҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks

҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Computer/Electronics/Embedded/эƨяэvэЯ Engineer, Security Researcher, BrainCI, Cryptography/Cryptocurrency/HSM Engineer
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[FT @ResistTribalism]

@ericweinstein The definition of when life begins is irrelevant if one holds the view (as I do) that bodily autonomy is of greater value than preservation of any life contained within a body.

It’s a waste of time debating when life begins.
Also waste debating late term abortion given rarity.

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

Imagine you look up a recipe on Google, and instead of providing results, it lectures you on the "dangers of cooking" and sends you to a restaurant.

The people who think poisoning AI/GPT models with incoherent "safety" filters is a good idea are a threat to general computation.

[Joshua Voydik @joshuavoydik]

Just got to try out GPT-5.

Wow. I don’t think people realize what’s coming.

I was able to create a Dyson Sphere and deploy it under a minute.

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

Not just the SEC, but my X was hax0rd. I deserve that, this was one of the remaining places I didn’t have 2FA enabled.

[AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️ @AISafetyMemes]

@sama BREAKING: OpenAI Announces GPT-5 As New CEO

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

@bmil__ Yes. It’s called matrix. https://t.co/pZXiOfErBL

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

Bitcoin is the continuation of politics by other means.

[Element @element_hq]

Worried about another black-out? Spread your eggs across different baskets 🧺 by bridging Signal to Element!

EMS now provides a fully managed bridge to let you talk to all your Signal contacts from Matrix and vice versa 🌉🪞🔐

https://t.co/amBk5O6Gty

[The Matrix.org Foundation @matrixdotorg]

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it: this is a must-read for the Matrix community.

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

@lrvick Thunderbird still works with my yubikey on the new versions. I just have to make sure my pin is cached via pin entry from the terminal first.

[https://mastodon.social/@lrvick @lrvick]

If one uses a social media bot farm to heavily promote an asset, the SEC will now suspend trading on that asset.

Now we all get to watch this get regularly exploited as a DoS vector.🍿

https://t.co/UIhWkmTbIK

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

@lrvick ...until your ISP cuts you off because they don’t like what you’re hosting.

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

@Aratosbung @lrvick 1) I send message to you on signal. 2) regardless of the complex layers of indirection with crypto, the server still needs to figure out where (IP) to send that message to (you). Now you have meta-data.

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

@myCreep2 @lrvick You realize there’s lots of matrix servers out there? So saying “matrix lags” doesn’t make sense.

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

@lrvick Why is Google obligated to host your sync data for you? They build and maintain the source code. Expecting them to also host your data for free sounds like your expectations are off.

[҉͔̯̳̯̝͇ ̗̻̝ ̧͓͔̲͉͇Matthew Brooks @Logicwax]

@elonmusk No, use an open federated encrypted messaging system. Use matrix (https://t.co/EfzkH1UJYb)

[https://mastodon.social/@lrvick @lrvick]

Moving from WhatsApp to Signal is trading one centralized privacy and freedom hostile walled garden for another.

Use Matrix.

[https://mastodon.social/@lrvick @lrvick]

While Slack is down, again, I'll take this moment to point out that Matrix exists, is open source, federated, end to end encrypted, and you can host it yourself.

If you need an easy button you can pay them to run a dedicated server for you: https://t.co/Ng1buwVC9j