Lori Emerson"But we must also admit a certain nostalgia for what can still be called a 'golden age of security,' for an age, that is, when horrors were still marked by a certain moderation and controlled by respectability, and therefore could be related to the general appearance of sanity." --H. Arendt #totalitarianism
Rossana Trotta
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My research examines the complex interrelations between cultural, political, and technological dynamics.
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Kurtis Clark@emenel @thgie @w0bb1t @asrg @lurk @nettime_mod
I think the discussion must now center on the urgent need for a full-scale collective counteract to fight back against these grabs by transforming #Mastodon instances into aggressive traps for #AI bots and exploitative web scrapers.
@asrg has put together a helpful list of tools that instance moderators and admins might want to check out and explore for possible implementation: https://algorithmic-sabotage.github.io/asrg/posts/sabot-in-the-age-of-ai/
Sabot in the Age of AI
A screenshot of a web page generated by a tarpit, deployed as part of the ongoing âTrapping AIâ operation. â ïž Warning Please note that the following list comprises intentionally malicious approaches designed to cause harm. Do not deploy any of these suggestions unless you are fully cognizant of the potential consequences of your actions. đ Note This blog post constitutes a continuation of a previous publication disseminated via our Mastodon account.
Micah LeeCheck out my #DEFCON33 talk about the Signalgate, full of unbelievable incompetence from the highest levels of the Trump administration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYyfrTIPQY
"We are currently clean on OPSEC": The Signalgate Saga (DEFCON 33)
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Anyway, I've recently seen a couple of reviews complaining that we don't present "evidence" of our claims. We do. It's all described in the text and supported by sources given in those 59 pages of endnotes.
Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug#Palantir bestÀtigt "der Zweck heiligt die Mittel" und damit das echte Problem ihrer Software:
Der Angriff auf die #Unschuldsvermutung durch #Rasterfahndung!
"Zu den analysierbaren Daten gehören aber auch Informationen ĂŒber Menschen, die nicht als VerdĂ€chtige gefĂŒhrt werden, sondern zum Beispiel als Zeugen. Allein in Bayern geht es dabei um Millionen Daten."
"Palantir könne Sicherheitsbehörden helfen, auf aktuelle Bedrohungen wie CyberkriminalitÀt..."
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Palantir-weist-deutsche-Sicherheitsbedenken-zurueck-article25955635.html
"Datenhoheit bei Polizei": Palantir weist deutsche Sicherheitsbedenken zurĂŒck
Der US-Datenanalyst Palantir drÀngt auch auf den deutschen Markt. Die Polizei dreier BundeslÀnder probiert die Software bereits aus. Allerdings gibt es enorme Zweifel - etwa an der Sicherheit der Daten. Ein Sprecher findet die Sorgen nicht gerechtfertigt und kritisiert seinerseits hiesige Experten.
Mur.at - Initiative NetzkulturCall for Artist Residency
mur.at and the Collective Intelligence Association (CIA) are looking for a artists or collectives to participate in a 5-day artistic residency and worklab in Graz, Austria.
For details, program and procedures see
https://mur.at/post/opencall-2025/
Deadline: 14th of August 2025
Oakland PrivacyFlockâs nationwide license plate network is now using AI to label driving patterns as âsuspicious.â This shifts it from tracking vehicles of interest to actively generating suspicion.
#Surveillance #AI #Privacy #DigitalRights #TechAccountability
Baldur BjarnasonâWhat good is a union in Hell?â
https://therealnews.com/uaw-what-good-is-a-union-in-hell
> What good is a union in Hell? How much can an organization of the damned do in a future no one wants to live in? What good does a collective bargaining agreement serve when the world as we know it is dying?
Raphael AlbertCompanies, this GDPR-advice is for free: When someone requests access to their data, you'd better comply.
That's obvious, you say? Well congratulations, you're already better than far too many others!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR