soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Gaia-X, the European cloud ecosystem #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/gaia-x-the-european-cloud-ecosystem/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Sabu, the man who brought down Anonymous #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-sabu-brought-down-anonymous/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Organizations are moving at a rapid-fire pace to adapt AI, in many cases going straight from experimentation into something business critical. But as companies are finding new ways to use it, many are leaving their security teams scrambling to patch up the related vulnerabilities. @TechRadar has more:
I hope the RAM price misery will result in a revival of "dumb" tech. A good old regular TV set doesn't need RAM. 👍
#tech #BigTech #RAM #memory #TV #television #enshittification
Cybersecurity certifications: entry level #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/cybersecurity-certifications-entry-level/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
AI-generated passwords look like they would be bombproof. But tech writer Kim Key discovered just how easy the repetitive character sequences are to hack. Read more from PC Mag:
Computer-enabled crimes: virtual theft #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-theft/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Humanoid robot runs 100-meter race in 9.39 seconds, outperforming Usain Bolt’s 2009 world record. Read more from @CBSNews:
Understanding how people make decisions #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/understanding-how-people-make-decisions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Can external metrics and data capture what's truly important?
Find out in this book review of C. Thi Nguyen's The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game, now available from Penguin Press.
Computer-enabled crimes: virtual scams #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Computer-enabled crimes: virtual robbery #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-robbery/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Kagi just shipped two useful updates.
Its Stocks widget now supports ETFs, interactive price charts, multiple time ranges, and more market data.
It also added an “Exclude paywalled websites” setting that automatically removes known paywalled sites from search results.
More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/kagi-stocks-widget-paywall-setting.html
Can a startup called Outer Biosciences figure out how to keep living human tissue alive outside the body? Read more from @Techcrunch:
Computer-enabled crimes: virtual stings #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-stings/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
After initially trying to ban AI use, a growing number of U.S. public schools are trying a new strategy: encouraging classroom experimentation. Will exposing students to AI keep them from outsourcing their thinking to chatbots? @AssociatedPress reports:
does anyone know any tools to split a two page, side-by-side, digital pdf into a single page digital pdf?
said pdf: https://www.ashby.info/Ashby-Introduction-to-Cybernetics.pdf
OSINT for human trafficking investigation #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/osint-for-human-trafficking-investigation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
The science behind the Upside Down #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-science-behind-the-upside-down/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Pizzagate’s role in viral disinformation #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/pizzagates-role-in-viral-disinformation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently asked Waymo to answer a wide range of questions following a Jan. 23 crash in which one of the company’s robotaxis hit a nine-year-old girl. @Techcrunch has more, including how Waymo responded:
"What truly binds together this movement is a desire for freedom from, if not total control over, nation-states; a belief in the superiority, either innate or engineered, of a superior class of elite coders and engineers; and a complete rejection of any conception of social responsibility or equality under the law."
Ali Winston reviews @gilduran 's #TheNerdReich: #SiliconValley Fascism and the War on Democracy
https://thebaffler.com/latest/revenge-of-the-nerds-winston
#tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
ACM DL is 100% #OpenAccess.
What's the difference between DL Basic and DL Premium?
Social media crimes: Rachel DelTondo #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-rachael-deltondo/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
What’s being browsed on the internet? Bots reading web pages written by other bots, apparently. @Techcrunch has more on the substantial AI wave crashing onto the shores of the web:
What's new in cybersecurity? Watch Ben Nassi discuss the information confidentiality risks associated with the interface between photodiodes and IoT devices.
Full article here: https://cacm.acm.org/research/illuminating-secrets-power-led-based-side-channel-attacks-for-key-extraction-and-eavesdropping/
LulzSec, hackers trolling the world #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/lulzsec-hackers-trolling-the-world/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Operation Pacifier and the use of NIT #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/operation-pacifier-and-the-use-of-nit/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Micro-influencers: smaller audiences, more influence #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/micro-influencers-smaller-audiences-more-influence/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, it has been studied how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning.
● X-Axis: Homework scores
● Y-Axis: Exam scores
🔗 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6868618
Autism, Asperger traits, and hacking #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/autism-asperger-traits-and-hacking/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
The trading trap of Instagram Forex scams #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-trading-trap-of-instagram-forex-scams/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Designing Least Privilege in the cloud #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/designing-least-privilege-in-the-cloud/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
A phone you don't have to feel as guilty about.
Fairphone officially starts selling its new repairable Android phone in the US for $649
https://9to5google.com/2026/08/18/fairphone-gen-6-plus-us-launch-price-specs/
#lispyGopherClimate every Tuesday-night-in-the-Americas weekly #lisp #tech #podcast since 2022! Going live in five (0UTC Wednesday)
https://toobnix.org/w/1wbMEGRvVeRrbSviJVxy8H?start=2m53s
@kentpitman #climateCrisis #haiku and also presence returns!
@ramin_hal9001 cohosting too.
This week let's (re)create a new #lisp #AI #lab in #lambdaMOO #VR #live !
Neurodiversity in cybersecurity work #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/neurodiversity-in-cybersecurity-work/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
After some time off, I'm now ready to look for work again! I'm especially interested in positions related to:
✊️ Digital rights activist (with a specialty in privacy rights)
📣 Communications or Campaigns Manager
🔒️ Privacy expert or consultant
🙌 Managerial position
📰 Tech journalist (investigation, education, advocacy, review)
💻️ Technical writer (tutorials, documentation, research)
Fediverse and Mastodon advocate
Open source advocate
💚 Or any other fitting positions
I am especially interested in working with nonprofit organizations, cooperatives, open-source projects, privacy-oriented software companies, or any other organizations working for the public good.
Also, with a team that doesn't require to be recorded during meetings or presentations (and doesn't use AI notetakers).
🇨🇦 Remote from Canada
All the work I produce is guaranteed to be AI-free
Let me know if you hear of any good opportunities!
Why shouldn't you use chatbot tools instead of search engines?
2025 ACM Luiz André Barroso Award recipient Ricardo Baeza-Yates shares his concerns with #ACMBytecast.
Full interview: https://buff.ly/3hXQ7Fy
A safe guide to start investing in Crypto #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/a-safe-guide-to-start-investing-in-crypto/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344114
#HackerNews #Wisconsin #Flock #camera #network #shared #cameras #tech #policy #urban #issues
John Draper, the father of phreaking #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/john-draper-the-father-of-phreaking/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
The origins of open source culture #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-origins-of-open-source-culture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
We’ve all been there before — waiting in the lobby for your dentist appointment and thinking “I’ll just log in to my banking app real quick.” Well, think twice. Hackers are targeting Wi-Fi networks at hotels and other places in ever sneakier ways. PC World has more, including tips to avoid getting hacked on public Wi-Fi:
Meta is facing another trial over social media addiction, the latest test for the platform that is facing thousands of lawsuits, including accusations of the impact its apps have on teen mental health. @Engadget has more:
"We utterly defanged our regulators and let corruption hollow out Congress. The U.S. federal government genuinely no longer functions.
Yet we're still somehow subjected to this bizarre, performative pantomime in the press where we pretend the emperor is fully clothed and is capable of following through on elaborate protectionist policy that time and time again doesn't achieve any coherent goal outside of the enrichment of a bunch of preposterous assholes.
The reality remains that if the U.S. cared about consumer privacy, we'd pass a modern privacy law holding all companies (foreign and domestic) accountable. If we cared about national security and foreign influence, we'd dismantle the most corrupt administration in U.S. history. If we cared about social media propaganda, we'd properly fund journalism, boost media literacy, and embrace antitrust reform. If we cared about labor, we'd modernize and bolster unions.
The federal government no longer does these things because it's simply too corrupt to function. And the U.S. press, ostensibly tasked with conveying the truth to the electorate, is largely incapable of bluntly informing the public; in part because the truth might upset advertisers, event sponsors, ownership, and ad outreach."
#corruption #privacy #tech #nationalsecurity #oligarchy #economics
U.S. Anti-China Tech Protectionism Is Sloppy, Corrupt, And Stupid
https://karlbode.com/u-s-anti-china-tech-protectionism-is-sloppy-corrupt-and-stupid/
What actually happens when you let apps track your activity?
What kind of data is being collected by our devices, and how is it being used? Should we "Ask app not to track"?
https://www.engadget.com/2236798/what-happens-when-apps-track-activity/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #Engadget [Engadget]
There's #tech folks (yes this is a sub-post) who still expect a degree of social deference that they do not merit.
How many people in the technology sector, even if they're not directly involved in pumping up Elon Musk or #GenAI garbage, are still financially vested in these things in some fashion and thus hoping that "AI" or Tesla will succeed merely because it'll boost the value of their #investment portfolio?
The culture is not used to thinking of money as corrupting...but it is.
Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber — attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 $48,000 flyin…
The drone that destroyed a Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bomber at Russia's Engels-2 air base last month turns out to be the MICH 2000.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TomsHardware [Tom's Hardware]
Wait, dead mic?
Alright, it is in fact Sunday-morning-in-Europe but I am elbow-deep in setting up some machine over the world's slowest network connection, so if you're into that this is that. #lispyGopherClimate #emacs #ssh #actuallySshX Just building #acl2 and #lambdaMOO . ( #lisp, #logic and #mud ) (and #i2p but there's no accounting for taste).
https://toobnix.org/w/gXLXQqxf5MYg1NDF2Ua6oA
Every week since 2022 ! #peertube #podcast #tech #live every 8am Sunday UTC.
When the Internet becomes the crime scene #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/when-the-internet-becomes-the-crime-scene/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Build a Xmas light show with Raspberry Pi #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/build-a-xmas-light-show-with-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Digital profiling for cyber investigators #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/digital-profiling-for-cyber-investigators/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
It took them 4 years to require cops to need a reason to use it?
Flock tries to make its cameras harder for cops to misuse - Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2236415/flock-tries-to-make-its-cameras-harder-for-cops-to-misuse/
My new YT video is up!
This week's video is about the NoRecognition project and its adversarial design and learning model, which creates visual patterns that fool Flock cameras.
It's an exceedingly neat story. If you give it a watch, please tap the like button. That engagement helps a small creator out in a big way. Thank you.
#YouTube #Tech #Technology #AdversarialDesign #Flock #Privacy #MassSurveillance
Create a festive website in ten minutes #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/create-a-festive-website-in-ten-minutes/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Finding loved ones through social media #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/finding-loved-ones-through-social-media/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Ferguson said he’s been surprised to see the “growing community backlash” against #Flock specifically, given that the #technology isn’t new & other companies sell it as well. But Flock & the movement against it have “captured people’s sense that maybe they don’t want to be surveilled all the time,” he said.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, a professor at the George Washington University Law School whose scholarship has focused on #policing, #BigData #surveillance & the #FourthAmendment, said Thursday’s shifts were “better than the opposite” but called for further scrutiny of the #technology in the form of “sustained democratic engagement with the rules & judicial checks on access at a minimum.”
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
Robert Frommer, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm that’s led litigation over the #tech, called the changes “window dressing” from a company in “panic mode.”
“This is window dressing that doesn’t address the fundamental problem, which is that police officers are the ones deciding who & when to search, & that should be done by #judges with real warrants,” he said.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #AbuseOfPower #deflock
Critics of the company reacted skeptically to the changes, which they said appeared designed to address the growing bipartisan anger about the cameras but could still leave room for #police to abuse the system.
The ACLU said that the shortened evidence retention window could be “a step in the right direction,” but it characterized the other changes as “retreads” of inadequate safety measures.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
Customers will also be allowed to decide which offense types — such as homicide or arson — outside agencies can search their data for, which would allow a customer to block outside searches related to #immigration enforcement, the company said.
Langley said that change will give individual cities & departments control to use the system in a manner “consistent with community values.”
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
#Police credit the #tech as an important crime-fighting innovation that helps locate missing people & track suspects in violent crimes. But critics say it amounts to #unconstitutional warrantless #MassSurveillance. Dozens of cities & agencies have nixed their relationships with #Flock amid concerns that the data can be accessed for #immigration enforcement or in unauthorized tracking, after a flurry of examples surfaced of #LawEnforcement officers misusing the tech for personal searches.
The company operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers & other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day. Thousands of #LawEnforcement agencies in 49 states can search & share Flock’s data across jurisdictions to aid their investigations.
#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock
Marc Andreessen and the web browser #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/marc-andreessen-and-the-web-browser/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/tim-berners-lee-and-the-world-wide-web/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Chrome really pisses me off. I have to use it to pay certain bills, but it's always aggressively trying to get me to make it my default browser. And it WON'T just let me say "No" and be done with it. The closest thing it allows me to say is that I'll set it as the default "later".
I really hate Google!
NEW: General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking.
Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire.
https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Defense #Military #Ukraine #Government #Technology #Tech
Tips for a guiltless digital detox #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/tips-for-a-guiltless-digital-detox/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Random acts of digital kindness you can do #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/random-acts-of-digital-kindness-you-can-do/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Jury selection is on Wednesday, with opening statements slated to begin August 18. #Meta founder and CEO #MarkZuckerberg is expected to testify, as is #Instagram head #AdamMosseri.
In terms of potential damages & implications for Meta, the trial is the biggest test yet of youth #socialmedia litigation & comes amid a broader reckoning across the globe over social media's effects on young users.
#law #privacy #infosec #tech #engagement #addiction #MentalHealth #business
The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California & New Jersey's allegations that #Meta designed its platforms to keep young users hooked & misled consumers about their safety. It will also address claims by 29 states that the company illegally collected & used #children's #data in violation of federal law.
#law #privacy #infosec #tech #socialmedia #engagement #addiction #MentalHealth #business
#Meta faces biggest #court fight yet over #socialmedia’s impact on #children
Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California #FederalCourt trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered #Facebook & #Instagram to be #addictive to children, a case that could expose the company to massive damages & force it to make sweeping changes to its platforms.
#law #tech #MentalHealth #business
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-29-states-head-court-biggest-test-yet-youth-social-media-litigation-2026-08-12/
How to assess credibility in social media #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-to-assess-credibility-in-social-media/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog