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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 5 days ago

The price of the Internet of Things will be a vague dread of a malicious world

Volkswagen didn’t make a faulty car: they programmed it to cheat intelligently. The difference isn’t semantics, it’s game-theoretical (and it borders on applied demonology).

First look: Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet

I received my $50 Fire tablet yesterday, and spent the next few hours playing with it. It’s been an education, to be sure. The tablet is similar to an ordinary Android tablet in a lot of ways, but just different enough to fall into an uncanny valley of frustration.

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 5 days ago

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I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This One Almost Got Me.

The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library

The American Prospect

The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months

Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not.

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat Control, which EFF has strongly opposed since it was first introduced in 2022, keeps being mildly...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

France's Government Aims to Give Itself—and the NSA—Carte Blanche to Spy on the World

The United States makes an improper division between surveillance conducted on residents of the United States and the surveillance that is conducted with almost no restraint upon the rest of the world. This double standard has proved poisonous to the rights of Americans and non-Americans alike. In...

Car Hack Technique Uses Dealerships to Spread Malware

A new hacking device finds vulnerabilities in auto diagnostic tools that could be used to spread malware to thousands of vehicles.

iFixit App Pulled from Apple’s App Store

Unfortunately, the iFixit app is no longer available through the App Store. Apple sent us a developer’s unit of the Apple TV, and we tore it down—which technically violated their terms and conditions…

The World from Berlin: Germany Shocked by 'Disproportionate' Police Action in Stuttgart

A hardline police operation against demonstrators protesting against a new railway station project in Stuttgart has shocked Germany, after more than 100 people were injured by tear gas and water cannon. German commentators argue that the police went overboard and warn of more violence to come.

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