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.
A much younger Aral delivers a warning about where surveillance tech is headed twelve years ago.
The terms I use might have evolved as I did since then (“free” as in freedom, instead of “open” as in open for business, “design” instead of “user experience”, “people” instead of “consumers”) but I’m still working on realising the exact same goal with Small Tech and the Small Web.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yHoLopZSYJw
(Apologies for the YouTube link. Please feel free to rip and rehost if you like.)
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OpenAI’s upcoming release of GPT 5.6 will differ from earlier releases. The Trump administration is pressuring the company to do what Anthropic is already doing voluntarily: keeping its most powerful models under wraps. Read more from @Techcrunch:
They just won't take no for an answer..
"A shocking backroom deal is underway to revive Chat Control 1.0 this Friday — and on Monday 29 June, the final trilogue for permanent mass scanning takes place. We face a double-attack on private communication. Take two minutes now: e-mail your MEPs and Permanent Representation to stop this!"
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
#fightchatcontrol #chatcontrol #tech
Organized cybercrime: nation states and criminal partnerships #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-nation-states-and-criminal-partnerships/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
RIP Om Malik. The famed tech investor and founder of Gigaom, has died at 59.
@IncMagazine reports: "After starting his career in journalism, the tech insider built his own media company before pivoting to venture capital."
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Social media profiling: mapping IDs and behaviours #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/social-media-profiling-mapping-ids-and-behaviours/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
AI meet robotics: putting a brain in a machine #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/ai-meet-robotics-putting-a-brain-in-a-machine/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
8 Internet experiments and living labs #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/8-internet-experiments-and-living-labs/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Organized cybercrime: how investigators track cybercrime networks #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-how-investigators-track-cybercrime-networks/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
The future of mental health online #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-future-of-mental-health-online/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Salaries may be stagnant in this economy, but prices aren’t. Apple is raising the prices on its Mac and iPad lineups. Last week, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal that price hikes were unavoidable due to more expensive memory and storage components. So how much will a MacBook Pro cost? Will iPhones cost more? Read more from @Techcrunch:
Debunking common quantum computing myths #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/debunking-common-quantum-computing-myths/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Becoming quantum-ready: the challenges #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/becoming-quantum-ready-the-challenges/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Virtual sightseeing: exploring the world’s greatest museums #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/virtual-sightseeing-exploring-the-worlds-greatest-museums/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
"Genet’s agents live on a cluster of five Mac Minis and one $10,000 Mac Studio that hums along on a shelf in her home like a little data center."
Lane Brown for The Cut /New York: https://www.thecut.com/article/jesse-genet-ai-agents-household.html
Guess I won't be going to The Garden anytime soon.
Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition
#MSG #Activism #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #Privacy #Tech
Influencers: turning attention into money #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/influencers-turning-attention-into-money/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
#lispyGopherClimate https://toobnix.org/feeds/videos.xml?accountId=580185 #live #lisp #tech #podcast #weekly since 2022 at 0UTC Wednesday (Tuesday night in the Americas).
https://toobnix.org/w/1z43HJ2YboZUuE2U8LKRMj
#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman whom has also told me not to ruin the dramatic tension by just saying what (if?)
https://github.com/netsettler/netsettlement !!!!!!
Starting a lisp #zine ! See https://lispy-gopher-show.itch.io/zine/devlog/1560799/ansi-cl-clim-20-spec-zine-jam-instruction-copypasta . Also: https://codeberg.org/screwlisp/shizamuran-sudokus
@mdhughes #underStone #gamedev https://mdhughes.itch.io/understone
Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/canada-forging-ahead-its-dangerous-surveillance-bill
Q: What animal or nonhuman being do you most identify with?
A: An ecosystem.
Spend some time with #CoryDoctorow in our latest Longreads Questionnaire: https://longreads.com/2026/06/17/questionnaire-cory-doctorow/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
How to extract intelligence from images and videos #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-to-extract-intelligence-from-images-and-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Content analysis and trend tracking in social media #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/understanding-conversations-at-scale-content-analysis-and-trend-tracking/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
"While #Musk was looking to the stars, the people of Belfast were still reeling from several days of racist violence. The Belfast pogrom drew strength from the #farRight ecosystem that Musk has nurtured with the money from #SpaceX, #Tesla and other companies."
Long Reads talks w/ #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
#ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
Organized cybercrime: a look into the future #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-a-look-into-the-future/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Healthcare robotics, precision and care #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/healthcare-robotics-precision-and-care/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Cybercrime group Icarus has taken credit for a breach at Klue, a market intelligence provider, that allowed reams of data to be stolen from the company’s customers, which include some of the biggest corporations in cybersecurity. Read more from @Techcrunch:
Kansas City Pushes Ahead With Facial Recognition on Buses
https://www.pcmag.com/news/kansas-city-pushes-ahead-with-facial-recognition-on-buses
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/116787833657692708
Also, I think this is the closest I've heard @pluralistic get to the point I have repeatedly tried to make: That a system where The People™️ have a say in not getting treated as slaves or objects is what humanity put in place of dragging the rich out into the street & beating them to death while their property burns every couple of generations.
It's called civilization & the broligarchy is tearing it apart. On purpose.
Robots at work: warehouses, factories, and logistics #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/robots-at-work-warehouses-factories-and-logistics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Investigating domains and websites with OSINT #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/investigating-domains-and-websites-with-osint/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
10 more days until our #CfP is closed.
Remember we moved our dates and #SeaGL2026 is now happening October 23rd and 24th. Same location.
Visit: https://seagl.org for details
#linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #ophw #community #tech #seattle #freedom
Cybercrime logistics: the hosting infrastructure #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/cybercrime-logistics-the-hosting-infrastructure/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence announcements dominated the WWDC spotlight earlier this month, but let’s not forget about additional upgrades across the company’s everyday apps and services. @Techcrunch highlights some of the standouts:
boostedBose thinks it can be a media company for some reason
The history books are littered with the corpses of corporate record labels started by companies that had no business being in the music industry. Bose thinks it can be the exception to the rule. It thinks it can be Red …
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/953324/bose-studios-record-label-media-company
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TheVerge [The Verge]
Anatomy of a modern OneDrive phishing attack #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/anatomy-of-a-modern-onedrive-phishing-attack/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Browser-Based Euro Office Clone
This is an experimental, local-first project designed to demonstrate client-side managed functionality without requiring any setup. By leveraging the FileSystem API, it offers a unique approach to storing files directly on your device from your browser.
Current Features:
- PWA (Progressive Web App)
- Local-first storage
- Word processor
- Spreadsheet tool
- PDF capability
Coming Soon:
- Support for more file types
- Storage synchronization
- Collaborative editing
- Encryption at rest
- P2P file-transfer
Long-Term Goals (Clones of):
- NextCloud
- WhatsApp
- Instagram
- WeTransfer
Note: This project is experimental, far from finished, and presented strictly for testing, feedback, and demo purposes (USE RESPONSIBLY!).
Check out the demo version and let me know your thoughts!
Demo: https://enkrypted.chat/?tab=file
#WebDev #JavaScript #PWA #LocalFirst #OfficeSuite #FileSystemAPI #Tech #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #Privacy #SelfHosted #NextCloud #P2P #WebDevelopment #IndieDev #Coding #DevCommunity #TechNews #AppDevelopment #FreeSoftware #BrowserApp
Metadata and document analysis: how to find hidden evidence #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/metadata-and-document-analysis-how-to-find-hidden-evidence/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Should I write a #blogpost about my updated #EveryDayCarry?
#EDC #Gadgets #Tech #Gaming #Ereader #PSP #XTEINKX4 #Anbernic #CasioCult #Casio #FountainPen #Knolling
Pay for click: the architecture of giving #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/pay-for-click-the-architecture-of-giving/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
The psychology of influence: how creators shape behaviour #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-psychology-of-influence-how-creators-shape-behaviour/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Community and network mapping in online conversations #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/community-and-network-mapping-in-online-conversations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Bulletproof hosting, the Internet’s criminal safe haven #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/bulletproof-hosting-the-internets-criminal-safe-haven/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Digital frames have always been popular, but the devices often look clunky. That appears to be changing with Aura’s new ink frame that @Techcrunch says “doesn’t even look digital."
How to build rapport and trust for intelligence gathering #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-to-build-rapport-and-trust-for-intelligence-gathering/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Metadata and document analysis: how to find hidden evidence #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/metadata-and-document-analysis-how-to-find-hidden-evidence/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
Pay for click: the architecture of giving #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/pay-for-click-the-architecture-of-giving/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
hate to say i told ya so, but...
(when I first mentioned this to my lecturers they all said they couldn't see it happening because of the privacy concerns and data speed issues...lolok)
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WA police surveillance cameras: AI technology to monitor public spaces
WA police launch real-time AI camera surveillance to catch criminals
WA Police will become the first force in the country to use real-time AI-generated facial recognition in public spaces.
The state government on Friday launched the Overt Live Facial Recognition program with a trial of the cameras at the police academy in Joondalup
The technology monitors groups of people from police vans and compares faces against a database of targets in real-time.
#AusPol #Australia #WAPol #policing #Criminology #CriminalJustice #tech #technology #surveillance #surveillanceTech #AI #RightToPrivacy
The psychology of influence: how creators shape behaviour #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/the-psychology-of-influence-how-creators-shape-behaviour/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
Content analysis and trend tracking in social media #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/understanding-conversations-at-scale-content-analysis-and-trend-tracking/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
You just can’t ignore a headline that reads “A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight.” A grassroots movement of tech workers called the Guardian Alliance was launched today with the goal of forcing their companies to deploy AI responsibly. @Techcrunch has the full story:
Community and network mapping in online conversations #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/community-and-network-mapping-in-online-conversations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧲💡 Sang-Woo Kim’s team at #Yonsei University in #SouthKorea built a small floating capsule that purifies #water using only magnetism.
Shaking it for three seconds powers a sensor and generates electrostatic fields that pop open bacterial membranes, with no #batteries or #chemicals required.
#purification #invention #engineering #physics #biology #nature #science #technology #tech #publichealth #health #medicine
#wsocial was announcing a top-down approach to get their #network working & they are doing it
In the #Blick article #AnnaZeiter explains why #AliceWeidel & other #Nazis are welcome to her #socialmedia #platform https://www.blick.ch/digital/anna-zeiter-bringt-twitter-alternative-w-social-auch-alice-weidel-ist-willkommen-id22026157.html
wSocial tries to become a new #Tech #empire by pulling on their personal networks & riding the problematic term of #European #Sovereignty
#Lobbying the #rich & #powerful seems to pay out in the #EuropeanUnion ¯\(°_o)/¯
Cybercrime logistics: the hosting infrastructure #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/cybercrime-logistics-the-hosting-infrastructure/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
Bulletproof hosting, the Internet’s criminal safe haven #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/bulletproof-hosting-the-internets-criminal-safe-haven/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
Investigating domains and websites with OSINT #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/investigating-domains-and-websites-with-osint/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
New instance, new #introduction time.
Formerly intrepidhero@vmst.io.
I post a lot of #hiking, #mountaineering, and #caturday pictures, #cooking, #gardening, #diy projects, esoteric #programming and grumpy #tech and #design thoughts, and #poetry, both my own and attributed. I like #scifi and #fantasy and when I post about politics it will get a CW.
Posts are meant to be ephemeral. Anything I want to keep up long term will end up on my website.
☮️
Metadata and document analysis: how to find hidden evidence #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/metadata-and-document-analysis-how-to-find-hidden-evidence/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
Anatomy of a modern OneDrive phishing attack #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/anatomy-of-a-modern-onedrive-phishing-attack/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
Healthcare robotics, precision and care #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/healthcare-robotics-precision-and-care/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
LLMs don't "know" anything. They're just guessing the next word. 🤯
But that guess is built from 100B+ parameters, trained on basically the internet.
We explain how it works, why it lies sometimes, and how to run one (Gemma 4 / Qwen 3.6) on your own PC.
https://geekrealmhub.com/what-is-llm-guide-large-language-models-local-ai/
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference
‚A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live onstage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites yet to return online.
The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers — deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany….‘
Great 👏 @back2theRoot
#Ccc #39C3 #FightNazis #Hacking #Tech #Technology #Activism #HH #Hamburg #Germany
The Zine from 404media About ICE Surveillance Is Here!
https://www.404media.co/icezine/
"You are holding a zine about the surveillance tools used by ICE, and what we have learned so far about how you can resist this technology.
This zine was reported and written by 404 Media, a journalist-owned investigative website and now, we suppose, a print publication. Our status as a small outfit of reporters who own the means of production (a website), means that we have the freedom to report on the topics we believe are the most important. For the last year, that has been Donald Trumpʼs mass deportation
campaign, and the technology powering it."
PDF Zine: https://www.404media.co/content/files/2026/02/404ICEZINE.pdf
‚Neun bis elf digitale Kameraaugen pro Wagen wachen über die Geschehnisse in den Bremer Stadtbahnen. Bis Ende 2026 soll in diese Kameras eine künstliche Intelligenz (KI) eingebaut werden, die potenzielle Gefahrensituationen wie aggressives Verhalten und Gewalttaten in Echtzeit erkennen können soll….‘
KI-Überwachung im NahverkehrBig Brother in der Tram
https://taz.de/KI-Ueberwachung-im-Nahverkehr/!6155933/
#Ki #Überwachung #Videoüberwachung #Bremen #Digitalisierung #Tech
How to build rapport and trust for intelligence gathering #negativepid #tech https://negativepid.blog/how-to-build-rapport-and-trust-for-intelligence-gathering/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Blog
No one wants to be the one who gets duped into singing along to an AI-generated track. Deezer seems to be on to this and has introduced a tool that scans playlists and identifies The Velvet Sundowns of the music world. Read more from @Techcrunch:
📄 dDocs — Open-Source End-to-End Encrypted Document Collaboration
Looking for a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Docs?
dDocs is an open-source document editor with end-to-end encryption, real-time collaboration, comments, suggestion mode, Markdown, LaTeX, Mermaid diagrams, offline editing, and cross-device sync.
More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=ddocs
#OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHosted #Encryption #GoogleDocsAlternative #Productivity #Tech
If you’ve ever experienced insomnia, you’ve probably tried lots of tricks to divert your racing brain, like listening to podcasts, ambient sounds, or light music. But if wearing earbuds isn’t helping your sleep ability, this thin, under-the-pillow speaker just might. Read more from @Techcrunch:
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🪐🛠️ For 13 years, #NASA’s #Curiosity #rover has survived #Mars thanks to clever fixes by #JPL engineers, like driving backward to protect wheels from sharp boulders, running #computers on less than 1% of original memory, and saving #energy as its #nuclear power source fades.
👉 https://spectrum.ieee.org/curiosity-rover-jpl-mars-science
#engineering #robotics #space #science #marsrover #planet #technology #tech #solutions