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Ok. WHUT. We need to talk about this before I start screaming again. No. I'm going to start screaming again. THIS IS NOT OKAY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SOMEONE TESTED HIS ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT HIS EXPRESS PERMISSION, AN NDA, A CONTRACT AND A SCOPING CALL.
I keep using those three words this week deliberately in reference to these types of events that have been occurring because those are the BARE MINIMUM that is needed before this type of activity can occur and it NOT BE AN ACTUAL CRIME.
I don't know how many more ways I have to say this.
ANTHROPIC IS DOG SHIT.
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANOTHER THIRD PARTY ACCESS YOUR DATA WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT.
YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY FUCKING SUE THEM. PLEASE DO.
THEY WERE SMART ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE WORD UNAUTHORIZED BECAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY WAS AND IT'S STILL NOT OKAY.
AND THEY NEED TO TELL YOU WHO ACCESSED YOUR DATA.
IT CANNOT BE IN THE EMAIL.
IT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN TO YOU IN THE ACTUAL FUCKING LOGS.
IT'S NOT A TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT TYPE SITUATION ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE PII IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND IT DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU.
END OF DISCUSSION.
HOLY SHIT. 😳
What actual f*ck @DarioAmodei / @boris / @TheAmolAvasare
Let me get this straight - I get this email telling me:
1. A cybersecurity "research" company gets into your internal systems while... *checks notes*
"conducting a security testing exercise on its own initiative and without our authorisation"
2. You "cannot confirm whether any particular person’s information was viewed," then in the same email say "we have no reason to believe you are at heightened risk."
3. You also try to reassure by saying "the cybersecurity firm has certified in writing that it has deleted the accessed data and will not use it."
Translation - they pinky promised they deleted everything they gained unauthorised access to.
I've been hacking companies for 15+ years, so let me spell it out.
Accessing systems without authorisation has a name -hacking. Calling it a "security testing exercise" doesn't change that.
Honestly, the access itself doesn't bother me much. The irony does.
I’ve spent over $50k on API credits in the last six months and contributing to CVP by accepting logging.
On top of that, I've reached out to your teams to collaborate on security research (actual research - not the kind that has you send out privacy notices to your customers) and heard nothing.
I'm getting deeply unserious security vibes and considering moving all my (and my clients) token spend to @OpenAI if I don't see material change here.
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Many people have a shallow understanding of what Rust actually guarantees. The borrow checker is great for ensuring memory safety *within an application*, the guarantees for multi-process interaction (and even interaction with shared libraries etc.) aren't the same thing.
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This is an outstanding summary of exactly where we are with H5N1, how the US has fumbled dealing with it, and the ongoing and increasing risk of reassortment leading to a new human influenza pandemic.
As I always say, we are giving this beast of a virus too much room.
Free to read: telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
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BREAKING: A mystery seller is trying to dump about $500 million in data center loans all at once, per Bloomberg, days after the midterms raised doubts about many projects.
The anonymous seller is auctioning a dozen loans, including a $25 million piece of financing for a huge Stargate site in New Mexico, the joint project of OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle.
Oracle has already sent that site’s developer a force majeure notice, a legal claim that events beyond its control may excuse it from its obligations.
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You can actually do this with far greater accuracy using just church bells. Can't quite believe it, but I tested it and it works.
Planes need a timestamp and unbroken sound. I tested 56 normal YouTube videos: 0 worked.
Bells need a few seconds. The bell ringers' database (Dove's Guide) logs every bell tower in England, 5,896 of them, all unique Hz, with the note of its biggest bell.
From a video with few seconds of the audio, the bells in a Derbyshire walk picked out the one church. I'm stunned.
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The largest and longest study to date (18.3 million adults) tracking the relationship between COVID-19 and neurodegenerative disorders found that contracting COVID-19 SIGNIFICANTLY increases the risk of developing cognitive impairment and dementia.
🔗👇🔍
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Outstanding thread as always from @ZdenekVrozina.
I see this in people almost every day now. Fundamentally, it's why I mask.
Ok blue wave and all that, but the last two years of fleecing us has the economy on a precipice.
My biggest concern is that the economy tanks in the coming months ($40T debt w/ $2T annual deficit?!) and the fickle US electorate holds the wrong people accountable.
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I’ve met a staggering number of adult professionals with long COVID who’ve had to uproot and move in with family just to make ends meet. Others don’t even have that option.
This disease is massively disabling and decimating our workforce. We need solutions, not denial.
motherjones.com/politics/202…
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Hey library twitter, what are the biggest overall challenges for public libraries right now?
(I have a list but want to hear from other library workers)
