Mastodawn

When your password leaks:
→ Change your password
→ Problem solved

When your biometric data leaks:
→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases forever

This is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.

#Biometrics #Privacy #Discord

Dave Boisvert Feb 16

Prof. Sam Lawler Feb 16

Too wound up to go to bed, so I just sent lots of emails to people hoping that they'll spread the word and get lots more people to write comments to the FCC telling them that orbital data centres and sunlight-as-a-service are incredibly stupid, dangerous ideas and should never be launched.

Instructions how to submit here: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/

I don't think it'll actually make a big difference. But I do think it's incredibly important that the official record shows how many opposed this.

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky

In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

DarkSky International

Dave Boisvert Feb 11

Seth Larson Feb 11

Just in case you've heard that ICE operations are "winding down" in Minneapolis and St. Paul. This happened just this morning:

https://bsky.app/profile/andrewkarre.bsky.social/post/3melwi55orm2w

#uspol #iceout #abolishice #mpls #mn #mnastodon

Andrew Karre (@andrewkarre.bsky.social)

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Bluesky Social

Dave Boisvert Feb 10

Heidi Li Feldman Feb 10

“ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.” https://www.wired.com/story/ice-expansion-across-us-at-heres-where-its-going-next/

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next

ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

WIRED

Dave Boisvert Feb 9

Anna Anthro Feb 9

#Mamdani Signs Executive Order Requiring #ICE Agents to Get Judicial Warrants in NYC

https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-nyc-ice-warrants

Mamdani Signs Executive Order Requiring ICE Agents to Get Judicial Warrants in NYC | Common Dreams

"ICE is more than a rogue agency—it is a manifestation of the abuse of power," the mayor said.

Common Dreams

Dave Boisvert Jan 27

chatkitty Jan 27

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115962508398912420

How to kill the business travel and tourism industries in the United States using this one trick!

#USpol #USPolitics #travel #fascism

Dave Boisvert Jan 24

Touaregtweet Jan 24

🚨 'It’s important to see what’s really going on”.

That’s what Pierre Lavie said after fellow photographer John Abernathy was taken down by federal agents at a protest against ICE in Minneapolis, on Jan.15th.
Abernathy says he couldn’t breathe after being pushed to the floor and having tear gas canisters deployed near him, and that he was afraid of what would happen to his camera – and more importantly the images on it – if he were arrested."
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wQ7SCdLhGQ0 #ICE #Gestapo #Trump #fascism

This photographer was tackled by ICE – and threw his camera to save it

YouTube

Dave Boisvert Jan 23

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jan 23

Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.

The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem. More money for more ICE training results in more trained killers.

The problem with fascists isn't that they're poorly trained, it's that they're fascists. You don't train fascists, you abolish them. Abolish ICE.

Dave Boisvert Jan 23

Unicorn Riot Jan 23

Today is #ICEout day in Minnesota with high temps reaching -11°F and masses are protesting at MSP Airport while hundreds are outside the Whipple Federal Building. On one side, a blockade prevents ICE vehicles from driving thru while ice balls are thrown at vehicles on the other side. At least two arrests so far.

Dave Boisvert Jan 18

Eugen Rochko Jan 17

Whenever you see what #ICE is doing in front of cameras, you must imagine what they're doing where nobody can see them--like in the concentration camps the USA is building. It's easy to read those words and much harder to fathom what they mean; that this is happening in our day and age, in what until recently was believed to be a first world country. "Abolish ICE" doesn't go nearly far enough in my view.