#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

#Google sacks dozens who protested #AI deal with #Israel

Project #Nimbus, which aims to provide the Israeli #army with advanced AI and cloud services, was strongly condemned by Google employees upon its launch in 2021

https://thecradle.co/articles/google-sacks-dozens-who-protested-ai-deal-with-israel

#apartheid #technology

Google sacks dozens who protested AI deal with Israel

Project Nimbus, which aims to provide the Israeli army with advanced AI and cloud services, was strongly condemned by Google employees upon its launch in 2021

^{The Cradle}

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}

• yes, my ears are okay, and yes, I am an earbuds user. (0 votes)
• no, I have some hearing issues. (0 votes)
• I'm using headphones, unlike these earbuds loosers :-) (0 votes)
• I watch/listen to videos/audio without any headphones/earbuds (0 votes)
• just let me view the poll results :-) (0 votes)

Which one is better to use when you watch videos or listen to music/podcasts?

#earbuds #headphones #earbud #headphone #privacy #mastodon #askmastodon #fediverse #askfediverse #music #youtube #video #android #ios #iphone #nothing #nothingphone2 #nothingphone2a #nothingphone2acommunityedition #nothingphones #nothingphone1 #nothingeara #nothingear #nothingear3 #nothingear1 #nothingear2 #nothingears #airpods #airpodspro #airpodsmax #airpod #airpodmax #airpodpro #apple #airpodspro2 #iphone16pro #iphone1 #iphone2 #iphone14 #iphonephotography #iphone15question #iphone15 #iphone15promax #iphone15plus #iphonese #iphonese4 #iphone15frame #programming #technology #poll #photography #socialmedia #pleaseboost #boost

• earbuds (42%, 3 votes)
• headphones (28%, 2 votes)
• Neither (14%, 1 vote)
• just let me view the poll results :-) (14%, 1 vote)

Doing some seasonal organizing of my internet browsing, and I'm going all-in on the #IndieWeb. I'm here for the wikis, the self-hosted blogs, the decentralized, chaotic social networks. I believe that's the future of quality information on the internet.

I hope to get around to hosting something myself someday, too, but I have yet neither the skills nor the budget.

#tech #technology #activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #lemmy #selfhosting #selfhosted #growyourown

#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)}

Do you still use Facebook in 2024?

#facebook #meta #instagram #facebookcom #facebookdotcom #facebook_com #privacy #socialmedia #technology #programming #2024

• yes (0%, 0 votes)
• no (75%, 3 votes)
• I have to use it because of my family/friends over there (0%, 0 votes)
• I wish I wouldn't had to use Facebook, but I use it because of my family/friends over there. (0%, 0 votes)
• I wish I wouldn't had to use Facebook, but I use it because of my family/friends over there who refuse to switch to Fediverse. (0%, 0 votes)
• I wish I wouldn't had to use Facebook, but I use it because of my family/friends over there who doesn't knows about Fediverse. (25%, 1 vote)
• Are you kidding me? Facebook violates user's privacy! (0%, 0 votes)
• just let me view the poll results :-) (0%, 0 votes)

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

A hacking #skimmer inside an #ATM machine

https://youtube.com/shorts/29Uc_7bGcRE

#hack #security #money #technology

A hacking skimmer inside an ATM machine #shorts

That's how you hackers crack your cards. Using this skimmer device. Watch the short to know more.#skimmer #hacking #sumsub #shorts Sumsub — empowering compli...

^YouTube

Content warning: Someone got Gab's AI chatbot to show its instructions #technology #ai #gab #llm Reveal/hide

https://mbin.grits.dev/media/01/6c/016c5b17371e24304609922609fe210861815023d954631e89dbd63e7c852b2e.jpg

#meme #AI #technology

♲ Paula - rip Natenom - 2023-02-10 12:20:55 GMT

There is no artificial intelligence, just other people's data.Adapted from: "There is no cloud, just other people's computers"

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning

Is #ChatGPT corrupting peer review? Telltale words hint at #AI use

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01051-2

Out of more than 1,600 scientists who responded to a 2023 Nature survey, nearly 30% said they had used generative AI to write papers and around 15% said they had used it for their own literature reviews and to write grant applications.

#technology #science #news #future

Is ChatGPT corrupting peer review? Telltale words hint at AI use

A study of review reports identifies dozens of adjectives that could indicate text written with the help of chatbots.

^{Singh Chawla, Dalmeet}

Intressant dokumentär som beskriver hur Europa blev och är en Microsoft-mjukvarukoloni.

https://kolektiva.media/w/ra7bfqXCyqBFn7dSFhneFy

#opensource #microsoft #linux #documentary #technology

The Microsoft-Dilemma - Europe as a Software Colony | Full Documentary

Many state and public administrations from Helsinki to Lisbon operate with the software of the US corporation. It makes them vulnerable for hackers and spies, violates European public procurement l...

^{kolektiva.media}

@Flipboard is deepening its ties to the fediverse, announcing it has onboarded 400 more creators (including me!) plus launched in-app fediverse notifications.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/flipboard-deepens-its-ties-to-the-open-source-social-web-aka-the-fediverse/

#fediverse #technology

Why after nearly 20 years I moved away from Vodacom – Loyalty often does not Pay

I’ve been with Vodacom since just after number porting went live in South Africa, and I’ve been on a contract with them for most of that time until after I retired from work, and no longer had a work cellphone allowance. It was just cheaper to move ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/why-after-nearly-20-years-i-moved-away-from-vodacom-loyalty-often-does-not-pay/

#Afrihost #AirMobile #southafrica #technology #vodacom

Why after nearly 20 years I moved away from Vodacom - Loyalty often does not Pay

I've been with Vodacom since just after number porting went live in South Africa, and I've been on a contract with them for most of that time until after I retired from work, and no longer had a work cellphone allowance.

^{Danie (GadgeteerZA)}

Evolution of storage.

#tech #technology #storage

This post delves into the impact of #Israeli #surveillance technologies in #Palestine, illustrating how localized instances of its use can have extensive repercussions that pave the way for the widespread acceptance and global adoption of such oppressive practices

#technology #tor #humanrights

https://blog.torproject.org/surveillance-as-a-service-global-impact-of-israeli-defense-technologies-on-privacy-human-rights/

Surveillance as a Service: The Global Impact of Israeli “Defense” Technologies on Privacy and Human Rights | Tor Project

There is a growing need for a global stance against the use of technology for oppression. This post delves into the impact of Israeli surveillance technologies in Palestine and how localized instances of its use contribute to widespread acceptance an…

^{blog.torproject.org}

Midori 11.3.1 will be available very soon with improvements in stability, security and multimedia improvements, also improvements in the workspaces sidebar and more. Midori 11.3.1 coming soon.

https://astian.org/midori-browser/download

#browser #privacy #Technology #Tech #windows #Ubuntu #linux

Are you tired of your privacy being violated by big technology? Midori is different, Midori respects your privacy, Midori focuses on your privacy. We work for your privacy, Download Midori now!!!

https://astian.org/midori-browser/download/

#privacy #tech #technology #browser #MidoriBrowser #windows #ubuntu #linux

These keyboards rely on magnets and springs and activate by sensing changes in the magnetic field. Popularized by Dutch keyboard startup Wooting, these switches rely on the Hall Effect and have actually been around since the 1960s.

You can change how far you need to press down to register the keystroke, as well as for the release point.

The one thing you can’t change, though, is the switch’s resistance. Despite all the talk of magnets, that’s still handled by the spring inside the switch, after all (for the moment, until the xyz is released).

But interestingly, this also means with temperature differences, you may also have to "calibrate" your keyboard. The price point for the Akko MOD007B PC Santorini keyboard at around US$110 to $150 is certainly not more expensive than many mechanical keyboards.

See https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/07/magnets-are-switching-up-the-keyboard-game/

#technology #keyboards