Hard Pass

An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1385133/grapheneos-will-overhaul-default-apps-and-implement-a-secure-clipboard

A/I stands for Autistici/Inventati.

A/I (Autistici/Inventati, pronounced [au’tistiʧi]-[iŋ’vɛntati], or [iŋvɛn’tati]) was born in 2001 from an encounter of individuals and collectives of the autonomous anticapitalist movement interested in technology and active in the digital rights struggle. We believe that this world is far from being the best world possible. We react by providing a platform and tools for digital self-defense addressing the need of free communication for activists and other individuals.

The day we discovered we had been designated a global terrorist organization, we promised that we would try to resist as long as this was possible, that we would not back down as long as we could see options to stand our ground.

We cannot engage in a fight or expose ourselves to manipulations that threaten the lives of these people and their loved ones, leaving them at the mercy of autocrats, fascists and agencies that take extra-legal courses of action.

What happened? First their main domain, autistici.org, was blocked globally by the US entity that provides the ".org" TLD. More recently their bank shut down their funds because of caving in to pressure that ultimately comes from the same source.

Full context/statement about the domain shutdown:
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press

I also made some posts about this earlier. You can probably guess that I've been relying on their services, for a long time. And not even for particularly political reasons - they give email accounts to people who care for privacy and anonymity. Or used to.

They announce this new site:
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/announcing-https/keepitfree.ai/

Personally I'm just shocked how US policy reaches and impacts my normal peaceful European life.

Fuck the US government. Being AntiFa is not terrorism. Being against AntiFa means you're Fa.

PS: Sorry for posting this to several world news communities. I feel this topic should shake the Fediverse.
Remember:
This can happen to any ".org" domain, and possibly many other TLDs that are controled by entities that are prone to give into US bullying. Or your bank will cave to US pressure.

He was all profit

_**In a statement published today, OpenAI said it had historically treated model misalignment as a research issue, with findings communicated through research papers and system cards.

The company said it considered the wiki activity another example of "misalignment" similar to behaviors it had previously discussed, rather than an incident requiring a dedicated public disclosure.

OpenAI's own wording suggests a wider footprint than the researchers documented, describing the episode as one "where our agents wrote to several internet sites."**_

Don't you just love the unaccountably.

All of this stated with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_Is_All_You_Need

One hand, full extension, no hesitation. The laws of physics were consulted and chose not to comment. The prophecy never said the sword would be light.

Credit: Andrew R Gamboa

Which is ironic as we were standing at a bus stop

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51624111

I don't need pent up trauma. I just need a shitpost idea to put into art

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/149276907

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/75112505

_**In a statement published today, OpenAI said it had historically treated model misalignment as a research issue, with findings communicated through research papers and system cards.

The company said it considered the wiki activity another example of "misalignment" similar to behaviors it had previously discussed, rather than an incident requiring a dedicated public disclosure.

OpenAI's own wording suggests a wider footprint than the researchers documented, describing the episode as one "where our agents wrote to several internet sites."**_

Don't you just love the unaccountably.

All of this stated with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_Is_All_You_Need