// Systems Engineer // Dad // Average Linux Enjoyer //
Just a person trying to find a balance between convenience and privacy
I've seen a truly puzzling trend sweep across Facebook lately. I've seen lots of folks giving ChatGPT access to their Facebook pages and asking it for a caricature...
If you've seen this trend too, I penned an article that, I hope, will at least start a conversation and foster a deeper understanding. Let's get organized and fight back against #generativeAI
#Enshittification #generativeai #education #opinion #google #nvidia #Tech
From my most recent trip to Japan: a view of Mt. Fuji from the Shonan coast.
Its fantastic to live in an area that is bike/pedestrian friendly with great public transportation options. Not having a car has truly been liberating - and its fun to just ride the bike around the area taking care of errands.
Mastodon friends, I need help! I have been able to migrate my Peertube over to my new hosting but Peertube fails to move files to object storage after uploading them. I've tried everything I can think of. If anyone knows anything about Peertube and wants to help, DM me!
Did you know thousands of MongoDB databases can be hijacked in hours, with attackers demanding just a few hundred dollars to give your data back? The real shock is how automation and psychology make these low-stakes extortion schemes so effective.
https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/how-automation-and-psychology-fuel-mongodb-extortion-attacks/
πΉ BleepingComputer
Exposed MongoDB instances still targeted in data extortion attacks
A threat actor is targeting exposed MongoDB instances in automated data extortion attacks demanding low ransoms from owners to restore the data. [...]
RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115977412596943051
Tiled tabs/drag-to-tile is freaking amazing - good stuff!
Microsoft has picked a side. They are your enemy.
It's hard to believe that the services so many have come to rely on like Windows, Gmail, or iCloud could soon become a noose around our necks. But in this era of ubiquitous AI, panopticon surveillance, and tiny computers in our pockets? It's fair to say this is no longer science fiction.
#DigitalSovereignty #microsoft #essay #opinion #Enshittification #uspol
Cue the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" theme
@Ichinin unfortunately, it's so commonplace here that folks just seem to tune it out. I'm guilty of that myself π
@Bowreality @Jirikiha I always wondered what sort of corporate training folks in other countries have to take. I just find this training to be so odd since there is so much violence here in the States.
Maybe its fitting given all the state-sponsored violence we're seeing here in the states. :dumpster_fire_gif:
@Ichinin It's pretty crazy to think about that I, as an American, have to take an annual training about defending against an active shooter. Part of the training told us to find objects to use as weapons or make improvised weapons :dumpster_fire_gif:
@benbrown hell yah! Enjoy!
School is canceled today so I am also going to skip work to spend time with my delightful offspring.
@Tutanota Ew , Brave
@Tutanota Brave seems like an irrational choice.
NiccolΓ² Venerandi (Open Source, KDE development) on why not to use Brave: https://youtu.be/pektPYhM7pwο»Ώ
But there is no reality in which an ordinary person uses Tor for everyday internet surfing
On the run up of #DataPrivacyDay we've asked the Tuta Community about your preferred Google alternatives.
Here's what you said about your favorite browsers! π
Snow day so I'm knocking out a couple of mandatory work trainings for "hours". The training this morning is a hostile intruder/active shooter training. Nothing like a corporate video telling me to run/hide/fight.
But seriously - is this just an American thing?
