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New: in a truly wild hacking spree, two hackers allegedly got access to a highly sensitive U.S. federal law enforcement database that let them look up info on anyone in the country. Used it to dox.

“Doesn’t matter who, nobody is safe,” one hacker wrote.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkae7g/nobody-is-safe-in-wild-hacking-spree-hackers-accessed-federal-law-enforcement-database

I didn’t realise there was no fibre to Antarctica – increasingly needed for research data / sensors etc

Various options for the future

Israel’s Cognyte won tender to sell intercept spyware to Myanmar before coup #Cognyte #Meta #VerintSystemsInc #SumitomoCorp #KddiCorp #Spyware #Internet #International #CognyteSpywareDeal https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/israels-cognyte-won-tender-to-sell-intercept-spyware-to-myanmar-before-coup/97016568

Google to SCOTUS: Liability for promoting terrorist videos will ruin the Internet https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/google-to-scotus-liability-for-promoting-terrorist-videos-will-ruin-the-internet/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social by @ashleynbelanger

I appreciate this stand by @linakhanFTC. We may disagree about what actions are prohibited by antitrust law, but she’s absolutely right that the agency’s focus is on competition and shouldn’t trade non-enforcement for non-competition-related concessions. https://twitter.com/linakhanFTC/status/1606000883249995776

TikTok stated in October that its app has never been used to target U.S. journalists.

That claim was false.

Today, TikTok admitted that ByteDance personnel located inside China used the app to target and surveil the location of multiple journalists, including those in the U.S. https://twitter.com/TikTokComms/status/1583238909911134208

Why am I on Twitter tweeting? Because I have a plan. Here it is: I refuse to buy anything advertised on Twitter. This plan will work. Join me.

From today’s Washington Post. the amount of money being spent to oppose Gigi Sohn’s confirmation is unheard of — as are the ridiculous attacks opponents have stooped to (“defund the police?” Seriously?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/13/how-bidens-fcc-nominee-became-major-campaign-target/

Unlike most people on Twitter, I’m actually using GPT3 in a production system. The mistake people are making is they are asking “how can I use this to automate a smart person’s job”, when they should be asking “what would I do if I had unlimited dumb people”