Only a diplomatic solution can resolve the nuclear issue, says Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
During the SCO summit on Monday, Iran also pushed for the organization to play a more active and assertive role in peacebuilding in the region and beyond.
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Austria | Vienna’s Model Shows the Government Really Can Guarantee Housing for All
A new report documents the wild and likely replicable success of Vienna’s public housing plan.
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Trump Admin to Financially Reward Police Agencies For Working with ICE
DHS announced a new program that pays law enforcement agencies that help carry out its anti-immigrant agenda.
As Trump Recession Looms, New WSJ Poll Backs Call for Democrats to Embrace Economic Populism
New poll reveals Americans' economic pessimism, sparking calls for Democrats to embrace populism. Forecasters warn US economy may be on the brink of recession.
As Trump Recession Looms, New WSJ Poll Backs Call for Democrats to Embrace Economic Populism
"It feels like it's on the brink, it's on the precipice of this recession," one economist said this week.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
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Leading genocide scholars say Israel's war in Gaza fits the definition
Meanwhile, Israel denies the charge and American officials remain silent.
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Israel Massacres Gaza Children Fetching Water, Starves 13 More Palestinians to Death
"A child in Gaza shouldn't have to die for a sip of water," said one Palestinian American critic. "Families are starving, fleeing under bombs, with nowhere safe to go. Humanity is failing them."
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Israel Massacres Gaza Children Fetching Water, Starves 13 More Palestinians to Death
"A child in Gaza shouldn't have to die for a sip of water," said one Palestinian American critic. "Families are starving, fleeing under bombs, with nowhere safe to go. Humanity is failing them."brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
No Kings Movement Announces Next Day of Nationwide Actions for Oct 18
"No Kings is a non-violent movement that continues to rise stronger, and we’re uniting once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people."
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The Biggest Applause Line From Graham Platner's Labor Day Speech Was About Ending US Bombs in Gaza
US support for Israel's assault on Gaza is waning, but some Democratic politicians are out of touch. Military veteran Graham Platner challenges the status quo, calling out the billions in aid to Israel.
The Biggest Applause Line From Graham Platner's Labor Day Speech Was About Ending US Bombs in Gaza
And the second biggest was about naming the enemy which his Senate campaign will seek to target: "the oligarchy."julia-conley (Common Dreams)
Putting military lawyers in charge of immigration courts is problematic—and “unlawful”
Trump's latest move is an "essential component of martial law,” notes one expert.
Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists' Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn't Pay Up
Artists&Clients, a website for connecting artists with gigs, is down after a group called LunaLock threatened to feed their data to AI datasets.
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Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists' Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn't Pay Up
An old school ransomware attack has a new twist: threatening to feed data to AI companies so it’ll be added to LLM datasets.Artists&Clients is a website that connects independent artists with interested clients. Around August 30, a message appeared on Artists&Clients attributed to the ransomware group LunaLock. “We have breached the website Artists&Clients to steal and encrypt all its data,” the message on the site said, according to screenshots taken before the site went down on Tuesday. “If you are a user of this website, you are urged to contact the owners and insist that they pay our ransom. If this ransom is not paid, we will release all data publicly on this Tor site, including source code and personal data of users. Additionally, we will submit all artwork to AI companies to be added to training datasets.”
LunaLock promised to delete the stolen data and allow users to decrypt their files if the site’s owner paid a $50,000 ransom. “Payment is accepted in either Bitcoin or Monero,” the notice put on the site by the hackers said. The ransom note included a countdown timer that gave the site’s owners several days to cough up the cash. “If you do not pay, all files will be leaked, including personal user data. This may cause you to be subject to fines and penalties under the GDPR and other laws.”
Most of LunaLock’s threat is standard language for a ransomware attack. What’s new is the explicit threat to give the site’s data—which includes the unique artwork and information of its users—to AI companies. “This is the first time I see a threat actor use training AI models as part of their extortion tactic,” Tammy Harper, a senior threat intelligence researcher at the cyber security company Flare, told 404 Media. “Before this it was kind of an assumption that victim data could end up being shared through AI models. Especially if the groups use it to find leverage and process the data to calculate ransom amounts.”
Harper said that this kind of threat could be effective against artists. “It’s a very sensitive subject for this type of victim (an art marketplace.) LunaLock is definitely using and hoping for the clients and artists of the victim to pressure them into paying the ransom.”
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It’s unclear how LunaLock would get the artistic data to AI companiesOf course, it might be as simple as setting up an independent website full of the data on the open web and waiting for one of the LLMs crawlers to come and devour the information. Or just starting a chat with the companies’ respective chatbots and uploading the images, depending on each company’s policy on how they train their AIs based on user uploads.As of this writing, Artists&Clients is down and attempts to reach it trigger a Cloudflare error. But users and cyber security accounts are sharing screenshots of the ransomware note on social media. Google also indexed the ransom note and as of writing, it appears in the description of the site when you look it up in the search engine.
Artists&Clients did not respond to 404 Media’s request for a comment.
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Rights group investigation reveals government forces executed civilians in southern Syria
Amnesty International released a new investigative report on Tuesday detailing extrajudicial executions of Druze civilians by the Syrian government and affiliated forces in the Suwayda governorate on July 15-16.
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Rights group investigation reveals government forces executed civilians in southern Syria
Amnesty International released a new investigative report on Tuesday detailing extrajudicial executions of Druze civilians by the Syrian government and affiliated forces in the Suwayda governorate on...Christine Savino | Cornell Law School, US (- JURIST - News)
Trump haltigas libropakaĵojn de UEA al Usono
La libroservo de UEA ne plu povas sendi pakaĵojn al Usono. Tio estas unu el la sekvoj de la kaosa doganpolitiko de Donald Trump. Usono unuflanke nuligis regulojn pri sendogana sendado de pakaĵoj ĝis certa valoro. Ĉar nun mankas ajnaj novaj reguloj, simple ne eblas sendi pakaĵojn el Eŭropo al Usono.
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German Court Rules Against Apple’s ‘CO2-Neutral’ Watch Advertising
World Economic Forum 2026
Event Title: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026Dates: January 19–23, 2026Location: Davos-Klosters, SwitzerlandOrganizer: World Economic Forum (WEF) The 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will convene over 2,500 global leaders...\nESG News
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For anyone still typing CO2 instead of CO₂:
Just put “CO₂” into your text replacement, autocorrect, espanso config and get taken seriously. please?
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
“My child should be in a safe, clean place, getting proper treatment. But here I am, on the floor, with no place to sit.”
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Critics Allege White House 'Propaganda' After US Bombs Boat Off Venezuela Coast
"This is not about drugs, crime, or national security," asserted one expert. "It is about oil that the US would rather not pay for."
UK sentencing bill to introduce veto powers over sentencing guidelines
The UK government introduced new legislation which will require the Justice Secretary and the Lord or Lady Chief Justice to approve Sentencing Council proposed guidelines for courts.
UK sentencing bill to introduce veto powers over sentencing guidelines
The UK government introduced new legislation which will require the Justice Secretary and the Lord or Lady Chief Justice to approve Sentencing Council proposed guidelines for courts. The bill, current...Frank Kelly | JURIST Staff, GB (- JURIST - News)
Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up
Ad giant won't be broken up, forced to offload Chrome or Android, thanks to AI
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Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up
: Ad giant won't be broken up, forced to offload Chrome or Android, thanks to AIIain Thomson (The Register)
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University of Michigan still punishing pro-Palestine students after graduating
By MEE staff
Published date: 2 September 2025
A little over a year ago, Drin Shapiro was a student programme assistant at the University of Michigan's (UM) English Language Institute, and a student in his final year of a bachelor's degree in history.Since then, he has faced criminal charges brought by the state's attorney general, lost his on-campus job, spent time behind bars, and, as of last month, was still being disciplined by the university despite having graduated in May.
All of this was because he took part in a student encampment against the war on Gaza on 21 May 2024. Shapiro was arrested during the police raid of the encampment and was later released on bond.
University of Michigan still punishing pro-Palestine students after graduating
A little over a year ago, Drin Shapiro was a student programme assistant at the University of Michigan's (UM) English Language Institute, and a student in his final year of a bachelor's degree in history.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
University of Michigan still punishing pro-Palestine students after graduating
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By MEE staff
Published date: 2 September 2025
A little over a year ago, Drin Shapiro was a student programme assistant at the University of Michigan's (UM) English Language Institute, and a student in his final year of a bachelor's degree in history.Since then, he has faced criminal charges brought by the state's attorney general, lost his on-campus job, spent time behind bars, and, as of last month, was still being disciplined by the university despite having graduated in May.
All of this was because he took part in a student encampment against the war on Gaza on 21 May 2024. Shapiro was arrested during the police raid of the encampment and was later released on bond.
University of Michigan still punishing pro-Palestine students after graduating
By MEE staff
Published date: 2 September 2025A little over a year ago, Drin Shapiro was a student programme assistant at the University of Michigan's (UM) English Language Institute, and a student in his final year of a bachelor's degree in history.Since then, he has faced criminal charges brought by the state's attorney general, lost his on-campus job, spent time behind bars, and, as of last month, was still being disciplined by the university despite having graduated in May.
All of this was because he took part in a student encampment against the war on Gaza on 21 May 2024. Shapiro was arrested during the police raid of the encampment and was later released on bond.
University of Michigan still punishing pro-Palestine students after graduating
A little over a year ago, Drin Shapiro was a student programme assistant at the University of Michigan's (UM) English Language Institute, and a student in his final year of a bachelor's degree in history.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Cloudflare hit by data breach in Salesloft Drift supply chain attack
Cloudflare is the latest company impacted in a recent string of Salesloft Drift breaches, part of a supply-chain attack disclosed last week.
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
[article contains many interviews and photos of mothers at the hospital.]
from Drop Site News
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Sep 02, 2025
“This is the only hospital still providing pediatric medical care, after several other hospitals—like Al-Durra Hospital, Al-Nasr Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital, the Indonesian Hospital, and Beit Hanoun Hospital—have all been put out of service,” Dr. Mohammad Madi, the head of the Pediatrics Department at Al-Rantisi, told Drop Site. “Now only Rantisi Children’s Hospital remains. It is the only hospital providing medical care for children.”
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
“My child should be in a safe, clean place, getting proper treatment. But here I am, on the floor, with no place to sit.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
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[article contains many interviews and photos of mothers at the hospital.]from Drop Site News
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Sep 02, 2025
“This is the only hospital still providing pediatric medical care, after several other hospitals—like Al-Durra Hospital, Al-Nasr Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital, the Indonesian Hospital, and Beit Hanoun Hospital—have all been put out of service,” Dr. Mohammad Madi, the head of the Pediatrics Department at Al-Rantisi, told Drop Site. “Now only Rantisi Children’s Hospital remains. It is the only hospital providing medical care for children.”
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
[article contains many interviews and photos of mothers at the hospital.]from Drop Site News
Abdel Qader Sabbah
Sep 02, 2025“This is the only hospital still providing pediatric medical care, after several other hospitals—like Al-Durra Hospital, Al-Nasr Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital, the Indonesian Hospital, and Beit Hanoun Hospital—have all been put out of service,” Dr. Mohammad Madi, the head of the Pediatrics Department at Al-Rantisi, told Drop Site. “Now only Rantisi Children’s Hospital remains. It is the only hospital providing medical care for children.”
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
“My child should be in a safe, clean place, getting proper treatment. But here I am, on the floor, with no place to sit.”Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
Pennsylvania AG Office says ransomware attack behind recent outage
The Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General announced that a ransomware attack is behind the ongoing two-week service outage.
The latest statement did not comment on the possibility of sensitive data being exfiltrated during the ransomware attack. However, if the investigation reveals that data has been stolen, affected individuals will be notified.
Palo Alto Networks data breach exposes customer info, support cases
Palo Alto Networks suffered a data breach that exposed customer data and support cases after attackers abused compromised OAuth tokens from the Salesloft Drift breach to access its Salesforce instance.
Air Canada Flight Attendants May Vote Down The Wage Package
While the proposed wage increases are appreciable, they fail to make up for past losses and pale in comparison to the increases secured by Air Canada pilots last year.
Air Canada Flight Attendants May Vote Down The Wage Package
While the proposed wage increases are appreciable, they fail to make up for past losses and pale in comparison to what pilots gotAdam D.K. King (The Maple)
This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC
You don’t have to track down pricey retro hardware to play the Pioneer LaserActive anymore.
US | Los Angeles Troop Deployment Was Illegal, Judge Says
The battle over troops in America's streets is just beginning.
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When Insiders Become the Threat
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Google not required to sell Chrome, federal judge rules in antitrust case
A US judge on Tuesday rejected the government's demand that Google sell its Chrome web browser as part of a major antitrust case but imposed sweeping requirements to restore competition in online search.The landmark ruling came after Judge Amit Mehta found in August 2024 that Google illegally maintained monopolies in online search through exclusive distribution agreements worth billions of dollars annually.
Google not required to sell Chrome, federal judge rules in antitrust case
A US judge on Tuesday rejected a government bid to force Google to sell its Chrome browser but ordered sweeping changes to restore competition in online search.FRANCE 24
Hey Tech Bro—Your Dream City Is Doomed: Bill Gates, Marc Andreessen, and Even Akon Are Envisioning Utopias Without Considering How They’ll Be Governed
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- Hacker News.
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Hey Tech Bro—Your Dream City Is Doomed
Bill Gates, Marc Andreessen, and Even Akon Are Envisioning Utopian Cities Without Considering How They’ll Be GovernedJoe Mathews (Zócalo Public Square)
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US Government abandons climate science, but climate scientists won't abandon government
Government abandons climate science, but climate scientists won't abandon government
Hello, welcome to my relaunched newsletter, read more about the deal here and please subscribe! It is an uphill battle, of course, when faced with such clear-eyed farce.Dave Levitan (Gravity Is Gone)
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Vibe coding job postings gain momentum among tech companies
Vibe coding job postings gain momentum among tech companies, reveals GlobalData
Vibe coding represents a significant advancement in the application of artificial intelligence (AI), transforming AI-assisted software development into a more conversational and efficient process.GlobalData UK Ltd.
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Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements
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- Hacker News.
:::Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.The court’s ruling today recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.
Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements
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- Hacker News;
- Reddit.
:::Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.The court’s ruling today recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.
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Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.
Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications.Servo
Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36778872
::: spoiler Comments
- Hacker News.
:::Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.The court’s ruling today recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.
Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements
::: spoiler Comments
- Hacker News;
- Reddit.
:::Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.The court’s ruling today recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.
Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36778872
::: spoiler Comments
- Hacker News.
:::Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.The court’s ruling today recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.
Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements
::: spoiler Comments
- Hacker News;
- Reddit.
:::Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.The court’s ruling today recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.
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Sanders, Jackson, Platner Take Aim at Oligarchy With Maine Labor Day Rally
Sanders, Jackson, Platner Take Aim at Oligarchy With Maine Labor Day Rally
"We do not live in a system that is broken. We live in a system that is functioning exactly as it is intended," said Graham Platner, running for US Senate.jon-queally (Common Dreams)
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Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements
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- Reddit.
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Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered Google to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals; and ordered Google to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.The court’s ruling today recognizes the need for remedies that will pry open the market for general search services, which has been frozen in place for over a decade. The ruling also recognizes the need to prevent Google from using the same anticompetitive tactics for its GenAI products as it used to monopolize the search market, and the remedies will reach GenAI technologies and companies.
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(Technology Connections) Desiccant dehumidifiers are fascinating... but not for everyone [29:19]
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in reply to BrikoX • • •if the ai models are happy using stolen data, whos to say they havent already scraped the site themselves.
if your data is on the net, its already being swiped i think.
i wouldnt pay it if i were them. as if they arent gonna sell the data anyway for a lil extra cash, morals mean nothing to thieves.
BrikoX
in reply to phonics • • •Morals they don't care about, but reputation is what their whole business is built around. It's very rare that hacker groups release the content if their demands are met. At the same time, you might become a juicy target for other groups if you pay and are stupid enough to not secure your systems and educate your staff moving forward.