Goldman poised to make $200 million profit off Texas deep freeze
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2AX1SI?__twitter_impression=true
Intern at German prison faces hefty bill after sending photo of master key to friends
Really? We're infinitely creative but can't devise any sort of ethical "kill switch"? Well, we may have to:
"As a generic software component that is usable everywhere to everyone, there are times when libcurl—in particular—is used in nefarious or downright malicious ways. Examples include being used in virus and malware software. That is unfortunate but nothing we can prevent."
On reddit? All of your deleted posts, incl from deleted accts, can be found here: https://camas.github.io/reddit-search/
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Me: Arguing isn't a job
Philosophers: I disagree
Yikes just learned @ScienceAlert is considered a "predatory publisher"
"Whilst details regarding the incident remain unclear it remains a realistic possibility that the event was the result of asymmetric activity by Iranian military."
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Dutch research funding agency, paralyzed by ransomware attack, refuses to pay up
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/dutch-research-funding-agency-paralyzed-ransomware-attack-refuses-pay
'Targeted, external attack' of Cobb County School's emergency warning system
Aaron Pettman
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A new browser extension blocks any websites that use Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Amazon
Turns out, it more or less renders the modern web unusable — and that’s the point
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/24/22297686/browser-extension-blocks-sites-using-google-facebook-microsoft-amazon
Woman loses $340K in wire transfer scam — alleges 4 banks did little to stop it
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/wire-transfer-fraud-1.5917139
Aaron Pettman
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In some towns, the local government offers tiered discount rates for Ring cameras based on how much of the public area on a street the Ring will regularly capture. The more of the public space it captures, the larger the discount. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/amazon-ring-must-end-its-dangerous-partnerships-police
New browser-tracking hack works even when you flush caches or go incognito
Aaron Pettman
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Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water - https://joshdata.me/iceberger.html
Aaron Pettman
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I'm working for a big tech company in California. Yesterday all employees received an email from our security guys.
We have to deactivate all personal assistant gadgets (like Alexa) during worktime in the homeoffice.
They have evidence that these gadgets are recording audio from conference calls.
Nothing new to me but notable that I've got this order.
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