Almost like AI hype is NFTs 2.0

This is incredibly dangerous. It lays the path for centralized, device-level client side scanning. From detecting 'scams' it's a short step to "detecting patterns commonly associated w/ seeking reproductive care" or "commonly associated w/ providing LGBTQ resources" or

Now imagine this AI model doesn’t work for you. Imagine it listens to your conversations but it works for and reports to the police. That’s where the EU is going.

RIP to the surprisingly rich vein of yarns about Aussie politicians liking porn tweets at 3am - and condolences to the specialist AFP team who were asked to investigate them all

Today, Melbourne! ❤️💐

Train vendor in Poland is suing Polish ethical hackers who identified logic bombs making trains stop. I'm not sure how the courts will handle this case. But I am sure how it would fare in Court of Justice of European Union. It would be a precedent! Perhaps it's worth it :-)

If only #Crowdstrike consulted Bret Hart this all could have been avoided.

At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens. A thread about my favorite story from running OMCB....

Excellent new essay by Ted Chiang, who gets to the heart of why language and art are inherently about conveying meaning and experience, not just form: newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

As Rachel Tobac points out, this auto opting in craze has to stop. Just like the EU cookie directive, which yes had a terrible implementation, made many aware of the pervasive nature of ad tracking, we need the same for AI data training

Leading article in NYT this morning: why can’t the US do anything to stop Israel’s aggression? They’re powerless, bumbling around in the dark looking for their dicks. Oh well 8 paragraphs in: Well, Biden can stop Israel but just doesn’t want to? Anyway moving on.

The Nobel prize just supercharged corporations' data theft, labor exploitation & plundering of the environment by lending credence to the notion that they have built "superintelligent" things that are gonna either take us out or bring us utopia any day now (who knows which one).

Any friends on Leaptel as their NBN ISP? Seeking a referral code

Donate an eSIM PLEASE, We are running out and the amount of messages we're getting is CRAZY! The whole team is pressured between the few eSIMs we have and the THOUSANDS sending us. I AM LOSING IT! #ConnectingGaza Connecting Humanity

As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access. A thread, with links: >>

Looking for a ticket #38c3

There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations. Don’t sleep on this opportunity…

Shingles vax appears to prevent dementia! Our Nature paper is first of many from my group to show this. We use a really neat natural experiment to provide causal (not just correlational!) evidence. Paper: nature.com/articles/s4158…; video (👏 Maya Adam MD): bit.ly/4ciRfLh

NPR EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data from the NLRB and hid its tracks. A must-read from Jenna McLaughlin. npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-…

🚨 New blog post: ELEGANTBOUNCER - Catch iOS 0-click exploits without having the samples. Features iOS backup forensics & messaging app scanning for iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram & Viber attachments. 🔗 Link -> msuiche.com/posts/elegantb…