Elysium
I re-watch from time to time to check where we're at.
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
"We’re going to have supervision," says billionaire Oracle co-founder Ellison.
The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble
Shares in AI companies have powered a huge runup in the stock market this year, but users are beginning to question whether the craze will fall flat.
if this is used, or there is some whitelist that gives permission for background microphone use in voice interaction services, apps with tracking capabilities probably use some set of predefined keywords (hardcoded inside the app itself) and those can be triggered while being on standby/in background, when there is a match some pinging goes to outside servers...
Authoritarian president moves up holiday celebrations yet again to apparently distract from political crisis
Quiet Skies aka tracking regular travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance
Air marshals are conducting a new domestic surveillance program, tracking people as they fly and move through airports. It might be illegal.
The billionaire was detained in Paris and is being investigated in relation to a lack of moderation on the messaging app.
... and with the help of inflation hack
That's disappointing, they should mandate obligatory WhatsApp use country wide.
He got shot and he says "let me get my shoes" wtf? Didn't he notice that somebody (supposedly) wanted him dead?
Vietnam now requires it for some purchases. It may be a fraud risk in Singapore. Or ML could be making it safe
The FCC has proposed a new rule that would require all carriers to unlock all phones within 60 days of activation.
Vikings: Valhalla third and final season premiere set
The Vikings are off on their final voyage in the third and final season of Vikings: Valhalla, which now has a release date and trailer.
1989: The year soda company briefly became a naval superpower
Pepsi is one of the most popular soft drinks in the world, but few people know that it once had a naval fleet that rivaled some of the major powers of its time. This is the story of how Pepsi acquired and sold a navy of warships and submarines from the Soviet Union in exchange for its fizzy beverage...
Fisker reaches end of the road and files for bankruptcy
Henrik Fisker’s car company filed for bankruptcy late Monday, just three months after pausing production on its all-electric SUV.
Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users' data, bowing to regulatory pressure
Meta has confirmed that it will pause plans to start training its AI systems using data from its users in the European Union and U.K. The move follows
Mar 25, 2024 —
... the Commission has granted Meta an extension of 6 months to comply with the interoperability obligation (Article 7 DMA)
Because of a “reasoned request” [from META]. ... Commission said it’s received and accepted [request] from Meta.
granted because it was:
“necessary to ensure effective interoperability and to maintain the necessary level of security, including end-to-end encryption”.
and after that, there will be another request and so on forever, they have alot of dough to burn.
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transcribed from video:
I think there are good solutions we can implement to mitigate a lot of the surveillance. And I don't think the solution is to just lay down and die. If everyone thought like privacy doomers, none of this [privacy related issues] would even be a discussion.
They [pessimists] really just making the world worse place by giving up. And that's what a lot of pessimism really is, when you dig down deep, just a coping mechanism for covering up the fact that you're too lazy to take action. All you have to do is take action, instead of doing nothing.
The world needs more people who just care, don't be a doomer.
You can be a random person walking in a busy metro area and happen to get in range of someone who is scanning for a particular device to use a side-channel attack on. You don’t have to be a POI.
I guess if you're broadcasting all the beacons your phone can be pawned even if you miss the last month OS update on your latest, greatest, shiny toy. This is just inevitable.
It's generally best to get a phone that receives software updates and security patches for more than 2-3 years.
See first paragraph again, not everybody is as affluent as you're, look at the problem from the other perspective
Additionally, threats can come from various sources like:
malicious apps,
will take control of the phone from the inside out, nothing will withstand that
texts,
Pegasus will use 0day, nothing to do about that
USB devices, or physical access,
Once somebody have physical access because you're some POI and not an average Joe, not much you can do
Choosing a manufacturer that supports phones longer can help reduce these risks over the life of the device.
See first paragraph, parenthesis content. Also phones are made with short lifespan on purpose, this gives steady inflow of money for the manufacturers, only few will give you what you want
So for the average users that only want to go on with their lives and not buy brand new phones every 2-3 years (or don't live in places where fairphone and pixel phones are available) what would be the solution?
If a person is not some POI, don't you think that wouldn't be better to flash something that at least includes some relatively up to date security patches?
And how those rootkits are being loaded to phones with outdated firmware? Bundled with the last OS that was flashed or remotely by exploiting security flaws? Not a dev, but curious about it.