Mastodawn

Wanna:

* work on defending #DigitalRights?
* shape #EUpolicy in #Brussels for the better?
* use your critical #AI knowledge to kick some ass in this hype cycle?
* join a team of awesome humans (plus me 😜)?
* enjoy a workplace that cares about its people?

Apply here: https://edri.org/take-action/careers/edri-is-hiring-senior-policy-advisor-ai-power-digitalisation/

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EDRi is hiring a Senior Policy Advisor on AI, digitalisation and power (1 year) - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

EDRi is seeking an experienced and motivated senior policy advisor to join our team working together to protect human rights in European tech laws and policies.

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116721768848787262

"Anthropic says..."

*falling asleep with rolling eyes*

TheZero Jun 8

Slashdot

Jun 8

Police Sued After Imprisoning Innocent Man Placed Near Violent Crime By Flock License Plate Reader https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/06/07/2357243/police-sued-after-imprisoning-innocent-man-placed-near-violent-crime-by-flock-license-plate-reader?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

Police Sued After Imprisoning Innocent Man Placed Near Violent Crime By Flock License Plate Reader - Slashdot

"When Hugo Parra was arrested last year on felony charges, his pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears," reports the Times of San Diego: San Diego police had a description of the Alfa Romeo car he was riding in [but no license plate number] and a witness who identified him during a curbside lineup as...

TheZero Jun 5

Jann Horn Jun 5

yikes - a USB speaker with pre-authentication bluetooth attack surface that lets you upload unsigned firmware updates:
https://blog.nns.ee/2026/06/03/katana-badusb/

Pwnd Blaster: Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching it | nns.ee

Abusing an unauthenticated Bluetooth protocol to turn a PC speaker into a Rubber Ducky.

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TheZero Jun 5

@ryanprior @whitequark I hoped it was tracked somehow but ToS violations are pretty much arbitrary

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TheZero Jun 5

@ryanprior @whitequark indeed, you are right

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TheZero Jun 5

@whitequark it doesn't yet appear in https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/master/2026/06

dmca/2026/06 at master · github/dmca

Repository with text of DMCA takedown notices as received. GitHub does not endorse or adopt any assertion contained in the following notices. Users identified in the notices are presumed innocent u...

GitHub

TheZero Jun 3

EDRi Jun 3

🚨 Companies producing the worst #surveillance technologies like #spyware are gathered in Europe at this very moment at the ISS World Europe in Prague, Czech Republic.

❌ There should be no support in the EU for an event like this which normalises spyware abuse, surveillance, human rights violations and complicity with the genocide in Gaza.

👀 Do you want to resist surveillance tech like spyware with us? Watch the video and join the Keep It Safe and Secure campaign ➡️ https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/keep-it-safe-and-secure/

TheZero Jun 3

Hans-Christoph Steiner Jun 3

Could there be an "uncanny valley" of #AI #LLM #bullshit, where the error rates are low enough that humans get lazy and stop checking, which then leads to higher error rates than when humans did it without AI. Unfortunately, the current #BigTech business models prioritize #adoption and #engagement, so that will bias them towards ignoring this affect.

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