Patrick Lucas Austin

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ā€œShould we as a society really be going headfirst into virtual reality and augmented reality in our lives before we have strong privacy legislation?ā€ EFF’s @cooperq asks in the @washingtonpost
(Spoiler alert: The answer is ā€œno.ā€)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/30/apple-vision-pro-privacy/
Analysis | Apple’s new Vision Pro is a privacy mess waiting to happen

The Vision Pro, arriving Friday, brings us a whole new dimension of privacy risks. Apple appears to have only partial solutions.

Washington Post

My single serving site Smart Quotes for Smart People turned 10 years old yesterday on National Punctuation Day! 🧵

https://smartquotesforsmartpeople.com/

Smart Quotes for Smart People

Smart Quotes for Smart People

NEW: Chinese spies are using USB drives distributed in African nations to spread malware around the world, @agreenberg reports https://www.wired.com/story/china-usb-sogu-malware/
Chinese Spies Infected Dozens of Networks With Thumb Drive Malware

Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.

WIRED
pumpkin spice raktajino

Did y’all see that Apple’s password manager in iOS 17 now supports importing your TOTP (time-based verification) codes from Google Authenticator? Might be a fun thing to do when upgrading to a new phone.

@viticci’s great iOS 17 review includes a section about it: https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-17-the-macstories-review/14/#migrate-from-google-authenticator-to-passwords

(I don’t toot out features like these as much anymore because I don’t want to show up on a blog, but hopefully folks who feel the need will cite Federico here.)

iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review

In the year when the vision is elsewhere, what do you get the OS that has everything?

Just got back from the coolest ag project of all time,

"What if you could turn abandoned oil rigs into seaweed farms to clean up the Gulf of Mexico?"

Nice review of Blood in the Machine in today's New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/books/review/brian-merchant-blood-in-the-machine.html

Book Review: ā€˜Blood in the Machine,’ by Brian Merchant

Brian Merchant’s ā€œBlood in the Machineā€ compares the labor struggles of the Industrial Revolution to today’s abusive gig economy.

The New York Times

you can tell the net neutrality debate is heating back up because industry trade mags are back to running lazy screeds by revolving door telecom lobbyists without disclosing their direct financial conflicts of interest

https://www.nexttv.com/news/obama-legal-vets-fcc-should-not-restore-net-neutrality-rules

Obama Legal Vets: FCC Should Not Restore Net Neutrality Rules

Former solicitors general say agency lacks authority to do so and Supreme Court would overturn move on those grounds

Multichannel News
ChatGPT is finally ready to take over from human developers
Podcast Executives Say the Industry Has a Fraud Problem

A podcast monetization company has been educating agents on how to better spot the phony numbers

Bloomberg