Someone has been creatively vibe coding phishing emails... this one tries to exfiltrate your address by pretending a package is on its way, but needs an address "correction" (which is not a thing).

See the last minute of this video (use English subtitles):

Two interesting observations (small sample size): 1. Many adult fatbike riders didn't use bicycles before, they relied on (and hated) public transport 2. Fatbikes are shared by the household

Fountain: Podcasts & Music

The Urbanist Agenda • The "Fatbikes" Ruining Dutch Cycling (w/Meredith Glaser) • Listen on Fountain

Ebikes known as "Fatbikes" have become the scourge of the cycling path in the Netherlands, with teens joyriding them through the city at high speed...

Over the past week I wasted about an hour of my time dealing with my fiat bank's chatbot, which told me to file a chargeback and then immediately rejected it. It also needlessly blocked and replaced my card. And of course it fake apologized for all of that. To add insult to injury, it made me talk to the even dumber chatbot of another company. This was over €4, but I wasn't sure if the card was compromised because it kept giving me incorrect advice. Eventually I figured out it wasn't. CAN WE AT LEAST REVIEW A COUPLE OF LINES OF CODE? View quoted note →

The Dutch unrealized capital gains tax saga continues... #box3 The coalition's latest proposal is to exempt 90% of the tax base from this madness, with regular capital gains tax. Guess what's in the remaining 10%?

GPT-6 Astra panics as soon as you try to run a fuzzer (which it wrote, for code which it also wrote). Then you have to downgrade to GPT-6 Sol with Daybreak and even then it seems afraid (without KYC??), but at least it does run them. This is how the bad guys win.

Dutch media reporting on #RedTeam (after speaking to yours truly). Translation: > Meanwhile, the crypto sector is brooding for countermeasures. For example, American Rob Hamilton, together with other computer scientists, forms The Bitcoin Red Team, which wants to be one step ahead of malicious people with artificial intelligence. The collective searches for vulnerabilities in crypto companies and then warns developers about them.

FD.nl

AI aanjager van sterke toename aantal hacks in cryptosector

AI maakt hacken makkelijker, en dat treft ook de cryptowereld: nooit eerder vonden daar zoveel digitale aanvallen plaats als in de afgelopen maanden.

The west side of #Utrecht's central station is so ugly that you can't ruin it. So I was looking forward to this weird new tower, but it's been cancelled...

Utrecht krijgt toch geen 105 meter hoge toren met kantoren en nachtclub bij station

Het moest een "bruisende, gezonde en markante" plek gaan worden: de 105 meter hoge toren met kantoren, een nachtclub en een openbaar dakterras op h...

I'm starting to think recently, perhaps Europeans should just give up lobbying for privacy-friendly laws, and instead focus entirely on a Second Amendment style law. Perhaps combined with a psy-op to give wrenchers the impression that going after bitcoiners ends disproportionately bad for them. View quoted note →

Ondergetekende kwam weer eens langs de studio... [Dutch podcasts in which we cover using LLMs for code and review, the coldcard and liquid hacks, red team and the future of responsible disclosure. And why government IT is screwed]

Cryptocast | BNR • Bedreigt AI het voortbestaan van open source software, en daarmee van bitcoin? | 448 B • Listen on Fountain

Generatieve AI heeft in korte tijd veranderd wat het kost om een gat in software te vinden. Waar dat vroeger weken specialistisch werk vroeg, vraag...

These fake darknet rent-an-assassin sites are like an only-fans for people with murder fantasies. But with more serious consequences if you're caught.

NU

Vrouw opgepakt die huurmoord bestelde op darkweb en daar al voor had betaald

Een 58-jarige vrouw uit Enschede is zondagavond aangehouden op verdenking van het bestellen van een huurmoord via het darkweb. De politie was vorig...

The Emperor's Stash View quoted note →

Yes, the drink Al-Mokha is named after the place. In case you were wondering.

Voor de liefhebber, maar wel met een enorme clifhanger...

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De Dag • De bedenker van Box 3 over Box 3 • Listen on Fountain

'Ik heb meermaals gewaarschuwd: dit loopt fout.' Onduidelijkheid over de toekomst van Box 3 hangt als een donkere wolk boven de Prinsjesdagbegroti...