Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it. – POLITICO Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels’ age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is “technically ready.”

“[A] prominent French white hat hacker [..] told POLITICO it was possible to bypass the app’s biometric authentication features, meaning someone would be able to forgo entering a PIN code or using Touch ID to access the app.” www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...

“A whole civilization will die tonight” is the most vile thing a US president has ever said, certainly during the post-1945 era when they’ve had the power to kill civilizations with the dropping of a bomb. I’m staring into the darkness. May this not be one of the most fateful days in human history.

Tiny black and white bird eating a little bit of snow.

Mountain chickadee eating ice crystals from the record-low snowpack at 10,000 feet in the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

I'm thrilled to share that l've successfully completed the consumption of a high-fiber organic nutrient delivery system (commonly known as an apple). This experience reinforced the importance of consistent daily habits and proactive health management in maintaining peak professional performance. Grateful for the opportunity to fuel my growth and stay sharp for the challenges ahead. #HealthAndWellness #PersonalGrowth #Consistency #FuelingSuccess #Optimization

You want to know about this app that turns normal words into LinkedIn speak.

“I ate an apple.”

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The user is going to download WhatsApp and get whatever defaults or “strongly recommended and nudged” opt-ins they get. And security folks who know better will say things like “the user chose a threat model” while five years of backed-up data goes into the ingestion pipeline.

People are acting like AI agents + TEEs in E2E messengers. is a privacy feature. They’re out of their mind.

TEEs process data and extract valuable “meaning.” What do you think Meta is going to do with all that valuable extracted data? Keep it locked up on device? Are you joking?!

It’s amazing how quickly Black women have been targeted by these laws and doubly so how little this factors into the analysis around the sexual and gender politics of this movement.

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks.

Amazon is opening its wishlists to third-party sellers, which means it can no longer control who has your delivery address. this is a huge privacy risk for sex workers, influencers, and anyone who uses public lists: www.404media.co/amazon-wishl...

A bunny sits in their room late at night, watching a livestream of a video game of some kind. The only light is from the laptop, and the bunny is watching intently.

Daily bunny no.3221 is a night owl

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

Remarkable and terrifying, though I would have framed this with less of a legal wonk lens. The federal government is using its muscle to access the Google and other tech accounts of its critics.

i do not know how this goes on for three more years

The People vs. ICE Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.

I wrote about Minneapolis.

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"If I create enough noise, my friends can get away." These kids have more courage than our elected reps or any of the rest of us.

Goes even better with context

Neon Liberalism #59: Venezuela and the State of American Strategy Join Samantha and Giselle Donnelly, foreign policy analyst and American Enterprise Institute alumna, as they discuss the recent attack on Venezuela. Does this reflect a considered strategy? Or multipl...

trump is hard to predict. but there is a pattern--midnight hammer, absolute resolve--he likes sure things. he's a bully. he likes to attack weakness. but he runs from strength. china knows it.

so as trump rambles about attacking greenland, the eu must also know it.

i suspect there are a lot of morons in a lot of european capitals right now wringing their hands about the risk of escalation. here's the truth: the real risk is failure to escalate. backing down is showing weakness. trump will know it.

show strength instead.

"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."

so ICE is just shooting people in the face in cold blood in the middle of the street now

abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit

They do it because we let them.

You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.

just thinking about every american media outlet that said something along the lines of "legal experts say there is likely no legal basis for bombing venezuelan boats" and not HEY THIS IS FUCKING ILLEGAL AND AGGRESSIVE

Coyote in the snow.

One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.

The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.

Getting to the point in the ~holiday season~ where my body starts crying out for vegetables and I have to calmly smother it, like going down to the basement to beat up the hostages who are tied up down there.

This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.

It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.

Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.

Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.

This is incredible (good news too): “After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025…The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, & the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm”
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Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast

The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...