evacide 2 years ago

Thorn sucks and Ashton Kutcher sucks, but now they will suck separately.

TIME

Ashton Kutcher Steps Down as Board Chair of Anti-Child-Sex-Abuse Organization

His resignation comes amid backlash over his support of Danny Masterson

evacide 2 years ago

Adtech surveillance and spyware are merging in disturbing and surprising ways. Israeli companies are at the leading edge of undermining your privacy, as usual. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-09-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/revealed-israeli-cyber-firms-developed-an-insane-new-spyware-tool-no-defense-exists/0000018a-93cb-de77-a98f-ffdf2fb60000

evacide 2 years ago

“Obviously this is a great fit for abusers who live with their victims or have physical access, however brief, to their wallets...Credit card info is not a goddamn unique identifier.”

404 Media

I Tracked an NYC Subway Rider's Movements with an MTA ‘Feature’

“Obviously this is a great fit for abusers,” an expert on domestic violence and cybersecurity said.

evacide 2 years ago

Sometimes bad things happen to bad people and we are allowed to enjoy it, as a treat.

evacide 2 years ago

This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry is absolutely out of control and needs strong regulation:

404 Media

The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15

Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus. Hackers have found a way into that data supply ...

evacide 2 years ago

I assume this change was implemented while wearing black robes, circled around an X logo, chanting "Freedom of speech but not freedom of reach." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/

evacide 2 years ago

Now that we have "AI detection" meant to catch students who cheat by using AI to do their work, of course we have false positives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/14/prove-false-positive-ai-detection-turnitin-gptzero/

evacide 2 years ago

People in management who feel the need to loudly tell everyone how pro-labor they are give off strong Steve Buschemi "how do you do fellow kids" vibes.

evacide 2 years ago

“What do you do for a living?” “I sneakily try to turn security engineers into privacy engineers.”

evacide 2 years ago

Man Famous For Not Paying His Bills And Making Empty Promises Offers to Pay Other People's Bills, Which is Totally Not an Empty Promise: https://www.reuters.com/legal/musks-x-fund-legal-bills-people-treated-unfairly-due-posting-platform-2023-08-06/

evacide 2 years ago

Nothing has ever been less surprising than the news that the ad-sharing payments Elon promised will not be arriving on time.

The Verge

Elon Musk’s X can’t send Blue subscribers their ad revenue-sharing payouts on time

Friday night is a good time to announce you’re not paying your bills.

evacide 2 years ago

In the year+ since Dobbs, nearly everything that Team "You're Overreacting" said would never happen has happened. It's almost like they were never arguing in good faith. Weird.

Jezebel

Idaho Republicans Are Directly Asking Hospitals for Abortion Records

A spokesperson for the Idaho Hospital Association called this “an unusual request,” as the state continues to escalate its war on abortion access.

evacide 2 years ago

In case you were unaware, Window Snyder is a goddamn legend and this profile of her by @npub1lt9k...f6eq is excellent.

TechCrunch

Meet Window Snyder, the trailblazer who helped secure the internet and billions of devices | TechCrunch

Meet Window Snyder, a veteran hacker and cybersecurity pro who has helped companies like Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple be more secure.

evacide 2 years ago

Please know that if my only escape from the apocalypse means spending the rest of my days on an island populated by effective altruists, I will absolutely choose the sweet embrace of death. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2023/07/21/sam-bankman-frieds-brother-allegedly-wanted-to-buy-pacific-island-country-to-build-doomsday-bunker-for-effective-altruists/?sh=4a0c5f013e55

evacide 2 years ago

Me, dipping my toe into the oversized trend in clothes: I look so cool and relaxed. Also me: I look like a child who has wandered into her Mom's closet and is wearing her clothes.