https://social.lol/@rpm/116167024088417754 It's so cool to see the Batman Forever website back in 1995 and realize how far the internet has come (for better and worse): https://cybercultural.com/p/1995-web-design/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116153221032638620 RE: https://flipboard.com/@sfistnews/san-francisco-bay-area-news-1kqgkdfvz/-/a--9Zsdlb4SC-nC1t-9CcVcw%3Aa%3A3291948573-%2F0
This is my shocked face.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116152712612794004 RE: https://social.lol/@rpm/116151140854700886
A quick report for the night shift: the result of several dozen FOIA requests I’ve filed over the last 6 months looking into local surveillance technology companies.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151433102836822 RE: https://xoxo.zone/@Ashedryden/116138768523218725
These arguments by flock are, for one thing, bullshit. For another, even if they were legal because of our lack of proper privacy laws that doesn’t make th... https://social.lol/@rpm/116151433102836822
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151412579927260 Good to see more communities making better choices. Remember that it’s just not this one vendor, the entire platform concept is rotten. @ai6yr (https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr) https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/116145963978525427
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151408854787422 RE: https://infosec.exchange/@sambowne/116146356568697684
More and more of this is enabled by ALPR technology. Presumed guilt collection must be barred.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151288168378782 It’s always annoying as a very part time journalistic writer to have an article you’ve been working on for over a month of evenings and weekends finally be ready, and then you realize you’ll publish it on ... https://social.lol/@rpm/116151288168378782
My latest writing on Flock (and additional similar companies) is out and available for reading and sharing now: robinmonks.com/the-money-an...
It includes some new stuff from FOIA requests, as well as updates from here in Washington where Flock has been having some serious push back.
#privacy
https://social.lol/@rpm/116133432298794547 RE: https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/116131814507949799
For these people it’s never about *what* is done. It’s *who* is doing it. What they do is always OK, others even existing isn’t. https://www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-game/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116127867840021156 RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116122837453868052
The Cybertruck has to be the ultimate anti-status symbol.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116127730906978258 RE: https://flipboard.com/@globeandmail/technology-oj8p483mz/-/a-LbPUWZiUQmi36wHx4cdsMw%3Aa%3A729020400-%2F0
Meta would rather support draconian age verification and VPN bans than fix its (incredibly profitable) child-harming business model.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116127360564007019 RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116121397295084037
This is the right answer; the right answer is privacy everywhere.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116117603856321715 Wow. People really be doing the least for their customers. @b (https://mrrp.place/@b) https://mrrp.place/@b/statuses/01KJ1S70YVG5CNBV3DRXD5H0TD
https://social.lol/@rpm/116116679481951802 RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116110721317021813
This is the thing. Codex cloud announced they were 20-40x increasing their cost just last week. Eventually all of these companies will go from customer acquisit... https://social.lol/@rpm/116116679481951802
https://social.lol/@rpm/116077280791490157 RE: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/116050837522685245
What folks who think “America First" don't seem to realize (or care about) is the billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs that wil... https://social.lol/@rpm/116077280791490157
https://social.lol/@rpm/116073397807407401 RE: https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou/116071913286099306
We’ll fill dozens of books with stories like this.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116070778500893634 Check your passport; if it's expired, renew it. Renewals are easy and can usually be done online. If you don't have a passport, it's the gift you need to give yourself for valentines day.
There’s usually a way to dampen it
https://social.lol/@rpm/116041976194663917 This applies every bit as much to Alberta and the Conservative party in Canada as it does to the current situation in the US. It deserves a careful read before Canada ends up in the same situation. #cdnpoli https://www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-game/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116038090056882489 Seattle up 0-9 at the half in a very weird game. My engagement continues, half time is a great time for snacks. #superbowl
https://social.lol/@rpm/116037803835908301 1/4 way through the Super Bowl; seems required watching as a Washingtonian this year. I’m still an engineer watching sports though so I’m more interested in the streaming stats #superBowl
https://social.lol/@rpm/116036703864377952 God this is a good article: https://blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-software/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116032665804779872 Anyone else seeing a bunch of spammers targeting customer support email addresses with spoofed return addresses? I’m getting a ton of “request received” messages from various support emails.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116022730766546523 RE: https://flipboard.com/@lgbtqnation/lgbtq-nation-c65vn37sz/-/a-ZIXB18A3TMiCa5LId9Pr2Q%3Aa%3A3220327925-%2F0
Bull. Shit.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116015309859205620 Every city needs to remove their ALPR systems and cancel their contracts. They are, by their nature, a deep and ongoing invasion of privacy. @uccawx (https://m.ai6yr.org/@uccawx) https://m.ai6yr.org/@uccawx/116015017746211887
https://social.lol/@rpm/116015218824678395 Most obvious thing in the world turned out to be true. @conejoclint (https://m.ai6yr.org/@conejoclint) https://m.ai6yr.org/@conejoclint/116013696385587139
https://social.lol/@rpm/116015213257667562 RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/116013784300867727
I’d love to see a few less Walmarts and a few more Costcos, ALDIs, and Trader Joe’s myself. Sadly Walmart is too smart to flee from one of their most profitable markets.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116014955032616241 RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116013120934445460
This will be the case everywhere within a decade. It's not a political thing, it's the march of technology. EVs are better (and more fun, honestly, the pow... https://social.lol/@rpm/116014955032616241
https://social.lol/@rpm/116003030822645468 RE: https://mastodon.social/@Thayer/116002682012736788
And this is why I ask with every medical encounter down if AI note-taking is being used and if it is, that it be turned off.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116002037522620232 This is the result of decades of erroding medical science and encouraging folks to trust their guts and influencers for health advice instead. We’re at real risk of treatment resistant TB becoming a thing worl... https://social.lol/@rpm/116002037522620232
