If you canât tax billionaires and trillionaire because âits unrealized gains until they cash out,â then stop letting them leverage that wealth for loans, as collateral, or as equity.
If itâs not real enough to tax, it shouldnât be real enough to leverage.
This is why we say the system is rigged in favor of the super wealthy. Abolish billionaires, tax them out of existence, protect working people.
"There is something absurd about being told that footage of your destroyed neighborhood violates community standards, while the destruction itself continues uninterrupted. Something darkly funny about an app warning you that your post about a massacre is âtoo violent,â as if the violence begins with the image and not the act. The platform is offendedânot by death, but by its documentation." -Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi
NEW: malware developers added nuclear & biological weapons text to to their spyware.
Goal? To trigger LLM safety refusals... so that their spyware wouldn't be analyzed by an AI security scanner.
Cleanest practical example I can think of for why over-indexing on first order safety alignment is risky.
When closed (and open) models ship with aggressive refusals, they will be sprinkled with second-order blindspots that attackers will discover...and exploit.
We are only in the earliest days of attackers leveraging these features, and it wouldn't surprise me if users systems that need to handle complex cybersecurity issues demand that models be less safety-blunted.
In the weeds: @SocketSecurity's post also shows why intention matters in how you design a malware analysis pipeline to avoid prompt manipulation.
H/T to colleagues that shared this with me https://t.co/f3Aj9TYxU4
> be @github
> be acquired by @Microsoft
> get annoyed because @ChaoticEclipse0 published 0-days or because @xploitrsturtle2 published github's compromise evidences / proofs that github was successfully breached
> start a ban-wave targeting any "hacker related profile"
> ban me on Monday around 4am without any notices
> let my appeal ticket rot forever under some infinite SLA with zero explanation for the ban
> lock me out from updating dozens of open-source repos i contribute to
dude, i know i donât have a profile full of followers, stars, famous projects or hype-driven repos, and iâm still learning so i can publish better work, but what kind of insane policy is this?
randomly banning security researchers with no warning, no reason, not even a basic email explaining what happened, just because @msftsecresponse has beef with some other security researcher? are triagersâ egos really that weak?
iâve already seen multiple people on X getting hit by the same thing (like @yebtimothy, @MiroslavSraga, @CollinsCaxton4, @wavey0x and another guy that i forgot his username here on X), so iâm definitely not the only one.
now imagine everyone else who doesnât want to go public and is just taking this garbage silently, GEEZ
Our statement on the UK governmentâs demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
https://t.co/VdWe9uhi8p
I'm reluctantly posting on X again because the world needs to read this.
My daughter Zoe Rogers gave her own closing speech at the Filton trial, as did 4 other defendants, while their barristers looked on.
This is what she said đ§” 1/
Tervetuloa totalitarismiin!
Henna Virkkunen on suomalainen kokoomusta edustava poliitikko, komissaari ja Teknologisesta suvereniteetista, turvallisuudesta ja demokratiasta vastaava Euroopan komission varapuheenjohtaja. HÀntÀ kuten muita EU:n ylimmÀssÀ asemassa olevia ei ole vaaleilla valittu tÀhÀn työhön, eikÀ hÀntÀ voi ÀÀnestÀÀ pois vallasta.
Euroopan komission kokoonpano pÀÀtetÀÀn suljettujen ovien takana EU-eliitin omissa pöydissÀ. Euroopan parlamentti hyvÀksyy koko konkkaronkan ja teoriassa sillÀ on oikeus hajottaa Euroopan komissio, mutta tÀtÀ oikeutta ei ole koskaan EU:n historiassa kÀytetty.
Henna Virkkusen pÀÀhankkeita on ollut lasten "suojelemiseksi" suunnattu jÀrjestelmÀ, jossa jokaisen kÀyttÀjÀn ikÀ tulee varmentaa esim. henkilöllisyystodistuksella tai passilla. Vaikka itse palveluntarjoajat eivÀt nÀekÀÀn ko. kÀyttÀjÀn identiteettiÀ, joka keskitetty taho EU:ssa nÀkee ja kerÀÀ tuon kaiken. Ts. anonyymius on samalla tapettu. LisÀksi luotu vakava tietoturvahaavoittuvuus, jos joku EU:lle vihamielitaho pÀÀsisi murtautumaan jÀrjestelmÀÀn ja varastamaan kaiken tuon datan. Kuvittele siis liki jokaisen EU-kansalaisen some-tilin lisÀksi valokuva heidÀn henkilöpareistaan tai passeista. Murtautujan Jackpot ja kaikkien identiteettivarkauksien Àiti!
Virkkunen on ajanut tÀtÀ hanketta kuin kÀÀrmettÀ pyssyyn ja tÀmÀ kÀyttÀjien iÀn varmennussovellus pitÀisi olla kÀytössÀ kaikilla jo loppuvuodesta 2026.
Kun Virkkuselta hiljattain kysyttiin, mitÀ jos jotkut kiertÀvÀt rajoitusta VPN:n avulla esim. valehtelevat sijainnikseen Euroopan ulkopuolella olevan maan. No, Hennan vastaus oli siihen jÀÀtÀvÀ: VPN:ien kÀyttö tulee kieltÀÀ.
VPN:ien tÀyskieltoa ei ole pahemmin missÀÀn maassa, ei edes Kiinassa. Se vaatisi syvÀn pakettianalyysin (deep packet inspection), ts. jokainen verkkopaketti pitÀisi analysoida, joka vaatisi giganttiset mÀÀrÀt laskentatehoa. Toisekseen kÀyttöjÀrjestelmien tasolla pitÀisi mÀÀrÀ, ettÀ EU:ssa on luvavallista kÀyttÀÀ vain EU-hyvÀksyttyjÀ kÀyttöjÀrjestelmiÀ, joissa on estetty esim. VPN-sovellukset. Vapaan lÀhdekoodin kÀyttöjÀrjestelmistÀ tulisi nÀin ollen de facto kiellettyjÀ ja EU-kansalaiset olisivat entistÀ vahvemmin pakotettu amerikkalaisten EU:lle rÀÀtÀlöimien Gestapo-kÀyttöjÀrjestelmien kÀyttÀjiksi.
TÀmÀ yritys on estettÀvÀ ja koko Euroopan komissio on saatava viraltaan. Muistakaa, ettÀ tÀmÀ sama kööri, mukaan lukien Henna Virkkunen, ajoi viestisalaisuuden tÀydellistÀ alas ajamista niin, ettÀ kaikki EU:ssa olevat viestit, siis myös yksityiset, kuvat ja videot yms, skannattaisiin CSAM-sisÀltöjen varalta. Toki samaa jÀrjestelmÀÀ voisi helposti kÀyttÀÀ poliittisiin kÀyttötarkoituksiin, massavakoiluun ja jÀlleen kerran todella herkullinen tietovarkauden kohde esim. venÀlÀisille. TÀmÀ hanke onneksi on jo pari kertaa kuopattu, mutta varmasti uudelleen herÀtellÀÀn henkiin.
EU:n eliitti ei ole vain epÀpÀtevÀÀ, vaan se on vaarallista, koska sen tietotekninen taso on niin heikko, ettÀ se ehdottaa jÀrjestelmiÀ, jotka heikentÀvÀt tietoturvaamme.
That the EU now considers it its duty to protect my âright to receive independent, reliable informationâ is as terrifying as it reads.
Any govtâand especially an unelected EU govtâshould stay the hell out of trying to define what is acceptable information.
That the EU now considers it its duty to protect my âright to receive independent, reliable informationâ is as terrifying as it reads.
Any govtâand especially an unelected EU govtâshould stay the hell out of trying to define what is acceptable information.
There is no legal requirement to have an email address, nor is there a requirement to have a cell phone or use certain apps. But our government and far too many corporations behave as though this is the case.
It's a tremendous problem.