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Do we think the online safety community will ever recover momentum for the “Taylor Swift abuse is endgame for AI deepfake regulation” narrative?
Unless Taylor someday raises it directly as an issue for 1+ of her fans, I feel this “regulatory opportunity” may be fatally swamped. Taylor’s fans did a more effective job of hampering proliferation than any T&S team could, and (not least because of that) any & all potential audiences know the images are lies/fakes. So…
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All of the exhaustion is worth it when your restless toddler…
…is having a small comfort bottle of warm milk at 0245 and complains that it is “all gone!” Then you explain it’s not gone, it’s inside their tummy to make them warm & grow bigger, and anything that doesn’t turn into them comes out as wee and poo. The *huge* eyes.
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We’re in the middle of a perfect storm for rollback of the “open web” and burgeoning online surveillance
Looking at fallout of the KOSA hearings today — and subsequent commentary — I remain optimistic for the development of social technology & communication but I’m beginning to think the open web may basically “Do a Yahoo!” and fade, largely because of our self-appointed privacy, safety and national-security activists. We are living at an unfortunate…
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Being taught how to make curry by Indian in-laws, there is a whole new system of weights and measures to learn…
(1) “just enough” (2) “not too much” That’s it. Metric be damned.
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If you have ever delved in the world of high-end Hi-Fi, this is one of the funniest websites you will ever read
Just click and browse: https://www.entreq.com/en-GB
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KOSA isn’t designed to help kids. | by danah boyd
danah boyd, on the nail: Bills like KOSA will not help young people. They are rooted in a political agenda to look like they’re holding big tech accountable. But they pretend like they will make a difference and it’s not politically prudent to challenge the failed logic. https://zephoria.medium.com/kosa-isnt-designed-to-help-kids-335ab57cddae
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trurl: command line tool for URL parsing and manipulation
One software thing I built at Facebook was called Host — basically a PHP library to manipulate website hostnames without error-prone regular expressions, bad assumptions and “hunting for dots”. It saved a lot of potential problems and a moderate amount of CPU (0.1%+?) and I can see the same thinking here. If you’re manipulating URLs,…
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The Misinformation-Outrage Cycle, Part 1: “There are no Yankees here!” | …another Teri Kanefield post that I wish I had read sooner…
…although I recommend not taking it uncritically; there are (e.g.) elements of whistleblower adulation in there which I don’t feel are worthy. But it’s good, thoughtful stuff. https://terikanefield.com/can-democracy-work-in-america-part-1-there-are-no-yankees-here/
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Apple says UK could ‘secretly veto’ global privacy tools | …The Home Office said … that it also had to keep the country safe [from people being TOO secure]
The problem — from the Home Office’s point of view — is that they want people to be safe online, but not so safe that they cannot be hacked or surveilled by the Home Office. Alas, reality does not work this way. There’s no reliable way to have an “it’s okay, you’re being hacked by…
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The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill: further changes are still needed to ensure user trust and safety, and to mitigate potential conflicts of law
Too right; British exceptionalism is attempting to put the entire internet’s security at risk. Alas, I have not yet found an analysis of how it went in the Lords, yesterday: We are of the view that the proposed changes will exacerbate conflicts of law, hinder technological advancements aimed at improving consumer privacy, integrity and security,…
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Wire a computer to a radio & a satellite dish, download free weather maps & imagery from space…
Weather Satellite Images. Do NOT post weather images except if they’re taken from a satellite. WeFax is fine. No SSTV pictures except from the ISS. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Satellite.apt.group/?ref=share
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Internet Standards Almanac | …pretty and interesting/ish, but I find it clumsy to explore & lacking in opinionation
…for instance, ITU-T and the description of this project: The elements proposed in the “New IP” model may undermine the interoperability, security, and governance of existing IP-based networks. … I’d like to see far more strongly phrased. Nonetheless, the website is worth a look. The Internet Standards Almanac is a guide for engaging in the…