phones from small-time manufacturers.
Also, the modem is the big unauditable black-box component that should have been the subject of the hardware kill switch.
Why won't they just start selling it on local e-shops like MediaMarkt in DACH or Alza in the Slovak and Czech republic?
It'd attract them more customers that (if they'll like the phone) they can sell future phones/products to.
If they want to have reach, they have to be aggressive both with pricing and with availability. I don't care if it is available at a carrier (they are prohibited to carrier lock devices in the EU anyway) or on Amazon, it has to be everywhere to let the public know that they exist.
And then the snowball effect starts to show as more outlets and influencers start to say positive things about the phone.
Simply put, every privacy/Linux phone company sacrifices user's shopping comfort with greediness.
Beijing Prefers Peaceful Reunification with Taiwan But Warns Conventional Arms Are Sufficient
Beijing Prefers Peaceful Reunification with Taiwan But Warns Conventional Arms Are Sufficient
Retired PLA Lieutenant General He Lei said China has enough conventional weapons to resolve the Taiwan issue if necessary, though peaceful reunification remains Beijing’s preferred pathPavel Morozov (Pravda English)
A Reforma Administrativa avança para destruir o Estado brasileiro
A Reforma Administrativa avança para destruir o Estado brasileiro
Em meio a entrevistas concedidas à grande mídia, o relator do GT da Reforma Administrativa divulga a conta gotas possíveis ataques a direitos e ao próprio Estado.jornalofuturo.com.br
How do I turn my Anki deck into multiple choice quiz automatically?
I am trying to study for my Network+, I have an Anki deck I downloaded from the internet that's very helpful, but I have to basically mark down myself which things I'm struggling with. I was wondering if there is a tool available that would automatically turn my deck into a quiz? I do not want to spend a lot of time turning it into a quiz myself, because there is a lot of material. I am okay with using Duck.ai (ChatGPT) for helping me with this, if needed. Just not aware of an easy way to do this.
I'm trying to avoid using non-free sites like Quizlet.
Any help is appreciated!
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Why do you have to mark cards manually? Anki's algorithm already reschedules cards based on what you're struggling with. Additionally the card browser has an ease filter that you can sort by.
How is the quiz you want different than what Anki already provides? Is it that instead of providing the answer from memory, you want to be provided a list of choices? I'd argue if you're studying, it is better to do it the "hard" way by just knowing the answer, and then acing the test since its the easier multiple choice format.
When I did Net+ and then Sec+, most of my questions were formatted this way, but I also manually added the multiple choice questions that were in my study book. For that I listed all the choices in the question field, then just the question and answer in the answer field.
Lastly, this isn't really a Linux question though, as Anki is cross-platform. You may get more response on Anki's forums.
As the other comment says, Anki already changes dynamically so that you study the hard stuff more. Just make sure to mark whether you got the answer and how hard it was to get it.
Now, here’s something that could help you, perhaps more than any multiple choice exam could ever help you with: when studying, make sure to not only blurt the answer but also use elaborative recall. In other words, make an effort to think and do so mindfully (rather than mindlessly).
Why? You learn through effort and through mindfully (and not mindlessly) connecting the new knowledge with what you already know.
You could even structure your elaborative recall through Visible Thinking Routines.
How does that look like?
- You start your study session.
- You get an Anki card.
- You remember this card clearly, and so you say it out loud and then check.
- You get it right. No need for elaborative recall. Better to focus your energy elsewhere.
- You get another Anki card.
- This one’s tough. You’re unsure.
- You say out loud why it could be any of the two answers you think could be right.
- You get the answer and sure enough it was one of the two you thought.
- You decide to do elaborative recall so that you learn this well. To guide your elaborative recall, you decide to use the thinking routine “Connect-Extend-Challenge”.
- So you do elaborative recall through a thinking routine. You do it by talking out loud or writing it out.
- This step may sound silly but make sure to celebrate so that you feel pride and satisfaction for doing something that takes effort (especially if you’re struggling with the habit of studying).
- Then you move on to the next Anki card.
‘Liberal’ has become a term of derision in US politics – the historical reasons are complicated
‘Liberal’ has become a term of derision in US politics – the historical reasons are complicated
Why are so many Americans unwilling to identify as liberals, white or otherwise, even while supporting traditionally ‘liberal’ government programs?The Conversation
Looking for software that will allow keyboard/mouse to output to tablet via usb
Hey all,
I have a tablet that I’ve been working on and in order to setup OS I need to plugin a usb hub to the usb port, using an adapter to microUSB, ok, and then plugin either a keyboard and mouse or a combo unit (in my case, the wireless receiver device of a mini keyboard/touchpad device), and finally, the flash drive with the OS install on it.
To put it simply, it’s really a pain in the ass anytime I want to do some testing. It works, but it is a clutter and nuisance.
Is there any software that will allow me to plug in a USB cord from my laptop (Linux) and the other end into the USB port of the tablet, and use the laptop to control the tablet?
Thanks.
GitHub - Genymobile/scrcpy: Display and control your Android device
Display and control your Android device. Contribute to Genymobile/scrcpy development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Home - Openterface | Bridging Interfaces to Open Possibilities
A Feature-rich, Open-source and Community-driven KVM-over-USB Solutionopenterface.com
Thanks this is what I am looking for because everyone else misunderstood that I could run software on the tablet to “host” it. I think there’s some limitation of the USB architecture that makes what I want not really possible except with some very specific computers. I understand it but at the same time I don’t understand why. You can’t output raw signals to USB in a way that something on the other end will just hear that data as pure data. There needs to be some kind of mutual agreement on protocol at the fundamental level, if that’s a sloppy way to phrase it.
Thanks I’m gonna look into this because it might be worth a small investment to be able to do this going forward with other devices.
I appreciate your reply. You got what I was asking for. I realize I was not explicit about the unique nature of my needs but you got it.
Hah, no worries. I think it's just an unusual use case and... well, I recognized it because I'm obsessed with PiKVM lately and those things!
I'm not superknowledgeable on USB, but Linux has features to do this; they are called "gadgets" in this list:
docs.kernel.org/usb/index.html
I have used this to turn a RPI Zero into a virtual USB drive with these scripts: github.com/alexpdp7/rpi-zero-u…
Likely by searching the Internet for USB gadgets you might find good explanations about requirements. I know there are unexpected difficulties- I'm using a Pi Zero instead of a nicer Pi because... nicer Pis can draw too much power over USB and bork what they're connected to. So be careful.
GitHub - alexpdp7/rpi-zero-usb-iso: Converts a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W into a virtual USB drive for ISO
Converts a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W into a virtual USB drive for ISO - alexpdp7/rpi-zero-usb-isoGitHub
How L.A.'s Playbook Can Guide Chicago's Fight Against ICE
How L.A.'s Playbook Can Guide Chicago's Fight Against ICE ~ L.A. TACO
With ICE terrorizing Chicago, independent media outlets The Triibe, Unraveled Press and The Chicago Reader joined forces to report on ICE’s activities in the city and suburbs.lataco.com
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I'm all in on linux. [Damien Wilde]
windows is ass. i use only linux now.
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I mean, sure, in terms of OS choice.
I think there are some other decisions that give it a run for its money if you don't limit the scope to computing, though.
I assume you mean The Linux Foundation.
While the LF is US based, the real “product” is the distro and you can choose a non-US distro. My distro of choice is based in Spain.
And, if needed, the kernel could be forked to anywhere in the world without disruption.
Many core programs are built primarily by US firms, like Red Hat, but even OpenBSD relies on many of those. Same story with the forking. OpenBSD maintains some of this themselves (like X11).
I do not consider a stand-alone kernel that does not ship to end users to be a product. But we do not have to argue definitions or semantics if you disagree.
Linux distros are certainly products though (paid or otherwise).
Russia can create a Linux distro, and even modify the kernel, regardless of the rules controlling US companies and foundations. They can certainly vet and remove anything they do not like as well. They just cannot distribute their code via linux.org.
The willingness of Linus to reject Russian participation in the kernel may have more to do with his being Finnish than his being American. There are many American sanctions and restrictions against Huawei (China) and yet they remain one of the largest contributors to the Linux kernel. They use their company email. And the US does not seem very anti-Russian to me (as a third-party to both).
Huawei is a Platinum sponsor of the Linux Foundation. Half of the Platinum Sponsors are from outside the US. Those foreign sponsors could easily establish a non-US based Linux Foundation if needed.
Thank your for saying “usually” regarding the the typical Red Hat/GNU platform (same software). I use Chimera Linux (based out of Spain) which skips a lot of that. It also adds some atypical Microsoft tech, a lot of Google tech, and a typical Linux kernel.
I mean Linus did kick out some russians based on US sanctions
How exactly is that better than Windows?
open source
You are aware that there was a critical security hole in X for almost three decades, right?
Open Source means we can check and fix once discovered, good luck getting a for profit corporation to act. Re: the recent national defense issue with MS not disclosing vulnerabilities because they didtn want to kill their sales.
Open Source means we can check and fix once discovered
How many % of your operating system’s source code have you 1) read and 2) understood?
Now you are changing words or read it too quick. I never said I. We as in anybody. Again another strawman second sentence.
How do you think the researcher found the vulner for xz. He noticean tiny slow down and started scrutinizing code. Closed source is a false sense of security by obscurity. Open source means anyone can scrutinize the code.
Also we deal with enough proprietary software at work to get inside TSBs. Much of proprietary code also is built on open source pieces, so if your troll argument is opensource is bad, then proprietary is also bad on top of that.
While true, desktops and laptops mean nothing now. Most people dont even have anything other than a phone.
If youre using android or ios, youre not private and you are being tracked 24/7.
Sadly my s23 only runs android and Linux phones aren't good enough yet.
I don’t even do email on my phone. I like the large monitor that doesn’t require glasses to see. Two monitors even.
I derive no joy from watching video on a phone.
Every gamer does a sideways glance ;).
GrapheneOS for Pixels, you can be completely degoogled.
Yes, I think so. But I'm always open to constructive feedback: What kind of product do you think an operating system kernel is, whose development is driven by a US citizen (Linus Torvalds) under the patronage of a US foundation (Linux Foundation) and with significant involvement of several US companies (Red Hat, Microsoft, NSA) and is usually delivered with a whole host of software from US organisations (foremost: GNU), if not a US product?
Yes, of course, Linux has developers from all sorts of countries. But then, so do Windows and macOS.
However, as I wrote below:
I think that the first part of my comment was the more relevant part.
Linux has developers from all sorts of countries. But then, so do Windows and macOS.
Microsoft and Apple are subject to US authority. Linux is not.
You know the argument is facetious when Microsoft Corporation is being compared to Linux Foundation.
The whole raison d'etre of one is precisely that it can not be owned and control whereas other is trying since its inception to capture value. The organization of both being in the same country its actually irrelevant.
Edit: don't want to invest too much time on this kind of discussion but, and I don't think Linux == Torvalds anymore, his Wikipedia page does state that he has dual citizenship, in 2010 said "I have way too much personal pride to want to be associated with any of them [U.S. political party], quite frankly." then in 2024 "I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be supporting Russian aggression?" so I'm not exactly convinced he feels like a US patriot, whatever that might mean.
He is some influencer, dont you wanna be influenced by the video people?
Seriously though, Linux doesnt need this guy to speak for it. Its an amazing system. This guy just wants YouTube views. Whatever. 😀
Without Linux, I cant imagine using a computer. Its like asking a big American corporation to allow me to log in, knowing its tracking everything i do. THAT is the insanity of using windows mate.
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Its like asking a big American corporation to allow me to log in, knowing its tracking everything i do.
You are aware that, unlike (e.g.) OpenBSD, Linux is (legally) an American product, right?
Sure. But you probably know that big tech companies like Microsoft and Google spies on their users using the operating system, and makes changes to those said operating systems in order to collect as much private data as possible.
Its a very big difference compared to using Linux. Sure, most of it is American companies. But you have a lot of choice in the Linux world. Its not the same. I think you know this? Otherwise you have a lot of good things to find out about. 😀
Heh, true. But even systemd is a choice, kind of. Even though it brings the number of distributions to maybe just a few.
I wanted to try these ones at some point, seems nice:
There are entire sites dedicated to explaining why they dont like it, like nosystemd.org/
But yeah, basically its been replacing more and more separate tools with its own solution, in order to have better integration and one common pane of glass, so to speak. But it also means that it becomes a major target for exploits and bugs.
No systemd - Resources against systemd and alternatives
A collection of resources pointing out reasons against systemd and what alternatives are available. Find Linux distributions without systemd.nosystemd.org
So I still have windows at home just for this.
I fully flipped over every device in my house off windows about a week or two ago, and so far so good!
I've been daily driving linux on my personal laptop since 2009 (16 years now!?) for school / work / personal work-esque stuff, and my work laptop is now OSX. A few weeks ago I flipped my gaming machine from windows to popOS and been quite pleasantly surprised at how well gaming on Linux is these days. So much so, I convinced my wife to let me flip her gaming machine to Linux as well.
The only hiccup I've recently had was having to deal with windows-only, non-steam software. Ie. insta360. Luckily, there are compatibility layers / emulators I can use to be able to run it. It's slow, but good enough.
At this point, there's no good reason for me to go back to Windows or anything Microsoft. It's even become a red flag when I hear a business is using Microsoft's products. I want to hope Microsoft gets a wake up call at some point soon and turns the ship around, but I think they've got too many big-company deals to have to worry about their consumer products being shite.
Have you got hardware acceleration working? I'll often take half a TB of 360 footage on a trip, and stitching it on Linux via Bottles isn't viable due to me not having hardware acceleration working. It takes days on my current Linux setup, as compared to less than a day with HW acceleration on Windows.
I have been just considering getting a Mac Mini M4 for 450 bucks next time it's on sale and using that as a DaVinci/Insta360 render server.
Best way to transport a computer out of country?
So I have a job that will be getting me out of the US. For most things I’m not to worried, except for my computer. What would be the best way to securely move it and also not potentially worry about damaging it?
It’ll be a given that I have an encrypted off-site (cloud) back up, but I’m torn about removing the drives to hand carry and then shipping the chassis. My only worry about that would be customs stopping me because of carrying hard drives… more specifically 3x M.2, which I’m not as worried about and 4x 2.5” SSDs
Thoughts?
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General advice from EFF. A bit dated, but much of what I would have advised is here.
Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices
by Sophia Cope, Amul Kalia, Seth Schoen, and Adam SchwartzDownload the report as a PDF.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe U.S.Electronic Frontier Foundation
When I did it recently the hardware (w encrypted data) went through a checked bag inspection but it didn't really affect anything else. I'm not sure that other countries' security apparatus is going to threaten people to vacuum up their data like the usa, and in leaving the usa you typically don't deal with usa customs inspection
I took it with me directly to avoid paying for a big estate transfer service and import tax that would otherwise be assessed by default on a normal shipment
If the GPU is heavy, consider carrying it seperately. Carry it with an ESD pack
If you have any HDDs, absolutely carry them seperately.
If you're sure the SSD's won't move away in their place,having them on pc shouldn't cause any problems; but keeping them on your personal belongings is the safest option.
Rest of the components should be fairly safe to ship, maybe the case in weird shapes could cause some trouble; but if you have the foam the case came with chances are it's not going to cause much problems.
Image the drives to cloud storage and ship all of the hardware with insurance (wipe the drives before shipping if you’re worried about data security).
SSDs are incredibly resilient to shock and would be the least likely component to fail from rough shipping. Insurance covers you on everything else.
Definitely take the GPU out and heatsink off the CPU, when it gets banged around both of those things because of their mass can fuck up your motherboard. I moved a lot for about a decade of my lifr and had multiple desktops get fucked up.
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TIL about EMF paints that purportedly block em radiation
I haven't looked into it, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if the claims of emf paint are overstated.
Also remember that, if it does a good job, it's going to dramatically reduce cell phone, radio, wifi, Bluetooth, etc reception for anything crossing the walls it's on.
I don't know if that's true. There is always a fair bit of conductive stuff in walls (wires, pipes, etc) that these sorts of systems already need to be able to handle in order to be interesting. The paints feel like they could easily be snake oil.
If OP really wants to do something about this, grounded chicken wire mesh should do the job, but that's a lot more work.
Cool. Are you using anything beyond paint (mesh in the walls or something)? Also, what brand of paint?
It definitely seems like something that should be able to work (to some degree), but also something that it would be pretty easy to scam.
This is well into literal tin foil hattery, but:
You'd have to check what kind of frequency range it actually protects against, and you'd need a way to test it (no doubt there is some fake emf paint around as well).
You could also wrap your walls in chicken wire and get a pretty decent Faraday cage effect for cheapish.
It'll also break your wifi and phone (if it works).
Unless you are running a spy agency, this is just a waste of effort IMO.
Yeah I have no idea about anti EMF paint... if... that actually worked, that would be notable... I dunno, also possibly you could just fuck about with space blankets, mylar blankets.
They're not that pricey, and worst case scenario, you now have some fairly effective emergency radiative insulation, if you need to bounce a lot of sunlight away from a window, to help keep a room cooler, or invert and wrap around yourself to keep you warmer, or keep internal heat from escaping through a window.
They may have some mild EMF blocking ability, I have no real idea.
And yeah, to a certain extent... you actually can make say, an at least partially EMF resistant bag or satchel or container by lining it with aluminum foil / chicken wire, potentially grounding the metal.
Lets just say I totally don't know anything about how my friend used to shoplift way back in the day.
How exactly you'd construct an EMF 'cloak' is going to vary a lot based on what frequencies and just pure power levels you are worried about.
Making your room or house or a box able to be a black hole for... 5g, wifi, bluetooth... is going to be different than making it a black hole for say... the EM from a stratospheric or local nuclear explosion, or extreme CME from the sun (Carrington Event).
In a pinch, most microwave ovens are at least half decent faraday cages (no dont nuke the stuff in the microwave).
Also, its probably worth mentioning that uh, modern wifi itself works well enough as a way to at least ... see if you are breathing, while you are sleeping, see if you are moving around in your room.
technologyreview.com/2024/02/2…
Hopefully I do not need to tell people that smart devices are bad and that you are much more likely to be precisely geolocated in a city not by triangulation of cell towers or even gps, but by which wifi routers, where, sense you.
If you are at all concerned with your privacy of movement, maybe just turn your cellphone off, or at least put in airplane mode, or turn off wifi and gps, when you dont need them.
Saves battery too lol!
How Wi-Fi sensing became usable tech
After a decade of obscurity, the technology is being used to track people’s movements.Meg Duff (MIT Technology Review)
EMF paint definitely exists, its been used on military planes for decades now. But the emf paint from Aliexpress? Definitely sus.
EMF observation may be technically capable of all of those things, but realistically, anyone who would go to that extreme (of targetting a single households occupants) is equally capable/likely to just barge in, arrest you and slap an ankle monitor and security cameras in your house. So its kinda pointless to worry about it.
I mean, yeah, I was gonna say... EMF paint exists.
It tends to be refferred to as, or as some component of RAM... radar absorbment material.
Yeah, every... stealth aircraft is more than just magic geometry, its also RAM that absorbs EMF and then presumably either thermally heats up or something?
That shit is unimaginably classified.
But yes, you're right that basically any entity capable of wifi sensing your precise movements in a room, is also just gonna knock down your door.
They would be using the wifi sensing to determine that you are actually home, or something like that, as opposed to using a thermal camera or laser acoustics or something like that.
Pointless to 'worry' about it? Yeah probably, if they're already going that far, you are probably already fucked more or less no matter what you do.
Good to be aware that it like... exists, though, in a more general, broad way.
I really really hope that is a joke, and the precise mixture and production process for some kind of RAM has not been leaked on warthunder.
On the other hand, if it is has...
Then maybe aliexpress EMF paint is maybe worth actually trying.
Holy shit this world is so stupid.
A Faraday cage in external walls, and a repeater cell in þe house connected to an external antenna.
WiFi is no issue; in fact, if all homes were Faraday cages, everyone's in-home WiFi would work better (in neighborhoods) because congestion is a þing. So þe real issue is cellular reception in-house. One solution is to use WiFi calling, which most phones support. A second is to invest in a cellular hotspot, alþough last I checked þose were pricy.
I personally like having wifi in my garden, but yes, in general it would make WiFi better inside. And painting internal walls would be silly.
Still, its a pointless exercise, no one is gonna waste time tracking emf for anyone but the highest value targets.
There are lots of ways to block those signals. Paint is a dubious method. Look into Faraday cages. Tin or copper ceilings and roofs found in old homes have a tendency to do this. Thick concrete works pretty well too.
Here's the thing - it will block all signals. Say goodbye to cell service. Make sure you have wired connections where you need them.
"counter measure" against what?
If you have in mind dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2486001… then yes, sure, might help against that but honestly if your adversary has this kind of setup, you are in trouble. First what kind of information are you preserving that they would not be able to get otherwise, e.g. just watch through windows, mirrors through windows, hacking Webcam on computers, toys, phones, etc?
IMHO that's like .0001% improvement for a lot of effort so unless you already are pretty much entirely offline, live in the woods with your blind closed, they it's a lot of energy for pretty much no change.
It's nice to know about, but imho, that's fairly high level paronia for the average citizen.
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“You Can’t Bomb The Truth Away” - Mehdi’s POWERFUL speech About Palestinian Journalists
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Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza
Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza
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Your Therapists’ Notes Could Become Fodder For AI
Your Therapist’s Notes Could Become Fodder For AI
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Jeff Goldblum's Jurassic Park monologue feels appropriate here.
"You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew it you had it. You patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunch box, and now your selling it!"
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Great quote!
32 year old movie... I love/hate when old movie quotes are more relevant today than when the movie came out.
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Not universally true— with my healthcare network there is a consent form that allows you to decline the use of AI for online appointments, and for in-person they request verbal consent. I make sure to decline every time.
Just wanted to share so that people can check if opting out is possible (for now at least).
My network (my insurance is with an HMO so it’s all centralized with all the physical and mental healthcare providers I have access to) has you click on your appointment in the app or online, and then it opens Zoom.
I have to use Teams for work and the idea of using that for therapy is kind of funny for some reason…
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AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt
Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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tar pits target the scrapers.
were you talking also about poisoning the training data?
two distinct (but imo highly worthwhile) things
tar pits are a bit like turning the tap off (or to a useless trickle). fortunately it’s well understood how to do it efficiently and it’s difficult to counter.
poisoning is a whole other thing. i’d imagine if nothing comes out of the tap the poison is unlikely to prove effective. there could perhaps be some clever ways to combine poisoning with tarpits in series, but in general they’d be deployed separately or at least in parallel.
bear in mind to meaningfully deploy a tar pit against scrapers you usually need some permissions on the server, it may not help too much for this exact problem in the article (except for some short term fuckery perhaps). poisoning this problem otoh is probably important
tar pits target the scrapers.
were you talking also about poisoning the training data?
two distinct (but imo highly worthwhile) things
tar pits are a bit like turning the tap off (or to a useless trickle). fortunately it's well understood how to do it efficiently and it's difficult to counter.
poisoning is a whole other thing. i'd imagine if nothing comes out of the tap the poison is unlikely to prove effective. there could perhaps be some clever ways to combine poisoning with tarpits in series, but in general they'd be deployed separately or at least in parallel.
bear in mind to meaningfully deploy a tar pit against scrapers you usually need some permissions on the server, it may not help too much for this exact problem in the article (except for some short term fuckery perhaps). poisoning this problem otoh is probably important
Meanwhile the guy who breached a Finnish therapy database and held 33,000 records for ransom just got out of prison after serving around 2 years of a 6 year sentence:
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Finland to financial criminals victimizing the entire country:
Finland to the actual victims:
(Hi from Canada where the courts do the same thing and then get all high and mighty about being "progressive" and "rehabilitative" when the victims express their grievances)
You know, as with a lot of these tech advances that impinge upon privacy and put us at risk in the name of profit, the buy-in, the thing they're offering in exchange, IS actually pretty worthwhile. This is extremely useful. It's such a shame that all this cool Star Trek shit that I would have been giddy about as a kid has been realised, but at a sinister and often hidden cost.
Is there any way this can be done on local metal? Would it achieve the same level of accuracy and sophistication of the progress notes? Because if this can be offered to the therapists that wanted it enough in the first place that they either knowingly or unwittingly sacrificed their patient's privacy for it, maybe they can be given an alternative.
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The specific application in this instance was that it creates "progress notes". Admittedly, as I have only the information from the article itself, having no background in this field myself, I can only make assumptions what those are like, but as the name implies it's charting a client's progress through therapy and would also imply to me a lot of summarising of information gleaned during sessions. I guess in as much as it also would necessarily have to create a transcript in doing this for you, I guess it also provides that too. This is portrayed as tedious and time consuming work by the creators of the service, who obviously have a vested interest in casting it in such light, but taken at its word, I would say in my opinion the advantage would be in automating some of the tedious and time consuming aspects of the job.
As I suspect you were driving at from the tenor of the question, there's a lot of ways this could go wrong, in particular privacy concerns when this service is offered in the manner that it is here where it's processed outside of the therapist's own clinic by 3rd parties and information is shared with additional parties and used for many purposes with only the flimsy promise of "de-anonymisation" which appears to be hollow. It could also maybe affect how the therapy is conducted, making decisions about how to summarise this information that will influence what decisions a therapist makes and perhaps that therapist might have summarised it differently if doing the notes themselves, then again this all hinges upon how effective it is considered to be. If it can be evaluated and found to be generally good, then it seems tentatively like this could be a pretty helpful tool for a therapist. But in general, my comment was really more directed at what I feel like is a sad state of affairs across the board with recent tech advances including generative AI as applied in any aspect of life or work, that I think is often lost in these conversations where the technology really shows promise or is quite impressive but because of the manner of its development or the surveillance profit model, it's basically tainted and ruined. I feel like I often come across commentary that fails to make the distinction between the negative aspects of how these techs have come about and are monetized and the tech itself where the latter is simply cast as inherently undesirable even when there's clearly reason enough for people to find it appealing in the first place for it to end up in use.
Any good rec for a medication tracking app for iOS?
Hello all,
I am currently looking for a privacy respecting alternative for the medication tracking app I currently use. Apple's native health app seems to be decent privacy wise, but it lacks the ability to input my current capsule inventory and set a reminder at a certain amount of pills so I can refill them on time. (I should also note that I have an older phone so I'm running iOS 18.6? I'm not sure if the app has changed on iOS 26.)
Thanks for reading and I look forward to your recommendations. ^-^
I just use the native one. My issue is, I have medications that have to be spaced apart and Apple does not support that. Like pill A can be taken whenever, but pill B has to be taken 4 hours out. You can set them for times that are that far apart, but if you take pill A late, you aren't told to take pill B even later to compensate.
What you need? Sounds like you need reminders. Apple's medication tracking isn't a pill counter. So you either have a 1 or 3 month supply, typically. When you start taking them, you could set a reminder (in the Reminders app or in another app you like) for however many days before telling you to refill. Some of the prescription apps actually will remind you on their own when it's getting to be time to refill.
The only one I can think of is android only, sorry.
If someone else has android and needs something similar, you can check out medic log, which is available on F-Droid.
GitHub - rh-id/a-medic-log: A simple and easy to use personal medical notes.
A simple and easy to use personal medical notes. Contribute to rh-id/a-medic-log development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Birdtray on Debian is extremely self-deprecating...
Perhaps only mildly interesting but I just did an apt show for birdtray on Debian 13 and got this in the second paragraph of the description:
It is a nasty hack -- an external process looking at Thunderbird's
insides, it suffers from problems like noticing new mails only after a
delay, having to restart Thunderbird just to hide its window, etc --
you'd want to use an extension like firetray instead -- but, it is
likely that support for Thunderbird XUL extensions will be dropped soon,
possibly by the time you read these words.
Not used to seeing this kind of language in the Debian repos tbh.
Introducing GNOME 49, “Brescia”
GNOME Release Notes
Discover what's new in GNOME, the distraction-free computing platform.GNOME Release Notes
GNOME didn't have this before?
KDE has had this for almost 2 years I think. Heck it even works with my desktop monitors over DP and HDMI.
I always go back to Fedora. Different strokes for different folks and I’m definitely not trying to have a “Which distro?!?” conversation. Maybe you have philosophical reasons to hate it. (I do sometimes too.) But that’s my home base.
It’s partly because I learned on WhiteHat/CentOS/RHEL for work. But even today, it’s my stable, baseline distro. They don’t change Gnome or push updates without at least some testing. (I know.) Drivers almost always work. There’s (usually) documentation written by paid professionals. It’s just a good, solid OS that I can make mine without uninstalling shit or worrying it’s unstable.
Debian is perfect for that too, obviously and I’m eternally grateful for Arch’s wiki and community. But for my needs, Fedora strikes a near-perfect balance.
Typically with Debian distros, I set security updates to be automatic and I just go in every now and then and update the rest. But I pretty much only use it on servers and Raspberry Pi side projects.
To be clear to people who find this, none of these distros we’re talking about are for massive scale. We’re talking personal stuff, side projects, small businesses, etc. Don’t put Kali Linux on your laptop. It’s made for a specific purpose.
To be clear to people who find this, none of these distros we’re talking about are for massive scale. We’re talking personal stuff, side projects, small businesses, etc. Don’t put Kali Linux on your laptop. It’s made for a specific purpose.
Arista had a mass produced network switches line based on fedora circa 2020; they back ported everything to keep it up to date.
Should be in testing within a day or two, might take a week or more to make it to stable.
edit: this is wrong (sorry!), see replies
Dang, I know Bazzite's whole advantage over SteamOS is integration speed, but man are they quick. Incredible team.
Stoked to hear I'll get to try this out so soon!
Haha, perfectly valid, thanks for the clarification!
Edit: Just realizing who you are here, and wanted to express my gratitude! Bazzite has been the thing that finally allowed me to feel comfortable ditching Windows on a gaming living room PC, with all my finicky requirements for HDR and a clean controller-driven experience, and it's been a fantastic decision.
"The new Video Player prioritizes a distraction-free viewing experience"
How can you say this while having the controls overlaid onto the video, youtube-style, and cropping the video corners ? admittedly corners are rarely of the utmost importance in any film, or other video file. But just don't touch my corners.
Anyway, I don't use Gnome
Hopefully Papers will receive support for digital signage which evince never did. This is still lacking in GNOME.
Calling Palestinians “barbaric animals,” US Secretary of State hails Israeli assault on Gaza City
Rubio ranted, “This happened because on October 7th these animals, these barbaric animals, conducted this operation ... against innocent people.”He concluded, “It needs to end. And how does it end? It ends by eliminating the people who did it, by ending them as a threat.”
As vast as the crimes of US imperialism have been in funding, arming and enabling the Gaza genocide, Rubio’s statement marks a new turning point. American imperialism, dropping its veil of promoting “democracy” and “human rights,” has adopted language that would not be out of place in a speech given by Adolf Hitler.
Rubio’s use of this genocidal language was the starting gun for the full-scale Israeli onslaught on Gaza City, as tanks and warplanes moved in, displacing countless thousands at gunpoint over the choked coastal road to Gaza’s south.
Calling Palestinians “barbaric animals,” US Secretary of State hails Israeli assault on Gaza City
On Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a joint appearance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to inaugurate what Netanyahu called the “concluding moves” in the US-Israeli onslaught on Gaza: the conquest and destruction of Gaza C…World Socialist Web Site
Spain Threaten 2026 World Cup Boycott as FIFA Sent Warning
Spanish government officials have suggested they could pull their national team out of the 2026 World Cup.
World football's biggest tournament will take place once again next summer in Canada, Mexico and the United States, the first time the competition has been hosted by three different nations.
European champions Spain are the bookmakers' early favourites to win and are on course to book their place at the tournament, having taken two wins from two at the start of qualifying.
But there are now suggestions Luis de la Fuente's side could withdraw from the World Cup in protest if Israel also qualify for the tournament.....
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Spain Threaten 2026 World Cup Boycott as FIFA Sent Warning
Spain are favourites to win the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico next summerRory O'Callaghan (sportbible)
Israel’s responses are “boring” and repetitive
Israel’s responses are “boring” and repetitive
UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti says Israel’s “boring” replies on Gaza war crimes are predictable and avoid the evidence.Al Jazeera
Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist
Google handed over Gmail account information to ICE before notifying the student or giving him an opportunity to challenge the subpoena.
Does zram impede disk cache?
cross-posted from: swg-empire.de/post/4511580
In my relentless pursuit of trying to coax more performance out of my Lemmy instance I read that PostgreSQL heavily relies on the OSs disk cache for read performance. I've got 16 GB of RAM and two hdds in RAID 1. I've PostgreSQL configured to use 12 GB of RAM and I've zram swap set up with 8 GB.But according to htop PostgreSQL ia using only about 4 GB. My swap gets hardly touched. And read performance is awful. Opening my profile regularly times out. Only when it's worked ones does it load quickly until I don't touch it again for half an hour or so.
Now, my theory is that the zram actually takes available RAM away from the disk cache, thus slowing the whole system down. My googling couldn't bring me the answer because it only showed me how to set up zram in the first place.
Does anyone know if my theory is correct?
Six civilians burned alive by Myanmar junta troops in Kantbalu
Six civilians burned alive by Myanmar junta troops in Kantbalu
Junta troops detained, tortured, and burned six civilians to death in Sagaing Region’s Kantbalu Township on 12 September, according to a report released by the Kyun Hla Activists’ group.Burma News International
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Germany says it will back UN resolution for two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict
"Germany will support such a resolution which simply describes the status quo in international law," the spokesman said, adding that Berlin "has always advocated a two-state solution and is asking for that all the time.""The chancellor just mentioned two days ago again that Germany does not see that the time has come for the recognition of the Palestinian state," the spokesman added.
Joy Reid: "Bernie was right."
Episode 243 Audio: Joy Reid
We’re back this week with a powerful episode featuring political commentator Joy Reid: she talks us through the issues MSNBC didn’t want her to cover, what political convictions inspired her to take on her media role and informed her decision to spea…Krystal Kyle & Friends
2025 Norwin Band Festival – South Park High School Photos
South Park High School performing at the 2025 Norwin Band Festival at Norwin Knights Stadium in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit.
2025 Norwin Band Festival
Photo Credit: Kevin Gamin
You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr site.
2025 Norwin Band Festival
Photo Credit: Kevin Gamin
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2025 Norwin Band Festival
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Royals, Maga and tech CEOs: What we learned from state banquet guest list
Royals, Maga and tech CEOs: What we learned from state banquet guest list
The event is as much about diplomacy as it is about fine dining.Mallory Moench (BBC News)
Trump: US trying to reclaim Afghan airbase
The US is moving to reclaim the Bagram airbase from the Taliban after losing it during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Donald Trump announced.“We’re trying to get it back, by the way,” Mr Trump told reporters during a joint press conference with Sir Keir Starmer in Aylesbury on Thursday.
The Bagram base was the largest operated by the US in Afghanistan and is strategically important in countering China’s growing influence in the region.
Mr Trump suggested that he was negotiating with the Taliban to retake ownership, adding: “We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us. We want that base back.”
Trump: US trying to reclaim Afghan airbase
Bagram is strategically important in countering ChinaConnor Stringer (The Telegraph)
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Here’s the thing: I’m with you. I agree as an American that the only thing that can stop this train is a wholehearted, full-throated rejection of everything this administration represents. That comes with a couple of issues, though, and the first is that the body politic here is intensely complacent; much too comfortable to be driven to action. The fact of the matter is that disapproval of Trump is the majority view, and even at the beginning of his second term that was still about a dead even split, but not even Trump’s atrocious performance in his first term was enough to galvanize a large portion of the US voter base in the 2024 election, despite it clearly being a critical inflection point. Unfortunately, if it doesn’t affect their life immediately and directly, a large portion of America simply doesn’t give a shit. Overcoming that apathy is likely going to require something large, noticeable, bombastic, demonstrably wrong, and personally painful, and by that point there’s a good chance it’ll be too late. Additionally, any revolution or unrest is likely to be heavily suppressed by the second issue: the US police state and its willingness to use deadly force, regardless of the severity of the situation. Between police forces, riot police, swat teams, the national guard, domestic surveillance, and now the might of the US military turned on its own populace, the Trump administration has all the tools to make any true resistance deeply costly and incredibly painful. Talk of resistance, of revolution, of taking up arms against this fascist takeover is easy, but the feasibility of a clean revolution in the face of the US police, military, and intelligence apparatus is doubtful. More likely we would end up with either civil war or insurgency, fighting an asymmetric campaign against an overwhelming force. We know that the US is vulnerable to such tactics (see: US expeditionary wars in Vietnam and the Middle East), but we also know that those tactics are incredibly costly, and require a populace that is highly motivated by what they perceive to be an existential threat.
The key here, in my opinion, is the military. Historically, he who controls the military, controls the state. The victors of coups and revolutions practically always have the military on their side, and for good reason; very few things are as persuasive as the threat of a bullet. Morale in the US military right now seems to be low, and if we can manage to break the trained obedience to hierarchy, we might just have a chance, but without them, I don’t see a way forward. Even every citizen striking and causing a complete shutdown of the US economy would just be likely to lead to threats being made to and examples being made of them, and getting people onboard for that is unlikely to be feasible from a fundamental level, given that the majority of America lives paycheck to paycheck.
I don’t want to be fatalistic or claim that this can’t be done or that we shouldn’t be doing anything about it; we should, and have a moral obligation to act, but the reality of the situation is that the time to act while avoiding discomfort was last November, and the viable options available to us now are going to hurt, and will likely only get more painful as time goes on. That makes people hesitant to act, and until such a time as they have more to lose from inaction than they do from action, I don’t expect that to change.
God, do I hope I’m wrong, though.
Now whose administration was it that signed the withdrawal deal, I wonder?
Oh that's right. Donald Trump's.
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More troops getting slaughtered by the nut jobs means less troops at home shooting minorities.
I see this as a win.
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'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? – video
'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? – video
Reporter Matthew Cassel speaks to Israelis in Tel Aviv, to see what they think of the war, famine and genocide happening next door, and the growing international condemnation against itTemujin Doran (The Guardian)
At UN, western powers push phantom 'Palestine' recognition to safeguard Israel
Rather than act to end Israel's genocide in Gaza, western leaders rally behind a French-Saudi scheme for fictive statehood that entrenches Israeli supremacy and props up the PA
Charlie Kirk Assassination Sparks Social Media Crackdown
Five hours after Charlie Kirk was shot this week, an Atlanta man got a phone call from an Illinois police officer asking about a photo he shared with a couple of close friends on a private Discord chat. The Atlanta man, who asked not to be identified, says the post was merely a confirmation that he had purchased the same T-shirt that the accused killer wore (from an Illinois-based online shop).Social media companies are generally forbidden by law from divulging users’ private communications to the government without a traditional legal process (e.g., court order). But there’s an exception: in perceived emergencies, social media platforms can proactively and “voluntarily” hand over private messages in response to what’s called an “emergency disclosure request” (EDR).
Discord, I am told, did not respond to any EDR here; but when I asked them directly if they’d provided law enforcement with information to traditional legal process, they declined to respond on-record.
The FBI, or the intelligence community, evidently is monitoring Discord private messaging, even from people who have broken no law.
Full blown Orwellian world. Run for local government and stop this shit.
The largest populated areas are left leaning. If they ae controlled by democratic socialist, we can restrict this shit. Just by pure numbers.
Charlie Kirk Assassination Sparks Social Media Crackdown
How buying a T-shirt led to government monitoringKen Klippenstein
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Sun on Privacy: 'Get Over It'
At the Monday night launch of Sun Microsystems' new Jini technology, CEO Scott McNealy calls consumer privacy a non-issue. The Federal Trade Commission has another view. By Polly Sprenger.WIRED Staff (WIRED)
De-google and open source has been my push this year. I'm not the most knowledgeable but I don't trust these companies.
I stopped using social media for almost 20 years. Only anonymous chats like this are used. Everything goes through a VPN and I always think that someone else is reading my stuff.
9-11 put us on this track with no restrictions.
If I ever get oppressed for my speech, I'm going to go do some deeds.
I'm not going to hide away for 30 years like you have.
If I ever get oppressed for my speech
You already are.
Ask yourself: can you say or post absolutely everything that falls under free speech - i.e. not calls to violence of civil disturbance? Do you feel like you can safely talk about all subjects without being cancelled or sued?
As soon as you start thinking twice about whether you can say something safely, that's censorship. Censorship isn't someone breathing over your neck saying "Be careful what you say", it's you self-censoring so you don't get into trouble.
They don't give a shit about that either. Trump has been trying to goat people into violence and he final got his wish (possibly by his own people). They are seizing on that. That is why he moved the national guard into memphis TN. He wants marshall law to hold power forever.
Edit: spelling
Edit: spelling
Since we're making corrections, the word is "goad," not "goat." You try to "goad" people into behavior or choices they wouldn't normally make.
I try not to correct people much anymore if their message is still pretty obvious. I realized that offering too many corrections could cause people to post less, and I didn't want to be the cause of that. But the fact that you were already willing to edit goaded me into suggesting another correction.
Using 'Martial' and 'Marshal' and 'Marshall'
Not to mention 'marshall'Editors of Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster)
Other lemmings don’t seem to love it when I jokingly ask “who’s Marsha Law?”
Martial - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating from Latin Mars, the Roman god of war, "martial" means warlike or military-related, including military law and fighting arts.etymonline
This is a great point out. Just like Chomping/ Champing at the bit.
Your good. Just don't be the " it is it's vs its" person when you have nothing to add. I just want to fight those people.
With Christy Noem in charge, the dog days of democracy are over. Because she put a bullet in its head for insubordination.
But no I agree I mean I always knew we're going to get fashy here but I always thought the bad guys would have their shit together more.
Using this to try to get more people off of discord.
Also not privacy related, but fuck substack
Ken Klippenstein has done amazing work and broke multiple stories.
This is not a smear against discord but a reveal of how the government is operating. If you don't think it is a privacy issue then you don't know what privacy is. Being a fan boy doesn't change what is happening.
Use discord all you want but your point is baseless about the story.
Apologies, I wasn't criticizing the article, or you for sharing it. It's a tricky sentence, especially if English isn't your first language - the "but" changes the subject. Article is definitely privacy related.
What isn't privacy related is my opinion about subtack. I don't mean to derail, so will let anyone reading this look up why ss sucks and make their own decision.
Gotcha. SS has a troubling history. One could argue journalist have a open door policy.
How do you say one is a journalist while another isn't? Today, anyone can be a journalist and a lot of traditional journalist are doing their own thing.
Even credible outlets are changing. The New Your Times was considered top tier but now..... lord have mercy. Billionaires are buying up and interfering with the companies. And then we have private equity firms, the lice found on the flies that eat shit.
Yes, I wonder what journalists ("professional" and otherwise) are supposed to do. Everyone going their own way and splintering off into many little voices doesn't feel like the right answer, but publishers are beholden to investors and can be bought out by billionaires. I suppose there are publishers/agencies that have maintained their integrity like 404 Media, or Al Jazeera.
Maybe this is just the burden of anyone in a democracy: to constantly weigh the quality of the sources of information you're using to form opinions which spawn action.
Getting funding from South Korea might be an option. They probably want the Trump Regime to go away, so that they can carry on business without a toddler doing stupid shit.
If a civil war happens, I suspect the Blue States would get a great deal of foreign support. "Fuck that guy", would be a big part of that. The other part being "I want a reliable business partner." Kinda like how the Confederates were boned internationally when it came to trade. Plus, it would be an easy way to earn favors with whatever institution that displaces Trumpkins.
Highly prone to lock-in, enshittification, and they promote Nazis.
Just another centralized platform that can't help but want to become universal.
There are several, but the most direct alternative is Ghost (see SS to Ghost migration guide here).
I used to subscribe to several SS newsletters that switched to Ghost, which is how I found out about it. But I wouldn't have even noticed if they hadn't told me.
Migrating from Substack - Ghost Developer Docs
Migrate from Substack and import your content to Ghost with this guidedocs.ghost.org
You may as well assume that anything done on public social media is being read, searched and filtered in real-time by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Given the trajectory of this administration in persecuting people for their political affiliation, dumping commercial social media should be an imperative for everyone who isn't goose stepping.
That's been the case for 10 years. Unless it's e2ee, it's public record and can be tied to your real name with a minimal amount of paperwork.
Before I comment anything anywhere, I imagine it being read in a court room in a monotone voice. Bip bop dippity dop, the judge in this case is a swell person and I hope they have a lovely day!
Sounds like a CSAM case for a motivated partisan prosecutor.
People break the law, as it is written, way more than they think. Selective enforcement to target political rival groups is very much in the playbook here.
It is less safe to speak in public today than it was 2 years ago, and it is only getting worse. Protecting your privacy also means protecting yourself from mob justice when they decide you're the new target group.
Protecting your privacy also means protecting yourself from mob justice when they decide you're the new target group.
New flavor of the month. Let's see what Trump seen on Fox News.
It was said in a Discord chat. Discord chats are not private, you agree to that in the TOS when you sign up.
There are always people monitoring the chats, voice and video, looking for illegal activities. Something was said in that conversation that their algorithm flagged for human review and that person sent it to law enforcement.
You have zero privacy on any social media. Everything that you write is viewable by the service owner and they actively look for things to report to law enforcement.
Companies pay lip service to your privacy, but at the end of the day they’ll turn you in the instant it suits them. If you want privacy, you use encryption so that your privacy is guaranteed by mathematics.
I really do worry tools like whatever the naperville pd using here are going result in a lot of damage and upturned lives once their use becomes more casual, like god knows what's going to happen with the president declaring random political views terrorism
no real court orders were involved, the article mentions a EDR wasn't invoked, no push back from discord over what sounds like some sort of dump or access to all images uploaded to the service
Spotshooter is one of those systems that collect but doesn't work as advertised. Politicians love approving it. We also have these POS.
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We engineer the highest quality mobile surveillance equipment integrated with the most advanced technology to suit your unique needs.Mobile Pro Systems
I think you missed his conclusion.
We have tools that they can't penetrate. Privacy is a right. We're not cooked.
Lol, okay. As the vast majority of people have no clue and no interest in utilizing those tools. No interest in understanding threat vectors and cryptography. Cooked was a bit glibb, but the general "we", I do not see your optimism.
"Privacy is a right"... sure, so is healthcare and shelter... I am sure those policies are going global really soon.
As the vast majority of people have no clue and no interest in utilizing those tools.
I can't agree more. A few family members got really paranoid about their communications being monitored after Trump was elected again, so I offered to show them Signal or Element. Nah, no interest, "too hard". They still text even with the fucking US government itself warning people it's a very insecure medium.
I'm hoping that disinterest changes after a few people get locked up based on social media PMs, but don't have all that much hope.
After the ICE raids started, I had a lot of people reach out to me. I've given trainings and lots of people switched to more secure systems.
There is an increased appetite in many oppressed groups for this. Don't try to force it. Be open and ready to train those who are eager.
All leftists worldwide are gun happy.
Under no pretext motherfucker.
Hitler died from suicide and Stalin from a stroke.
Kind of difficult to make that happen.
Words are sufficient only in a system that prioritizes broad wellbeing (as opposed to prioritizing the billionaires), when such a system works well, is healthy, is valued by most, etc.
We don't have it. We have a "every man for himself" and "got mine, fuck you" system.
I hate to say it, if anyone wants something in our system now, they have to take it by fiat and force. The fascists get it. They use the methods that work, it's just that their desired end state is intolerable shit for most. If their end state had freedom and human rights for everyone, most would forgive the methods.
Stop saying fascists, youve all used that word to fucking much and it now means fuck all.
People are still going on holidays, people are still buying houses, people are still getting jobs and paying rent and every thing else people have always done. Youre just spreading nonsense to play your part in the dumb as fuck culture wars. YOU and people like you, are why Trump is a thing. Yes, thats right, YOU. You, who plays the dumb games of culture wars, who calls a person who dont like star wars a fucking nazi. You created this nightmare world were extremism is everywhere.
Fucking stop it.
Hey dipshit, which lead to Kirk stopping spreading his hate?
- debating him so he can get views on YouTube
or - the little ouchie he got?
No, the spreading of hate was the talking heads who told you he said things he never said. All the grifters and influencers and main stream news outlets who cherry picked the things he said, to make him look much worse than he is.
Like when he said that people accept that people die so they can have the 2A. You think thats extremism, yet dont ever bother to repeat the rest of what he said, when talking about the shit that society puts up with to have things. Like cars, we accept that 50k people a year will die because we want to drive cars. Its the same argument, but you take it away and all of sudden hes some nutjob claiming kids dying is a good thing.
Take away the 2A and you are at the mercy of a tyrannical government. The price of that safe guard is that some people will die. Exact same thing with cars, and knives, and whatever else. Everything has a cost. EVERYTHING. That was his point. And youd be dumb to disagree with it.
You can argue that we dont need guns, theres nothing wrong with that. But the logic is there.
Look who's calling others a dopey twat.
You don't seem to understand that we are already using words, and it's getting us nowhere. These people understand that we want to use words, and they have weaponized our need for peaceful discussion against us.
Peaceful negotiations only work when both sides are operating in good faith. Not only are the MAGAs not operating in good faith, they view that as an enormous weakness to be exploited. So they tease us along, offering opportunities to negotiate, but they are just distractions, to keep their grift and oppression going longer, and deepening.
Hopefully, we will eventually negotiate our way out of this, but it is looking more and more unlikely by the day. Anyone who has read any history knows that sooner or later, it will almost certainly take some level of violence to unseat the MAGA disease that is afflicting the world.
We should start getting used to that idea now, before we need it for real.
That's what happens when you let billionaires operate unchecked. Billionaires have the ability to operate like an independent nation of one, fucking up the works for real nations who are trying to take care of their people.
Billionaires should either be prohibited, or their expenditures should be tightly regulated. Make them get permission from a regulatory panel before they can spend their money.
"No, you already have a yacht, you don't need another. Just for being shitty enough to request a SECOND yacht, that money will be earmarked to build homeless shelters instead. Anything else?"
Nothing to worry about. Schmuck Schumer has released a statement calling this situation "outrageous."
That'll fix'em.
Denmark Holds Massive Military Exercise in Greenland
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/46279988
Denmark did not invite the United States to take part in a large-scale international military exercise on Greenland this week, as it had previously, as tensions remain high over President Donald Trump’s intention to acquire the Danish territory.The exercise, the largest in Greenland’s modern history, comes amid increased interest in the Arctic region and its vast natural resources from other large powers, such as Russia and China.
It included contributions from the militaries of several European NATO allies, according to the Danish military. More than 550 people and soldiers took part, including more than 70 from France, Germany, Norway and Sweden.
It comes as the Arctic region is becoming more of a priority to various superpowers, friend and foe. Greenland is the world's largest island that is not a continent, and beyond its strategic potential, the island is rich in natural resources, home to 25 of the 34 minerals categorized as “critical raw materials” by the European Commission. Some of these minerals include those essential to the production of phones and computer chips.
Anderson emphasized the potential threat of Russia and China to reporters.
“We need Greenland for national security and even international security,” Trump said during an address to Congress in March, pointing to the influence of other global powers in the Arctic, specifically Russia and China. “And I think we’re going to get it one way or the other,” he added. Trump is trying to boost production of computer chips in the United States, which rely on minerals present in Greenland for production
Danish officials have made it clear that Trump’s interest in the region is not welcome.
https://time.com/7318044/trump-denmark-greenland-military-exercise-nato/
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