@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon "I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
Just a friendly reminder that it's Saturday, so be super gay, do crime.
Tomorrow be gay, have brunch, then do crime.
#defcon32’s theme is “Engage”!
The internet may be trending toward a dystopia of dark patterns and walled gardens, but we can do better. The antidote to apathy and doomscrolling is engagement. @thedarktangent’s full post about it is here: https://forum.defcon.org/node/248361.
The visual vibes are Y2K inspired - details in the style guide at https://defcon.org/html/defcon-32/dc-32-theme.html.
As always, we are excited to see where you’ll take this. Let’s GO.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111879280768265719
@pluralistic writes:
"I've been mulling this over for a month now, and one thing has really been eating at me: the way that #AI is going to make this kind of problem *much* worse.
Not because AI is going to commit fraud, though.
One of the truest things I know about AI is: "we're nowhere near a place where bots can steal your job, we're certainly at the point where your boss can be suckered into firing you and replacing you with a bot that *fails* at doing your job""
Facebook surveillance:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/02/facebooks-extensive-surveillance-network.html
I'm sure the broad strokes won't surprise you but it is important to have details and evidence at hand when we tell other people how absolutely terrible Facebook is.
I worked for the burningman project as Department of Public Works for 16 or so years. I have been programming since I was 12 and this is my 1st forray into social media. Here's hoping federation lives up to its promises!