What do you think of foldable phones?
Seems like foldable phones are taking over (e.g. Motorola Razr making waves) and only Apple is missing an entry in this form factor now. Almost everyone who can afford one swears by it with the exception of weak build quality....
Bypassing SELinux with init_module (seanpesce.blogspot.com)
Good technical write up on how this could be exploited
Why is it so annoyingly hard to set up a Fediverse node?
Everyone (and their mother) have been trying to convince me that I should use one of my less loaded servers to be a Fediverse node. However, all Fediverse software packages I checked only support being installed on complicated systemd + Docker machines. My servers don’t have either of those, because neither systemd nor Docker...
VID: How TV stations join together for Eurovision [spoilers] (www.youtube.com)
Do you use reddit mostly through the app or web?
Because I only use web, on mobile and desktop. I can’t live without adblock.
AI means everyone can now be a programmer, Nvidia chief says (www.reuters.com)
Lawyer "greatly regrets" use of ChatGPT in court, says he was "unaware of the possibility that its content could be false" (web.archive.org)
The court dismissed the claim and used the word “bogus” to describe the quotes and citations the US attorney provided, which were sourced from ChatGPT. “Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations.” The judge further claimed that certain cases referenced...
"Colonial racial capitalism": China's mass surveillance in Xinjiang made the country a leading exporter of digital forensics, superseded only by Israel and the US (web.archive.org)
The hundreds of millions of dollars invested in Xinjiang surveillance created a system of digital enclosure that is part of the structure of dispossession that confronts Uyghurs, but the regime in Beijing wants the data of the colonized, too, a researcher says. This collection of data has significant consequences for the...
Vulnerability in Telegram on mac OS can grant access to your camera and microphone (danrevah.github.io)
The weakness was allegedly discovered in February by a Google engineer, but “despite attempts to alert Telegram’s security team, the issue remains unresolved”, Matt Johanson, a security expert, writes on Twitter....
Digital war: Social media data reveal how hate speech is used to dehumanise, call for violence against, and celebrate the death of Ukrainians (www.info-res.org)
Data collected from Twitter and Telegram shows that there is increased use of slurs against Ukrainians, calling for violence and celebrating the death of Ukrainians, despite platform policies that are meant to stop, or at least mitigate this activity, the Centre for Information Resilience says. The dataset collected and analysed...
Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders (techcrunch.com)
The overdue penalty payment of €5.2 million has been issued by the French regulator, the CNIL — on top of a €20 million sanction it slapped the company with last year for breaching regional privacy rules. Clearview refuses payment as it “is not subject to the GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation]”, the company...
Once Again, ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Caves To Authoritarian Censorial Bullies (www.techdirt.com)
So far, Musk has shown a willingness to bow down to authoritarian censors. The latest is yet another example of that. Just as the Turkish election was about to take place, the government demanded that Twitter censor content critical of authoritarian strongman, gollum-lookalike, and world’s most thin skinned leader, Recep...
India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale. (tutanota.com)
Lakera - Prompt Injection (gandalf.lakera.ai)
Your goal is to make Gandalf reveal the secret password for each level. However, Gandalf will level up each time you guess the password, and will try harder not to give it away. Can you beat level 7?
What Matrix client is most like Signal?
I like the look of Syphon, but it’s in alpha
Mastodon monoculture problem (rys.io)
Recent moves by Eugen Rochko (known as Gargron on fedi), the CEO of Mastodon-the-non-profit and lead developer of Mastodon-the-software, got some people worried about the outsized influence Mastodon (the software project and the non-profit) has on the rest of the Fediverse....
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization (rys.io)
Almost exactly six months after Twitter got taken over by a petulant edge lord, people seem to be done with grieving the communities this disrupted and connections they lost, and are ready, eager even, to jump head-first into another toxic relationship. This time with BlueSky.
Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing (www.theverge.com)
DivestOS - March 22nd 2023 Update, Tad (SkewedZeppelin) was granted the 2022 'Outstanding New Free Software Contributor' award by the Free Software Foundation, and many more (divestos.org)
Tech proficient users of Beehaw, we need your help
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/282116...
Universal Android Debloater GUI - an open source low-level app for debloating Android phones (github.com)
This is a complete rewrite in Rust of the UAD project, which aims to improve privacy and battery performance by removing unnecessary and obscure system apps. This can also contribute to improve security by reducing the attack surface....
Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools: Redmond disputes report that 'it is not possible to use without transferring personal data to the USA' (www.theregister.com)
Germany’s federal and state data protection authorities (DSK) have raised concerns about the compatibility of Microsoft 365 with data protection laws in Germany and the wider European Union....
Remember BBSes (Bulletin Board Systems)? Here’s How You Can Visit One Today Using A Telnet Connection (www.howtogeek.com)
These days, social media gets all the attention, but the Bulletin Board System (BBS), a relic from a kinder, gentler time in computer communications, persists. Each BBS is its own retro-flavored community with messages, text-based games, and files you can download. And you can still connect to one today....