garrett

@garrett@infosec.exchange
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Posting on security, scams, abuse, and privacy out of PDX.

Websitehttps://jansen.sh
Bloghttps://garbage.institute
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garrett6d ago
Reading this approaches a topic I’ve been drafting lately, that AI is being used increasingly for companionship. A lot of folks view this as a sign of the competency of the models but I think of it as exploiting humanity’s general kindness, our tendency to see humanity in “others”. https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/why-ai-is-the-new-social-media
Why AI is the New Social Media

Companionship is now the No. 1 use case for generative AI, filling a void Facebook could not.

Big Technology
garrettApr 17
Fuck it. I bought a bunch of fly strips and I’m gonna let em rip.
garrettApr 17
404 MediaApr 17

SCOOP: Internal Palantir Slack messages obtained by @josephcox show the company did a recent sprint to build a tool that helps ICE find the physical locations of people who have been marked for deportation.

https://www.404media.co/leaked-palantirs-plan-to-help-ice-deport-people/

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People

Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature partner to ICE,” and how Palantir is addressing employee concerns with discussion groups on ethics.

404 Media
garrettApr 17
Every day I've opened my window this spring, I've been inundated with massive flies. Good grief, #pdx
garrettApr 17

I’m not really interested in most garden variety politic posting since I think “I got another thing on how Trump is a hypocrite” is a waste of time and energy.

It IS important to emphasize that the silly things we do on computers and our values around surveillance are inherently political though.

garrettApr 17

I eyeball almost all the text-based social media apps and the vibe on Threads seems to be the most conservative now which is… surprising.

Not even regular conservatism but the most unhinged and disconnected from reality takes getting plugged.

garrettApr 16
Why doesn't Looker allow me to assign what shows on the X or Y axis in their charting? Excel lets me do that...
garrettApr 16
When the status page is down, you know the service was getting killed. Welcome back, Zoom.
garrettApr 16

MITRE's CVE is back (for now...). I wonder how the US gov't will handle this with the goal of scaling back gov't participation in cybersecurity.

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/114347584005098772

Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)

CISA have, at the last minute, extended the MITRE CVE contract. “The CVE Program is invaluable to cyber community and a priority of CISA. Last night, CISA executed the option period on the contract to ensure there will be no lapse in critical CVE services. We appreciate our partners’ and stakeholders’ patience.” HT @metacurity@infosec.exchange It’s unclear how long it has been extended for.

Cyberplace
garrettApr 16

I... did not realize forwarding an email allowed keeping the prior pass of DKIM.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1912439023982834120.html

Thread by @nicksdjohnson on Thread Reader App

@nicksdjohnson: Recently I was targeted by an extremely sophisticated phishing attack, and I want to highlight it here. It exploits a vulnerability in Google's infrastructure, and given their refusal to fix it, we'r...…