Content warning: FireChat was a tool for revolution. Then it disappeared. #technology #privacy #firechat #mesh Reveal/hide

https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/firechat-was-a-tool-for-revolution-then-it-disappeared/

FireChat was a tool for revolution. Then it disappeared.

With FireChat, people were free to communicate and coordinate with each other without the message having to first filter through someone's data center. Why did the app shut down without notice?

^{from jason}

Catholic #priest #AI causes irritation

source: https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/i-just-have-to-take-my-lumps
Twitter: https://nitter.esmailelbob.xyz/atholiccom/status/1782829157245923598

Some said the priest avatar was inappropriate, misleading, or just plain creepy. Some said the priest simulated virtual sacraments — indeed, “Fr. Justin” gladly heard The Pillar’s, “confession,” before giving some spiritual guidance and reciting the words of absolution. And some said that an AI apologetics project leans too heavily into unreliable, controversial, and still-confusing technology.

#Religion #technology #news #future #confession #absolution #church

‘I just have to take my lumps’

Catholic Answers COO on 'Fr. Justin' AI pushback

^{The Pillar}

I want to believe - but I've heard too many pixie-dust science predictions to just roll over. Prove it to me - show me the math.

https://thedebrief.org/nasa-veterans-propellantless-propulsion-drive-that-physics-says-shouldnt-work-just-produced-enough-thrust-to-defeat-earths-gravity/

#space #nasa #universe #astronomy #art #science #galaxy #moon #stars #spacex #technology #tech #innovation #engineering #business #technews #gadgets

The Debrief

Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious.

^{Christopher Plain (The Debrief)}

You must be kidding me, Jason.

Too early to celebrate, my dude

#mastodon #bluesky #threads #twitter #x #elon #musk #elonmusk #googleplus #google #graveyard #socialmedia #technology #tech

#Congo questions #Apple over #knowledge of #conflict #minerals in its supply chain

source: https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphones-congo-blood-minerals-b1f20aa7bd3a3f4f8cf7fcde19c6f053

A group of international lawyers representing Congo said Thursday that they sent letters to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and its French subsidiary this week, raising concerns about human rights violations involving the minerals extracted from mines in the country’s troubled east that might end up being used in the company’s products.

#SupplyChain #HumanRights #Economy #business #iphone #smartphone #technology #trade #TimCook justice #crime #news

Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain

Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into supply chains. It's demanding answers within three weeks.

^{GERALD IMRAY (AP News)}

"If you take it for granted that nobody can listen in on your innermost thoughts, I regret to inform you that your brain may not be private much longer. Luckily, the brain is lawyering up." Colorado passed legislation to prevent companies from selling your brainwaves. But is it enough to stop the likes of Meta and Apple?

Story by Sigal Samuel re: #neurorights #neurotech #neuroethics #neuroscience #neurology #neurotechnology #ethics #technology

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24078512/brain-tech-privacy-rights-neurorights-colorado-yuste

#Microsoft is a national #security threat, says ex-#WhiteHouse cyber policy director

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/

Microsoft has a shocking level of #control over IT within the US federal #government

#technology #CyberSecurity #economy #politics #software #problem #usa #news

Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director

With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

@anonymiss

to me, #biometric unlocking, is unsafe, you see a lot of unauthorised unlocking from restrained, sleeping, dead, or drunken people from either face or fingerprint to unlock a device.

it was established a few years ago that law enforcement in the usa do not need a warrant for biometric unlocking, but need warrant if a password is enabled, to unlock a device.

#phone #thumbprint #court #usa #justice #privacy #security #smartphone #mobile #technology #news #police #surveillance

Cops can force suspect to unlock #phone with #thumbprint, US #court rules

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/

#usa #justice #privacy #security #smartphone #mobile #technology #news #police #surveillance

Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."

^{Ars Technica}

#LLM Agents can Autonomously #Exploit One-day Vulnerabilities

Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08144

To show this, we collected a dataset of 15 one-day vulnerabilities that include ones categorized as critical severity in the #CVE description. When given the CVE description, GPT-4 is capable of exploiting 87% of these vulnerabilities compared to 0% for every other model we test (GPT-3.5, open-source LLMs) and open-source vulnerability scanners (ZAP and #Metasploit).

#ai #technology #Software #chatgpt #bug #hack #news #cybersecurity

LLM Agents can Autonomously Exploit One-day Vulnerabilities

LLMs have becoming increasingly powerful, both in their benign and malicious uses. With the increase in capabilities, researchers have been increasingly interested in their ability to exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

^arXiv.org

I'm struggling to find words... 😂

https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-copilot-app-spotted-in-windows-server-2022-but-it-does-nothing-for-now/

#microsoft #technology

Microsoft says it accidentally added Copilot app to Windows Server 2022

Copilot automatically installs on Windows Server 2022 and is confusing a lot of users who never give their permission to install the app.

^{Abhishek Mishra (Windows Latest)}

Nice response by #mkbhd to the self-entitled techbros who think they should be given slack for bad products.

“Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies?”

#technology #reviews #cars #fisker #humane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztFpzKsdeA

Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies?

Let's talk about reviewsMKBHD Merch: http://shop.MKBHD.comTech I'm using right now: https://www.amazon.com/shop/MKBHDPlaylist of MKBHD Intro music: https://g...

^YouTube

Can you debunk the “living in a #simulation” theory right now for anyone that believes it? Simulation #theory is not a falsifiable hypothesis.

#technology #science #question #matrix

This is my @Waterfox startpage setup and I love it

So, how do you like it?

#startpage #firefox #mozilla #technology #socialmedia #programming #waterfox #homepage #mastodon #fediverse #browser #browsers #askmastodon #askfediverse #vivaldi #vivaldibrowser #librewolf