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tek, 4 days ago to random

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability. Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

campuscodi, 4 days ago to random

Security researcher Alexander Hagenah has released TotalRecall, a tool that extracts and displays data from the Recall feature in Windows 11.

https://github.com/xaitax/TotalRecall

dannotdaniel, 4 days ago to random

England has a new Queen and her name is Victoria 🤩

Green_Footballs, 4 days ago to random

Republican shitheads are now calling for Dr. Fauci to be arrested.

I’m at a loss for words to express how disgusting and evil this party has become.

sue, 4 days ago to random

These days whenever I'm in a pub like stereo in glasgow where they've had gender neutral toilets for many years, it strikes me over again how utterly dishonest transphobic "feminism" is

It's one of the safest pubs in the city, because they've actively, intentionally cultivated it as a safe environment largely through inclusion

The idea that policing people's bodies to decide which toilet they can have a piss in would somehow make some of us safer is such manipulative nonsense

CivilityFan, 4 days ago to HashtagGames

Thurston Howell III sabotaged the S.S. Minnow to avoid being tried for insider trading. Even his wife didn’t know.

#FakeSitcomFacts
#HashTagGames

GottaLaff, 4 days ago to random

Via @atrupar, who has video elsewhere:

Fox Business is preemptively attacking justices on the New York appeals court who might hear the #Trump case, putting up their photos and detailing their political affiliations #ClusterFox

SomeGadgetGuy, 5 days ago to windows

It just clicked in my brain. What I haven't been able to articulate about why I'm so anxious about #Windows Recall. I'm sure others have already gotten to where I am.

It's worse than "a system that tracks everything you do" and stores that info in a basic database that could be easily compromised.
It's worse than a nanny surveillance tool for companies to spy on their employees.

It's inescapable.

It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.

It won't matter if you're a master #security expert specialist. You can't account for EVERY other computer you've ever interacted with. If a family member looks up an old email with your personal data in it, your data is now at risk.

If THEIR system is compromised YOUR data is at risk.

I just went from "vague feeling of unease" to "actively writing templates to canvas elected officials, regulators, and attorneys general."

lolgop, 4 days ago to random

Given Trump's public plea for help from Putin, which the press has mostly decided to ignore, Ball of Thread 1 on Russia's attack on the 2016 election feels more important every day.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/1-by-nuts-attack-105198771

So I'm going to share it all as a video thread over the next week or so.

video/mp4

cstross, 5 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

As CoPilot+ Recall blacks out windows displaying DRM'd content, if I was a Windows dev I'd be looking to make bank RIGHT NOW by rushing to build and market a containerized Wine-on-Windows that adds DRM on its windows and blocks screenshots. So you can run any Windows program as a guest under WINE, but Recall won't be able to see it.

TheNeedling, 4 days ago to random

Impressive Reckless Driving Record Scores Belltown Hellcat Job at SPD: https://theneedling.com/2024/06/04/impressive-reckless-driving-record-scores-belltown-hellcat-job-at-spd/

ppossej, 5 days ago to ai

Microsoft Copilot helpfully summarizing an obvious phishing email, without alerting that it's a phishing email!

#ai #bullshit

atrupar, 5 days ago to random

New in PN: Biden's fight against monopolies is a fight for democracy

"For decades lax antitrust enforcement has enabled the erosion of democratic institutions. Biden's changing that. It’s not the only issue we’ll be voting on in November, but it’s vital." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/biden-antitrust-live-nation-google-explained

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

President Biden gave a 90-minute interview to Time magazine on May 28 in which he said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu might be stalling on ending the war in Gaza for political reasons. Transcript: https://time.com/6984968/joe-biden-transcript-2024-interview/

baldur, 5 days ago to random

“Witnessing the death of the web as a news medium | Christian Heilmann”

https://christianheilmann.com/2024/06/03/witnessing-the-death-of-the-web-as-a-news-medium/

> Almost every social platform now ranks posts with links lower than posts that are just statements.

I know this but I still can't bring myself to not add links to most of what I write.

michael_w_busch, 4 days ago to random

Re. my repost of @Wolven :

I am now considering how many different computers healthcare data can pass through.

When I get an echocardiogram; the images are displayed on the technician's machine, the radiologist's machine, the cardiologist's machine, & eventually my machine.

At least four possible places where Windows 11's "Recall" screen capturing could leave a copy - and only one of which is prevented by me personally not running Windows.

I can only assume Microsoft ignored all its lawyers.

bastardsheep, 5 days ago to random

mvario, 5 days ago to random

Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website

https://theintercept.com/2024/06/03/columbia-law-review-palestine-board-website/

jonsnow, 5 days ago to google

Google will not return your phone if you send it in for repair with non-OEM parts

It turns out the rule went into effect last year

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-keeps-phones-with-non-oem-parts-3448350/

#google #pixel #enshittification #theft

campuscodi, 5 days ago to random

Mobile operating system GrapheneOS is adding support for a duress password.

The feature will allow users to set a special password that deletes all their data when entered.

GrapheneOS says the duress-initiated wipe does not require a reboot and cannot be interrupted.

https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

getalifemike, 5 days ago to random

Remember, like every right-wing media grift, the Epoch Times is free. You can take as many as you want and if you accidentally trip and all of the papers fall into the trash bin next to you, oh well.
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112555026727641113

cdarwin, 5 days ago to random

Democrats are anticipating a large chunk of their caucus to sit out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu'saddress to a #joint #session Congress.
Why it matters:
It would represent a significant repudiation of the Israeli prime minister amid persistent Democratic objections to how he has conducted the war in Gaza.

Netanyahu's 2015 speech to Congress, which was a major snub of the Obama administration, was skippedby 58 Democratic lawmakers.
Many Democrats this year argued against inviting Netanyahu in the first place, accusing Republicans of attempting to divide their party with the speech.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told Axios the #boycott "will be large" and that there are "a lot of people who are extremely upset he is coming here."

Jayapal said she has spoken to several lawmakers who went to Netanyahu's 2015 speech but said they will not attend this time.
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the progressive ranking member of the House Rules Committee, told Axios he will not attend and said: "I wish it wasn't [happening]."
Several other progressives previously told Axios when the speech was first floated in March that they would sit it out.

Some Democrats who have tried to balance their support for Israel and their discomfort with how the war has been prosecuted are struggling with whether to attend, as Axios previously reported.
One House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a lot of members will "wait up until the very end to decide" whether they will attend, calling it a "very fluid, unpredictable situation."

The lawmaker said that whether there is a #ceasefire in Gaza by the time Netanyahu speaks will be the key factor, predicting anywhere from 50 to 100 Democrats will skip the speech if the war is still raging.
Another, senior House Democrat said it is "all being discussed" and that "a number [of Democrats] are going and #disrupting" the speech.

The other side: Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), a senior Progressive Caucus member, told Axios he is "hoping to have a conversation about it."

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/04/democrats-boycott-benjamin-netanyahu-speech-congress

indivisibleteam, 5 days ago to random

We know Trump’s cult-like following will do whatever it takes to get him back into the White House, but we also know his guilty verdict will hurt Trump amongst non-MAGA voters -- if we can break through the GOP's lies and disinformation.

We have a plan to do just that in every swing state and battleground district. But we can't do this work without your help. Please pitch in if you can. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/indivisible-action-1?refcode=mastodon20240603directpost&source=mastodon

moira, 5 days ago to USpolitics

sooooo uh

Trump sending a cease-and-desist to Rep. Bob Good, the de facto chair of the MAGA caucus in the House?

I mean it's a real shiv of a letter, too.

This is hilarious but... wa happen?

#uspol #uspolitics

KimPerales, 5 days ago to journalism

Within the GOP & RW media, there's a lot of corruption:

Bill Guan, the CFO of the far-right Epoch Times, was indicted Mon on charges of allegedly participating in a massive money laundering scheme.

Guan is alleged to have laundered some $67M in funds.

#Media #RWMedia #MoneyLaundering
https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-in-feds-indict-far-right-media-exec-in-massive-money-laundering-scheme/