372 Followers
195 Following
613 Posts

@tautology0
@tautology
@tautology.uk

vi is the best editor. FACT!

X5O!P%@ap[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

Another thread of testing LLM image generation. Thread is over on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/tautology.uk/post/3mibo4gja3c2b

Or if you prefer, on my blog at https://tautology.org.uk/blog/2026/03/30/llm-image-generation-space/

Tautology (@tautology.uk)

It's time for another LLM image generation thread, because they're humourous. If you just want to see the images and don't care about joining in the snark, you can find this at https://tautology.org.uk/blog/2026/03/30/llm-image-generation-space/ 1/35

Bluesky Social

Just released another entry in my blog series looking at the unpatchable vulnerabilities of Kubernetes.

Whilst the CVEs are quite old, understanding them is useful, both to understand if you need to apply mitigations and also for some of the low-level Kubernetes implementation details they involve.

https://securitylabs.datadoghq.com/articles/unpatchable-kubernetes-vulnerabilities-cve-2020-8561/

Unpatchable Vulnerabilities of Kubernetes: CVE-2020-8561 | Datadog Security Labs

A look at how Kubernetes CVE-2020-8561 works

Far-reaching powers over Internet access are being rushed through.

Last minute amendments have been shoved into the UK Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Ministers will be able to force anyone over 13 to use unsafe and unregulated age-ID services to access whatever content the government wants.

Find out more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/13-year-olds-could-be-compelled-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/

#ageverification #privacy #freedomofexpression #internet #ukpolitics #ukpol

13 year olds could be compelled to use unregulated age verification

Last minute amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will have huge implications for freedom of expression and privacy in the UK, Open Rights Group has warned.

Open Rights Group
GrapheneOS refuses to comply with age verification laws.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

#Infosec #GrapheneOS #AgeVerification #Linux #Mastodon
GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

Doesn’t care if its devices can’t be sold in regions that require ID verification.

Tom's Hardware

UK MPs have passed an amendment giving the government powers to restrict access to VPNs.

Imposing digital ID checks will turn people away from using a tool that keeps them safe and secure online.

Instead it'll fuel the surveillance-based economy that causes harms.

Sign our petition to protect VPN use in the UK ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk

#vpn #privacy #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Tell the Government: Protect VPN use in the UK

Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote log-in to their networks are secure. Journalists, campaigners and whistle blowers use them to protect their work and themselves. But the Government wants to force people to verify their age when they buy a VPN. This will deter people from using VPNs to stay safe and secure online. Why are the government proposing restrictions to accessing VPNs?

Open Rights Group
Ported my Spectrum Rick Roll code across to the Sharp MZ-700. What took the longest was writing the code to match graphics to the highly restricted SharpSCII character set
https://tautology.org.uk/blog/2026/03/05/rick-rolling-on-the-sharp-mz-700/
Rick Rolling on the Sharp MZ-700 – Tautology’s Blog

Headphone manufacturers: if you headphones hold 10 hours worth of charge, don't wait until the last 5 minutes to give a low battery warning. That's neither use nor bloody ornament.

The UK government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety.

Plans to further age-gate the Internet dodges the real issue – the power of Big Tech.

Failing to regulate AI and the age verification industry puts the rights of users in peril.

Read our response ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-harms-millions-could-be-forced-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/

#ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

Online harms: Millions could be forced to use unregulated age verification

Open Rights Group has responded to the government’s latest announcements on online safety, including proposals to: Big Tech Programme Manager James Baker said: “The Government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety, focusing on individual harms and product features instead of confronting the structural power of dominant tech companies.

Open Rights Group

ORG calls on the UK government, ICO and Ofcom to establish compulsory privacy and security standards for age verification providers.

This is critical to protect users’ sensitive data as this unregulated industry grows more powerful with each attempt to treat the symptom, not the cause of online harms.

#ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia

Quick write up of creating a rick-roll video on the ZX-Spectrum (back in 2019, it takes me a while to write stuff up):
https://tautology.org.uk/blog/2026/02/16/rick-rolling-on-a-spectrum/
Rick-rolling on a Spectrum – Tautology’s Blog