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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 7h

Faqqing hell.

Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · 8h

“Unacceptable slur in record” — Bluesky, intent upon banning Homophobic Slurs, bans Frequently Asked Questions
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117533
#bluesky #censorship #stupid

“Unacceptable slur in record” — Bluesky, intent upon banning Homophobic Slurs, bans Frequently Asked Questions

This blog automatically propagates to several platforms, and the blogpost tags, where relevant, are converted into hashtags for those platforms.This morning I was debugging why one of my posts was …

alecmuffett.com

Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 11h

What about blinkered excitement and breathless skepticism? ;-)

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 11h

I can also say with the utmost integrity that I had a joke about the CIA triad available. But it’s confidential so I can’t tell you.

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 12h

Little Bobby Tables would proud. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/explo...

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 22h

You’ve just got to COMMIT to the joke

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Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 22h

If you build it, they will come.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

OpenAI boss says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults

CEO Sam Altman says upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way - "but only if you want it".

www.bbc.com

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 22h

a woman in a blue tank top is drinking from a mug .

Alt: a woman in a blue tank top is drinking from a mug, laughing and spraying the tea

media.tenor.com

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 1d

Things must be going well when you have to resort to sex to sell your stochastic parrot.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 1d

More details: satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu

🛰️ SATCOM Security

Research project homepage for SATCOM Security: papers, source code, and recent satellite communications vulnerabilities.

satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 1d

Not shocked by this after @tautology.uk’s keynote at @bsidesncl.bsky.social this year…

Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 2d

Weeeelll, enjoy your blog traffic stats while it lasts ;-) both times I managed it, it dropped back to normal internet anonymity fairly quickly…

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 2d

Spotted you on the orange site front page. Nice one.

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 2d

Committed.

100,101,345 rows deleted.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 3d

If productivity gains with AI use were truly so large, orgs wouldn't be regularly asking me how to audit which staff are using AI vs not.

The only tool you should need is managers telling you who is 10%+++ more effective since you deployed the new AI tooling. Unless of course those claims are... 🤔

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 3d

Nice GitHub vuln via copilot. Good thing copilot isn’t being stuffed into everything. www.legitsecurity.com/blog/camolea...

CamoLeak: Critical GitHub Copilot Vulnerability Leaks Private Source Code

Get details on our discovery of a critical vulnerability in GitHub Copilot Chat.

www.legitsecurity.com

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 3d

Meh, viewpoints 20 years out of date will just prepare them for the realities in the commercial sector ;-)

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 4d

I’m sure it’ll buff out youtube.com/shorts/yVmet...

Vietnamese #miners cleaning their old #gpus. Pay attention when #buying on second hand market!

YouTube video by CRSTNBENCH

youtube.com

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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 4d

Great open source supply chain retro. Fondly (erm, not really) remember many of those!

Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert · 5d

To implement robust mitigations across Geomys, I did a survey of open source project compromises in 2024/2025.

Three root causes dominate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers. All three can be systematically avoided.

words.filippo.io/compromise-s...

A Retrospective Survey of 2024/2025 Open Source Supply Chain Compromises

Project compromises have common root causes we can mitigate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers.

words.filippo.io

Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 4d

Just like all the crypto mining infrastructure was reused. Wait what? ;-)

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Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 4d

Some people are saying the potential overbuild because of AI might not be a bad thing because, like the dotcom era, it could leave behind infrastructure we’ll benefit from for a long time.

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