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#surveillance

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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"There was also not enough time for scientists to properly shut down the laboratories before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, two CDC officials said, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended."

cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-la

www.cbsnews.comRFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitisCDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.
#PublicHealth#HHS#CDC
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Miss Gayle

I haven't listed to this podcast yet, but the title caught my eye b/c over the years I have had clients who wanted to do fairly complicated bookkeeping using just spreadsheets - and I designed them a template for that, with a shrug. Sure, why not?

Never imagined I'd be thinking about switching to it myself. But here we are.

Luddites sabotaged machinery that was taking their jobs. I want to sabotage spyware & theft-ware.

Link: resilience.org/stories/2025-04

Crazy Town 101: Even AI Chatbots Hate Us: The Rise of the New Luddites, with Brian Merchant Asher Miller Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, originally published by Resilience.org April 2, 2025 After failing to raise a single dollar for PCI’s newest initiative — the $350 billion Transdisciplinary Institute for Phalse Prophet Studies and Education (TIPPSE) — Jason, Rob, and Asher devise the only profitable pitch for raising capital: using AI technology to cure the loneliness that technology itself causes. Author Brian Merchant joins Asher this week to discuss the rise of the neo-Luddite movement. Featured image of a victorian era dressed character, half men's clothing and half women's clothing, superimposed on a photo of the interior stacks of a server farm, c/o Adobe Stock and Wikimedia Commons. Brian Merchant is a writer, reporter, and author. He is currently reporter in residence at the AI Now Institute and publishes his own newsletter, Blood in the Machine, which has the same title as his 2023 book. Previously, Brian was the technology columnist at the Los Angeles Times and a senior editor at Motherboard. Originally recorded on 1/3/25 (warm-up conversation) and 3/24/25 (interview with Brian). Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
#AI#Luddite#Tech
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Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug

#KRITIS Sektor #IT und #TK

"“The #Israeli #military uses Microsoft #Azure to compile information gathered through mass #surveillance, which it transcribes and translates, including phone calls, texts and audio messages, according to an Israeli #intelligence officer who works with the systems. That data can then be cross-checked with #Israel’s in-house targeting systems.”

Microsoft AI also powers the most “sensitive and highly classified projects” for..."
theverge.com/news/643670/micro

A protestor disrupts a Microsoft event.
The Verge · Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’By Tom Warren
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Death By Stereo

Now Reading: The Circle by Dave Eggers

"What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy and the limits of human knowledge."

Find a copy at your local #Library at openlibrary.org/books/OL319667

#ReadingIsSexy #Bookstodon
#BookRecommendation #DataPrivacy #Privacy #Surveillance #NowReading

Image of the book, The Circle by Dave Eggers. The book is red with a gold symbol in it's center, with what looks like a computer chip design in it.
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Flock Threatens #OpenSource Developer Mapping Its #Surveillance Cameras
The surveillance camera company Flock sent #DeFlock a cease-and-desist. The letter argues that DeFlock is causing the “dilution” of Flock’s trademarks rather than “infringement” of them. DeFlock is fighting back.
DeFlock currently maps more than 16,000 #ALPR around the world, which includes both Flock cameras as well as many created by #Motorola.
404media.co/flock-threatens-op

404 Media · Flock Threatens Open Source Developer Mapping Its Surveillance CamerasThe surveillance camera company Flock sent DeFlock a cease-and-desist. DeFlock is fighting back.
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gtbarry

Why You Can (And Should) Opt Out Of TSA Facial Recognition Right Now

TSA vagueness, along with skepticism with how the Department of Homeland Security has preserved travelers’ privacy in the past

#TSA #travel #surveillance #privacy #infosec #security #cybersecurity #biometrics

huffpost.com/entry/tsa-facial-

HuffPost · Why You Can (And Should) Opt Out Of TSA Facial Recognition Right NowBy Monica Torres
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Simon D. ⏚

Le gouvernement français prolonge la #videosurveillance de masse jusqu’en 2027
lareleveetlapeste.fr/le-gouver

« En lieu et place d’un véritable débat public sur le sujet en France, nous assistons à la mise à disposition des dirigeants actuels et futurs d’outils permettant une surveillance généralisée et un contrôle social »

La Quadrature du Net, une association spécialisée sur les questions de cyber #surveillance et de sécurité avait ainsi qualifié l’expérimentation temporaire de « vernis théorique » et accusé le gouvernement de « défendre l’industrie française de la vidéosurveillance ».

Amnesty International France conteste [elle aussi] cette version

La Relève et La Peste · Le gouvernement français prolonge la vidéosurveillance de masse jusqu’en 2027Le 11 février, le gouvernement a proposé de reconduire la vidéosurveillance algorithmique de masse jusqu’à fin 2027.
#LQDN
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