J Frederick

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Analyst, IT/InfoSec/Finance

Recovering Twitter/Reddit lurker, mostly boosting topics on Technology, Information Security, and the War in Ukraine. Always RTFMs. Am autistic.

Ars reader reports ChatGPT is sending him conversations from unrelated AI users

Names of unpublished research papers, presentations, and PHP scripts also leaked.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/ars-reader-reports-chatgpt-is-sending-him-conversations-from-unrelated-ai-users/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

OpenAI says mysterious chat histories resulted from account takeover

User shocked to find chats naming unpublished research papers, and other private data.

Ars Technica
'Are you all okay?': MAGA meltdown over Taylor Swift says a lot about GOP https://youtube.com/watch?v=EqOphzemOyY&si=PMrrFsgzeDm5r-ln
'Are you all okay?': MAGA meltdown over Taylor Swift says a lot about GOP

YouTube
I am more than a little surprised to see that Infosec.exchange is the 7th largest mastodon instance, from the perspective of active accounts: https://fedidb.org/software/mastodon
FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics

FediDB is a cutting-edge service providing detailed statistics and insights into the Fediverse network.

The hero Polish hackers who fixed DRM-bricked trains have explained how they did it. There was DRM that killed power to trains and broke compressors if trains had been to independent repair yard. One train was also programmed to arbitrarily break on December 21, which actually happened two weeks ago:

https://www.404media.co/polish-hackers-explain-exactly-how-they-fixed-trains-that-the-manufacturer-bricked/

Polish Hackers Say Manufacturer's Repair DRM Killed Train's Power, Broke Compressor

They found code that killed power to the train and broke a train's compressor: "We are 100% certain of our findings."

404 Media

Today in Dystopia: Google is paying parents $50 to film their children's faces for a product they're developing, according to "job listings" we've reviewed

https://www.404media.co/google-telus-pays-50-to-scan-childrens-eyelid-shape-and-skin-tone/

Google Contractor Pays Parents $50 to Scan Their Childrens' Faces

Google is having parents film their children wearing hats and sunglasses, with the collected data to include eyelid shape and skin tone.

404 Media

TIL that the US government runs an official dad joke database πŸ‘€

https://fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad-jokes

Dad Jokes | Fatherhood.gov

It sure is a good thing people chased away CISA last year. I mean, look at the propaganda they post. I’m super glad we made people stay on the other site to access this filth.

Yes, I’m having a moment of bitterness

I continue to be squeezed by both sides of the threads situation. I am operating on the premise that people who think I’m a terrible person and this is a terrible instance for allowing any interaction with threads have left and/or blocked, those remaining seem to want to either have nothing to do with threads at all and are mainly concerned with their data, and those who want to seamlessly interact with threads. I have threads limited/silenced on Infosec.exchange, but that isn’t seamless, and it’s also not fully blocking. So, here’s my proposal:
I remove the limit from threads, and run a job to domain block threads for each account. Any account who chooses can undo the block (or ask me to do it) and then they can seamlessly interact with threads, and those who want nothing to do with them get their way.

Thoughts?