certainlytwice @certainlytwice@qoto.org

Just got suspended by #Facebook after less than 24 hours of creating an account. Only reason could be, I said in my bio I won't be posting there as I now have the #Beeper app to handle messaging on my phone without the metadata tracking...

It doesn't pay being honest sometimes ;-) but no ways I'd actually install an app like WhatsApp or Facebook on my phone...

I took this photo of my kid playing with his blocks the other day, and when I realized it reminded me of something, well...I had to make this.

Open source artificial pancreas software has gotten FDA approval! And open source hardware solutions are coming!

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02648-9

#opensource #fda #diabetes #t1d #foss #fosh

Sans aucun doute le meilleur jeu en ligne pour procrastiner au lieu d'avancer sa #these : https://research.wmz.ninja/projects/phd/index.html

J'ai jamais réussi à éviter la "Late Year Anxiety" 😅

Hâte de voir une version #shs !

#linux #meme

Pembrokeshire is basically Wales scaled down, isn’t it? Fractal Wales

I'd really like to know why some of the most important and influential #infosec conferences have decided that it's totally a-OK to host their event in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose leader personally ordered his security staff to detain, and torture to death a US-based reporter who exposed corruption in the kingdom.

If you feel strongly that the #infosec industry should stand by its principles, demand that Informa PLC end the practice of hosting #BlackHat in Saudi Arabia.

#Australia #AgeVerification #NannyState #Privacy #Cybersecurity: "The federal government will not force adult websites to bring in age verification following concerns about privacy and the lack of maturity of the technology.

On Wednesday, the communications minister, Michelle Rowland, released the eSafety commissioner’s long-awaited roadmap for age verification for online pornographic material, which has been sitting with the government since March 2023.

The federal government has decided against forcing sites to bring in age verification technology, instead tasking the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, to work with the industry to develop a new code to educate parents on how to access filtering software and limit children’s access to such material or sites that are not appropriate."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/31/roadmap-for-age-verification-online-pornographic-material-adult-websites-australia-law

I had a bad headache last night. I couldn't use my eyes for much but I was still bored. Luckily I stumbled across the Dimension X radio show from the 50s over at the @internetarchive . If you like old time science fiction, you should check it out. #SciFi #radio

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dimension_X_Singles/

Ready for quantum stuff? At the Quantum Village, I attended a debate about how advances in quantum technology would improve or harm privacy. In the end, I felt there was a lot of hopes, dreams, dear, uncertainty, and doubt — I had hoped for some substance.

(Look forward to the post quantum cryptography article in 12 days!)

#defcon #blog #quantum

https://cendyne.dev/posts/2023-08-30-the-quantum-debates.html

The role of #ImpactFactor on school rankings: “If we want better science we should start by deflating the importance of citations in promoting, funding, and hiring scientists,” @ivanoransky & colleagues How much is a citation worth? $3? $6? $100 000? #academicchatter #Epiverse #academia https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1887

Here’s how I used AI to clone a 60 Minutes correspondent’s voice to trick a colleague into handing over Sharyn's passport number. I cloned Sharyn’s voice then manipulated the caller ID to show Sharyn’s name on the caller ID with a spoofing tool.
The hack took 5 minutes total for me to steal the sensitive information.

So, how do we protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our organizations?
1. Make sure the people around you know that caller ID is easily faked (spoofed) and that voices can also be easily impersonated.
2. If they receive a dire call from “you”, verify it’s really you with another method of communication (text, DM, FT, call, etc) before taking an action (like sending money). Kind of like human MFA.

Some suggest setting up a secret “verification word” with their folks ones so that if someone impersonates & demands money/access etc you can ask for the verification word to see if it’s a real crisis. This won’t work for all people but could work for some. If it’s a match, use it.

In general, I recommend keeping advice simple: if premise of call is dire use a 2nd method of communication to confirm a person is in trouble before taking action (like wiring money or sensitive data). Rapid text, email, DM, have others message repeatedly — before wiring money.

Bottom line is:
Scammers use urgency & fear to convince victims to take actions (like sending money, data, etc).
If premise of a call, text, email, or DM is too dire (or too good to be true), that’s a likely scam.
Use a 2nd method of communication to check it’s real before taking action!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-digital-theft-targets-people-from-millennials-to-seniors-60-minutes-2023-05-21/

The reality exceeds fiction...

Molly Crabapple, artist and activist:

Barry Webb débusque la beauté dans l'infini petit, autour de chez lui, dans le sud du Buckinghamshire au Royaume-Uni. #MacroPhoto #Fungi #Biologie #Biodiversité
À voir ici : https://www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/ 🤍

@flomaraninchi @MonniauxD