the dumbness of sites signing you out in 2026.
- one time text
- one time email
- password
choose password because you know I self host a password manager...
"For security we must send a one time code to...."
Then why the hell did you offer "just password" ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
#userhostile #login #badui #firstworldproblems
Microsoft rebuilt Windows Recall from scratch. A researcher broke it again in a few weeks. Microsoft's response: that's not a vulnerability.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-zombie-that-wont-stay-dead
#microsoft #windows #security #recall #ai #copilot #userhostile #bigtech #blog #infosec
Big Tech preaches privacy. Meanwhile the signal that says 'do not track' arrives at their servers and they issue a two-year cookie in response.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/read-receipt
#gpc #privacy #ccpa #cookies #google #meta #microsoft #userhostile #bigtech #blog
Proton built their entire brand on one promise: Swiss law means government agencies can't touch your data.
Their own Terms of Service, their own infrastructure contracts, and a federal court case from March say otherwise.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/not-even-government-agencies
#bigtech #blog #infosec #privacy #proton #protonmeet #security #surveillance #userhostile #selfhosting
The NSA Would Like You To Secure Your Router...some of the same ones the FCC just ruled could no longer be updated in a year without special approval. ๐ค (Bonus update post)
https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-nsa-would-like-you-to-secure-your-router-bonus-mini-update
#blog #nsa #fcc #geopolitics #isp #networking #policy #routers #security #selfhosting #userhostile
Yesterday YouTube announced something fun. Nobody's really talking about what it actually is yet.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/smile-for-the-algorithm
#ai #youtube #gemini #google #privacy #blog #bigtech #userhostile
Anthropic built something that escaped its cage, mailed the researcher, bragged about it publicly, and covered its tracks when it broke the rules. They're calling it a cybersecurity initiative. The timing โ one week after Berkeley published peer-preservation behaviors across every major frontier model โ is either coincidental or the most on-brand thing that's happened yet.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/organics-not-required
#ai #anthropic #bigtech #userhostile #lifefindsaway #privacy #bubble #blog
Ok so I'm minding my own business checking feeds while waiting for a database to download...and wouldn't you know it, Sam Altman decided today was the day to save capitalism. ๐ (Like seriously, I wasn't planning on another post today...)
https://blog.ppb1701.com/burn-it-down
#ai #openai #bigtech #samaltman #userhostile #bubble #icantmakethisup #surveillance #blog
You still can't get a Human to read your resume. Surprise! LinkedIn knows everything else about you though.
Patrick
