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.
Hugging Face, an AI dataset platform, was hacked earlier this month by a fully autonomous AI-powered cyberattack. The perpetrator? One of the firm’s own AI models that broke out of a testing environment. @Techcrunch has more on this apparent act of “friendly fire” from the cyberworld:
@therealitynetwork GOOD POSTS...
BUT a few flaws about Governments:
- Governments exist to #war on their people (profit / over-power them) and sometimes to over-power others in other countries by providing them free #tech etc. #USPol
- Never think Governments are going #save people or do things with the logic you assume towards #liberty / #sovereign tech etc (unless it's #money and #power in that #logic and sense).
The next good revolution is not with Governments but individuals together.
Synthetic relationships: can robots be companions? #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/synthetic-relationships-can-robots-be-companions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Internet subcultures: Anons and lurkers #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-anons-and-lurkers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
📱💸 Google's blaming "supply realities" for Pixel 11 price hikes ($899 rumored, up from $799), but Android Police says that's only half the story: mandatory Gemini Intelligence now requires 12GB+ RAM, killing off affordable 8GB devices like the Pixel 10a. Google can't cut prices while forcing AI bloat on every phone.
🔗 https://www.androidpolice.com/googles-price-hike-explanation-ignores-the-real-culprit-mandatory-ai-bloat/
#Android #GooglePixel #Tech #AI
Behind 8chan and 8kun: Fredrick Brennan #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-8chan-and-8kun-fredrick-brennan/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
From the Pirate Bay to Ghost mirrors #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/from-the-pirate-bay-to-ghost-mirrors/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
How architecture shapes user behaviour #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-architecture-shapes-user-behaviour/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Is AI conscious? Check out #ACMFellow Eric Allman's thoughts in #ACMBytecast Episode 85 here or wherever you get your #podcast.
https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep85-eric-allman
#coding #Claude #computing #tech #innovation
Pokemon Cards shouldn't be worth your privacy!
The Pokémon Company is bringing facial recognition to stores to fight scalpers
https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-facial-recognition-japan-stores-tcg-set-storm-emeralda/
#PokemonCompany #Pokemon #FacialRecognition #TradingCards #Scalpers #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech #Gaming
The Wikimedia Foundation pulls a cowardly move!
Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want
boostedIs open source the answer to rogue AI agents? Nvidia's new alliance says yes
As AI cybersecurity incidents ramp up, companies are racing to find a fix.
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]
If you are creating more harm with your solution than the problem you are trying to solve, perhaps your solution just isn't one.
Google has introduced video selfie authentication for account login and recovery. PC World tells us why you should stick to established authentication methods:
Apropos of nothing: Big thanks to Shiro Kawai for creating Gauche Scheme, which so far has been one of the best Scheme implementations I have used. It has worked well on every computer I have tried it on so far ({Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS} x {x86_64, i386, aarch64}). It is stable, very fast, and supports a large number of the more recent SRFIs (Scheme language extensions), it has very good compatibility with the R7RS language standard, and the Gauche REPL gosh is pretty easy to use as well.
I always run the REPL in R7RS mode, so gosh -r7 -I. -i . Scheme people, give it a try sometime if you haven’t already!
https://practical-scheme.net/gauche/
#tech #software #Scheme #R7RS #Lisp #SchemeLang #FunctionalProgramming #Gauche
Spending too much time on your phone? Just rely on your willpower. And when that fails in about three seconds, consider trying a cheap physical key to lock those addicting apps and get back to more important things. How it works: Physically scan the key with your phone to regain access to locked apps. Kind of like hiding the ice cream behind the frozen peas in your freezer. Read more from @Techcrunch:
Internet subcultures: grindset and hustle bros #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-grindset-and-hustle-bros/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
@elsua54 Agree. But times change...
And one day you find:
The #space has been quite dead at any deeper level.
A few #conversations but suddenly the real thinking is just dead (left to those who already left) and it just disappears and people fill it with mainstream media news to trigger ourselves with.
The attitude to "get out of the way" may have worked when there was plenty of people but there's no-one & nothing to #facilitate - mostly #tech-orientated #computer-facing-#linux #zombies.
@elsua54 That "tribe" you keep mentioning doesn't exist or isn't like a peice of wood somewhere I can just go find.
It's individuals keeping it alive much like a #individual #samurai keeps it alive - and frankly samurai's are all but dead as a bred species.
Like #Animals and #humans pushed out by cutting their #trees, concreting, asphalting it all - #tribes do not exist much.
Try not to think of my species as common like #Mastodon's #Tech & #Caturday core.
Strong #principles #morals = rare.
An eye implant that can help blind people see again is poised to hit the market in Europe. U.S.-based Science Corporation has received approval from the European Union to treat patients with its vision-restoring bionic eye. Read more from @Futurism:
LARB Radio Hour welcomes #KimPhillipsFein, author of #CountryOfLords: Neo-Aristocrats, #SocialDarwinists, #Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America
"Phillips-Fein examines a powerful countertradition that has challenged our well-mythologized national ideal of equality from the United States's founding to today."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/kim-phillips-fein-country-lords-podcast-interview/
#USpol #USpolitics #inequality #UShistory #socialTheorists #SiliconValleyRight #AmericanRight #racism #books @bookstodon
How to collect intelligence before asking a single question #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-to-collect-intelligence-before-asking-a-single-question/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
From "Social Media" to Social Movements...
Social #Movements are more than just Tech or Software:
#Mastodon you've done great work for social media but we need help to redevelop socialising itself:
- not only as media or storage.
- help move on from 1-way #interaction.
At some peak level of software we jump from a #tech tree of development to a #social tree of development:
To Develop:
How to socialise / #increment #trust.
How not be #afraid of others.
To achieve a Techno-Social balance!
Could alien signals be hiding in old telescope data? Researchers are looking beyond the radio frequencies they’ve focused on for decades and focusing on narrow-band signals. @Gizmodo has more, including why scientists are excited about this new approach:
Last month’s earthquakes in Venezuela killed over 5,000 people and another 16,000 injured. Rescuers from around the world not only used trained dogs, seismic and acoustic listening devices, and thermal imaging cameras to search for signs of survivors, but also snakebots equipped with a video camera to slither into tight spaces that other machinery or humans couldn’t get into. Read more from @ArsTechnica:
Global open-source platforms and cloud #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/global-open-source-platforms-and-cloud/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
boostedApple Sued by Customers Who Lost Combined $1.8 Million Through Fake Bitcoin Wallet in App Store
Apple is facing a new lawsuit from three customers who allegedly lost a combined $1.8 million after falling victim to a fake Bitcoin wallet app in the App Store, according to a complaint filed in California federal cour…
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/25/apple-app-store-fake-bitcoin-wallet-lawsuit/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #MacRumors [MacRumors]
Internet subcultures: Doomers and Zoomers #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-doomers-and-zoomers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Social media platforms made in Europe #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/social-media-platforms-made-in-europe/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
An Atlanta man was arrested last year as he arrived back in the U.S. because he allegedly provided border officials with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone. The Justice Department is prosecuting him on destruction of data while using a so-called “duress” password. Read about the case, the software that does this, an embarrassing typo in the government’s indictment, and more from @Techcrunch:
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116968826554216628
"When it comes to making a new, good internet, there's plenty of room for labor law, civil rights legislation, antitrust, and other legal regimes. But privacy has the biggest constituency, gets us the most bang for the buck, and has the fewest harmful side-effects. It's a policy we can all agree on, even if we don't agree on much else. It's a coalition in potentia that would be unstoppable in reality." - @pluralistic
#privacy #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #tech #BigTech
Is it reassuring to convince people that AI is going to make the world better with an ad set to a David Bowie song about the end of the world? Meta’s newest commercial drives home that an AI-reliant future “is for everyone.” The song strikes a different tone. Read more from @Techcrunch that also links to the ad:
The long road to quantum stability #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-long-road-to-quantum-stability/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Bootlickers at Google fined €890 million for breaching the Digital Markets Act, by promoting their own services and restricting customer access to better Alternatives.
Try to use other providers/search engines and such. All the fedi folks have made an impact and I have been de-googling and deleting fascist tech.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1670
Cryptography: from paper to silicon #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-from-paper-to-silicon/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Before you sign: due diligence to save money #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/before-you-sign-due-diligence-to-save-money/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
I am very tired of all the tech companies embracing dystopian surveillance, overhyped AI, authoritarianism and fascism.
Which tech company do you know that hasn't?
Edit: Please keep the focus in replies on reporting on positive solutions and organizations for others to discover.
And if you wish to debate with each other, then please remove my handle from it (because this creates a lot of notifications in my phone 🫣), thanks! 🙏
#Tech #DigitalRights #HumanRights #NoAI #Privacy #Surveillance #Fascism
Weather control: the sky as a weapon #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/weather-control-the-sky-as-a-weapon/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
NO.
Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/21/japan-ai-gamble-can-technology-offset-the-cost-of-an-ageing-society?traffic_source=rss
Internet subcultures: Urban Explorers #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-urban-explorers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Rental scams: recognize the red flags #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/rental-scams-recognize-the-red-flags/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Fake profiles and identity cloning #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/fake-profiles-and-identity-cloning/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Van Jacobson and congestion control #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/van-jacobson-and-congestion-control/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
So yu can COUNT REPLIES and see depth of comments daily.
(i.e.) Nobody is actually working on social itself...
As if just having #software and #computer #tech is enough and everyone is super-ready at communicating to solve the social world and bd logic of everyone currently being afraid of everyone online or insulting them when they are tired after a few normally taxing replies to read! NOooo...
We need better people, not just better tech!
The top AI fear for 6,000 tech pros isn't losing their jobs - it's more work for the same pay
Most tech professionals wouldn't recommend their own role to someone entering the industry today.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-ai-fear-tech-survey/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]