A-Dub

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trans, queer, disabled, autistic, fiftysomething, pākehā New Zealander, educator, scientist, covid-cautious, antifascist, anticapitalist
stolen land i’m living onToronto, Ontario, Canada
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A-DubMar 29, 2024
Electronic Frontier FoundationMar 29, 2024
Canada, let's get real: restricting access to devices like the Flipper Zero will hamper development of strong, secure technologies, and won't solve the problem of car hacking. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/restricting-flipper-zero-accountability-approach-security-canadian-government
Restricting Flipper is a Zero Accountability Approach to Security: Canadian Government Response to Car Hacking

On February 8, François-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced Canada would ban devices used in keyless car theft. The only device mentioned by name was the Flipper Zero—the multitool device that can be used to test, explore, and debug different...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadA-DubMar 29, 2024
aaaand voice-cloning technology can be used to break into bank accounts that use voice authentication 😨 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/openai-holds-back-wide-release-of-voice-cloning-tech-due-to-misuse-concerns/
OpenAI holds back wide release of voice-cloning tech due to misuse concerns

Voice Engine can clone voices with 15 seconds of audio, but OpenAI is warning of potential harms.

Ars Technica
A-DubMar 29, 2024
wait, in this age of AI mania it has become possible to clone someone's voice in seconds and make deepfake videos from photo snapshots? um, why should i ever trust any video ever again?
A-DubMar 29, 2024
Eric LawtonMar 29, 2024

Ontario moves to allow use of Indigenous languages in legislature

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/28/ontario-indigenous-languages-legislature-canada?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

> ‘Momentous change’ will permit lawmakers in Canadian province to address chamber in ‘first languages’

Ontario moves to allow use of Indigenous languages in legislature

‘Momentous change’ will permit lawmakers in Canadian province to address chamber in ‘first languages’

The Guardian
A-DubMar 29, 2024
might have to move instances . . .
A-DubMar 29, 2024
turtle whizzing around on miniature skateboard video made my morning 🛹 🐢
A-DubMar 29, 2024
Stefan PlattnerMar 13, 2024
Every turtle should be provided with a skateboard.
A-DubMar 29, 2024
 #FediPact Mar 27, 2024

why should we federate with them when...

"extreme anti-trans hate content remains widespread across instagram, facebook, and threads. characterized by fear-mongering, lies, conspiracy theories, dehumanizing tropes, and violent rhetoric, these posts — many by high-follower accounts — aim to boost engagement, generate revenue, and seed hateful narratives about trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. these accounts profit from such hate, and so does meta and its shareholders"

https://glaad.org/smsi/report-meta-fails-to-moderate-extreme-anti-trans-hate-across-facebook-instagram-and-threads/

#FediPact #meta #threads

Report – Unsafe: Meta Fails to Moderate Extreme Anti-trans Hate Across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | GLAAD

GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Program reported the following anti-trans hate content across Instagram, Facebook, and Threads; Meta deemed all of it non-violative or did not take action on it.

GLAAD | GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.
A-DubMar 29, 2024
the 2024 Ontario budget fails on so many fronts. for example it provides the poorest on social assistance with nothing. another really glaring one is the total abdication of responsibility on climate change 🌍 #OnPoli
A-DubMar 29, 2024
MikeeZeroMar 28, 2024
This website is fantastic. Shows you a COVID myth, who said it, and then a slew of articles that disprove it. https://youhavetoliveyour.life
You Have To Live Your Life