🛑 This is why we have argued for a temporary sales ban on these glasses in Norway, while giving policy and decision makers time to consider a tech-neutral approach to counter these challenges. I hope more countries and the EU will consider the same. The precautionary principle matters here: democratic red lines should be drawn before intrusive technologies become normalised, not afterwards. /end

The central problem with Chief Justice Roberts’s Friday afternoon “administrative” stay in the White House ballroom case isn’t just the lack of any clear standards for such relief; it’s that it’s hard to see how, *whatever* the standards are, this case could satisfy them.

Me in today’s “One First”:

245. Irreparable Harm, “Admini...

AliExpress Silent WebAudio Fingerprinting Uses Bluetooth Hardware

AliExpress uses hidden WebAudio graphs to fingerprint devices, which blocks Bluetooth multipoint headphones from switching audio sources. The tracking relies on obfuscated scripts that maintain an active audio pipeline even when muted.

**If you shop on AliExpress and your Bluetooth headphones stop switching between devices, this is caused by hidden tracking scripts on the site, not broken hardware. Install uBlock Origin and add filter rules to block `collina.js` and `fireyejs.js` on aliexpress.com, then close all open AliExpress tabs and reload the site for the fix to take effect.**
#cybersecurity #infosec #knowledge #awareness
https://beyondmachines.net/event_details/aliexpress-silent-webaudio-fingerprinting-uses-bluetooth-hardware-9-o-c-m-i/gD2P6Ple2L

The glasses themselves are highly problematic, even without that tech embedded, as the glasses allow for “frictionless” capture of photos, video and audio. Sadly, we are already hearing countless stories of people being filmed without their knowledge or consent, harassed and being outed online. Lives are ruined in the process, and we risk a massive chilling effect on the freedom of movement, freedom of expression and the right to privacy, as these devices are normalised in society. 3/

The Renault 4, or R4 in short (and 4L, pronounced "Quatrelle" in French French pronunciation: [ˈkatʁɛl]), is an economy car built by the French company Renault from 1961 to 1994.[6] Although it was first marketed as a short estate or wagon, its minimal rear body length and its top-hinged, single-piece tail-gate means that it is now recognised as the world's first mass-produced hatchback.[7]...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_4

#renault #r4

The yaks are breeding faster than I can shave them. Send help.

😰 Earlier this year, the New York Times exposed how Meta planned to roll out face recognition technology in a “dynamic political environment”, when they thought everyone would look the other way. Then WIRED exposed how Meta had made the tech "nearly ready to go" in the software of the app itself. Swedish news outlet Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Göteborgs-Posten exposed how employees had access and was exposed to sensitive videos by users. 2/

Minority groups will always be a part of society. but oppression will take away your chance for knowledge of various aspects of your life.

#meme #anarchism #anarchyMeme #polyam #polyamorous

🦄Big Tech has repeatedly followed a familiar playbook: rush new technologies to market, normalise potentially harmful practices, and then fight regulation and slow-roll enforcement when policymakers try to catch up. Meta’s smart glasses should be seen in this context.
(See the video for parts of my intervention on Norwegian national TV and radio last Friday (english subtitles)) 1/
#privacy

I sometimes think I am a cool young punk rebel rockstar, not realising I look like a 50 year old in business attire and shiny shoes. I assume my people will sense me, but instead a younger cooler person just offered me their seat on the bus. I AM NOT IN DANGER OF A FALL. Bloody whippersnappers and rapscallions. Why don't they get a job and stop hanging around on the streets.

@aral @oldredsubby 👍😎

@gazaverified @casey @aseelfromgz @HadeelMohammed @manarfamily96 @Ruwaidi

مرحبا ✌️🇵🇸✌️

I frequently have people mad at me for saying capitalism is not literally misogyny, white supremacy, war, slavery, nation states, etc. Look, if "capitalism" is "everything wrong with the human condition" then fighting it requires solving "everything wrong with the human condition" so might as well not try.

but capitalism is not "everything wrong with the human condition" it's organizing society around capital accumulation.

we *can* dismantle that. that's doable. don't you think?

Great take on this. Captures the feeling I have too.

https://social.lol/@flohgro/117151104921279895

Seems legit.

Hey everyone,

@casey and @aseelfromgz had the honour of speaking to three families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• HadeelMohammed (@HadeelMohammed)
• Manarfamily (@manarfamily96)
• Ruwaida Gaza (@Ruwaidi)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

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Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

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