We live in a society where scientists discover that mercury in our lakes and rivers makes fish unsafe to eat.

So instead of telling polluters they can't keep polluting, we tell people they can't eat the fish.

#Capitalism

If you needed another example of why laws that presume the guilt of the accused should be struck immediately, https://bookriot.com/donnelly-public-library-adults-only/

The Donnelly Public Library in Idaho has decided the only way they can be sure they're in compliance with a law that demands the library remove any complained-about children's or teen book to a protected adults-only area is to declare the entire library off-limits to children and teens, because they don't have the space to make such an area in the library.

An Idaho Public Library Will Become Adults-Only July 1, 2024

HB 710 disproportionally harms small libraries in Idaho. One library will close its collections to those under 18 to stay open.

^{Kelly Jensen (BOOK RIOT)}

Content warning: Vague references to domestic abuse, trafficking ment, Windows Recall Reveal/hide

The best ways to improve opsec against coercion are to:

• Limit what can be taken (reduce what’s stored on a device).
• Fake what you do have: use duress passwords or secondary devices.
• Last resort: use a hardware key that’s deliberately easy to lose or break, so there’s potentially no key to give up in a rubber-hose attack.

There’s overlap between the three. A duress password temporarily limits what’s stored on a device, and losing a decryption key is more or less the same as instantly wiping encrypted data to reduce what you have to offer. All come down to having less data to give when coerced into giving what you have. Operating systems should also obey this principle by storing as little offline data as possible, and providing duress safeguards for what must be stored.

Windows Recall captures an amount of offline telemetry comparable to parental-control apps often used to control human trafficking victims: the data encompass everything potential victims do on their machines, without any duress protections. Presenting such a feature as opt-out seems like it’s almost designed to hurt victims.

The decision-makers behind features like Recall, or invasive child-monitoring spyware, have likely never experienced this type of abuse. Or perhaps they are the abusive party at home.

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Originally posted on seirdy.one: See original (POSSE). #Windows #Recall. Quoting a post by @evacide:
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/112481894385686328

Sex Traffickers Used America's Favorite Family Safety App To Control Victims

Life360’s CEO says he’s never heard of his parenting app being used by sex traffickers to monitor the location of their victims. But Forbes obtained evidence that the app and others like it have been used as digital “leashes.”

^{Thomas Brewster (Forbes)}

evacide

2024-05-22 00:24:59

"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

Microsoft Copilot+ Recall feature 'privacy nightmare'

The ICO wants to know the safeguards around Recall, which can take screengrabs of your screen every few seconds.

^{Imran Rahman-Jones (BBC News)}

#foxesInLove #comic

Source: https://foxes-in-love.tumblr.com/post/751184008698888192
Copyright: https://foxesinlove.net

Keeping your fur looking good can be a lot of work but it's an opportunity to catch up with friends.

💜 🦊 is @syfaro.

Art by CedarWolf.
https://cedarwolfart.wixsite.com/cedarwolf-art

"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

Microsoft Copilot+ Recall feature 'privacy nightmare'

The ICO wants to know the safeguards around Recall, which can take screengrabs of your screen every few seconds.

^{Imran Rahman-Jones (BBC News)}

Surprise, surprise!

The economic damage wrought by climate change is six times worse than previously thought, with global heating set to shrink wealth at a rate consistent with the level of financial losses of a continuing permanent war, research has found.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report

Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report

A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found

^{Oliver Milman (The Guardian)}

We all know that FWA really stands for "Fox Weekend Atlanta"
Other foxes are @juke and @frozenfoxx
📸 - Jade

#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #foxfursuit #costume #cosplay

The UK government is completely out of step with other European countries on Israel and Gaza.

France and Germany support the ICC in issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

Spain, Ireland and Norway will today announce they recognise Palestine as a state.

Meanwhile, Tory ministers seek to punish public bodies who don’t want to do business with a state that has killed 34,000+ people - mostly women and children.

Wanting to hold Netanyahu (and Hamas) accountable for war crimes is rational.

Be considerate about how much of yourself you feed into volunteering. Be aware when you are running out of energy, and allow yourself to stop or slow down before you realise you gave too much. You won’t get it back and if your last experience is painful, you may regret it all.

Be kind to yourself.

OK #Linux community, listen up.

MS have done it again and people are looking for a way out.

DON'T TREAT NEWBIES LIKE SHIT.

DON'T ATTACK PEOPLE FOR ASKING QUESTIONS.

DON'T ATTACK PEOPLE FOR HAVING PROBLEMS.

DON'T TELL PEOPLE TO "GOOGLE IT" WHEN THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY KNOW WHAT TO SEARCH FOR, OR HOW TO INTERPRET THE RESULTS THEY'D FIND.

DON'T BE A DICK.

So it appears this individual is taking credit for the inclusion of 'Recall' into Windows.

As I don't have an account on ..."X" I can't ask him the -very- pointed questions about why he chose to shepherd a project that creates an unsafe environment for domestic abuse victims into the OS that I want to.

But I would very much like to know why he found this to be acceptable and what his plans are for managing the harm that his project directly enables.

When Trump openly and repeatedly exclaims that migrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” or shares a video calling for a “unified Reich,” he is literally echoing the language of Hitler.

Trump is not a “populist.” He’s not a “strongman.” He is a fascist.

Use the word.

#FurryWriting pals! Here are all the writing track panels you'll find at ConFuzzled this year!

Saturday:

Furry Fiction Showcase
14:30, Henley

Sunday:

5-Sentence Fiction
11:30, Wellington

Worldbuilding
18:30, Wellington

Writing Furry Erotica
20:30, Wellington

Monday:

Writers’ Coffee Morning
10:30 till noon (drop in), Wellington

Writing 101
14:00, Salisbury

Historical Fiction
16:30, Salisbury

Hope to see you there! ​

"Catch!!"

Itchavi and Lukey playing catch together.

Done during FWA's Artists Alley for Itchavi and Lukey.
Traditional. Watercolors / Colored pencils

✨ It's almost time for your opportunity to shine on Anthrocon's stage! ✨

Anthrocon Tonight performance applications will be open from May 27th through June 9th. From music to comedy to acrobatics, we want to see what you've got!

Info: https://www.anthrocon.org/stage-performances

📸 HokuloaLuau

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40427171

Hacker News on "Run Your Own Mail Server."

Comments would help this survive!

#ryoms #sysadmin

back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft

A portrait of a yeen

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🎞️ https://sig.dog

#fursuit