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Your TV knows when you cry so it can advertise Kleenex to you.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/lg-tvs-integrated-ads-get-more-personal-with-tech-that-analyzes-viewer-emotions/

Android phones will now auto-reboot after three days without being unlocked.

This feature is intended to make it harder for hackers, law enforcement, and forensic experts, to access data inside the phone.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/for-security-android-phones-will-now-auto-reboot-after-three-days/

The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China https://on.ft.com/43Owwgd

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“Slopsquatting” in a nutshell:

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/

mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/#you-give-mozilla-certain-rights-and-permissions

"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox”

Use @brave folks!

Signal is threatening to leave Sweden over a bill demanding a backdoor. Signal’s CEO is staying strong. 💪🏻
https://swedenherald.com/article/signals-ceo-then-were-leaving-sweden

Are you scared yet?
Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-demanded-backdoor/

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european commission is going to struggle to justify data transfers to the US as the limited SIGINT oversight it has unravels, as it is starting to. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/trump-privacy-civil-liberties-oversight-board.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes. https://www.wired.com/story/gravy-location-data-app-leak-rtb/

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Gemini Deep Research may be useful, but not to academics, because it can't access full texts of paywalled research papers yet. Don’t rely on it for your literature review. If you absolutely don’t want to read the relevant literature, ask a student for help and perhaps consider changing jobs… #genAI

We learn more from reading on paper than on screens.

54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1747938X18300101

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Someone told me yesterday of a minutes app for meetings they'd found. Knowing how these apps work, I checked the security policy. I got my fears confirmed. It collects data and share it with 8 third parties, including use for ads & analysis.

I showed her this, and said she should probably get consent from others when using the app. Today she told me she'd uninstalled it and thanked me for the warning!

We can't expect people to figure this out. We need better regulation.

#AI #Security #Privacy

Arguably, the best Nike ad ever. #graciasRafa

Nike’s ad for Rafa Nadal’s retirement. Rafa lying on his back on a clay court after a match, arms open, eyes closed. Above him this: Greatness. It only takes everything.

Extremely disappointed. Let’s just keep our heads down and get to work. #superTuesday

Voters mistakenly believe that many of Harris's most popular policies are actually Trump's.

Read the whole thing here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/trump-harris-policy-quiz/

My first flight on a glider. What a wonderful day! 🤩

Me in the back seat of the glider, up in the sky, sun and big smile on my face.

I know I’m part of the problem. I’m so sorry 😢🇮🇹💔

Gian Carlo Blangiardo, a leading Italian demographer and think-tanker, highlights the catastrophic consequences of the “demographic winter” in Italy. A few highlights:

. The population of Italy (including foreign residents) shrank by 1.35 million people between the beginning of 2014 and the end of 2022. For similar decline historically, one has to go back to 1916-18 when the population fell by almost 1 million due to World War I and the Spanish Flu.

. The share of elderly people (over 65) has almost doubled from 13.2% in 1982 to 23.8% in 2023, forecast to reach over 33% by 2043.

. Annual births have more than halved from 980,000 in 1961-5 to 427,000 in 2016-22. The birth rate per 1000 has fallen over the same period from 19.1 to 7.2.

. Onimmigration: “At the beginning of the new century, the contribution of the incoming foreign population, along with the related mechanism of family reunification, gave the illusion of a weak recovery, albeit one that was short-lived when faced with the economic crisis of 2008.”

. The working-age population (15-64 year-olds) will fall by more than 6 million (!) over the next 20 years.

. These demographic factors will lead (all else equal) to a 16.5% decline of GDP between 2022 and 2042, and a 25.7% decline by 2062. (Per capita GDP would decline by over 12% by 2042.) These are not unrealistic scenarios given that Italian productivity has significantly declined (!) since 2002.

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"Blaze told TechCrunch that the Chinese intrusions into U.S. wiretap systems are the latest example of malicious abuse of a backdoor ostensibly meant for lawful and legal purposes. The security community has long advocated against backdoors, arguing that it is both technologically impossible to have a “secure backdoor” that cannot also be exploited or abused by malicious actors."

(Also features a link to yours truly's rant on BlueSky over the weekend re: #salttyphoon.)

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/07/the-30-year-old-internet-backdoor-law-that-came-back-to-bite/

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These are the magic words if you are turned away at the polls:
Give me a provisional ballot with a receipt as required by law when requested

Today I registered to vote for the first time in a US federal election. Let’s go.

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