Tinker ☀️Feb 27

So Duo (the multifactor authentication service that #infosec loves) has integrated with Persona (the privacy destroying, Peter Thiel backed, AI-linked, facial scanning and mapping "identity verification" software)

You know the recent Discord snafu that received such massive pushback and caused so many people to leave Discord that they've dropped their identity verification?

Yeah, that Persona.

Duo integrates it into Duo Premier, Duo Advantage, and even Duo Essentials...

...which means many working class folks will have no option but to be enrolled into and use Persona...

...or be fired.

https://duo.com/docs/identity-verification

#Duo #Persona #Privacy #Discord #AI

Show threadDeniceFeb 27
@tinker why do they have to ruin everything ughhh
Show threadChristoff, the humanFeb 27
@de3ev @tinker it is beyond exhausting, what's a word for being ground down with anxiety and "are you f*cking serious?! really?!" every day?
Show threadDeniceFeb 27
@christoff @tinker society will collapse because of these idi*ts
Show threadChristoff, the humanFeb 27

@de3ev @tinker I mean post-apocalyptic stories and novels are one of my favorite genres, but didn't think I'd be getting a front row seat.

But hey, I got a unique seat! Got to see the rise of the Internet and commodity technology to AI to corporations owning everything, including people's lives via their livelihoods and medical care, with no hope of things changing on the horizon. If anything, prepare for it to be much worse :(

It's a lot. I don't get how people are making it cause I'm barely

Show threadTinker ☀️Feb 27

@christoff @de3ev - I loved loved loved cyberpunk.... but yeah, living in a more mundane boring version took its appeal away from me.

Big way I am making it is through solarpunk (for this VERY reason). I need something to hope for and something to build towards. So it's solarpunk literature, art, and in my actual life - building solarpunk apparatus and community.

Show threadDeniceFeb 27
@tinker @christoff I need to follow all your steps y'all.
Show threadTinker ☀️Feb 27

@de3ev @christoff - I've been building Free Fridges and Food Rescue in town. Lots of folks are building out solar panel microgrids for them and their neighbors. We're doing a lot more community third spaces (community theaters, beefed up libraries). We have repair cafes and monthly meetups where we bring in something to be repaired for free and then help others repair their stuff for free.

We're building a better world and living in it now.

Show threadDeniceFeb 27
@tinker @christoff Thank you for what you do and for making a difference in this world we live in, Tinker.
Show threadTinker ☀️Feb 27
@de3ev @christoff - We're all just trying to live and doing the best we can. I'm not the only one in my town doing this and many are doing more - but what I'm doing is what I can and that has to be enough.
Show threadChristoff, the human

@tinker @de3ev amen, i like you're walking and creating a world you want to live in with others... guess that's the point :)

I need to *get involved*

Feb 27 at 3:00pmWeb
Show threadDeniceFeb 27
@christoff @tinker Tinker is one of the people who have helped me voice out stuff in Infosec and whenever I need help! especially back on Twitter (RIP Bird app)