"We [...] need to raise public awareness of the risks associated with digital platforms and neurotechnology devices by giving the public concrete information about the risks to themselves and national security. Educating users about potential dangers and promoting digital literacy will empower individuals to make informed...
The move follows similar restrictions on TikTok in democratic countries amid fears about the popular video-sharing app's Chinese connections. But the French decision also encompassed other platforms widely used by government officials, lawmakers and President Emmanuel Macron himself.
I fully agree, but a lot of officials across many countries might have a different opinion as they are using such apps.
We have seen the ban of Microsoft 365 and Google in some European countries for government devices of late, infrastructure companies like Huawei and ZTE are banned, now come these apps. I think that's a good direction. But, yes, it's hard to understand why these things need an official ban.
The bans are exclusively for government-issued devices. I wouldn't welcome a ban for private uses as which apps you're using should not be your government's business (and yes, we also have strict rules for work phones).
Moore also predicted the rise of the PC and the smartphone decades before they became reality. He died on Friday surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii.
Pay - if you can - for that password manager, the pro version of your favorite browser, buy some Steam games on Linux. Do what you can to help support the cause you hold dear. Not only are you thanking a developer for their hard work, you're showing companies that there is, in fact, a market for Linux software.
New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation's Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their devices, following similar moves in many other countries.
Doctored videos of US President Joe Biden warning of aliens, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky snorting cocaine, or US musician Eminem attacking Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador - the use of deep fakes and AI-generated audio-visuals to spread false information is increasingly getting normal, and "usually...
Governments all over the world are using their citizens' personal data -from someone’s children’s travel history to machine-made guesses about who someone sleeps with- and combine them into 'fraud risk scores'. How these algorithms work is largely hidden from the public, but they are already transforming once...
Privacy groups, the Netherlands' largest trade union federation and several Dutch citizens sued the government after SyRI was introduced in 2014... They argued the system violates human rights because it [...] created a "surveillance regime" that disproportionately targeted poorer citizens.
A comment by the EFF: "People coming from Twitter tend to think of the fediverse as a Twitter-replacement [...] but that’s only a fraction of its potential. The question isn’t if the fediverse can replace Twitter ... With enough momentum the fediverse can be the fabric of the social web, incorporating existing systems like...
I'd agree with @jabberati here that ChatGPT is not (yet?) a threat to software engineers. Although these tools are impressive, they appear to produce inefficient (though not necessarily incorrect) code. This means that you still need human coders when you want to build something really complex. Having that said, I'm wondering whether this tech has the potential to make a programmer's work a bit easier.
The idea is that, when connecting the operators’ network, the user would be assigned a token called TrustPid, which uses the IP address to create a pseudonymous token that is then commercialised for marketing purposes.
Register an account and click "Make a contribution" (although you don't). You should receive an email confirming that you successfully booked a ticket. (The only thing I don't understand is that a site like opencollective.com is using Cloudflare if I may say so.)
"TikTok is part of China’s cognitive warfare campaign", says researcher Nita Farahany (theguardian.com)
"We [...] need to raise public awareness of the risks associated with digital platforms and neurotechnology devices by giving the public concrete information about the risks to themselves and national security. Educating users about potential dangers and promoting digital literacy will empower individuals to make informed...
Not only TikTok: France bans also Twitter, Instagram, Netflix and other apps from government staff phones (techxplore.com)
The move follows similar restrictions on TikTok in democratic countries amid fears about the popular video-sharing app's Chinese connections. But the French decision also encompassed other platforms widely used by government officials, lawmakers and President Emmanuel Macron himself.
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of 'Moore’s Law', dies at 94 (theverge.com)
Moore also predicted the rise of the PC and the smartphone decades before they became reality. He died on Friday surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii.
It's time for open-source users to open their wallets (zdnet.com)
Pay - if you can - for that password manager, the pro version of your favorite browser, buy some Steam games on Linux. Do what you can to help support the cause you hold dear. Not only are you thanking a developer for their hard work, you're showing companies that there is, in fact, a market for Linux software.
"I'm not that hip and trendy": New Zealand PM doesn't use TikTok, but the country bans the app from government-issued phones (techxplore.com)
New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation's Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their devices, following similar moves in many other countries.
Venezuela, China, Biden and extraterrestrials: the disinformation of AI becomes widespread (techxplore.com)
Doctored videos of US President Joe Biden warning of aliens, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky snorting cocaine, or US musician Eminem attacking Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador - the use of deep fakes and AI-generated audio-visuals to spread false information is increasingly getting normal, and "usually...
'Suspicion Machines': When Artificial Intelligence Can Ruin Your Life (lighthousereports.com)
Governments all over the world are using their citizens' personal data -from someone’s children’s travel history to machine-made guesses about who someone sleeps with- and combine them into 'fraud risk scores'. How these algorithms work is largely hidden from the public, but they are already transforming once...
Chimera is a new Linux distro using musl libc, Dinit, and a FreeBSD userland (theregister.com)
The Breadth of the Fediverse (eff.org)
A comment by the EFF: "People coming from Twitter tend to think of the fediverse as a Twitter-replacement [...] but that’s only a fraction of its potential. The question isn’t if the fediverse can replace Twitter ... With enough momentum the fediverse can be the fabric of the social web, incorporating existing systems like...
... (pcmag.com)
Big European telecom operators seek EU antitrust clearance for online advertising bid (euractiv.com)
The idea is that, when connecting the operators’ network, the user would be assigned a token called TrustPid, which uses the IP address to create a pseudonymous token that is then commercialised for marketing purposes.
Work carried on as usual in Amazon facility even though a colleague's dead body laid on the floor (theguardian.com)
DecentSocial, the online unconference for the builders of the decentralized social web, takes place on Feb 11th (decentsocial.net)
To whom it may concern - and a happy new year to all.
Do you guys think these Concentration Camps in XinJiang are a good or bad thing? (youtube.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI8bJO-to8I