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- on ‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6h ago
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on ‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6h ago
Instead, they hire the people who do it.
In wandering around the entrance to the rabbit hole, I came across the Wikipedia article about The Com, which is a lose umbrella organization that includes many hacker communities, including the one accused of hacking the FBI.
There’s this:
The Com is connected to a group of skinheads active in Russia and Ukraine responsible for random attacks on people and acts of murder.[14] Edward Coristine, a high-ranking employee of the DOGE, US government organization, was a former member of The Com.[15]
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on Trump says the US is officially renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’ in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7h ago
It’s still Gulf of Mexico, it’s still Lake Ontario, it’s still Department of Defense, and it’s still slop.
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on Trump says the US is officially renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’ in c/technology@lemmy.world · 1d ago
“Ah, I see, so it’s one of those reversible designs!”
Super intelligence indeed!
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on No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago
My pin is eleven digits, a number I’ll never forget, and I enter it every time. No face ID for me.
Also, don’t call the cops unless getting arrested is better than whatever is happening. Because, they’ll use any excuse to arrest you no matter how innocent you think you are.
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on Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago
He said AI is helping workers produce more output, but the quality of it is so bad that their colleagues have to spend more time fixing it
Everyone predicted this. Why the fuck didn’t the billionaires? What is their major malfunction?
- on Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3d ago
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on Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
Been a long minute since I looked at pre-built machines. That’s a Dell All-in-One. I had to look that up. I’m glad I did, I was about to make a stupid comment that it’s a Dell monitor, but no telling what PC it’s attached to.
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on AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
Strong doubt.
High school girls don’t want that. They don’t want big dicks, or to talk to guys who brag about their dicks, or show their dicks, or send pictures of their dicks. Gooner graduated a virgin.
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on Smart devices can testify against you: How home robot data is being used in court in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
Soon, every fuckin’ thing you buy that plugs in will have an app, and demand to connect to the internet, and do it’s damnedest to make that happen, whether you let it or not. There’s probably a generic, dedicated chipset or board that does just this available for OEM purchase that they just wire into whatever they’re building. Fans, speakers, TVs and monitors, every appliance, lights, clocks, push vacuums, pet feeders, smoke alarms, anything you can think of. They’ll add some feature that no one wants to justify the camera, mic and internet connection. Or, they’ll just hide it, because whatever law might be used against them for doing that would not be strong enough to outweigh the profits, if it’s enforced at all.
If you have old appliances without these “features”, do your best to keep them working.
This won’t stop until we kick the capitalist out of our governments.
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on It’s not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 4d ago
A bit beyond that, though, if pressed, they’ll say they NEED to do it to remain competitive. That’s their reasoning behind every evil thing they do. On the rare occasion they call for some law to restrict the industry, it’s because their company is having trouble competing.
They’ll do anything to profit that isn’t explicitly against the law in whatever country they operate in. But they will also do things against the law if the penalty isn’t high enough to stop them. They will take into account the social penalty, but if the profit is high, and they run a virtual monopoly, then the social costs are almost always outweighed.
They take everything into consideration but have zero empathy or morals, so that never enters the equation. Profit is all that matters.
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on Thats why I only smoke weed. Don't want to risk this nasty windows Programms to suddenly start working in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 4d ago
No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health
To identify a “safe” level of alcohol consumption, valid scientific evidence would need to demonstrate that at and below a certain level, there is no risk of illness or injury associated with alcohol consumption. The new WHO statement clarifies: currently available evidence cannot indicate the existence of a threshold at which the carcinogenic effects of alcohol “switch on” and start to manifest in the human body.
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on EU’s new social media child protection rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID - Leaked documents suggest that some existing accounts will also be subject to identification che… in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
EU’s new social media child protection state surveillance rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID
FTFY
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on Thats why I only smoke weed. Don't want to risk this nasty windows Programms to suddenly start working in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5d ago
No amount of alcohol is safe to drink, and this is why.
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on People Are Pissed Off and Ready to Own Their Shit in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago
I hope Louis is being careful. There’s not as much protection in being public as there used to be. The billionaires know they’re essentially immune. I don’t think it’s too much to imagine anymore that he might end up deported, or disappeared in some other way.
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on Garbage Trucks Now Have AI Cameras To Score Your House and Clock Code Violations in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago
Jokes on them. I already live under an HOA, and they do landscaping.
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on Everybody's Lost Their Minds in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago
I suppose I should quote a part, since no one else will read the dreaded wAlL Of tEXt.
Is this short enough for you?
AI helps people find more vulnerabilities in existing code. To address those vulnerabilities, people use AI to generate patches. The resulting pull requests are then “reviewed” by AI. That is, the more AI is in the loop, the less we understand the code base. The mystical “human in the loop” often is nothing more than a rubber stamp.
So what happens when things go bump? Complex systems fail in complex ways, and debugging code is an order of magnitude harder than writing code. Debugging somebody else’s code is harder still. Trying to debug large, complex, distributed systems consisting of components that are effectively opaque to your entire organization is going to be impossible.
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on Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 17 Sep 2026
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on Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 17 Sep 2026
If by “insane” you mean barely adequate, then I agree.
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on Zuckerberg's Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta's Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 17 Sep 2026
It won’t be enough to just remove the cameras and quietly sell them. They’re gonna need to somehow make it very clear there is no camera. Through both an ad campaign and by the styling of the glasses. If they don’t, no one will trust them, or the people wearing them. But, I suspect they’ll try, because it’s shameful to publicly admit fucking up so badly. And, billionaires aren’t good at accepting shame.
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on How "secure" is your setup? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
I don’t have anyone to share it with, so it’s not open.
- on Why Personal Websites Are Coming Back in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
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on ‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Sep 2026
Right. With prescription lenses the perv glasses are north of $500. If you need to perv and you can’t afford another pair, then you just need to wear the perv glasses all the time.
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on ‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Sep 2026
Narrator: It doesn’t work.
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on Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans - penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
He knows it has a snowball’s chance. He’s just using his platform to call attention to a potentially serious problem in a way that grabs headlines. He has to shout pretty loudly to get anyone’s attention nowadays.
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on AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
I think they’ll find infinite ways to fuck up. The guardrails will never be high enough, or strong enough.
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on AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
It’s not being said for the benefit of those who already know.
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on France apologises for human rights criticism that sparked US walkout in c/europe@feddit.org · 13 Sep 2026
France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva has said it “regrets” criticising the United States over human rights in a social media post that triggered a diplomatic dispute which has delayed the arrival of a new French ambassador in Washington. In a post on X in late July, the French mission had criticised the United States for joining countries including Russia and North Korea in voting against extending the term of U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk.
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on What to do with photos? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 13 Sep 2026
You can go through iCloud settings and delete all backups then sign out of iCloud.
You probably know this. And, you might suspect as I do that nothing is ever really deleted, they just disable your access to it and don’t do anymore backups. There’s nothing we can do about that, we gave it to them, they’ll keep it forever, associated with your account, no matter what they say--at least that’s what I think. Maybe Apple really does delete it, but I doubt it.
Google doesn’t delete anything, I doubt Apple does, either:
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on The Rise of AI Companions: 27% of U.S. adults turn to AI for personal, emotional, social queries in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
They want us angry at each other, afraid, lonely, sad, anxious, suspicious, isolated, paranoid and sick.
They’re doing everything they can to make that reality for as many people as they can, and they are succeeding.
“They” have names, and this is just a few of them. You, as I, likely only recognize a handful of the top of the list. But, there are almost 3500 people with a net worth of over $1 billion, 1/3 of them live in the U.S. They all stand together.
Here’s number 48, have you ever heard of this guy or his sons?
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on Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
Apple is relying on an opt-in procedure: When activating Siri AI, the manufacturer asks for help in improving the chatbot, as developers with access to the release candidate of iOS 27 report.
The update will be released to the public on Monday, September 14.
You can either agree to this or press a visually inconspicuous “Not now” button. The dialog cannot be completely dismissed. Users can switch it off again after activation in “Settings > Analysis & Improvements”.
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on The new Apple Watch will use microphone and other sensors to generate AI recaps of your day - 9to5Mac in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 12 Sep 2026
The stupidest tech purchase I made, ever, was an Apple Watch. Useless piece of shit.
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on Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and refused to give them permission to sit or use a chair and later fired them after a pregnancy-related hospitalization in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Sep 2026
While wishing in one hand, you can do something real, and never knowingly give them a cent in the other hand.
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on AI Didn't Steal the Mathematician's Work, Sam Altman Did in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Sep 2026
… with guns.
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on Your reminder to remove the microphone from your TV remote today in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 Sep 2026
I have like, eight remotes in drawers around my house. I’m not sure where they all came from. I didn’t realize remotes migrated. Is it a seasonal thing, like birds?
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on Your reminder to remove the microphone from your TV remote today in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 Sep 2026
Xfinity includes it in their new Wifi router and presents it as a feature:
www.xfinity.com/hub/smart-home/wifi-motion
You also are not able to run your own hardware, you must use theirs. This is why I canceled Xfinity on the same day they installed it, after discovering this.
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on The AI boom and tariff uncertainty are pushing copper prices to record highs | CNN Business in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
That’s why billionaires are so rich. They’re full of copper.
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on “This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
Out of 73 million.
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on 3D printer files for giving a Flock camera a *lot* of sun protection in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
You want to fill those with some spray foam adhesive before you install them. Otherwise, they might blow off in a heavy wind.
(Also, this was already posted a couple of weeks ago.)
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on Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026
AI stopped a school shooting. Did you see that?
/s
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on Tesla killing Solar Roof is leaving installers with six-figure losses in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
I liked the idea. It just couldn’t compete with much cheaper traditional panels. People weren’t willing to pay a premium for vanity. Also, I think people want to show off the panels, not hide them. I mean you can’t gloat about solar panels if no one can tell you have solar panels.
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on Microsoft announces Project Zenith, a clutter-free Windows experience meant to entice developers - Engadget in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
Microslop must be getting tired of all the winning.
/s, obviously
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on Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
Seems like “instantly” getting a human and them being overloaded don’t go together.
Got lucky in the queue too, I guess.
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on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
My “big” TV is a 55", 14-year-old Toshiba dumb display. It still works as well as it ever has, but it’s not OLED and it’s not 100", so sometimes I think maybe…
But, then I read articles like this, and decide against it.
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on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
This all happens the moment you plug that HDMI (or DisplayPort for people who purchased an LG computer monitor) right into an internet-enabled laptop through a protocol called EDID, also known as “Extended Display Identification Data,” which by itself is totally harmless!
It simply tells your operating system what kind of monitor is connected, what its capabilities are, it’s serial number. That’s it!
Inside Windows, when you go to Device Manager, it might not seem like much. Just a generic PnP device attached as a monitor.
Dive a little more into Device Manager, and we see where EDID does its magic; we found that this particular Microsoft Box is hooked up to some kind of Samsung monitor. Now, Samsung might have some kind of driver that would help take advantage of my monitor. But this Samsung is so old they simply do not care.
Yeah, it’s installing drivers on WINDOWS.
So, caveat two is don’t connect these things to an internet-connected WINDOWS machine.
Good point.
But, as others have said, if you do successfully air gap one of these things, it might stop working because a hard drive is full, or more directly because it can’t phone home and is designed to lock you out in that case.
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on Tim Cook handed $47m package for new role as executive chair of Apple in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
It took the poor guy forever to reach billionaire status. This is the least they could do for him.
/s
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on Love is love in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
12,701.35$ seems awkward. I’d rather know it’s money up front, instead of at the end.
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on QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
It’s just a copy. The original still exists somewhere. That’s not stealing.
Reverse Sony logic.
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on Politicians are letting AI write speeches and laws without telling voters, study says in c/europe@feddit.org · 6 Sep 2026
nO onE WAnTs tO wOrK!
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on Google’s AI Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off With Vastly Higher Prices, Study Claims: Prices were 21.6 percent more expensive on average in Google AI Mode compared to a traditional search. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 5 Sep 2026
Is there a term for AI bootlicking?
We’ve all heard about breaches in security by hackers affecting so many millions of people, but I never hear about that data leak being used against the innocents. Like, it has no effect on we the poors.
They seem to hold our data for ransom, and steal crypto directly from the rich, because of course they do, that’s where the most profit is. And, that is why they’re so dangerous… to the rich.
If you dig into this a little you’ll see plenty of accounts of The Com associates doing awful things against children, but I suspect that’s a very small part of what a few of them do, it’s just hyped and pushed forward to make us hate them all. In fact it’s quite possible that within the larger community, those few players are themselves, shunned, the same way Christians shun but don’t condemn the more radical members of their cult. But, the only way to hear that side of the story is to be in The Com. We’ve all seen this happen in online communities--outsiders condemning an entire large group for the actions of a few, who are shunned within the group.
Remember, we’ll never get the whole story from one side, and the story we do get will be biased in favor of the side that tells it--there will always be distortions, lies of omission, and outright fabrications and lies. The same way we’re wary of content now because of AI, we should be skeptical of any claims made, and the more powerful the claimant, the more skeptical we should be that we’re getting the whole story.