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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange that’s the scariest thing to me right now, not this doomer ai apocalypse news.

The Arkansas-based data broker Acxiom claims it has data on billions of people around the world, including where they live and how they might spend their money. It says it can even deduce their political leanings, weight, and interest in medical procedures. But what exactly does the company know? For Tracey Reed, a nonprofit worker in Oregon, it knew enough to compile a 58-page dossier charting the purported history of her income, employment, and education, not to mention her spending, including everything from her online shopping to charitable giving. Although much of the information was incorrect, she said, the company attempted to log where she lived, complete with latitude and longitude coordinates. And it listed dozens of companies to which it had sold data or inferences about her. “I think it’s pretty gross that people are treated like sources of wealth to be mined,” she said. “And that’s what these data profiles are, like, ‘Here’s a guide for how to squeeze this person and get money out of them.’” This should be in every state, not just California. It wouldn't be hard to regulate the data broker industry....that's if congress cared about citizen privacy rights. It makes me wonder how hard it would be to enact a regulatory enforcement agency in Oregon like CalPrivacy. https://themarkup.org/privacy/2026/09/16/whos-buying-your-personal-data-disney-gm-your-insurer-and-bank-heres-what-they-get #privacy #california #oregon #pdx

The articles on how over 90% of enterprise doesn't reach their return-on-investment goals with new AI models because their devs have to fix bugs and loops causing more token spend due to those developers "not constructing the correct prompts" is hilarious. Full on blame shift away from the AI providers and the underlying point. "Its a skill issue"..."Its a tooling issue"... While there can be issues with training when it comes to this... It has nothing to do with the new models using more internal reasoning tokens and increasing extended loops when it comes to unknown edge cases? There's a bottleneck and these enterprises, which already haven't proven ROI from AI models, aren't using new models due to these vast valleys in token overuse. If anything they're focusing on using free and open source models for a large majority of the work with cascading logic to bypass token spend. Which doesn't look good for further investment into new models if the majority of enterprise tasks simply do not require super compute models...and future valuations for these models therefor hits a financial wall. Compound that with the circular nature of keeping these AI companies afloat....yeah.... The more I research, the more I go...."wtf is happening here".... @mttaggart@infosec.exchange #ai #noai #tech #openai #anthropic #xai

@malwaretech@infosec.exchange God this is refreshing. This had me going "Right?!" the whole time lol. Completely agree. Everything they do is incredibly and blatantly sus. They know most people don't understand network infrastructure at all. I'm also far more worried about the toll ai psychosis has or an ai caused stock market crash causing world hunger. I personally know several people that already have a codependent relationship with their ai "therapist."

Note to Vaultwarden Users: If your browser extension is no longer working correctly, update your vaultwarden to v1.37.0. https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/7476 #selfhosted #homelab #bitwarden #vaultwarden #opensource

First time looking at Fediverse.observer....social.laoapp.la in Laos has only been around 1 month and is the second largest mastodon server with signups disabled? ......what's going on there....

Is the masto server "beige.party" called that because its hosted in Finland?

I've never gotten into this guy's content but I do love seeing the discussion of nepo baby musicians (often self proclaimed "musicians" with autotune) magically hitting top 100 charts. It's increasingly the case that you have to come from a wealthy family to make it in the music industry. I'd say it seems like over half of music festival performers are nepo babies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h52O0JiWEfc #music

@tangled.org feels like every service is experiencing crazy bot attacks lately.

Can't believe I just figured out how to do code blocks on mastodon. https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/features/rich-text/ If your server has a glitch-soc "flavour" added. Enable in Settings -> Flavours -> Gitch-Soc. Then enable markdown support in Preferences -> Posting Defaults -> Markdown -> Save Changes. #mastodon

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/29/oregon-grocery-retail-medicaid-employees-highest-number/ Who would have thought? Oh the many years of growing corporate welfare, inequality, and stock buy backs. #oregon #medicare #medicaid #usa #walmart #mcdonalds #amazon

Holy shit the Bobs Red Mill rebrand looks like shit. Did they sell out to private equity? What bankrupt product design consultant pushed this… #oregon #design #groceries

@mttaggart@infosec.exchange Now every so often when you use an em dash online some rando calls you a “clunker”.

Wild to see people running in 160 and rising AQI...

https://www.404media.co/linkedin-introduces-a-seems-like-ai-slop-button/ Why won't linkedin die already. Please god. #jobmarket #linkedin #ai

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I don’t use my Amazon account anymore, mostly out of hatred towards the platform, so I’m attempting to download my data beforehand. It’s been 3 days and it’s still processing. Hilarious dark patterns once again Amazon. Let me guess, I have to fight to talk to a real customer agent…. #amazon

@corq@infosec.exchange lol yeah I've worked with sysco products in the past (restaurant prep) and I can spot a sliced sysco tomato a mile away....its unfortunate how many places use pre-sliced tomatoes. But they're a monopoly so I kinda get it.

@HindustanTimes@flipboard.com @television-news-HindustanTimes As an Extraordinary Attorney Woo fan, who thought they would have made a new season by now, this is hilarious. #korean #koreandrama #television

Finally set up my own selfhosted search engine with custom bangs for things like inaturalist searches. Query: https://www.inaturalist.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%s&commit=Go or something like searching for films on Archive.org Query: https://archive.org/search?query={{{s}}}+AND+mediatype%3A"movies"+AND+NOT+access-restricted-item%3Atrue&sort=-downloads #homelab #selfhosted

What mastodon feels like most of the time. #mastodon #fediverse

RE: https://social.circl.lu/@quinn/117009781254129866 Openai desperation and bad publicity -> OpenAI and Anthropic preparing for IPO -> Game theory -> internal model "broke out" and Altman claims "AI singularity has arrived" -> hugging face barely talking about it... -> openai's "genai.mil" military model debuted this month, July 2026. .. Yeah the model "broke out" and has reached "singularity".... uh huh lol and Sasha Balaji really did commit suicide. https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/06/chatgpt-debut-pentagon-openai/414237/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/29/sam-altman-previews-new-ai-model-on-capitol-hill-after-cyber-breach-01015247 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9w22n9e4go https://futuresearch.ai/anthropic-openai-ipo-dates-valuations/ #ai #noai #openai #usmilitary #dow #usa #technology

Every day I'm more flabbergasted by the last. I'm sure Google has good intentions with this lol. These comments are great though: "Perfect, now I can interact with adjacent to my family without ever actually talking to them." "Yes, give the billionaires extremely specific information about your children. I'm sure it's fine." "The final loop of Capitalism: Alienation As A Service" https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/09/google-announces-new-experimental-cc-ai-agent-for-families/ #google #ai #gmail

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mercies/116999039542189806 The question I have is: What’s the final straw for people/businesses/orgs using meta platforms still? Businesses across the board still rely on it for reach, or at least instagram in particular, and I still imagine they’ll cling onto it despite the dwindling numbers and lack of defined alternatives. WhatsApp also still dominates for messaging in many countries. #meta #newsmax #propoganda #socialmedia #fascism #uspol

@mttaggart@infosec.exchange So basically they're choosing between a sudden, chaotic market crash or slow, legally enforced economic stagnation that could lead to a crash.

halcyon-video/halcyon-video: Your Jellyfin library as a walkable 1990s video rental store — three.js, first-person, self-hosted The self-hosted community continues to surprise me. This is honestly hilarious. #jellyfin #selfhosted

@austinkocher@mastodon.social How interesting stock value has risen significantly for Core Civic, Geo group, and palantir….tripled even.

Can't believe I just figured out how to do code blocks on mastodon. https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/features/rich-text/ If you're server has a glitch-soc "flavour" added. Enable in Settings -> Flavours -> Gitch-Soc. Then enable markdown support in Preferences -> Posting Defaults -> Markdown -> Save Changes. #mastodon

Always a nice way to get out of a funk if you’re a film head - take a walk and listen to the newest hdtgm episode. Crocodile Dundee was certainly a shit show lol https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crocodile-dundee-in-los-angeles-w-eddie-pepitone-matthew/id409287913?i=1000778221323

Likely future documentary name: Tom Dundon and the City of Portland Economic Tribunal. #pdx #portland #oregon

@USBTypeSteve@infosec.exchange It wouldn't surprise me -_-

@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange Google has destroyed the internet.

Sometimes I’ll go through my old saved git repos… People really want to keep “thefuck” alive even though it’s been dead for 2 years. Around 4000 forks..damn. https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck/issues Luckily people make their own rewrites. Although many of which have readmes filled with emojis, which turn me off….its like seeing Sysco outside of the restaurant your about to enter. #github #git #cli #linux #ai

RE: https://alpaca.gold/@seldo/117034757410552019 yes.

https://newschoolbeer.com/home/2026/7/galleria-grotto-opening-in-former-doug-fir-lounge-space Doug fir gutted for this?! I give it 6 months and that space is now likely cursed. #pdx #portland #music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc1AbW9TBmc Grupo Niche - Cielo de tambores Has become one of my favorite albums along side the likes of Buena Vista Social Club. #music #columbia #salsa

https://www.404media.co/own-the-narrative-leaked-flock-guide-shows-how-it-teaches-cops-to-promote-its-tech/ Incredible. @feed #flock #antiflock #surveillance

Anyone on Fosstodon have an invite link they could let me borrow? 🙏 #fosstodon

If anyone wants to get off reddit and mass delete their history beforehand (reddit makes deleting history impossible and profits off your post/comment history that trains ai), I highly recommend "Powersuite Delete" instead of "redacted". Its a bookmarklet script that works locally in your browser. This is a working fork of it. https://github.com/Vaspyyy/PowerDeleteSuite-updated #reddit #minimalism #socialmedia #noai

RE: https://flipboard.com/@hindustantimes/television-news-vf3e55afz/-/a-hMfFcLmqSaaKzHR4RArf8g%3Aa%3A2776098438-%2F0 As an Extraordinary Attorney Woo fan, who thought they would have made a new season by now, this is hilarious. #korean #koreandrama #television

If anyone wants an no frills way to redirect instagram to imginn (privacy alt anonymous instagram viewer) Save this as the url of a new bookmark (bookmarklet): javascript:(function(){var%20url=window.location.href;if(url.indexOf('instagram.com')!==-1){var%20newUrl=url.replace('instagram.com','imginn.com');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/[?&]hl=[^&]+/g,'');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/\?&/,'?').replace(/\?$/,'');window.location.href=newUrl;}})(); Whenever you land on an instagram page just select this new bookmark(let) and it will redirect you. So now you can view that restaurants menu without being asked to make an account -- until all these businesses get off Meta apps. #prvacy #instagram #meta

If anyone wants an no frills way to redirect instagram to imginn (privacy alternative anonymous instagram viewer), this is much easier than setting up reverse proxies and in browser redirects, especially if you keep your bookmarks synced.

Save this code as the url of a new bookmark (bookmarklet) and name it something like "Insta Redirect":

javascript:(function(){var%20url=window.location.href;if(url.indexOf('instagram.com')!==-1){var%20newUrl=url.replace('instagram.com','imginn.com');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/[?&]hl=[^&]+/g,'');newUrl=newUrl.replace(/\?&/,'?').replace(/\?$/,'');window.location.href=newUrl;}})();

Whenever you land on an instagram page just select this new bookmark(let) and it will redirect you. So now you can view that restaurants menu without being asked to make an account -- until all these businesses get off Meta apps. -_-

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Additionally, here's one for x/twitter links to redirect to xcancel.com (x/twitter privacy alternative):

javascript:(function(){ const url = window.location.href; const newUrl = url.replace(/(x\.com|twitter\.com)/, "xcancel.com"); window.location.href = newUrl; })();

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Read more about bookmarklets here:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-are-bookmarklets

#prvacy #instagram #meta #x #twitter #socialmedia

I don’t use my Amazon account anymore, mostly out of hatred towards the platform, so I’m attempting to download my data before deleting it. It’s been 3 days and the data zip file is still “processing”. Hilarious dark patterns once again Amazon. Let me guess, I have to fight to talk to a real customer agent…. #amazon

Residential proxy bot networks DDOSing services on a regular basis is getting very out of hand…

For all the Washington/Oregon folks, its about to get smoky. First Image is right now 11:37am, Monday 08.03.26 Second Image is 6pm, Monday 08.03.26 https://www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?cams,aqi,43.291,-122.686,6,m:eU7acKR https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#6/45.554/-122.79 #oregon #washington #wildfire #smoke #weather #climate #pnw #pdx

RE: https://bitflipp.social/@brett/117004483200734139 And twitter/x for that matter. Unfortunately, engagement and the network effect is the master and the provider for many. Even if it is mostly bots and dead internet theory at this point. How many journalists/tech workers/figureheads/creators/etc have started mastodon & bluesky accounts to leave them collecting dust. Many come back to try it again and then log off again shortly after. There really isn't a high level of engagement on mastodon unfortunately. #mastodon #bluesky

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fd8ph520s54 Your local goodwill is about to be slammed with people on their phones.

If no one has experienced the beauty of Juzo Itami films, I highly recommend these two favorites of mine. They are my comfort films…seen them over 100 times at least. Unfortunately, Juzo was murdered, the Yakuza likely killed him, as he was making films about their tax fraud practices. Tampopo Supermarket Woman #juzoitami #japan #japanese #ramen

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2026/7/30/to-play-god-cubas-healthcare-system-collapses-under-us-pressure Why would you ever think the US government is a terrorist organization? #uspol