🎥FRESH TALK DROP: Your phone, the spy. In the fight against spyware like Pegasus, your phone is the frontline. Last week at the Oslo Freedom Forum Topics: ❌The dictators repression toolkit ❌How mercenary spyware is used to spread fear around the globe ❌Zero click vs 1 click attacks ❌What works in the fight to pump the brakes on spyware proliferation BONUS: ✅What you can do right now to make yourself harder to hack Full talk:
I keep getting asked for recommendations from journalists & dissidents for the "most private #AI" Their concerns about privacy aren't wrong. And are probably prescient. Prudent to avoid the big name platforms. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't be wielding powerful tools as they do their important work. The usual recommendation for someone with a bit of skill and a good machine is to get cooking on a locally run model. But not everyone is that person... So I've been looking for recommendations that don't require the above skills/bandwidth/machine & I keep hearing interesting things about Open Secret / Maple AI. Anyone have experience? Know the specs & models? Are there other similar offerings around? image Their website:
NEW: accused mastermind of French crypto kidnappings arrested in Morocco. 24-yo Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou allegedly orchestrated the kidnappings & assaults from abroad. image Including severing Ledger founder David Balland's finger. Authorities are probing possible links to additional cases. image This dynamic of remotely-masterminded attacks is terrifying. Nothing about these attacks requires super special skills, and the sheer ease of moving the assets once the wrench attack has happened is likely to attract more criminal groups. image I still think we're in the earliest days of these. Plenty of #OPSEC lessons and complexities to start thinking about here. Also, almost certainly the case that post- #Coinbase breach we will see more of these attacks. Read the news story:
Has anyone asked DeepSeek what happened in Beijing on today's date in1989?
Do you know what the date is today? Today is the anniversary of the Tiananmen square massacre. Take a moment to watch this video. Dictators hope that if they make us afraid to speak the truth for long enough... we'll forget it. And the next generation will never learn. This is how history is erased. A Day to Remember, 2005, by Liu Wei Full: