Jennifer Morency :mastodon: / is on Nostr

Independent LEFT-libertarian, former #news writer. I advocate for the #poor and #unhoused. Physically #disabled. Sometimes heterodox. Under no pretext. #UBI, #M4A, #NetNeutrality.

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2025-01-16 20:50:46

For TikTok Refugees, a Wry Welcome on a Chinese App https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/arts/tiktok-red-note-china.html "In their mass migration to the Chinese app RedNote, social media users make a gleeful mockery of the American government." This makes me hopeful that Americans won't tolerate the Internet being turned into a sanitized children's program with age-gates and national borders. #TikTok #RedNote #freespeech #censorship

2025-01-16 03:39:56

Report: Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/15/make_up_thwart_facial_recognition/ ""While previous efforts, such as CV Dazzle, adversarial patches, and Juggalo makeup, relied on bold, high-contrast modifications to disrupt facial detection, these approaches often suffer from two critical limitations: their theatrical prominence makes them easily recognizable to human observers, and they fail to address modern face detectors trained on robust key-point models." #privacy

2024-12-12 21:43:22

Lawmaker accuses Pentagon of lying about New Jersey’s mysterious drones
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/new-jersey-drones-pentagon-00193985 'Defense officials balked on Wednesday at [Jeff Van Drew, R-NJ's] unsubstantiated claims that car-size drones flying around the state were coming from an Iranian “mothership.” The back and forth underscores how drones, once the play toy of amateur photographers, are fast becoming a national security concern.' #drones #UAP #UFO #NJ

2024-11-21 07:00:07

Not just kids: Everyone to be age verified for social media in Australia https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/not-just-kids--everyone-to-be-age-verified-for-social-.html "The federal government has confirmed its forthcoming youth social media ban will require Australians of all ages to confirm their age when accessing social media." This can't be good for the #Fediverse. #auspol #ageverification #socialmedia

2024-07-12 00:19:23

Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-downplays-encryption-key-flaw-fixes-it-after-x-drama/ As I understand this, Officer Friendly will be big sad after the super-secret snoop service partially closes the law enforcement backdoor it knew about for 6 years. #Signal #privacy #surveillance

2024-07-01 01:38:38

Opinion | Windows: Insecure by design https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/28/windows_insecure_by_design/ "What's really annoying me today is the security holes Microsoft is adding – by design – into Windows." I finally had to stop using MS Sticky Notes because of new, incessant popovers demanding I sign into a MS account. #Microsoft #Windows #security

2024-06-22 23:21:28

Ratel RAT targets outdated #Android phones in #ransomware attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ratel-rat-targets-outdated-android-phones-in-ransomware-attacks/ That now includes Android 11. "To defend against these attacks, avoid APK downloads from dubious sources, do not click on URLs embedded in emails or SMS, and scan apps with Play Protect before launching them." Also, don't grant device admin permissions to apps that request them. #security

2024-05-15 22:45:43

US mobile prices sky high after T-Mobile's Sprint buy – report https://www.lightreading.com/operations/us-mobile-prices-sky-high-after-t-mobile-s-sprint-buy-report "'The 4-to-3 mobile merger in the US led to higher prices and consumer harm,' says research firm Rewheel, which tracked pricing information before and after T-Mobile merged with Sprint." Who could have guessed that killing #NetNeutrality didn't increase competition or lower prices! 😐 #Tmobile #mobile #oligopoly

2024-05-14 03:41:02

The #PostMillennial #hack leaked data impacting 26 million people https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-post-millennial-hack-leaked-data-impacting-26-million-people/ "By the time of writing [11 May], The Post Millennial has not issued a public statement regarding the site's defacement or to warn its subscribers that data may have been exposed." It's like the FedSoc, but for Canada.

2024-05-03 21:24:12

#Mozilla blames #recaptcha issue in #Firefox on #Google https://www.ghacks.net/2024/05/03/mozilla-blames-recaptcha-issue-in-firefox-on-google/ I have yet to encounter it, though I use the automated solver "Buster." Martin B. provides the fix for those who are affected: changing the user agent to specify Linux. #captcha

2024-04-30 01:14:54

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@npub1mmf…eknq I thought it was meant to be symbolic of refugee camps 😔

2023-12-08 23:29:59

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@npub1ayv…r6h2 @npub1ccn…czwu @npub1z5w…0u0g And the congregation shall say, RAMEN! 😀