Currency of Distrust

Digital ID is going to be rife with awful vulnerabilities like these. Not sure if that’s good or bad 😅

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Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.

It’s shocking how stressful this time of year is for some people, especially since most it is by choice. I’m usually most relaxed at this time. Mostly because I don’t overburden myself or my family with unnecessary crap.

Someone at Apple decided that the Finder app needs to be changed where I can’t see the filesystem tree on the left hand side anymore. I literally can’t figure out how to go to a different location. GEE THANKS APPLE, GREAT UX 😫

One thing that I am growing increasingly concerned about - there are about a dozen FinTech companies who are all deploying the exact same playbook, including adding gambling. Brian Armstrong recently said "We need to be the most trusted place to manage your entire financial life", and then added stock trading. Robinhood recently added gambling. They are all literally converging on the same business model. Maybe total financial control doesn't come from one central entity like a CBDC, but by giving people the illusion of choice across 12 different companies, but who all act exactly the same way.