@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-03-20 12:16:38
Israeli private investigator Amit Forlit, wanted by the US for allegedly orchestrating an illegal “hacking-for-hire” operation on behalf of ExxonMobil, has been denied permission to appeal against his extradition to the United States in the UK High Court of Justice.
https://www.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-02-19 15:46:47
@… This is, in principle, what an academic discipline is about: a shared understanding of what legit research in this field means, and what the criteria for judging the quality of research are.
The root many of the current issues in academia is that many, if not most, disciplines have outsourced this responsibility to Big Pub cartels.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-02-19 15:46:47
@… This is, in principle, what an academic discipline is about: a shared understanding of what legit research in this field means, and what the criteria for judging the quality of research are.
The root many of the current issues in academia is that many, if not most, disciplines have outsourced this responsibility to Big Pub cartels.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-19 20:20:59
Signal's Moxie Marlinspike says his privacy-focused AI platform Confer will integrate its encryption tech into Meta AI to provide E2EE for chatbot interactions (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/signals-creator-is-helping-encrypt-meta-ai/
@tezoatlipoca@mas.to2026-03-19 19:28:12
@lexinova@cyberplace.social @… or.. like make a fucking sandbox an official part of the platform, like plugins are sandboxed in the browser. Sideload all the garbage apps you like in sandbox mode, but they get locked the F down and all I/O or perms have to be re-vetted by the user periodically and/or leaves an transaction trail that can be rolled back or whatever.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-04-17 09:35:13
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-16 10:22:41
On the first day of the #PTSD intensive, we talked about the shooting. I had felt like I was done with that, that it didn't have anything left for me. But there was something still that filled me with rage... that is still confusing and enraging.
It wasn't actually being shot. I wasn't even the possibility of death. I had been prepared to die. I always knew that was possible. It was something else.
I remember Marc Hokoana's face as he pepper sprayed pacifists, smiling and taunting, joyfully hurting people who he knew were refusing to respond. I remember their flags, the kek flag, literally a Nazi battle flag replaced in 4chan colors with the clover 4chan logo instead of the swastika. How many people have been tortured, have died? How much suffering, that these people not only welcomed but celebrated, joyfully participated in.
The cruelty was the point. It was the plan, the plan he posted to Facebook, the same plan as they have always had, of torturing people until someone responds and then murdering them. Inflicting trauma, responding with overwhelming force, showing how "big and strong" they are because they can always escalate.
Try to stop someone from peppers praying people, they shoot you. Shoot back, like Michael Reinoehl, and they send a death squad for you. But we keep standing up, so they keep escalating to the slightest imagined infraction. Now they just murder you for being in a car, for filming at a protest, for existing.
The bar for what justifies murder or torture will continue to move lower until there is no one left, or until they can no longer escalate.
The feeling of helplessness is still not the biggest thing though. It's the joy with which they inflict this on us. That's it. That's the thing.
CW: gun violence, abuse dynamics
https://hexmhell.writeas.com/the-creature-ptss-5-day-1
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-16 17:05:47
@rasterweb@mastodon.social2026-02-17 02:41:30
It's been a while but I was reminded that Java is shit.
Python is better, but has issues, mostly because of macOS.
And macOS permissions for user-created applications are a nightmare!
But a big, big thanks goes out to tools like Platypus.
"Platypus is a developer tool that creates native Mac applications from command line scripts such as shell scripts or Python, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, JavaScript and PHP programs."
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-13 06:08:32
I’m Derek Tran -- a veteran, small business owner, son of Vietnamese refugees, and the only House Democrat in SoCal that national Republicans are targeting in 2026.
This fight is personal for me.
My parents came to America after the fall of Saigon,
determined to give their kids a better life.
That’s the promise they carried with them.
I wore the uniform, and now I serve in Congress,
to make sure that promise is protected.
It was never my plan to r…
