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The Supreme Court abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states – Vox
Posted on 20240419 by 0xF21D
It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
I’m trying something new with my blog after changing its location and name, and taking into account commentary by close friends and family who think I should do something with my writing ability. So I will be doing a daily commentary where I just keep a new post open, adding to it as I go along. Here’s the inaugural post. Enjoy!
Microsoft paid billions for an idiot AI, a prime example.
I don’t think AI is a good descriptor for this. We probably need to start adding N to AI and just call it for what it is NAI (Narrow AI), pronounced “Nay” 🤣
This is my favorite image from the linked post above.
A man who lacks ethics trying to “help women out” is still a man who lacks ethics.
I don’t know, maybe this could be called the “tech bro” approach to what they think is “charity,” when in reality it is a fundamental problem with their worldview.
And then totally blamed everyone else, as tech bros are known to do. Because it OBVIOUSLY couldn’t be his own poor decisions right? All that hard work down the drain.
Just because law enforcement posted it doesn’t mean the threat is severe enough to warrant ImMeDiAtE AcTiOn to disable a feature. To quote the author:
You also need to confirm your desire to share your details via NameDrop with the other person.
Apple built guardrails/guideposts and several layers of protection into iOS. You have to be proactive to use NameDrop. Someone isn’t just going to walk by you with a suitcase full of hax0r kit and steal your dox unless you disable it. This doesn’t mean that there’s not some vulnerability lurking around in the feature, yet-to-be exploited, but mobile phone security researchers will be taking this apart and reporting anything they find on up to apple to be fixed.
The author concludes this brief FAQ/Article with a nod to the human factor, the wetware vulnerability that’s always requires vigilance on the part of the wetware operator to prevent exploitation. The layers of security and guardrails apple built for your protection are useless if you’re careless with your device…
And if you’ve been careless enough to have left your iPhone unattended and unlocked so a stranger can meddle with it, there’s all kinds of trouble they could cause. Stealing your contact information may be the very least of your worries.
Law enforcement could do so much better than to scaremonger, but it’s part of their “we’re keeping you safe folks!” messaging. I’m reminded of this classic image, re-posted here with absolutely no permission given…
