ocdtrekkie @ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social
Privacy advocate, sysadmin, browncoat. Born and raised on the mean streets of the Chicago suburbs.
I guess I should do an #introductions post to pin.
I'm Jacob, I'm a privacy advocate who works in IT/security. I do not lean particularly liberal or conservative, I find both parties in the US relatively distasteful.
I am a co-host on two podcasts: Pentagonal (a privacy/security podcast from @standardmedia) and Biomassed (a gaming podcast which you can find at biomassed.net).
Google and Facebook Are Quietly Fighting California’s Privacy Rights Initiative, Emails Reveal
Thank fuck
Dungeons & Dragons is in the business of selling fantasy. Not the stuff with the magic and monsters -- the part where you *actually believe* that you and several other likeminded adults will be able to coordinate your schedules on a regular basis.
(boost so more people can answer)
i miss chosa
Fuck Google really goes for redundancy in stealing your personal data. You can turn off geotagging in your camera and your photo folder, but if you have location history settings on and you don't explicitly opt out of photos, it just keeps tracking you.
My grandma's getting a smart home next weekend.
"AI is Not a Community Management Strategy" https://medium.com/fertile-medium/ai-is-not-a-community-management-strategy-9dbf4f40ec75
Masto suggestion: Automatically parse @[x]@twitter.com like Fediverse usernames, only with a Twitter icon on either side of the parsed Twitter username.
@maloki how about some chinchillas and lizards?!
Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️🌈🎄
From https://twitter.com/LockPickingLwyr/status/1007613178249965569/:
"The company that sent me the pictured fingerprint lock has provided the security quote of the year: “...the lock is invincible to the people who do not have a screwdriver.”"
I want to formally apologize to anyone who I introduced to the fediverse under the guise of "there is less drama and outrage here than twitter".
It was true when I joined 7 months ago. These days? Not so much.
Backdoored images downloaded from DockerHub 5 million times https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/06/backdoored-images-downloaded-5-million-times-finally-removed-from-docker-hub/ https://kromtech.com/blog/security-center/cryptojacking-invades-cloud-how-modern-containerization-trend-is-exploited-by-attackers
Malware installed through DockerHub can also escape the container, so may continue to run.
Friends don't let friends install unreproducible black box container images.
Wow, let's see @schestowitz find a way to spin this: https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2018-06/bing-maps-streetside-imagery-now-integrated-into-openstreetmap-id-editor
on my way to work one day I heard someone shout 'FAGGOT' at me.
I turn around & its a person around 15/17 years old, standing across the road.
without much thought I said 'oh yeah? well at least I don't have java installed on my computer...'
the person didn't know what to say & walked off in utter confusion. I continued on to open up the shop, which was only a few steps from where this happened - laughing for the rest of the day. it was also sunny, so double bonus.
Google lens: the real time visual identification app that only works if you give them permission to record audio
