8+ hour, 43+ min ago  (405+ words) Shortly before I left my boss told me, direct quote, my job is to protect the company. There was another time I got into a very serious ontological discussion with a fairly senior engineer about what the difference was between…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (358+ words) The news shows how forensic extraction'when someone has physical access to a device and is able to run specialized software on it'can yield sensitive data derived from secure messaging apps in unexpected places. Signal already has a setting that blocks…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (544+ words) 404 Media Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters Maine is getting closer to passing a moratorium on the construction of new datacenters, one of the first in the country. The State's House and Senate have both passed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (333+ words) Tele Guard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users" private keys to the company"s server, and makes decryption of messages trivial. A Secure Chat App…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (97+ words) 404 Media Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of large language models on Wikipedia, on March 20 volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (193+ words) Apple provided the FBI with the real i Cloud email address hidden behind Apple's "Hide My Email' feature, which lets paying i Cloud+ users generate anonymous email addresses, according to a recently filed court record. The move isn't surprising but…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (11+ words) Police Used Flock to Give a Man a Traffic Ticket404 Media...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (387+ words) A top result on Google for people searching for Claude plugins sent users to a site that recently contained malicious code in an apparent attempt to steal their credentials." The news shows how the explosion of interest in generative AI…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (125+ words) 404 Media Behind the Blog: DOGE Bros and Data Labelers JOSEPH: I just wanted to write some brief notes about the DOGE depositions and the piece I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (284+ words) A new study from the Pew Research Center asked Americans about their feelings toward datecenters and it's not positive. Pew published the study the day after Sen. Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on the construction of datacenters in the…...