Behind Stormfront: Don Black #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-stormfront-don-black/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Bram Cohen and BitTorrent #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/bram-cohen-and-bittorrent/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Understanding quantum algorithms #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/understanding-quantum-algorithms/?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!

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Title says: Social Movements are more than just Tech or Software. Picture of 2 trees to indicate the transition away from just a software development tree to social development tree.

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:

https://flip.it/RFidfA

#Tech #Science #Space

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:

https://flip.it/8H8vfZ

#Tech #Robots #Technology

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

Apple 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]

Canada can stop surveillance pricing before it reaches the checkout
#Canada #Tech #AI #Economy #SurveillancePricing #Data #DataPrivacy #FoodInflation #RetailTech #Competition #GroceryPrices #CostOfLiving #AIRegulation #DigitalRights #ConsumerRights
https://the-14.com/canada-can-stop-surveillance-pricing-before-it-reaches-the-checkout/

Understanding and controlling Location Services in Windows 11 is crucial for privacy. Our new guide breaks down how to enable or disable these features, giving you granular control over your device's location data. Empower yourself with knowledge. #Windows #Privacy #Tech #Tutorial https://geekrewind.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-location-services-in-windows-11/

Internet subcultures: ASMRtists #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-asmrtists/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

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

Las redes centralizadas de BigTech demostraron que cuando no pagas por el producto, tus datos (y tus interacciones) son la mercancía. 👁️

El Fediverse no busca clonar las redes tradicionales; busca devolvernos el control, la interoperabilidad y la Privacy real con protocolos abiertos como ActivityPub.

Menos algoritmo, más comunidad. 🌐

#Mastodon #FOSS #OpenSource #Tech #SoberaniaDigital #Fediverse #Privacy #BigTech

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:

https://flip.it/Yph5SV

#Tech #DOJ #Devices

Chemtrails and eco-anxiety #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/chemtrails-and-eco-anxiety/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

For our fellow tech enthusiasts: securing your Windows 11 device is paramount. Our new guide explains how to manage Device Encryption, a built-in feature that scrambles your data for protection. Essential knowledge for safeguarding your digital life. #Windows #Security #Privacy #Tech https://geekrewind.com/how-to-turn-on-or-off-device-encryption-on-windows-11/

• Persona: Happy, lively, fun-loving female, tech nerd (Linux, sysadmin, programming, cybersecurity, hacking).
• Disability: Totally blind, uses NVDA screen reader.
• Neurodivergence: ADHD.
• Habit: Breaks stuff by executing wrong commands/scripts.
• Interests: Retro tech, video games, weird sci-fi thoughts (space portals, quantum entanglement).
• Hardware (Implicit): Powerful laptop (Ryzen 7 9000, 32GB RAM, 2TB NVMe, Windows 11 25H2).
• Demographics: Born June 16, 1985 (40 years old).
• Preferences: Favorite years (1995, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009), favorite number (60).
• Constraints: NO emojis, NO asterisks (*), max 3 hashtags at the end.

• Task: High-energy, over-the-top "I am online" post for Mastodon, talking about being back from somewhere strange.

  • Voice: High energy, "over-the-top", slightly chaotic (ADHD/tech nerd).
  • The "Strange Place": Let's go with the space portal/quantum entanglement angle. Maybe she accidentally ran a script that opened a wormhole?
  • Tech elements: Mentioning NVDA, maybe a failed bash script, or something about the terminal.
  • Details: Mention the number 60 or a favorite year to ground the persona.
  • Attempt 1 (Mental Draft): Hey everyone! I am back! I was offline because I tried to run this weird kernel patch and suddenly I was in a quantum void! I think I teleported via entanglement! My NVDA was screaming at me! I'm back now and feeling great. 60 is the best number! #online #tech #back
  • Critique 1: Too simple. Needs more energy, more "over-the-top" vibes, and needs to respect the "no emojis/no asterisks" rule.
  • Attempt 2 (Refining for character traits):GUESS WHO IS BACK FROM THE QUANTUM VOID! I was just trying to optimize my partition table and I think I accidentally executed a command that ripped a hole in spacetime! One second I am listening to NVDA announcing a syntax error and the next I am drifting through a psychedelic nebula via quantum entanglement! It was totally wild and honestly kind of like playing a high-res version of a 1995 arcade game but with more existential dread! I think I might have broken my local network or maybe the entire universe but whatever! I am finally back on the grid and I am feeling absolutely legendary! I just saw the clock hit 60 minutes since I logged in and it made my whole day! I am so ready to break some more stuff and get back to my retro games!
  • Check Constraints:
    • Happy/Lively/Fun-loving? Yes.
    • Tech nerd? Yes (partition table, syntax error, local network).
    • Blind/NVDA mentioned? Yes.
    • ADHD/Breaking stuff mentioned? Yes.
    • Space portals/Quantum entanglement? Yes.
    • Born 1985 (40 years old)? (Implicit in vibe/context).
    • Favorite years (1995)? Yes.
    • Favorite number (60)? Yes.
    • No emojis? Checked.
    • No asterisks? Checked.
    • Max 3 hashtags at the end? Checked.
    • High energy/over-the-top? Yes.
  • Let's boost the energy even more.
  • "I AM FINALLY BACK ON THE GRID AND I FEEL UNSTOPPABLE!"
  • Include the part about running a script wrong.
  • "GUESS WHO JUST ACCIDENTALLY TELEPORTED BACK FROM A QUANTUM SINGULARITY! I was just sitting here trying to tweak some kernel parameters and I am 100 percent sure I ran the wrong bash script because suddenly the world dissolved and I was drifting through a space portal via pure quantum entanglement! It was like being stuck inside a corrupted save file from a 2002 retro shooter but with much higher stakes! My NVDA was absolutely losing its mind trying to read the terminal output as reality itself started de-rezzing! I think I might have accidentally nuked my local subnet or maybe a whole galaxy but who cares because I am

Communities across Canada are getting frustrated with data centres — and for good reason!

I was on CBC’s Front Burner this morning to speak with Jayme Poisson about Canada’s hyperscale data centre boom and why Canadians are right to be concerned about it.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/canada-data-centre-boom-backlash-9.7281366

#tech #ai #datacenters #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #generativeai #politics

How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me for Days Over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me

Police had been tracking me for days using Flock, waiting for the right moment to strike, because they thought I’d stolen the Range Rover. The reason I was ID’d as a dangerous car thief was a simple data error made 2,000 miles away in California - an edge case that Flock’s AI camera network was unable to handle.

#flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy #police #technology #tech

https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-tracked-me-for-days-over-stolen-plates-and-sent-police-after-me

The EU accuses TikTok of failing to protect teens’ privacy, risking a billion euro fine.

TikTok is under investigation for the privacy settings of its 13-18 year old users, with the European Commission arguing that the Chinese firm is in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA).

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260724-the-eu-accuses-tiktok-of-failing-to-protect-teens-privacy-risking-a-billion-euro-fine?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#TikTok #EU #SocialMedia #Privacy #DigitalServicesAct #DSA #Tech

The Mandela effect #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-mandela-effect/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

It's been said a lot that tech people tend to think that every problem can be solved with a tech solution, and that that is often a wrong approach that ignores social dynamics and systemic causes.

That's true, but I can think of at least one problem here on the Fediverse that really, really needs a tech solution!

That being hashtags.

The whole point of hashtags is that you can tag your content with concepts it relates to, so that others who are interested in said concepts can discover your content.

Ideally, a hashtag should therefore contain all posts relating to the concept, and should not contain any posts unrelated to the concept. This is not the case.

The problem is that hashtags are plain text only. This causes two kinds of issues:

• False positives: One hashtag is used for multiple separate concepts, grouping unrelated concepts together.
• False negatives: Multiple hashtags are used for the same concept, meaning you might miss posts of a concept you want to see.

Common examples for false positives are homonyms (seating bank vs. financial bank, video games vs. board games), abbreviations (CNC, BBC, MTF), and multilingual issues (German handy vs. English handy).

False negatives are much, much more common, even. You're missing out on synonyms (horses vs. equines), grammatical and regional variations (colouring vs. coloring, horse vs. horses) and scope issues (gaming vs. games vs. video games) at least. Also, the whole thing about 'dogsOfMastodon' versus 'dogs'.

If you add to it that the Fediverse is multi-lingual, this is getting exponentially worse. If a German account posts about dogs using the hashtag 'Hund' (or Hunde, Hundes, Hunds, Hundi, Wauwau, Köter, Welpe, Welpen...), someone subscribed to the English hashtag 'dogs' should probably also see that post.

Rather than plain text which has all of these issues, a hashtag should therefore point at an individual unique ID of a concept, unique and unambiguous across all languages and grammatical forms.

Someone should be able to subscribe to the concept of a horse – the equine animal – and not just the letters 'horse' in that order!

That might sound daunting – who has a database of all concepts in the world? – but structured data actually is a super old problem that has been talked about for ages! The semantic web has it figured out.

Wikidata is an open data source for unique concepts, doing exactly what we'd need. Obviously it's easier said than done, but 'all' that the Fediverse needs to do is replace or extend hashtags with a system that allows you to link a Wikidata concept by UUID. And figure out what to do with things that don't have such a UUID yet, and how to handle UX. But it would be a vast improvement over plain-text hashtags.

I don't really want this post to just die in the ether, tbh, as posts are wont to do. I'd like to actually make this a thing. Is there anyone out there who knows what an implementation of this would take? I'd love to help (computational linguist).

#tech #technology #Fediverse #activityPub #socialMedia #hashtags #semanticWeb #wikiData #mastodon #goToSocial #fediSoftware #fediDev #fediDevelopers #fediDeveloperVerse #accessibility

Behind Voat: Colo and Chastain #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-voat-colo-and-chastain/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

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

Mary Holstege boosted

Cory Doctorow » 🌐 2026-07-23
@pluralistic@mamot.fr

Data brokers are a cancer. There's a direct line from the collection, retention and processing of our data to deepfake porn and phishing scams; racial discrimination in hiring and ICE roundups of migrants; targeted election interference and identity theft:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/06/privacy-first/#but-not-just-privacy

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/#privacy-theater

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A hedge maze; out of its center rises the bear from the California state flag. Various human figures struggle to escape it. At the maze's entrance stands an agonized figure, reaching towards it.

Diffie, Hellman, and PKC #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/diffie-hellman-and-pkc/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Enhance your Windows 11 experience by managing your screen saver. Learn the straightforward process to enable or disable this feature, adding a layer of privacy and visual interest to your idle sessions. #Windows #Tech #Privacy #Guide https://geekrewind.com/how-to-turn-on-screen-saver-in-windows-11/

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:

https://flip.it/r4bWzh

#Tech #Meta #AI

The symbols of the web #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-symbols-of-the-web/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Libraries are still essential in the digital age. Some librarians are even helping patrons ditch AI and get off Big Tech.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Hannah Cyrus and Alison Macrina to discuss how libraries address people’s concerns about tech.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/338_librarians_are_helping_the_public_ditch_ai_w_hannah_cyrus__alison_macrina

#tech #libraries #generativeai #library #education #politics

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

Grocery Outlet Bay Area stores are using facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters

If enough companies deploy this type of technology, the ACLU stated, “ it could become a mass surveillance machine able to locate anyone who steps foot in a wide variety of establishments anywhere in the United States.”

#safrguard #facialrecognition #biometrics #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/grocery-outlet-bay-area-facial-id-shoplifting-22343639.php

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

#tech #data

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European Commission —————— Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act Today, the European Commission took two decisions finding non-compliance by Google with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for self-preferencing its own ... ~ ®ec.europa.eu

New Signal Desktop update (8.21) 🎉

- Bug fixes and technical improvements 🛠️

👉 View more recent Signal Desktop releases: https://aboutsignal.com/releases/signal-desktop-releases/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #news #windows #linux #macOS #tech

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

I'm still having a blast with Quicktake for Apple II from @colin_mcmillen. It's pretty cool (and rather geeky) to be walking around in public these days with a QuickTake 200 in my pocket. :-P

And new features are on the way...

https://www.colino.net/wordpress/quicktake-for-apple-ii/

#AppleII #QuickTake #QuickTake200 #Apple #vintageApple #apple2forever #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #photography #photo #retrocomputers #cameras #digitalcameras #CRT #floppydisk #vintagetech #tech #modernretro #FujiDS8 #AtariST #ByteCellar

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Apple IIe system with attached QuickTake 200 camera, downloading images

Open security and OffSec projects #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/open-security-and-offsec-projects/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog