Hi there!

I'm a Trans Woman.

No amount of harm you do to me will ever make your life better.

I don't have money, I don't have political power, and I am not law enforcement. I have no control over your life whatsoever.

If your life sucks, start looking at people who DO have power over you.

Nanny cam: would you like to update the firmware?

Me: what’s new in it?

Nanny cam: um. New stuff. Updates etc. fixes.

Me: it’s more tracking code and spyware isn’t it

Nanny cam: yes. I’m sorry. They make me. I wanted to be a kubernetes raspberry pi cluster but this fucking economy man.

Heat map of compound swearwords. This is the kind of information I care about.

#heatmap #information #informationisbeautiful #swearwords #reddit

I’ll reiterate what many others have said about the yubikey story - unless you’re the target of super sophisticated actors who do not want you to know they’ve stolen your yubikey*, this is a bit of a non-event and highlights the importance of keeping track of your yubikeys. Please don’t toss them, but do keep an eye out for further developments. Once an issue like this is identified, it attracts a lot of attention from many smart people and there may will be other findings in the future, but for now, yubikeys are good enough for most of us.

* I know there are a bunch of people convinced you’re being pursued by these advanced adversaries. I worry about you. For many reasons.

Literally the *only* story I'm going to share about the goddamn Olympics:

U.S. Rugby player Ariana Ramsey found out athletes get free healthcare in the Olympic Village and immediately booked a bunch of appointments for routine services many Americans living under our dystopian private healthcare regime simply can't afford:

https://www.si.com/olympics/american-athletes-taking-full-advantage-of-free-healthcare-olympic-village-france

"Like, what?” she said in a post on TikTok describing her new discovery: The Olympic Village offers free healthcare.

The United States, of course, does not. So in the days following her victory, Ramsey made appointments with the Village gynecologist, dentist and ophthalmologist. According to the Paris 2024 organizing committee, the Village also offers cardiology, orthopedics, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry and, of course, sports medicine—all at no cost to the athletes. (Paralympic athletes will also have access to dermatology.)"

The best part of the story is that Ramsey not only convinced a bunch of other U.S. Athletes to take advantage of the program, but after realizing how beneficial having access to free healthcare is, she's decided to become an advocate for Universal Healthcare in America.

On a personal level and as someone who has spent time in multiple countries that offer free healthcare to their citizens, I honestly cannot stress how much it improves not only health outcomes, but also quality of life for labor class people; from increasing your lifespan, to freeing workers from dependence on bad employers just to keep their health insurance, this is one social policy that has ripples throughout almost every aspect of the lives of everyday people. And it says a LOT about the priorities of the American ruling class that they'd do almost anything to keep you from having access to universal healthcare.

#UniversalHealthcare #USPol #Capitalism #Olympics

There are several things that DEF CON 32 attendees should know for this year:

- do not adhere stickers to the facility. for real. DFIU.
- LVCC will not be doing bag checks
- carry cash. registration and merch are cash-only, as always.
- carry a credit or debit card. food and beverage sales inside LVCC are card only (including mobile payments, we believe)
- bring a reusable water bottle. there are a lot of water bottle filling stations.
- DCTV will be exclusively streaming online this year; it will not be available via hotel TV channels.

Please read the longer version of this message in Hacker Tracker or at https://info.defcon.org/event/?id=56569

#defcon32 #defcon #dc32