AI Forensics: The NGO behind the Grok investigation
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AI Forensics: The NGO behind the Grok investigation
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This week, President Donald Trump once again hijacked the court system to launder corruption. He purportedly “settled” litigation with his own Department of Justice in exchange for a $1.8 billion slush fund to compensate political allies who claim to be victims of weaponization, as well as a deal to never investigate alleged tax evasion by the Trump family.
That’s the same DOJ that outside its headquarters flies a giant banner of Trump — making his best tough guy face, with his eyes uncharacteristically open. But before the DOJ unfurled its “Dear Leader” flag, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr pinned Trump’s gilded image to his lickspittling lapel and renounced his agency’s independence.
And before the DOJ’s latest mockery of the legal system, Carr facilitated Trump’s shakedown of CBS parent Paramount, holding up regulatory approval of Paramount’s merger with Skydance until it paid Trump $16 million to settle his absolutely frivolous lawsuit over the editing of an interview with Kamala Harris by “60 Minutes.” He approved the merger two days after Trump got the check.
That could’ve been the end of it. Last July, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) filed an ethics complaint against Carr, an attorney, with the Washington, D.C. Bar, making what we thought was an uncontroversial argument: It’s unethical for officers of the court to help the president use those courts to extract palm grease from companies they regulate.
Had the D.C. Bar disbarred or even merely disciplined Carr, Trump’s lawyers would know that facilitating self-dealing schemes might cost them something. It may not have stopped the administration’s avalanche of grift, but it might have hindered DOJ lawyers from so readily signing off on such blatant lawlessness.
But it didn’t. Instead, Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton P. Fox III wrote in a letter dismissing our complaint that the ethics rules we cited had not previously been applied in similar contexts. He also included an incoherent argument that the First Amendment gave Carr some sort of wiggle room. As if to underscore his lack of First Amendment expertise, he marked his dismissal letter “confidential” (an alarmingly common practice among disciplinary offices). Here’s a pro tip: Don’t try to impose a prior restraint on an organization with “freedom of the press” in its name.
If the administration is going to go after you anyway, you might as well do your job.
But it should be obvious why there were no analogous precedents for the relief our complaint sought. No prior FCC chair helped a sitting president turn a courtroom into a conduit for bribery.
And even if the First Amendment could arguably acquiesce Carr’s anti-speech investigations of licensees (it can’t — just consult the statute under which the FCC operates or ask the version of Carr from before he put on that lapel pin), that has nothing to do with facilitating presidential shakedowns. There’s no universe where that’s protected by the Constitution.
The ethics rules’ prohibitions on “conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation” and “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice” were drafted broadly on purpose — it’s impossible to predict every way future attorneys may misbehave. There’s plenty of room in those rules to crack down on Carr if the disciplinary office wanted to.
The reality is that Fox did what attorney disciplinary commissions frequently do — find an excuse to duck out of politically charged complaints (notwithstanding the occasional case that is too egregious for even them to ignore, e.g., Ed Martin and Rudy Giuliani). Lawyers joke about the inefficacy of disciplinary offices — it’s an open secret that they operate more like protection rackets for members of the bar than serious regulators.
Now we see where that cowardice led — a $16 million corrupt settlement begot a $1.8 billion one. And the D.C. Bar’s hands-off approach certainly hasn’t earned it any goodwill from the administration. The DOJ filed suit against Fox and the D.C. Bar earlier this month, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling it a “blatantly partisan arm of leftist causes,” apparently because it disciplined the likes of Jeffrey Clark for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
There’s some good news. Lawyers from the Public Integrity Project are fighting the DOJ’s shenanigans in court, and the Legal Accountability Center has filed a new attorney disciplinary complaint against Carr. It’s an opportunity for Fox and the D.C. Bar to right past wrongs. If the administration is going to go after you anyway, you might as well do your job.
And maybe after you’re done battling Blanche’s political attacks, you can apply for some compensation from that weaponization fund you enabled.
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May 21st
We have two things we wanted to tell you about since plenty of action is happening on the Pirate side of things:
1.) Our 2026 Pirate National Conference: […] Hoist the Colours and Spill the Tea (20 Years a Pirate!) is quickly approaching, with June 6th-7th being less than three weeks away! You might be thinking “I wish I could be involved in the 2026 PNC.”
The good news is, Boston or not: you can!
Sign up at this link, whether you’re attending in-person or online, and get involved in our 20th anniversary celebration! It’s gonna be buckets of fun.
Plus we have a boat, like all good Pirates do.
2.) Drew Bingaman, candidate for PA House 108 and Pirate through and through, will be joining us Saturday for Talk the Plank! at NoonET. Don’t miss Captain emeritus Drew Bingaman discuss his campaign, and don’t forget to bring your questions! We will be checking the YouTube livestream.
3.) As was voted on by the Pirate National Committee, the open PNC meetings, held between the regular PNC meetings, was be moved to livestream starting this Sunday, May 24th. However, this may be postponed until June 20th. Update to come tomorrow on the status of the meeting.
That’s all for now! We’ll see you Saturday for Talk the Plank!, potentially Sunday for our open meeting, and June 6th-7th for our Pirate National Conference!
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Exchange Online Writeback: sincronizzare le modifiche cloud con Active Directory on-premises
#tech
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TeamPCP viola GitHub dall’interno: 3.800 repository sottratti in 18 minuti tramite un’estensione VS Code malevola
#CyberSecurity
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Join us at one or more Pirate Events scheduled for May and June:
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Présenter sa carte d'identité ou utiliser FranceConnect sera-t-il bientôt obligatoire pour accéder aux réseaux sociaux ? C'est ce que prépare une proposition de loi imposant une vérification d'âge pour empêcher les moins de 15 ans d'utiliser ces plateformes. Poussé par la France et la Commission européenne, un tel mécanisme porterait un coup très grave à l'anonymat, la vie privée et la liberté d'expression en ligne.
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Le Parlement s'apprête à voter une proposition de loi qui veut interdire d'accès aux réseaux sociaux les jeunes de moins de 15 ans.La Quadrature du Net
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Nous cherchons sur Paris une personne ayant une appétence pour la compréhension et la vulgarisation des systèmes techniques et de leurs impacts politiques, qui pourrait nous aider à construire et diffuser notre analyse politique et à mobiliser sur nos sujets. ⬇️
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La Quadrature du Net recherche un·e chargé·e d'analyse politique et technique pour, dans un premier temps, renforcer son travail d'analyse politique des techniques utilisées dans les champs de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) et des algorithmes de co…La Quadrature du Net
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As EU digital policy faces growing pressure from deregulation and “simplification” agendas, civil society experts, lawmakers, regulators, and journalists are coming together in Brussels and online to make the case for a bold public-interest vision of technology policy: one that protects people, communities, democracy, and our fundamental rights.
The post “Fight for Us, Not for Them”: A Public Interest Vision for EU Tech Policy — new speakers announced appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
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Nach Schuss in den Kopf: Wie argentinische Aktivist*innen einen Polizisten vor Gericht brachten
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Vor guten einem Jahr bohrte sich eine Tränengaspatrone in den Schädel des Fotografen Pablo Grillo. Der Polizist, der die Waffe abgefeuert hat, steht heute vor Gericht. Möglich war das nur, weil sich Freiwillige tagelang durch Videos gewühlt haben.
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Wenn sich das Volk und die Justiz gemeinsam gegen ein Übel stellen, dann hat es keine Chance.
Das würde auch bei uns funktionieren.
Freiwilliger Rechtsstaat klingt nicht nach einer guten Vorgehensweise 🙁
Und offenbar hat niemand dafür Palantir oder eine "europäische Alternative" benötigt.
HateAid nach US-Einreiseverbot: „Wir sollten nicht fürchten müssen, vor den Bus geschubst zu werden“
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Die USA belegten HateAid-Geschäftsführerin Josephine Ballon und ihre Kollegin mit Einreiseverboten – weil sie dabei helfen, EU-Gesetze gegen Plattformen durchzusetzen. Im Interview spricht Ballon über Einschüchterung, Angst vor Finanzsanktionen und die Notwendigkeit, sich von US-Digitalkonzernen unabhängig zu machen.
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Ich habe den Eindruck, das #HateAid hier im Fediverse recht bekannt ist, hab aber keine Ahnung wie das ausserhalb unserer Blase ist.Ulrich Auer :bike_verified: (sueden.social)
Solche Leute, die für unser aller Werte und Rechte eintreten müssen geschützt werden.
Aber mal ehrlich, wer will unter dem orangenen Pavian aktuell ernsthaft in die USA einreisen, wenn er nicht gerade muss? 😂
DevilNFC is a new Android malware that combines NFC relay attacks with Android Kiosk Mode to trap victims inside a fake banking screen while stealing card PINs in real time.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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A newly analyzed Gremlin stealer variant hides C2 URLs inside XOR-encrypted .NET resource sections, making it invisible to static scanners.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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The Void Botnet uses Ethereum smart contracts as a seizure-resistant C2 channel, making traditional law enforcement takedowns impossible.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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GitHub Copilot diventa un’app desktop autonoma: sessioni agentiche e Agent Merge in anteprima tecnica
#tech
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Anthropic's Claude Code harbored a critical SOCKS5 null-byte injection sandbox bypass for over five months, allowing attackers to silently exfiltrate developer credentials, source code, and API keys.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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🎉 noyb win: the Austrian public broadcaster #ORF must correct its misleading cookie banner on ORF.at.
👉 The Federal Administrative Court confirmed that the buttons to ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ tracking cookies must be designed equally
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The current cookie banner on ORF.at is not in compliance with the GDPRnoyb.eu
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Migrazione certificati Secure Boot in Windows 11: guida agli script PowerShell di KB5089549
#tech
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FamousSparrow spia l’Azerbaigian: il gruppo APT cinese colpisce l’industria petrolifera del corridoio energetico europeo
#CyberSecurity
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Intelligenza artificiale, responsabilità e cybersicurezza: il punto sul convegno di Cagliari
#CyberSecurity
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Familienministerin: Karin Prien will Social-Media-Verbot nicht „Verbot“ nennen
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Die CDU will ein Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige, der Bundeskanzler hat dazu „Nein“ gesagt. Und die Familienministerin? Auf der Digitalkonferenz re:publica legt sich Karin Prien (CDU) nicht fest – und hält sich alle Optionen offen.
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Familienministerin Karin Prien (CDU) will das Social-Media-Verbot nicht „Verbot“ nennen. Einer bohrenden Frage aus dem Publikum weicht sie aus.
Lest hier meinen Bericht von der re:publica. #rp26
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Die CDU will ein Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige, der Bundeskanzler hat dazu „Nein“ gesagt. Und die Familienministerin? Auf der Digitalkonferenz re:publica legt sich Karin Prien (CDU) nicht fest – und hält sich alle Optionen offen.Sebastian Meineck (netzpolitik.org)
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Join us in Boston for the 2026 National Party Conference from Saturday, June 6th to Sunday, June 7th!
The first day will include a visit to the USS Constitution and talks on a variety of topics of interest to Pirates. Conference talks will be held in the Minehan Meeting Room, 2-6pm at the Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Harbor on Tudor Wharf, 34-44 Charles River Ave, Boston, MA 02129.
The second day will include activities in Boston learning about Boston’s past and ongoing fight for freedom as well as family-friendly activities.
Register as an attendee, speaker or volunteer.
Find out more at the United States Pirate Party 2026 National Conference page.
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European tax payer money is used to fund Israeli #spyware companies. Tell your politicians to stop it!
Sign @edri's petition now: crm.edri.org/kiss
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🚨 New research commissioned by EDRi analyses the implementation of the #LawEnforcementDirective in Bulgaria, France, Greece, Germany and Slovenia.
Even eight years after the LED’s entry into application, its implementation remains fragmented and insufficient ❌
The LED is a crucial #DigitalRights protection instrument and provides protection standards for the processing of personal data by law enforcement authorities 🚔
Read the full study and country reports ➡️ edri.org/our-work/research-stu…
This study commissioned by EDRi analyses the implementation of the Law Enforcement Directive (LED) in five EU Member States.EDRi (European Digital Rights (EDRi))
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We voted to support An Act relative to protecting access to applied behavior analysis services in schools (H.4927). The reporting date was extended to Friday, May 22, 2026. Contact your Mass. representative and senator, especially if they are on the Education committee.
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Gekapptes "Demokratie leben"-Programm: Wie sich Priens Kahlschlag auswirkt
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Was sie labern - was sie tun.
An ihren Taten sollst (kannst) du sie erkennen.
Vous souvenez-vous du test ADN offert par votre proche à Noël ou à votre anniversaire ? Avec le projet de loi SURE, les données génétiques que vous avez alors transmises à des entreprises privées situées à l'étranger (majoritairement aux États-Unis) pourront être récupérées et exploitées par la police française.
Sous l'inattaquable prétexte d'identifier plus facilement les auteurs de crimes, le gouvernement ouvre la boîte de Pandore des examens génétiques.
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Vous souvenez-vous du kit de test génétique offert par votre proche à Noël ou pour votre anniversaire ? Curieux·se d’en savoir plus sur vos origines, vous avez soigneusement emballé votre échantillon de salive pour l’envoyer à l’étranger.La Quadrature du Net
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ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on a U.S.-based online Learning Management System, disrupting access for educational institutions nationwide.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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A public proof-of-concept exploit has been released for CVE-2026-2005, a critical remote code execution flaw in PostgreSQL's pgcrypto extension rooted in nearly 20-year-old code.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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GitHub has confirmed unauthorized access to its internal repositories after a malicious Visual Studio Code extension compromised an employee device.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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⚖️ How do we enforce our rights, and how do we keep fighting when our opponents seem all-powerful? Watch the talk ‘Taking #BigTech to court, enforcing our rights’ now. Featuring Albrecht von Sonntag and @maxschrems 🎙️ (in German)
#Republica26 #Meta #Schrems @republica
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.re:publica (YouTube)
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North Korea's Kimsuky threat group has been operating four parallel spear-phishing campaigns targeting corporate recruiters, cryptocurrency developers, defense sector officials, and graduate school staff.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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This study commissioned by EDRi analyses the implementation of the Law Enforcement Directive (LED) in five EU Member States. It shows that even eight years after the LED’s entry into application, the implementation of this crucial instrument for digital rights remains fragmented and insufficient.
The post Research study: Evaluation of EU’s Law Enforcement Directive shows implementation still fragmented and insufficient appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).
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1/8 It's happening! The 19th edition of @CPDPconferences is officially underway in Brussels – the multidisciplinary conference on privacy and data protection, bringing together researchers, policymakers, civil society, and tech practitioners from across the globe.
Come find our booth and say hi! And stay tuned for our key sessions 👇
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7/8 Tomorrow (Thu 21.05) at 14:15 in Maritime, join the panel: "Rhetoric over rights: the Digital Omnibus, competitiveness and the end of European values?" 🏛️
EDRi's @itxaso will be speaking about the Digital Omnibus and what's at stake for our fundamental rights.
More info: cpdpconferences.org/panels/rhe…
👋 Want to see noyb at #CPDP? This is our team's programme - let's catch up! #Brussels
Find the complete list here: cpdpconferences.org/schedule
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in reply to La Quadrature du Net • • •Une proposition de loi est en cours de discussion depuis janvier pour obliger les réseaux sociaux à vérifier l'âge de leurs utilisateur·rices dans le but d'interdire aux mineur·es de moins de 15 ans d'y accéder.
Or, pour vérifier l'âge d'une personne en ligne, il faut nécessairement vérifier son identité : soit en exigeant que l'internaute se connecte avec une identité numérique d'État (comme FranceConnect), soit en vérifiant un titre d'identité comportant sa date de naissance.
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in reply to La Quadrature du Net • • •Certes, pour les sites pornographiques, qui sont déjà soumis à une obligation de vérification d'âge, la technique d'estimation d'âge est actuellement utilisée : pas besoin de montrer ses papiers, une IA analyse le visage pour dire s'il correspond à la tranche d'âge autorisée.
Mais cette technique est intrinsèquement défaillante : se dessiner une moustache ou encore présenter à la machine une vidéo de visage issue d'une banque d'images sont autant de manières de la tromper.
La Quadrature du Net
in reply to La Quadrature du Net • • •On assiste à une stratégie coordonnée entre la France et la Commission européenne pour imposer cette vérification d'âge (et donc d'identité) au niveau de l'UE.
La Commission pousse l'idée que la vérification d'âge pourrait se faire de manière « complètement anonyme », pour reprendre une phrase de sa présidente. C'est faux.
La France affirme que sa technique de « double-anonymat » (novlangue pour désigner un concept cryptographique appelé « ZKP ») sera respectueuse des libertés. C'est faux.
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in reply to La Quadrature du Net • • •La vérification d'âge, et le contrôle d'identité sous-jacent, en plus d'être contraire au droit de l'UE, ne résoudra aucunement les dangers des réseaux sociaux commerciaux. La solution existe pourtant : remettre frontalement en question le modèle économique des plateformes commerciales qui repose sur la publicité ciblée et l'addiction.
Alors que la proposition de loi française mettrait en danger les réseaux sociaux fédérés comme Mastodon, c'est pourtant de ce modèle qu'il faudrait s'inspirer.
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La Quadrature du NetPhipe 💳 Multipass 🍵🍺🖖🏼
in reply to La Quadrature du Net • • •Impossible de me connecter via l'identité numérique de la Poste depuis plusieurs semaines maintenant...
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Et c'est pas comme si c'était obligatoire (et quasi sans alternative) pour accéder au CPF par exemple...
#jdcjdpr
Le Monolecte 😷🤬🐧
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in reply to La Quadrature du Net • • •Alors qu'au pire, il suffirait de faire une loi qui oblige les parents (ou responsables d'enfants - Écoles etc...) à poser un filtre parental sur les accès internets de leurs mineurs de moins de 16 ans.
Au pire.
mais visiblement ce n'est pas réellement leurs soucie et en "bons" "démocrates" ils évitent surtout que des débats publiques sur nos libertés aient lieu
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