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• Post #4195099

  For your consideration: this bunny.

• Post #3672284

  This story is bad on its own. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/07/waymo-car-reports-drinking-teens/ Now, think of how much worse it will be with cameras pointed at drivers faces in every new car, legally required in 2027. If you think those cameras won't be transformed into surveillance tools in the name of "safety" you are beyond help.

• Post #3536234

  If you work in a school district and want to get a sense of how the tech used in your district works, reach out! I'm working with some folks on answering some foundational questions around privacy and security implications of commonly used edtech. Details on the program here: https://a4l.org/introducing-the-data-observations-do-program-technical-testing-built-by-the-community/ And the core of what we use is here: https://codeberg.org/funnymonkey/hopscotch

• Post #3497652

  If politicians were serious about keeping people safe online (and yes - kids deserve safety, and non-kids do as well) they would address the business models that incentivize harm -- ie. data brokers, adtech, etc. And they don't do that, because they want the surveillance. Want to make the internet safer? Address Facebook, Insta, TikTok, etc -

• Post #3404695

  You mean there is no honor among thieves? :shocked face dot gif:

• Post #2443971

  Imagine being required to take a polygraph because your boss is a drunk. This toot is about working in the FBI.

• Post #2359389

  Systems rolling out age assurance are creating an invaluable dataset of verifiable identities of people who are susceptible to scams. When the breaches happen, the criminals will thank everyone for participating.

• Post #2277068

  As always, @PogoWasRight has a good rundown of the data breach -- in this case, the Instructure breach. Edit: forgot to add the link! https://databreaches.net/2026/05/03/instructure-discloses-second-data-breach-in-less-than-a-year/

• Post #2128697

  This is a rip of a post. https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp

• Post #2077903

  This is the internet on Age Verification. This was on a search page; my search string was related to a technical issue (an error message on a shell script).

• Post #2001192

  Instructure data breach looks very not good. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-canvas-instructure-breach-275m-users/

• Post #1827599

  Keeping communities safe by creeping on kids. While this story is about Flock, it is equally true for all of the other "we watch you always because we care" tech that is sold as "safety" but is better understood as state sanctioned creeping. And remember: for every story like this that breaks, there are hundreds to thousands of adults who see cameras creeping on kids and think it's fine. https://www.404media.co/city-learns-flock-accessed-cameras-in-...

• Post #1693323

  Most immediately, I wish the best for Christian Hergert and his family. And this seems like a monumental fuckup by Red Hat. https://www.newinlinux.com/christian-hergert-a-core-gnome-maintainer-has-stepped-down/

• Post #1674463

  I hope all these newly unemployed people who were supporting fascism get a chance to talk to AI Zuckerberg as their exit interview: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/technology/meta-layoffs.html Seriously -- if you are working at Facebook (or X, etc, etc) in 2026 -- why? What's your rationale?

• Post #1674462

  I have been working really hard not to write a piece on how the edtech industry has created fertile ground for resentment -- which has in turn made a great climate for grifters. tl;dr the edtech industry has set the stage for this backlash, and kids and teachers will pay the price. And to be clear: the reasons behind the backlash are well earned and spot on.

• Post #1674460

  This is fine. https://www.ft.com/content/43bc927b-683d-417e-aa13-a9b4a933418b

• Post #1674459

  We need to stop talking about companies like Palantir *enabling* abuses. That's incomplete and inaccurate. Companies like Palantir don't just enable able abuse. They make more aggressive abuse possible. They make it so the abusers have an endless supply of targets. Companies like Palantir make bad situations exponentially worse. https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/

• Post #1674457

  I have been seeing more claims of people/orgs doing "forensic analysis" that are neither forensic or analysis. It really makes it more difficult to do good work.

• Post #1338800

  If your solution to bad age verification is "better" age verification, you are part of the problem. Reject surveillance. Age verification is a tool and a goal of fascists.

• Post #1276734

  Sure. Forcing people to prove their age definitely keeps people safe. Except, you know, when it doesn't. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/

• Post #1236197

  Age assurance does the heavy lifting of making sure adtech/surveillance companies can identify people after cookies go away. They "care" about privacy by setting in place a system that violates our privacy more absolutely -- and via regulatory requirement.

• Post #1111518

  Apple, hard at work bending the knee to Trump and union busting. https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/towson-town-center-apple-store-closing-AZ2PAMPQLZBTFBQVMP724REUTE/

• Post #1111517

  You can't have bixonomania without AI. Literally. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y

• Post #1111516

  The fact that both Trump and Putin support Orbán is not remotely surprising.

• Post #1111515

  Well done, Hungary. Really hoping the current projections hold and the incoming government gets a supermajority.

• Post #1111513

  Chicken under a brick, and veggie skewers.

• Post #1079982

  Yup. Instead of blaming people on the receiving end of bad services, why not -- hear me out here -- demand better services? https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-should-stand-up-to-big-tech-instead-of-imposing-social-media-bans-estonia-says/

• Post #1036840

  I see Google's "developer verification" surveillance as in line with the "age assurance for the kids" surveillance. Both are clear examples of how companies with business models *predicated on data collection* who failed to moderate their platforms effectively. Meta failed with Instagram and Facebook, Google failed with the play store, etc. And now -- rather than address the root cause -- they want to *collect more precise data*.

• Post #1036337

  There is no "confusion" over the Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon. Israel is violating the cease fire by continuing to massacre people in Lebanon (and Gaza). Full stop.

• Post #977849

  There is no such thing as AI art. And the folks running AI companies are some of the worst people on the planet. And YouTube is a parasite. https://rudevulture.com/ai-company-clones-musicians-voice-then-copyright-strikes-her-own-songs/