"There’s cause for alarm with TikTok — but is it enough to justify building America’s own Great Firewall?"

https://www.theverge.com/23653141/tiktok-ban-bytedance-congress-hearing-first-amendment-open-internet

Holy moly!! Lightning caught mid-strike as it hits a tree. ⚡ 🌳 😲

I hope the photographer was using an extremely long-range telephoto lens, as lightning will travel along root systems, which can extend some distance away depending upon the type of tree.

Vertical photograph; click to see the full strike and whole tree (or what's left of it).

Photographer — Debbie Parker of West Virginia.

#Photography #Tree #LightningStrike #AmazingNature

U.S. border officials copy the contents of up to 10,000 phones and computers every year and save them to a big database for 15 years, as we first reported in September: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/15/government-surveillance-database-dhs/

Following pressure from Sen. Wyden, the agency, CBP, now says it's considering shrinking that 15-year save time and plans to give people more details about what they're doing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/31/abraham-accords-expand-with-cybersecurity-collaboration/

RT @BostonJoan
I can’t believe we gotta go over this again, but here we go…

This article, featuring excellent commentary by @wphillips49, illustrates how the trolls capitalize on outrage to create a media attention.

Don’t take the bait.

(P.s. miss you Whitney!!)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/03/ok-sign-gesture-emoji-rightwing-alt-right

Writing more about #LastPassBreach feels like beating a dead horse. But I had a look at the official statement again and it is highly misleading. I felt the need to provide some context that #LastPass is willingly omitting.

“Again, it seems that LastPass attempts to minimize the risk of litigation (hence alerting businesses) while also trying to prevent a public outcry (so not notifying the general public). Priorities…”

https://palant.info/2022/12/26/whats-in-a-pr-statement-lastpass-breach-explained/