The wait is over. #DEFCON34 Online Registration is open and #defcon season is officially underway!

Register now to take advantage of the Early Bird pricing. And to bask in the serotonin hit that comes from checking something off your TO DO list in a timely fashion.

Get your ticket at https://us.shop.defcon.org

We're in the home stretch, people. August 6 will be here before you know it.

New episode! Yum yum :><🍿><:

Ep 171: Melody Fraud.

Your Spotify Account Might Be Laundering Dirty Money!

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/171

Ep 166 is here! "Maxie"

The long awaited episode is here! I'm excited to introduce you to Maxie Reynolds. The people on my team all said this episode blew their mind. 🤯

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/166/

Folks, it's happened. AI has become *so* smart that it knows how to intentionally sabotage a live product demos by Mark Zuckerberg and leave him helplessly flailing...

#meta #metaai #AI #artificialintelligence

We are excited to add QUIC obfuscation for WireGuard, aimed at helping users bypass firewalls and censorship. This new feature is now available on all desktop platforms.

The Android & iOS apps will include QUIC obfuscation in future releases.

Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/introducing-quic-obfuscation-for-wireguard

The fourth third-party security audit of the Mullvad VPN app has concluded that the app has a high security level. Some non-critical issues were found, and have been fixed to the extent possible.

Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/the-report-for-the-2024-security-audit-of-the-app-is-now-available

LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool -- they just auto opted everyone in (except folks in the EU, it seems)
I recommend opting out now (AND that orgs put an end to auto opt-in, it's not cool)
Opt out steps: Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement (OFF)

We shouldn't have to take a bunch of steps to undo a choice that a company made for us.
Orgs think they can get away with auto opt in because "everyone does it".
If we come together and demand that orgs allow us to CHOOSE to opt in, things will hopefully change one day.

LinkedIn seems to have auto enrolled folks in the US, but hearing from folks in the EU that they are not seeing this listed in their settings (likely due to privacy regulations).
If you're outside of the US, I'm curious if you're seeing this?

Why does opting out of training generative AI models matter? How does it impact folks?

Well, generative AI tools build outputs based on inputs they are trained on. AI tools have a hard time synthesizing new content so allowing AI tools to be trained on your original writing, photos and videos means it’s likely that elements of your writing, photos, or videos will be melted together with other people’s content to build AI outputs (without credit to you).

In short, you may find your original writing, photo, and video content “reused” or “rehashed” by AI, and *sometimes AI plagiarizes writing, photos, and video in their entirety*.

Opting out of participating in AI training is a good idea for anyone who creates original content.

A reminder sent to the European Parliament and the European Council: this is what #chatcontrol and the #GoingDark initiative will result in – total surveillance and the end of secure and private communication.

You can read the articles at https://mullvad.net/why-privacy-matters