dbread @dbread@qoto.org

https://wapo.st/3pGIlCZ As was predicted, the "Use Cases" for #AI #FacialRecognition are the dystopian/Sci-Fi #surveillance and over policing of poor people of color. EVERYBODY saw this coming! What the majority does not understand is that poor people are the tip of the spear. Poor people are the "proof of concept" human guinea pigs before the tech is deployed to the majority communities. @pluralistic @antokne @jeffjarvis @leo

Mood

What could Google have been thinking when it started selling dot-zip top-level domain names. This is such a terrible idea that you have to wonder whether something beyond stupid is involved..

In any case, you should NEVER, EVER click on a URL that ends in .zip.

https://medium.com/@bobbyrsec/the-dangers-of-googles-zip-tld-5e1e675e59a5

#scrum

Don't use #Discord for your org

Host your own #Matrix

#TakeBackTheInternet

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-discloses-data-breach-after-support-agent-got-hacked/

I just realized a problem that everyone probably already talked about in the past.

We praise #FOSS for its openness and security, but how can we be sure that the service that a company offers is the same code as what is stored in the source control?

Is there a good way to audit online services? Like, how can I be sure that the code of, say, mastodon.example was not tampered with? And are there any good articles and/or books on the topic?

I just finished the slightly nerve-wracking but very important task of flashing and sideloading the #LineageOS 20 release and recovery images (an upgrade from 19.1). All went smoothly. #heimdallflash and #adb served me well once again. As always, many thanks to the @LineageOS maintainers! 👍 #android #foss

RT @toddcharron: @cliffhazell A colleague of mine would regular meet with his cofounders to decide what the true top priority was

They had to answer the question:
Tell me what you want, what you really, really want

They called it the Spice Girls rule https://t.co/8KRvE0wh08

👀 #TIL Monopoly wasn't invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord's Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie's original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from.
One was called "Prosperity", where every player won money anytime another gained a property. And the game was won by everyone playing only when the person with the least doubled their resources. A game of collaboration and social good.
The second set of rules was called "Monopoly", where players succeeded by taking properties and rent from those with less luck rolling the dice. The winner was the person who used their power to eliminate everyone else.
Magie's mission was to teach us how different we feel when playing Prosperity vs Monopoly, hoping that it would one day change national policies.
When the Parker Bros adopted the game, they erased the "Prosperity" rules and celebrated "Monopoly".
#ElizabethMagie #Monopoly #Landlord
HT Tumblr.com/soberscientistlife

Nobody wants this. Nobody wants to hear Biggie shouting out rappers who weren't even born yet when he died. It's one thing to remix old vocals or release unused vocals, but it's a totally different thing to use his voice to make something "new." Making Biggie say words he didn't actually write is just... yuck.

https://www.xxlmag.com/timbaland-notorious-big-ai-song/

#Biggie #NotoriousBIG #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIMusic #Timbaland #BIGForever

#ShodanAtScale

The "Virtual Peephole" is an open source hardware art project that shows you a feed ganked from a different insecure online security camera every time you lift its cover.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1229833824088940544

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Hey.

Just as a suggestion. Don't point internet cameras with poor security at someone's desk. I was browsing Shodan.io and found this

Product spec Vs user needs
#Memes