Ivo Stružinský
Meredith WhittakerWe love to see it--community-created harm reduction infrastructure in the face of the alarming integration of AI agents into the Windows operating system (which is currently the most reckless deployment environment) <3
39C3 - AI Agent, AI Spy
See also, from the wonderful dkg at ACLU:https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/secure-messaging-and-ai-dont-mix
grmon@Mer__edith tldr; ?
Jon HenshawHere's my tl;dr version of the presentation: https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/signal-president-and-vp-warn-agentic-ai-is-insecure-unreliable-and-a-surveillance-nightmare/
'Signal' President and VP warn agentic AI is insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare
With agentic AI embedded at the OS level, databases storing entire digital lives accessible to malware, tasks whose reliability quickly breaks down at each step, and being opted-in without consent, Signal leadership is sounding the alarm for the industry to pull back until threats can be mitigated.
Franz Graf@Mer__edith the one talk that's still on my to-watch list..
leyrer@Mer__edith
Or the version without user-tracking at media.ccc.de ;)
AI Agent, AI Spy
Em 
@Mer__edith This is such an excellent (and very important) talk. Thank you for doing this 💙
oscarfalcon
Mugita Sokio@Mer__edith You can just use local AI agents. Online-first AI agents are certainly an issue for those who don't do their research into AI. That's simple if you think about it.
Ozzie@Mer__edith I think the Windows Insider team watched your presentation: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-may-soon-allow-it-admins-to-uninstall-copilot-on-managed-devices/
Ericka Simone@Mer__edith we love to see apps that actually care about peoples safety.
Hans van Zijst
yawnboxi've used this PS script many times and think it's great (when i used to use Windows) 100% recommend
Li ~ Crystal System@Mer__edith lol i think i've already run this.
aaron@Mer__edith
I ran this on a Surface Pro 10 and had a rather worrying stalled update screen on reboot. Hard shutdown and restart fixed it - just FYI for anyone who comes across the same issue!
I ran this on a Surface Pro 10 and had a rather worrying stalled update screen on reboot. Hard shutdown and restart fixed it - just FYI for anyone who comes across the same issue!
Truls (Klarname)
David Sardari@Mer__edith I moved Signal from Android to iOS, and Secure Backup helped a lot. As Secure Backup requires Google Play and I didn’t want to go through the hassle of installing it on CalyxOS, I had to go with the free version of Secure Backup, though. I hope this dependency gets removed in the future.
Dr. Quadragon ❌@Mer__edith just tell people to get off fucking Windows altogether, that's the best harm reduction ine can get in this situation.