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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 15m

Somehow I'm sure this will not you touch capital markets. But sure, let's "simplify" (deregulate) everything except the actual reason for slow economic growth.

www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...

EU leaders to double down on deregulation drive

Leaked document reveals top priorities for this month’s European Council summit.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia that has exploited the SS7 telecom protocol to target politicians, journalists, and others (Mother Jones)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 6h

It's a great speech but pet peeve: people always forget Apple in these lists. Apple News, the app store tax, and the collusion between Apple and Google to share the proceeds from defunding the web have massively damaged journalism.

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 6h

Anti-monopoly kung fu master Jonathan Kanter quotes: "Freedom only works when no one owns it."

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 7h

The whiplash from 'we are going to build responsible AI' and 'were worried about the addictive nature of these tools'

To:

'Were going to build a porn bot', 'were building a additctive, endless scroll social media app' and 'were bringing back the addictive model'

Is pretty big

The Verge @theverge.com · 20h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 1d

Not good for the procreation agenda: Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...

Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions

www.nytimes.com

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 11h

"Fair share" is just one of those zombie policy proposals that just refuses to die. Hopefully Meloni is smart enough to back what actually makes a difference vis-a-vis US tech giants, the Digital Markets Act, and leaves this self-defeating nonsense alone.

www.euractiv.com/news/italys-...

Italy’s telecoms regulator walks fine line between Meloni, Trump, and Brussels | Euractiv

The Commission has repeatedly pledged not to pursue the idea at EU level, mindful of potential retaliation from the Trump administration

www.euractiv.com

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 15h

discuss.techlore.tech/t/gaming-mou...

Gaming mouse can be turned into makeshift microphone to spy on you

sigh By using the high sensitivity optical sensor in high performance mouse, researchers from UCI have been able to record the vibration of the desk perceived by the mouse, including speech-induced v...

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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 1d

Hi @billgoodwin.bsky.social did you get the sense that Apple are dropping ADP for people who already had it enabled, which has been unaffected thus far, because their comments here sure seem to imply so.

Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 2d

'A separate case brought against the Home Office by Privacy International, Liberty and two individuals, which challenges the lawfulness of the technical capability notice, is expected to continue.' www.computerweekly.com/news/3666325...

Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly

Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple ...

www.computerweekly.com

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👻HaunTed👻★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net · 1d

This thread is basically why I gave up on ActivityPub. The lack of ability to build sharable structured data means you cannot innovate without solving a gnarly coordination problem.

It's a problem I'd hoped to tackle down the line with Mozilla Social, but alas. But then ATProto also exists. So.

Emelia @thisismissem.social · 1d

So a funny thing people in the ActivityPub world love to hate on is AT Protocol's lexicons, claiming they make interoperability between different software harder.

Meanwhile a new TikTok like platform just joined the Fediverse. Guess what object type they use for federation! Is it going to be Video?

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 1d

Nope, lol, it's a Note.

Like, at least the AT Protocol community is actually getting this right by federating objects of varying types.

Everyone in ActivityPub just does Note's because they want to federate with Mastodon. So who knows what content a Note is actually truly representing.

Smart Content Representation

Here's an interesting design decision we made: we use Note objects instead of Video objects for maximum compatibility. Why? Because the fediverse is optimized for notes.

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 1d

So a funny thing people in the ActivityPub world love to hate on is AT Protocol's lexicons, claiming they make interoperability between different software harder.

Meanwhile a new TikTok like platform just joined the Fediverse. Guess what object type they use for federation! Is it going to be Video?

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Just, you know, the locations of military ships and Blackhawk helicopters being broadcast unencrypted to the planet...

The researchers’ satellite dish also pulled down a significant collection of unprotected military and law enforcement communications. They obtained, for instance, unencrypted internet communications from US military sea vessels, as well as the vessels’ names. (A spokesperson for the US Defense Information Systems Agency acknowledged WIRED’s request for comment but had not provided a response at the time of writing).

For Mexican military and law enforcement, the exposures were far worse: The researchers say they found what appeared to be unencrypted communications with remote command centers, surveillance facilities, and units of the Mexican military and law enforcement. In some cases, they saw the unprotected transmission of sensitive intelligence information on activities like narcotics trafficking. In others, they found military asset tracking and maintenance records for aircraft like Mil Mi-17 and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, sea vessels, and armored vehicles, as well as their locations and mission details. “When we started seeing military helicopters, it wasn’t necessarily the sheer volume of data, but the extreme sensitivity of that data that concerned us,” says Schulman. The Mexican military did not immediately respond to WIRED’s requests for comment.

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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 1d

"national security officials appear to have a particular tendency to believe that false statements are true." "overconfidence was so extreme that it essentially canceled out the knowledge that these individuals possessed"

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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 How safe are we?😉 National security officials are overconfident & their judgments are especially prone to false positives. Despite having strong incentives to make accurate assessments of uncertainty, they share biases that are widespread among the general public.. tnsr.org/2025/09/the-...

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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 1d

Geostationary satellites are leaking critical data, transmitting sensitive communications in the clear. With just $800 of consumer hardware, researchers intercepted military, telecom, retail, and infrastructure traffic. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo...

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Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social · 1d

AI continues to go just great (existential edition).

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 1d

New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: If you're not using ad blockers, you should be!

In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.

Why ad blockers are a top security and privacy defense for everyone

Ad blockers can help defend against some of the top hacks, scams, and surveillance today. Here are some of the best ad blockers that you can use.

this.weekinsecurity.com

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 1d

It is fitting that the fine is aimed at a platform that is an actual online safety risk

And before any DSA fines have been handed out, right?

Alderik Oosthoek @alderik.bsky.social · 1d

“4chan has ignored its requests for a copy of its illegal harms risk assessment and to provide information about its qualifying worldwide revenue. This is the first fine Ofcom has handed down under the new law” www.engadget.com/cybersecurit...

UK regulator fines 4chan for ignoring Online Safety Act demands

Ofcom has slapped 4chan with a £20,000 ($26,700) fine for failing to comply with the internet and telecommunications regulator's request for information under the UK's Online Safety Act of 2023.

www.engadget.com

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The New Oil @thenewoil.org · 1d

German State of #schlesiwgholstein Migrates To #foss Groupware. Next Up: #linux OS

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/10/11/2254200/german-state-of-schlesiwg-holstein-migrates-to-foss-groupware-next-up-linux-os

#Linux #privacy #germany #politics

German State of Schlesiwg-Holstein Migrates To FOSS Groupware. Next Up: Linux OS - Slashdot

Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: German IT news outlet Heise reports [German-language article] that the northern most state Schleswig-Holstein has, after half a year of frantic data migration work, successfully migrated their MS Outlook mail and groupware setups to a FOSS solution using O...

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 1d

New case example for “test your shit before dropping it in production” just dropped.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1d

The automaker pushed out a telematics update that evidently wasn't ready, resulting in cars losing power while driving and then becoming stranded.

Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend

Jeep has pulled the update; owners are advised to ignore it if it already downloaded.

arstechnica.com

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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 1d

The perfect response to MAGA's favorite left-wing hack (who isn't yet running a federal agency)

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Matt Stoller being very Matt Stoller, calling someone else a "classic left poseur snob"

Matt Stoller being eviscerated by @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 1d

At this rate, why don't we just allow governments to develop their own rootkits and force them onto every device in a jurisdiction? Because that's the future we seem to be heading for anyway.

Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 1d

"device operating systems and app stores require users to enter their age or DOB when setting up a new phone or computer. The new rules are slated to take effect on 1/1/27, and for devices set up prior to that date, ... must come up with a way for users to enter their ages by July 1st that year."

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

California enacts its own internet age-gating law

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 1d

"device operating systems and app stores require users to enter their age or DOB when setting up a new phone or computer. The new rules are slated to take effect on 1/1/27, and for devices set up prior to that date, ... must come up with a way for users to enter their ages by July 1st that year."

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

California enacts its own internet age-gating law

This one has Google on board.

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 1d

I know labels can apply to a whole account, but is there a way to self apply like an "adult content" label to an entire account?

This was one of the things I remember Echo from the Mastodon team mentioning as one of the things the people involved in Tumblr's content warning system originally wanted

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