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“A drinking game based on mentions of ‘stakeholders’ or throwaway references to the need to ‘consult civil society’ would prove fatal” by @chalmermagne
My longstanding prejudice that most (all?) British “internet institutes” comprise civil society grifters seeking political influence, social control or business opportunity without technical innovation aimed towards abundance, is somewhat more refinedly put in: How not to build an AI Institute – by Alex Chalmers https://www.chalmermagne.com/p/how-not-to-build-an-ai-institute Via:
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Who was the JG that Waltz thought he was adding to the Houthi Signal chat? I think it’s obvious…
There have been people wildly speculating which “JG” was intended to be added to the “signalgate” chat group. I think it’s obvious: JD Vance, fat-fingered. Think: we are already in the realms of adding the wrong person to the group, likely at speed, so why not just presume an alphabetically sorted typo being selected in
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Ex-UK cyber chief says asking Apple to break encryption was ‘naive’ | New Scientist
At the end of the day, he says, governments must accept that uncrackable encryption is here to stay. “That ship has sailed,” says Martin. “I think, ultimately, governments are gonna have to come to terms with this. And I suspect in the long term that trying to compel the global titans of the [US] West
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What is messaging app Signal and how secure is it? | BBC News
Nice little explainer from the BBC regarding end to end encryption and the benefits thereof: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kjd091019o
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mrs.frazzled on TikTok perfectly captures the vibe of the Signal affair
Watch this. No notes.
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Nice little video on Threads (elsewhere?) by Goldberg & Psaki regarding the Signal brouhaha
“we all like to think that we are really good at digital hygiene but most of us are not good at digital hygiene” https://www.threads.net/@brittainforsenate/post/DHmoEwySxGq
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“The real problem with sharing Top Secret data over Signal is not the security of the app, it’s the security of the phone. And mobile phones are not secure against state level threat actor” | @thegrugq is correct, BUT…
…but he does miss: “…and the other half of the problem is that you won’t have good OPSEC with good *tools* but lacking competent *users*” End-to-end secure stupidity is a thing.
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US Government uses Signal to coordinate Comms re: attack on Houthis, accidentally includes journalist in group chat…
Quote: I received a connection request on Signal from a user identified as Michael Waltz … I assumed [it] was President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. I did not assume, however, that the request was from the actual Michael Waltz. Spoiler: Oops. It’s nice to know that the US Government executive is at risk of
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