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@IcarusGlider Windsor

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@PogoWasRight The entire time??

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

@PrincetonCITP @kvn_l33 @bkaiser93 @jonathanmayer @FCC @CTIA @TMobile Until the carriers fix these problems, you’re at risk of a SIM swap. But you can protect yourself right now. Take a few minutes to check all your online accounts. Make sure 2-factor authentication is enabled, and it’s a secure option such as an authenticator app, and not SMS.

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

"SIM swap" attacks have been in the news for years. They’ve enabled serious financial crimes and even a hack of the Twitter CEO's account. We spent 6 months researching how vulnerable wireless accounts are to these attacks. Our draft study is out today. https://t.co/4teDV2LYDa

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

Just ordered a couple 1TB thumb drives for $30 each. I still find myself awestruck by tech progress -- I desperately wanted a 10MB hard drive for my IIGS as a teen, but didn't have the $399. One million times cheaper per byte, one thousand times faster, and 100 times smaller now.

[Worth @plaintech]

@comma_ai I’m curious what you think of this guy’s arguments against current self-driving ML strategy: https://t.co/qklKuzKJMp

[Worth @plaintech]

“Contractors who asked managers whether they could skip overly private clips were told no clips were too private. They were expected to transcribe anything that came in.”
😬
#Alexa #privacy #surveillance
@alexa99
https://t.co/L3UBZWG1XA

[Speechly @SpeechlyAPI]

Did you know that major tech companies are using temporary workers to listen on your most intimate moments? #voice #privacy https://t.co/UMngP3YHYn

[Worth @plaintech]

@SpeechlyAPI how is your platform from a privacy standpoint? I’m interested in something like this and liked the privacy aspects of @snips before they were bought out and closed their platform. Not looking for a surveillance voice assistant like Alexa.

[Worth @plaintech]

@snips I was looking forward to playing with your platform, but apparently that’s no longer an option. Really lame.

[Ravi @ravi_hiranand]

Which means this famous Slashdot comment on the iPod is also 18 years old:

“No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.”

https://t.co/0CfGyET7m3

[MacRumors.com @MacRumors]

18 years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod

[Sam Patt @SamuelPatt]

The distinction between schools and prisons becomes less defined each passing day.

[Worth @plaintech]

@elonmusk What’s the ping time?

[Chris Rauschnot @24k]

Why macOS Catalina is breaking so many #apps, and what to do about it

https://t.co/OW62EPeo9Z via @Verge #macos #Catalina #Apple #software

[Worth @plaintech]

I just asked Siri about the elevation of a specific town in Hawaii (Waikoloa, which is miles inland, & up the mountain) and she for some reason answered with the elevation for the entire state of Hawaii.

Which she claimed was at 3,035 ft.

Above sea level.

🏝🤔

#Hawaii
@Apple

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The implant turns images into dots of light the patient can see
https://t.co/ICn8WthAZ2

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

This is a completely legal, secret, privately-run nationwide database of the movements, home addresses, workplaces, and visited locations of everyone who owns a car

[Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️ @arrington]

I can no longer read TechCrunch, the company I founded, because I use an adblocker to stop malware. Sigh.

[𝔸𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝕋𝕆ℕ 𝕋𝔼ℂℍℕ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕐 ℝ𝔼𝕊𝔼𝔸ℝℂℍ @AthertonLab]

Today on @ForbesTech: @Apple Caught In #Siri Privacy Scandal, Let Contractors Listen To Private Voice Recordings #Insights #Analysis #Alexa via @FORBES @Amazon @Google @Snips https://t.co/RUpJm0SqTL