A Developer Accidentally Found #CSAM in #AI Data. #Google #Banned Him For It

Google suspended a mobile app developer’s accts after he uploaded AI #training data to his #GoogleDrive. Unbeknownst to him, the widely used dataset, which is cited in a number of academic papers & distributed via an #academic file sharing site, contained child #sexualAbuse material. The developer reported the dataset to a child safety org, which eventually resulted in the dataset’s removal

https://www.404media.co/a-developer-accidentally-found-csam-in-ai-data-google-banned-him-for-it/

@stark there isn’t any OT cybersecurity conference I’m aware of in Vegas.

I mean if I hadn't moved to another hemisphere I would never feel safe speaking in my own small industry on my area of expertise, again.

This isn't a jab at anyone but I really wish there was a single OT cyber conference in America not held in Florida or Texas.

@ben 👀👀👀

@hacks4pancakes

not only can you not do that, but it's visa fraud

and visa fraud makes it very hard to emigrate

@varx I shall shrivel into a corncob

I should add two things:
Fucking up a visa and getting refused or turned away at the border can impact your travel for decades, and banned from that country for years.

In the modern world of computers you will not be able to get most essential services on a visitor visa at all.

New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.

https://www.404media.co/americas-polarization-has-become-the-worlds-side-hustle/

New, by me: Is your Android TV streaming box part of a botnet?

"On the surface, the Superbox media streaming devices for sale at retailers like BestBuy and Walmart may seem like a steal: They offer unlimited access to more than 2,200 pay-per-view and streaming services like Netflix, ESPN and Hulu, all for a one-time fee of around $400. But security experts warn these TV boxes require intrusive software that forces the user’s network to relay Internet traffic for others, traffic that is often tied to cybercrime activity such as advertising fraud and account takeovers."

The story looks closely at what Superbox is, how it operates, and what it appears to do on the sly. Spoiler: A Censys researcher found that installing the apps that allow these channels to stream enrolls the user's IP in a residential proxy service, and that these devices include powerful network discovery and remote access tools like Tcpdump and Netcat.

Overall, the Superbox is just one brand in an ocean of no-name Android-based TV boxes that are widely available and that either come pre-infected with malware or require malicious apps to use.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/is-your-android-tv-streaming-box-part-of-a-botnet/

@hacks4pancakes As I told stupid people over 20 years ago: walls work both ways.

Oh my gods people - did you think that the hundreds of thousands of grads in poor countries you’re competing with didn’t think of either of those “hacks”??? White / USA privilege is not a safe protective measure, do things right.

This isn’t targeted at anyone in specific - I have had the conversation like 6 times this week,
Americans -
You need a work visa to work in another country, -even remote- unless they allow digital nomad
You can’t just go to most countries on a tourist visa and start looking for a visa sponsor & job

@TomSeppert they took it down for hours, presumably while some people remembered VPN existed.

@neurovagrant @Rajiv it’s just such a wonderful illustration. Every social network should unmask countries of origin, vpn or not.

@GossiTheDog or that they care

@Pinchy63 from an OSINT perspective it’s a great curtain peek though!

@hacks4pancakes curious if we are going to discover same for left influencers and realize that it's just bunch of bots fighting with one another that has led to downfall of murica

Nobody really knows what screenshots are real or fake, nobody knows what’s just broken on geolocation because X fired their engineers, but a statistically improbable bunch of “American” alt right accounts popped up as created in Thailand and Nigeria.

It’s pretty expected 2025 bananagrams.

@tofugolem

Q; What if one exposes a high spy guilty of high treason, and nothing change?
A: the collapse will come faster.

An example?
Ok: