WebTheWitted @ WebTheWitted @beehaw.org

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Most people have. I was hopeful that the extension on FISA / section 702 would get removed from the NDAA today but it looks like that failed 65-35. I suppose some hope still remains as it works it's way through the house, and / or the extension ends.

Not holding my breath, though.

Oof

Following his dismissal, Brody allegedly refused to return his work laptop and instead used his still-valid account to access the bank's computer network and cause damages estimated to be above $220,000

Also

Impersonated another cloud engineer at FRB to access the firm's network and make configuration changes

I can see this at a mid size startup or enterprise, but a bank?

Finally. The concept of war crimes being fairly applied, rather than used as a political tool, is easily dismissed when looking at a career like that of Kissinger.

I really enjoyed Behind the Bastard's six part series on the man, would highly recommend for anyone interested in learning more.

I'm pretty sure that Amazon tried to do this with Kindle a few years ago and got sued by book publishers.

Ahh, it was audible.

It's only a matter of time though before this sort of thing is ruled on and deals are inked. Open source is already getting pretty far too.

Yeah, modern CPU production is incredible and a pet interest of mine lately. I'd highly recommend the Asianometry YT channel if anyone wants to go deep.

https://youtube.com/@Asianometry

Just came to the Iain Banks reference, damn these robots are my people!

Dude, thanks so much for posting this! The first one and the VR version are some of my favorite games ever. I had some bare awareness they were working on this, but forgot and prob would haven't noticed for a bit. I've been kinda burned out gaming-wise lately, TBH.

10 or so hours in and it's such a perfect sequel. Art design is incredible, and everything from voices to character writing is really good. Great blend of puzzle concepts old and new. I'm enjoying the philosophical nature, like the first one, but find the ideas a little more accessible, at least on their face.

Certainly a monumental piece of art, all said.

Agreed on all of this. There was a time that I was more worried about "the government" but the reality is that if a state level actor wants to fuck with me I'm probably screwed. I've also gotten older and realized there isn't anything about me that would be interesting for people like that, so that's not who I worry about with privacy.

These days I'm more concerned about scammers and more garden variety cyber criminals. Having a broader online presence presents more of an attack surface, a place to build out an initial profile for a planned social engineering or spear phishing campaign.

Thanks for sharing. I appreciate the coverage of actual diplomatic motions and communications. We are certainly moving out of the pax Americana and into a new multi-polar global order. At this point, I'll be happy as long as it doesn't end in nuclear confrontation / apocalypse.

I don't really pirate anymore, but have been using ProtonMail, Proton Calendar and ProtonVPN for a few years on pure privacy grounds, and generally really like it. Their apps have gotten more stable over time and their bona fides are solid (actually fighting against subpoenas, etc).

They are actively improving things like calendar invites and integration in their suite of apps. Between that and ente for photo storage I've mostly degoogled myself over the last couple years.