France charges Telegram CEO with multiple crimes

Testing the idea that a platform boss can be responsible for the acts of others, or not helping to investigate them French police have laid multiple charges against Pavel Duroc, o-founder and CEO of encrypted messaging platform Telegram.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/30/french_telegram_ceo/

Anyone who considers, “You won’t have to vote anymore” ‘cryptic’ probably uses ‘password’ as all of their passwords.

USPol #cryptography #security

X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it

Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/x-is-training-grok-ai-on-your-data-heres-how-to-stop-it/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Must never be operated for profit:
1. Healthcare
2. Prisons
3. Education

Those correspond exactly with:
1. Life
2.Liberty
3. Pursuit of happiness

#uspol #cdnpoli

That took longer than it needed too.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns over Trump shooting outrage https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/23/secret-service-resigns-trump-shooting.html

CrowdStrike CEO summoned to explain epic fail to US Homeland Security

Boss faces grilling over disatrous software snafu The US House Committee on Homeland Security has requested public testimony from CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz in the wake of the chaos caused by a faulty update.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/23/crowdstrike_ceo_to_testify/

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