Show threadWesley FryerDec 27, 2024

(2/3) ranging conversation with #KollenPost & #MatthewGault, highlighting the DIY nature of drone warfare in Ukraine, the complex dynamics of a wartime information space, the role of #PalmerLuckey of #Anduril using merch relics to promote defense contractor support, & more…
https://www.andurilgear.com

“This war runs on Linux” #OpenSource #UkraineWar #drones #DroneWar #warfare #LikeWar #GPS #jamming #hack #hacking

AI image generated by Wes Fryer using

Welcome To Shop Anduril

Shop Anduril

Wesley FryerOct 5, 2023

I enjoyed listening to this #Cyber [PODCAST] “Crime and Crypto with Cory Doctorow” by #Vice #Motherboard & hosted by #MatthewGault

https://pca.st/episode/7301d97b-734c-4526-b3f4-c8390299ca83

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #crypto

CYBER: Crime and Crypto with Cory Doctorow - CYBER

Talking with author Cory Doctorow about his new book: 'Red Team Blues'

Pocket Casts
Wesley FryerJan 9, 2023

So many important & unfortunate issues here:
1- ethics / IRB university researcher failure
2- dangers of publicly posting images / videos online
3- need to have privacy laws in the US
4- Need to protect vulnerable folks in our society

The Trans Dataset Built Without Permission and Stored Improperly
https://pca.st/wbkc54lv

by #MatthewGault #Cyber #CyberPodcast

The Trans Dataset Built Without Permission and Stored Improperly - CYBER

Facial recognition technology is here. Whether we like it or not, cameras all across the world are scanning faces and building databases. There’s a popular misconception that technology is objective and unbiased. But that’s not true. All systems carry the biases of the people who created them, and nowhere is that more evident than in facial recognition systems.Today’s show is about how those biases come to bear, and the dangers of running recklessly forward without considering the consequences. All the way back in 2013, the University of North Carolina, Wilmington published a dataset meant for facial recognition systems. It contained more than 1 million images of trans people, pulled from YouTube, showing them at various stages of their transition.This was done without the permission of the original posters. Why? Because terrorists might take hormones to alter their face and beat border control systems.It gets weirder from there.Here to help us tell the story is Os Keyes. Keyes is a researcher and PhD can

Pocket Casts