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“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters.”

“This seizure blatantly violates international law and defies the ICJ’s binding orders requiring unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza. These volunteers are not subject to Israeli jurisdiction and cannot be criminalised for delivering aid or challenging an illegal blockade – their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end immediately.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/09/gaza-aid-boat-madleen-israel-greta-thunberg-freedom-flotilla-coalition

"Implement least privilege. When in doubt, default deny."

Aspiring CISO, writing: Got it, allow nothing.

“Implement least trust. In fact, zero trust."

Aspiring CISO: Got it, trust nothing.

“And whatever you do, don't be the department of no"

Aspiring CISO: ...Back up a bit.

@baardhaveland @xinit @ai6yr that's how using Ring cameras started and now police have unfettered access through the company's feeds directly without permission from the camera owner/buyer.

(Update: clarifying this was a specific case, not general case... although, lots of cameras wandering around everywhere nowadays)

"Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show"
(9/28/2023)

https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/

#bigbrother #privacy #surveillance

Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show

Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance.

404 Media
@krypt3ia Agent Orange must appear to be busy...
@Nonya_Bidniss is the Threads app still being used?!

A friend was going to buy the ReMarkable e-Ink tablet but then backed down last minute.

What he got was something even better: Boox colored e-Ink tablet: https://shop.boox.com/products/tabultrac
The quality and feel of the writing is fantastic & you're enslaved to a yearly subscription like the ReMarkable.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/113317236184313793

BOOX Tab Ultra C

China targeted and might have held for months access to the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.

This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b?st=C5ywbp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

A Chinese rocket narrowly missed a landing on Sunday—the video is amazing

Deep Blue Aerospace is just one of several Chinese companies working on vertical landing.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/a-chinese-rocket-narrowly-missed-a-landing-on-sunday-the-video-is-amazing/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

A Chinese rocket narrowly missed a landing on Sunday—the video is amazing

Deep Blue Aerospace is just one of several Chinese companies working on vertical landing.

Ars Technica