Mastodawn

Went to Home Depot because they're the only place that has the odd sized air filter my house AC uses.

Pulled into the parking lot and saw a nice big sign that says they use Flock. Great. So nice of a home improvement store to contribute to the surveillance state.

RossMadness 4d ago

Julian Oliver 5d ago

Revealing piece on the scale and scope of AI-induced psychosis:

"There seem to be three common delusions [..]. The most frequent is the belief that they have created the first conscious AI. The second is a conviction that they have stumbled upon a major breakthrough in their field of work or interest and are going to make millions. The third relates to spirituality and the belief that they are speaking directly to God. “We’ve seen full-blown cults getting created”

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/26/ai-chatbot-users-lives-wrecked-by-delusion

#ai

Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion

One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter

The Guardian

RossMadness 4d ago

It's FOSS 4d ago

GrapheneOS says ❌ to age verification.

https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-refuses-age-verification/

#grapheneos #ageverification #privacy

Android-Based GrapheneOS Refuses Age Verification, May Exit Regions That Enforce It

The privacy-focused Android fork would rather lose market access than collect user data at setup.

It's FOSS

RossMadness Mar 16

404 Media Mar 14

The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet
https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into 404 Media @404-media-404media

The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet

On Friday, a judge ordered those who uploaded the videos to YouTube to remove them. By Saturday, a backup of the videos was available online as a torrent and on the Internet Archive.

404 Media

Infosec right now:

New SecuritySnack: How attackers are abusing CloudFlare to hide M365 phishing campaigns. 🛡️➡️⚔️
Read the technical breakdown here: https://dti.domaintools.com/securitysnacks/securitysnack-cloudflare-anti-security-for-phishing
#CyberSecurity #Phishing #CloudSecurity #Infosec

DomainTools Investigations | SecuritySnack - CloudFlare Anti-Security For Phishing

A Microsoft 365 credential harvesting campaign is exploiting CloudFlare's anti-bot and human verification features to evade detection. Learn how attackers use IP blocklists, user-agent filtering, and obfuscated scripts to bypass security scanners—and what it means for the industry.

RossMadness Mar 12

Taggart Mar 11

"If you want to improve the model's output, you can write skill files with more specific instructions!"

"Oh wow so like a file that tells the computer to do exactly what you want?"

"Yep!"

"You're never gonna believe this."

RossMadness Mar 7

Verstappen, nooooooo. 2026 kicking off with a bang...

RossMadness Mar 5

I stumbled upon a YouTube channel for a guy that used to make videos of himself trolling people on TikTok and Omegle. He accidentally stumbled on a viral video idea and has leaned into it. He started playing "malware disguised as videogames" and is raking in the views. It's like watching a car wreck. It's horrifying and I can't look away. He's eventually learned about VMs and some security things along the way but I'm watching him run stuff on his laptop with an active Internet connection and going "huh nothing's happening". Then I look up the file he has on screen and it's a RAT. Hooo boy.

RossMadness Mar 2

Have I Been Pwned Mar 2

New sensitive breach: Porn addiction app Quitbro allegedly exposed 23k unique email addresses last month. Data also included year of birth and last relapse time. The developer did not respond when contacted. 22% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Quitbro

Have I Been Pwned: Quitbro Data Breach

In February 2026, the porn addiction app Quitbro allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed 23k unique email addresses. The data also included users’ years of birth, responses to questions within the app and their last recorded relapse time. The app’s maker, Plantake, did not respond to multiple attempts to contact them about the incident.

Have I Been Pwned