@hannu The Quantum Thief et al. have a great literary concept art feeling to them and it translated nicely to an abstract AI prompt. Thanks for the books
He knows when you've been sleeping. He knows when you're awake.
He knows this because your pattern-of-life can be inferred by looking at records of your phone's basic internet activity—called "metadata." This is the core of modern mass surveillance.
He should be in jail.
This map of Texas superimposed over Europe really drives home how small and insignificant Europe is compared to America. No wonder something like 97% of Scandinavians say they would prefer to live in the USA.
Yesterday, an old friend sent me an Instagram DM asking me for help for a contest. The "custom link" was a bit weird as it didn't have any path or URL params and when accessing I confirmed it was phishing as there was a fake Instagram login there.
Thread of how I hacked it👇