Microsoft’s AI Starts Reading All Your WhatsApp, Signal Messages Be very careful what you send — here’s why.

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

Insane

I wonder how long Trump and musk have been Russian agents?

Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy Google is allowing advertisers to collect more personal information, which is harder for users to control.

Google backtrack on ethics
Never saw that coming from the "do no evil" crowd... 🙄 Of course when they said "do no evil" they left out "unless it interferes with our bottom line"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico.
Torquemadas the lot of them.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

🧵 4 It's should be a warning sign to
everyone... But sadly, it won't.

picture, it acts like smoke and mirrors to obscure the overall reality.

Ie "it's only a pause"
"don't take him seriously" (this
reminds me so much of people who
tell victims of abuse "you just
misunderstand the person/we don't
take you or your needs seriously, you
are irrelevant".
🧵3

These apologists inevitably fall back
on tactics including gaslighting,
abuse enabling and outright cognitive
dysfunction as well as "sandboxing".

Frequently you will see them isolate
some minor point and explain why
this is harmless or misunderstood,
but by isolating this point from the
overall 🧵2

One of the surest signs you are
dealing with evil people is when their
acts require significant numbers of
people exercising extraordinary
amounts of time and energy to create
convoluted apologetics to defend the
acts of said person.

🧵 1

All this "looking for corruption" by president Musk and his bootlicker Trump makes me wonder how much corruption we would find in their lives and businesses...

🤷🏻

Is it just me or has WIRED been dogwalking the rest of the media on this story

Oops 😬

C.I.A. Sent an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees to Trump Administration The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.

Not to get political but wtf sends a plain text email from the cia with a list of of employees...
I am so confused. Who is the president of America? Musk? Trump? Putin? Xi? Or is it some Quadrarchy

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

"Hitler and Stalin's disagreement on how to govern a country and what political ideology should be used reflects a broader dispute amongst experts"

A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

I am defn buying this

Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report If your car connects to the internet, what personal data could it be sharing – and even selling? A new report on Australia’s 15 most popular car brands reveals these privacy concerns.

It astounds me that if I buy a car in these countries, the manufacturer is still putting their claws in you. If I OWN the car, the manufacturer has zero right to any data.

theconversation.com/modern-cars-...

Romania: The specter of a hard-right majority looms large – DW – 11/29/2024 After Calin Georgescu's shock win in the first round of the presidential election, Romania will elect a new parliament on Sunday. Many — both in Romania and across Europe — fear another record result ...

www.dw.com/en/romania-t...

"enough to hold an entire file" 😄

I started reading them earlier this year and have read all them so far. Really enjoy this series!

I love The Register

😅

Is he actively trying to undermine his own country? Rhetorical question I think...

This is not pleasing. 🤔

Cassava

God I loathe windows and the new AI lords, forcing the serfs to bow knee to them

The Trump administration & supporters are excited about their "massive deportation plan". I wonder if any of them have figured out the (clearly going 2b significant) cost economically & who will pay for it?
1. Loss of cheap labour
2. Massive increase in personel
3. Transport costs (staff & aliens)

The issue is more complex. 1. X uses all your stuff for AI (privacy violating). 2. It's full of dubious bots that can now STILL ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT even if blocked. The G&M seems to think ppl should sacrifice this for the dubious unlikelihood of being an effective counter in the X echo chamber