Toots & views are no one's but my own.
Boosts ≠ agreement.
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Fresh-ish off the press.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/parliamentary-network-breached-prc
OMG this thread is wild!
Today was ... interesting. If you followed me for the past months over on the shitbird site, you might have seen a bunch of angry German words, lots of graphs, and the occassional news paper, radio, or TV snippet with yours truely. Let me explain. In Austria, inflation is way above the EU average. There's no end in sight. This is especially true for basic needs like energy and food. Our government stated in May that they'd build a food price database together with the big grocery chains. But..
This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry is absolutely out of control and needs strong regulation:
Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus. Hackers have found a way into that data supply chain, and are advertising access in group chats used by violent criminals who rob, assault, and shoot targets.