discontinuity

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Question asker, tinkerer, hacker, language learner, I love being a beginner. There are no stupid questions, only mean answers.
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Embarrassing times for the European Commission after security researchers found flaws within minutes of using its age verification app. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/

(ICYMI: I have a blog post on why age verification laws are a bad idea to begin with: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/papers-please-age-verification-laws-threaten-everyones-online-security-and-privacy/)

Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it.

Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels’ age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is “technically ready.”

POLITICO

Success! I am finally enjoying raktajino* in a slightly more appropriate mug. The third try worked!

*Decaf instant coffee with five spice powder because it's seven pm and I enjoy being able to sleep.

I think it would be really fun to do a talk that's not just "intro to passkeys" but more "how can you mess up passkey implementation".

I know you can set up SSO so you don't link the SSO accounts immutably to an account. You 100% could do the same thing with passkeys, and I think proposing a talk would be good incentive to learn more about how passkeys work in detail (like how badly could you mess up a passkey request? Or is it really just that robust because the browser controls it? What if you roll your own in a custom app? Maybe the only issues are after the passkey exchange, but that still gives you a rich tapestry of fuck ups to choose from!)

Would you be interested in such a talk? What questions do you have about passkeys?

@jonny this feels like a "how many agents does it take to change a lightbulb" joke, except the answer is: "It's for entertainment purposes only: don't let it change a lightbulb!'
"the emperor is not only naked, he's smooth like a ken doll down there and i'm pretty sure that's just a mannequin with a colony of rats living inside it anyway"
@jonny "whispering to cursed sand" became entirely too literal with this garbage.

I finally unsubscribed from @theaifix
4/5 of the most recent podcasts have been people just accepting the hype, and today's episode contrasting with https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930 shows without a doubt that the pod no longer delivers value.

"Coders will be obsolete!! We can all go relax on boats while Claude code does all the work!" Is an entirely blind assessment of the situation.

It is fair that most enterprise software sucks and in that context maybe adding more garbage software doesn't make things worse. I guess this is where things like NIS2 matters even more. When you can no longer sell your slop because there's no way you can pass any certification needed to even bid, maybe people will start learning?

I can hope at least.

jonny (good kind) (@[email protected])

- Claude code source "leaks" in a mapfile - people immediately use the code laundering machines to code launder the code laundering frontend - now many dubious open source-ish knockoffs in python and rust being derived directly from the source What's anthropic going to do, sue them? Insist in court that LLM recreating copyrighted code is a violation of copyright???

neurospace.live

If AIs write in a mix of African dialects of English, what style of German do they write in? Is there a "delve" equivalent or some other tell that's due to the dialect of the folks who are training it?

What about French? I would imagine French AIs also speak with African dialects?

I ordered a second hotjo mug, thinking that way I'll definitely have one to drink out of if the repair fails. It arrived broken too, so I sent it back.

Now getting a mug is no longer just a vague desire, it's a full on quest!

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