@thefirstred
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Associate Prof at U of Arizona. Mainly interested in privacy, behavioral econ, digitization. In love with Rome, romanista, tennis and motorcycle enthusiast
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Thank you, Al, for teaching us how to do research and how to ask the right questions at seminars. You’re a giant and we will miss you! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/science/alfred-blumstein-dead.html
“Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity on your phone.” https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
How to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps. Opt out of AI tracking now! | Tuta
First Android, now Gmail, Photos, Drive an more: Google is allowing Gemini AI access to all your data – even your emails, photos, calls, and texts. Follow these steps to turn off Gemini AI on Android and in all your Google Apps.
Your TV knows when you cry so it can advertise Kleenex to you.
Android phones will now auto-reboot after three days without being unlocked.
This feature is intended to make it harder for hackers, law enforcement, and forensic experts, to access data inside the phone.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/for-security-android-phones-will-now-auto-reboot-after-three-days/
The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China https://on.ft.com/43Owwgd
Janelle Shane“Slopsquatting” in a nutshell:
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/
mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/#you-give-mozilla-certain-rights-and-permissions
"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox”
Use @brave folks!
Signal is threatening to leave Sweden over a bill demanding a backdoor. Signal’s CEO is staying strong. 💪🏻
https://swedenherald.com/article/signals-ceo-then-were-leaving-sweden
https://swedenherald.com/article/signals-ceo-then-were-leaving-sweden
Are you scared yet?
Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-demanded-backdoor/
Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-demanded-backdoor/
