breakingthings

[log4j @log4j]

what's the maximum GDPR fine again

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Billionaires can’t pay more in taxes but can spend $400,000,000.00 on midterm elections.

[Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup]

Why do you think Elon deleted this tweet?

[Proton VPN @ProtonVPN]

Last weekend LaLiga forbade people from studying.

[AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️ @AISafetyMemes]

Ex-OpenAI safety researcher accuses OpenAI of blatantly lying to the public

OpenAI went through the employees' PERSONAL phones and saw they had disappearing messages on in Signal chats with an independent safety researcher.

Then fired them.

BUT... the employees were literally *assigned* to collaborate with the independent safety researcher.

It seems just having disappearing messages on was enough to get them fired, even though OpenAI never said they couldn't, and provided no evidence they did anything wrong.

They were fired for using an "unsanctioned communication channel"

Until OpenAI retaliated against them, they were among those pushing the hardest to keep AI's thoughts legible so we can see if they're scheming against us

Reminder #2194839 that we OBVIOUSLY cannot trust these megacorps to self-police

[David Peterson @davidgpeterson]

If for any reason there are problems accessing Joshua Michael's Flock camera map, Proton is hosting a copy.

https://t.co/h1m7aZm0Zp

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.

[Caitlin Cook @DeadCaitBounce]

Dune was decades ahead of its time

[USR @usr_oficial]

🍾 Dacă asculți atent se aud dopurile de șampanie prin unele birouri din ministerele de unde au plecat miniștrii USR.

💐 Cine e domnul care o întâmpină fericit pe noua ministră PSD venită la Mediu? E Jean Vișan, șeful Romsilva, cel care proteja mafia lemnului. 🌲🪓

[Sarah Larchmont @SarahLarchmont]

Would this be an awkward time to remind everyone that he was denied security clearance during Trump 1.0 because he was deemed to be too compromised?
@chad_mizelle

[General George Fella 🇬🇪🇺🇦 @jezko_fella]

Since Russian bot factories have burned down, @elonmusk has stepped up his game to compensate, like your average troll.

I assume he just wakes up and immediately starts thinking about you, @jamestalarico.

[Smartphones sans Google (GAFAM) @Sans_Google]

Android Auto without Google Play Services: an open-source alternative worth watching.

AARE is an open-source project aiming to reimplement the smartphone side of Android Auto, allowing apps to appear on your car’s display without relying on Google’s official solution.

Here’s what it offers:
🔹 Navigation with apps like CoMaps and Organic Maps
🔹 Music, podcasts and radio, including support for Navidrome
🔹 Messaging: Signal, WhatsApp and SMS, with message readout and replies while stopped
🔹 An alternative voice assistant
🔹 USB or wireless connectivity

The goal is to give users more freedom in their choice of apps while reducing their dependence on Google’s ecosystem.

One caveat: the project is still at an early stage of development. Compatibility and real-world performance in a car remain to be verified.

https://t.co/8mVI8t32EW

Would you choose AARE or Gearslip to move away from Android Auto and reduce your dependence on Google?

#Android #OpenSource #DeGoogle #Privacy

[log4j @log4j]

turns out it classifies what audio it hears, before reporting back to samsung.

sensor preferences, dog-barking and baby-crying event counters, and camera streaming duration are built into telemetry paths.

[Dan the “Shadow Tanker Bonker” @realLangerDan]

‼️Can we all just pause for one moment

The EU has confirmed a member state is supplying material to the russian military. ‼️

*Breathe*

Inaction at this point, is untenable.

[Hans von der Burchard @vonderburchard]

Was bei der Kushner-Story, Nord Stream oder Hacks russischer Einheiten auffällt, ist, wie gut die niederländischen Geheimdienste MVID & AVID bei Russland-Ukraine sind.

Nach MH17 (298 Tote, 196 Niederländer, durch russische Rakete) ist man dort früher aufgewacht, was Putin angeht

[Fred Lambert @FredLambert]

Elon won't be able to shake off the Russian-agent allegation.

Now the Kremlin is openly giving him the thumbs-up.

[log4j @log4j]

another development :)

my samsung TV loads a region specific convolutional neural network (LogoCNN.bin, cnn.mapping) which tracks your usage in app.

like in youtube it's looking for videos you watch, ads you skip, progress in a video, etc.

so glad they're interested in me.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Worth remembering

[Rohan Patel @rohanspatel]

A Nazi’s famous line comes to mind.

If you repeat a lie enough times…

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Ronan Farrow reported in 2023 that the Pentagon signed a SpaceX contract to keep Musk from being able to cut off Ukraine’s battlefield connectivity at will. Colin Kahl described it as a way to lock in service so Musk couldn’t just flip the switch.

WSJ now reports U.S. officials say Musk ordered the Oct. 14 Starshield slowdown anyway, after speaking with Trump.

If that reporting holds, the guardrail didn’t hold.