Taran Rampersad

@knowprose
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Author, writer, software engineer.

Systems-oriented neo-generalist focused on coherence, legitimacy, and real-world consequences.

I like being wrong because it means I learned something.

Privacy advocate · human rights advocate · sensible technology advocate.

Politics left to the experts; my views are grounded in systems coherence.

KnowProSE.com (Tech)https://www.knowprose.com
RealityFragments.com (non-tech)https://www.realityfragments.com

PSA: The Amazon wishlist doxing threat is much greater and more immediate than folks might realize. Attack works like this:

Stalker who wants your address opens an Amazon seller account and lists themselves as a third party seller for any item on your public wishlist. Then, they order the item from themselves as a gift for you. Bam, they have your address.

In particular, attack does not depend on an existing third party seller having poor PII handling hygiene, like the articles have implied.

AI=B+

"What is neglected by those sounding the death knell of the humanities is any assessment of the actual quality of college essay writing that AI based on large language models can produce."

🔗 https://www.publicbooks.org/aib/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Learning #Education #Writing #Essay

AI=B+ - Public Books

“The essays ChatGPT produced in mere seconds are quite plausible as the last-minute work of a rushed undergraduate.”

Public Books

Now that the internal memo about data sovereignty has been made public, some won't really know what it means.

I've been around a while. I've got a good feel for where this will go, so I explain how this will likely play out in the media over the next 2 weeks.

And yes, I will be following up with explanatory and practical articles.

https://knowprose.com/2026/02/data-sovereignty-and-you/

#datasovereignty #privacy #infosec #media #governance #SME #business

My Personal Stance On Data Sovereignty: It Creates Agency - RealityFragments.com

If you’re unaware yet, in an internal memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the United States described data sovereignty rules as a threat.

RealityFragments.com
Challenges In Stopping Unauthorized AI Data Scraping

Data scrapers used to train LLMs can be evasive. Our recent view of unauthorized AI data scraping attempts against Kasada customers.

Kasada
Chine, Marc Riboud
N'hésitez pas à aller voir par ici : http://marcriboud.com/portfolio/ si vous voulez découvrir toute la diversité de son taf photographique  
#photography #blackandwhitephotography
Smartphone Market Set to Shrink 13% Due to Memory Chip Crisis, IDC Says

The global smartphone market will contract 12.9% in 2026 because of the unprecedented memory chip shortage, marking “a crisis like no other,” according to researcher IDC.

Bloomberg.com

The Software That You Don't Own - NationSquid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnwGPpVbKS4

#opensource #linux #floss

The Software That You Don't Own

YouTube

"In an internal memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the US describes such rules as a threat to free data flows, AI development, and cloud services."

Computerworld, from yesterday: US orders diplomats to push back on data sovereignty https://www.computerworld.com/article/4137523/us-orders-diplomats-to-counter-data-sovereignty.html #digitalsovereignty

US orders diplomats to push back on data sovereignty

Such initiatives are considered to be disruptive to AI and cloud services, but many countries are eyeing them anyway.

Computerworld