[ PRIVACY Forum ] If you want to test the UNDO situation yourself, note that ...

In case you're trying to test the UNDO situation yourself, note that this apparently is dependent on a variety of variables. The rollout status of Gmail. Browser version. System type. Maybe more. So some may still see Undo, others may not. And this could change. For reference, here's what my Gm

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Typical Google Help Forum Thread

Typical Google Help Forum Thread How can I do this on Google? I don't know, but I want to know! I want to know too! Isn't anybody going to answer? Sure, you do this and this and this. That doesn't work at all! [THREAD LOCKED] - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Alternative Typical Google Help Forum Thread

Alternative Typical Google Help Forum Thread How can I do this on Google? I don't know, but I want to know! I want to know too! We all want to know! It's been over a year, does anybody have the answer? Yeah, I finally figured it out. [THREAD LOCKED] - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Puppy killer and Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem suggests killing Biden's dog

Puppy killer and Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem suggests killing Biden's dog https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/business/money-report/trump-vp-hopeful-kristi-noem-suggests-bidens-dog-commander-should-also-be-put-down/3506881/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Appeals court rules authorities can force you to biometrically unlock -- what does this mean for passkeys?

Appeals court rules authorities can force you to biometrically unlock; what does this mean for passkeys? While there have been conflicting rulings on this issue, The U.S. court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has just ruled that authorities can force you to unlock your devices that are locked us

[ PRIVACY Forum ] TikTok sues over U.S. law attacking it

TikTok sues over U.S. law attacking it https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/tiktok-and-its-chinese-owner-sue-us-government-over-foreign-adversary-law/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon:

[ PRIVACY Forum ] VPN vulnerabilities scare related to DHCP

VPN vulnerabilities scare related to DHCP https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/why-your-vpn-may-not-be-as-secure-as-it-claims/ https://www.leviathansecurity.com/blog/tunnelvision (Very light, hard to read font. WHY DO THIS?) L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.

[ PRIVACY Forum ] [Not a joke] RFK Jr. says doctors found dead worm in his partially eaten brain

[Not a joke] RFK Jr. says doctors found dead worm in his partially eaten brain I could comment. I really could. But I won't. -L https://boingboing.net/2024/05/08/rfk-jr-says-doctors-found-dead-worm-in-his-partially-eaten-brain.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https:/

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Feds Reportedly Investigating Tesla for Fraud Related to Self-Driving Claims

Feds Reportedly Investigating Tesla for Fraud Related to Self-Driving Claims https://gizmodo.com/tesla-elon-musk-investigation-auto-pilot-self-driving-1851463395 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Masto

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Four horror greats free on YouTube

Four horror greats free on YouTube Widely considered to be the seminal group of horror films after the silent film era are the Universal productions of "Frankenstein" (1931) starring Boris Karloff, "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, "The Mummy" (1932) also starring Karloff, and "The Wolf Ma

[ PRIVACY Forum ] OpenAI considers allowing users to create AI-generated pornography, slurs, extreme gore, and unsolicited profanity

OpenAI considers allowing users to create AI-generated pornography, slurs, extreme gore, and unsolicited profanity A race to the bottom for generative AI. Just as predicted. DISGUSTING. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/openai-considers-allowing-users-to-create-ai-gene

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Lauren's Blog: Google and Seniors

Lauren's Blog: Google and Seniors https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/09/google-and-seniors Google refuses to create a specific role for someone to oversee the issues of older users, who depend on Google for so many things but so often get the shaft and lose everything when something goes wrong

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Roger Corman dies at 98

Roger Corman dies at 98 Roger Corman -- producer, director, writer, and more -- with an enormous filmography of everything from hot exploitation films to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and so much more, as well as the vast array of famous actors, producers, and directors who got their start

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Robot tractors being knocked out by solar flares affecting GPS, disrupting planting

Robot tractors being knocked out by solar flares affecting GPS, disrupting planting https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/ Advisory from John Deere: https://landmarkimp.com/news/news/blog/geomagnetic-storm-affecting-gps-signals--may-202

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Trump praises fictional serial killer: "The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man"

Trump praises fictional serial killer: "The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/11/2240176/-Donald-praises-fictional-serial-killer-The-late-great-Hannibal-Lecter-is-a-wonderful-man - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https:/

[ PRIVACY Forum ] BREAKING: It appears that AT&T's attempt to end landlines in California will be rejected!

BREAKING: It appears that AT&T's attempt to end landlines in California will be rejected! The administrative law judge issued a scathing preliminary decision which is likely to be followed when the CPUC meets to vote in June. He ruled that the application should be dismissed with prejudice. Mor

[ PRIVACY Forum ] More on CPUC and AT&T landlines

More on CPUC and AT&T landlines More on this. The judge accuses AT&T of misrepresenting/lying about key facts. The judge's recommendation to the CPUC is based on a fairly technical reading of the Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) rules. He recommends that the CPUC initiate a new rulemaking to exami

[ PRIVACY Forum ] AT&T, CPUC, landlines -- and Google AI's got it wrong again

AT&T, CPUC, landlines -- and Google AI's got it wrong again Also, Google Search AI overviews are incorrectly claiming that FCC Order 19-72A1 requires the end of all POTS landlines by ... August 2, 2022. Yeah, 2022. In fact, the order was not a mandate, but permission for carriers to move toward

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Landlines may be saved in California - for now. What this means for consumers nationwide

Landlines may be saved in California - for now. What this means for consumers nationwide https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/13/california-reject-att-eliminate-landlines/73669764007/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: h

[ PRIVACY Forum ] The Voice of AI

The Voice of AI A generative AI with a smooth, endearing, comforting, friendly voice that spews out the same old misinformation and garbage is even more dangerous than an AI that sounds like the Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica. "By your command!" -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinst

[ PRIVACY Forum ] AI Assistants

AI Assistants You know what I really don't need and will not recommend? AI Assistants from firms who seem to not care about significant categories of their users and just let them swing in the wind when things go wrong with their accounts. #Google -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@v

[ PRIVACY Forum ] A few words about Google's future

A few words about Google's future At Google I/O today, the firm is publicizing an array of new projects. Some of them seem flashy and relatively useless, others seem like they could be very worthwhile. How many of either category will still exist five years from now is of course a crucial quest

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google Accidentally Deleted $125 Billion Pension Fund's Account

Google Accidentally Deleted $125 Billion Pension Fund's Account Half a million customers locked out for a week. -L https://gizmodo.com/google-cloud-pension-fund-unisuper-1851476649 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lau

[ PRIVACY Forum ] U.S. says AT&T paid bribes to get state to allow them to eliminate landlines

U.S. says AT&T paid bribes to get state to allow them to eliminate landlines https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/att-paid-bribes-to-get-two-major-pieces-of-legislation-passed-us-govt-says/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Bl

[ PRIVACY Forum ] 4chan founder Chris Poole leaves Google after 5 years and several job changes

4chan founder Chris Poole leaves Google after 5 years and several job changes https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/4chan-founder-chris-poole-leaves-110351448.html?guccounter=1 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex

[ PRIVACY Forum ] 4chan founder Google resignation story is not current -- Google Alerts misdated it -- sorry

4chan founder Google resignation story is not current -- Google Alerts misdated it -- sorry L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Founder: Network N

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google, users, and the wolves

Google, users, and the wolves I have long proposed to #Google -- in considerable detail -- cost-neutral and even cost-negative ways that they could FAR better serve innocent, account locked out users who are not paying routine monthly fees, rather than effectively throw them and their personal

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Downranking won't stop Google's deepfake porn problem, victims say

Downranking won't stop Google's deepfake porn problem, victims say AI AI AI AI! But Google can't stop deepfake porn. Uh huh. -L https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/downranking-wont-stop-googles-deepfake-porn-problem-victims-say/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=ma

[ PRIVACY Forum ] The True YouTube creators

The True YouTube creators I'm always pleased to see YouTube creators who keep churning out over a period of years a series of many nicely done, long-form videos that are obviously an immense amount of work. And they continue posting these right up to the present, even though their view counts m

[ PRIVACY Forum ] TikTok creators sue U.S. government, say divestiture law violates First Amendment

TikTok creators sue U.S. government, say divestiture law violates First Amendment https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/tiktok-creators-sue-us-government-first-amendment-block-law-that-could-ban-app.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures

Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/flood-of-fake-science-forces-multiple-journal-closures/ar-BB1mmDKS - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Masto

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Reminder about UNDO, which Google has removed without warning or explanation

Reminder about UNDO, which Google has removed without warning or explanation Reminder: Control-Z (^Z) is UNDO! In their continuing push to force AI down users' throats, Google has removed the standard "Undo" option from the top of many text input right-click context menus as displayed by the Ch

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Ebury is alive but unseen: 400k Linux servers compromised for cryptocurrency theft and financial gain

Ebury is alive but unseen: 400k Linux servers compromised for cryptocurrency theft and financial gain https://web-assets.esetstatic.com/wls/en/papers/white-papers/ebury-is-alive-but-unseen.pdf - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog:

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Biden and Trump agree to debate in June and September on CNN and ABC, bypassing the usual presidential debates commission that the GOP said they would not participate with

Biden and Trump agree to debate in June and September on CNN and ABC, bypassing the usual presidential debates commission that the GOP said they would not participate with. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251520721/biden-proposes-debates-in-june-and-september-and-names-terms-trump-says-yes - -

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Why Google is replacing Undo with AI

Why Google is replacing Undo with AI I'm being asked why I think Google is pulling the standard "Undo" function out many Chrome text input right-click context menus, and replacing that menu selection (without any advance warning or explanation) with their AI-based "Help me write". I don't know

[ PRIVACY Forum ] The Google "Help me write" contest!

The Google "Help me write" contest! The only useful aspect of Google's "Help me write" AI feature is that since Google admits the text that you write can be reviewed by humans (don't say anything personal), this feature could be used in a contest. See who can submit witty enough missives to "He

[ PRIVACY Forum ] MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says

MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/sophisticated-25m-ethereum-heist-took-about-12-seconds-doj-says/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https

[ PRIVACY Forum ] How Makers of Nonconsensual AI Porn Make a Living on Patreon

How Makers of Nonconsensual AI Porn Make a Living on Patreon https://www.404media.co/how-makers-of-nonconsensual-ai-porn-make-a-living-on-patreon/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://ma

[ PRIVACY Forum ] After the fall ...

After the fall ... At the flickering campfire, outside the remains of the enormous, deserted, ruined city ... Old man: "And there were these massive machines, that filled giant buildings with endless aisles of cables and flickering lights, that used enormous amounts of electr

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google Account Recovery Failures

Google Account Recovery Failures Let me be very clear about why I am, frankly, so angry with Google over their Account Recovery failures. I have on numerous occasions directly proposed to Google a variety of significant improvements to their current Account Recovery processes. While their exi

[ PRIVACY Forum ] MAGA monsters in NC Senate vote to ban masks in public, even for cancer patients and other immune compromised persons

MAGA monsters in NC Senate vote to ban masks in public, even for cancer patients and other immune compromised persons https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/16/north-carolina-mask-ban-bill-passes-state-senate/73716924007/ L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vor

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Lauren's Blog: The Nightmare of Google Account Recovery Failures

Lauren's Blog: The Nightmare of Google Account Recovery Failures https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/16/the-nightmare-of-google-account-recovery-failures L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: ht

[ PRIVACY Forum ] DISGUSTING: Google's sorry excuse for a "Web filter"

DISGUSTING: Google's sorry excuse for a "Web filter" Google's sorry excuse for a "Web filter" demonstrates how much they plan to stuff AI down our throats and arrogantly starve for views the very sites that their AI is getting its info from. DISGUSTING. I'm starting to feel about Google Search

[ PRIVACY Forum ] More on Google Search "Web Filter"

More on Google Search "Web Filter" To add more context to why Google's choice of this "Web Filter" construct doesn't actually help the situation at all ... Most people never touch the top results bar where this option will be displayed and/or hidden under the "More" option. This is just an ins

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google Is About to Change Everything--and Hopes You Won't Find Out

Google Is About to Change Everything--and Hopes You Won't Find Out https://www.yahoo.com/tech/google-change-everything-hopes-won-171748234.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://masto

[ PRIVACY Forum ] An email I received today regarding Google and Seniors

An email I received today regarding Google and Seniors The author of the email below has given me permission to share it publicly anonymously. They mention a number of problems that I've long noted about Google Account lockouts, recovery failures, and related issues. They also mention several

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google AI's horrific "invisible links"

Google AI's horrific "invisible links" Even when Google does provide some sort of links with their inane "AI overviews", from a user interface and accessibility standpoint they're something out of a horror movie. Do they REALLY believe that most people can actually see these? And if people with

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Cable companies' next project: Ruining streaming too!

Cable companies' next project: Ruining streaming too! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/comcast-hemorrhaging-subscribers-to-bundle-apple-tv-netflix-peacock-cable/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.co

[ PRIVACY Forum ] New WiFi Vulnerability: The SSID Confusion Attack

New WiFi Vulnerability: The SSID Confusion Attack Interestingly, this vulnerability appears to not affect the widely used WPA2 protocol, but does affect WPA3 (much newer and so far less deployed) and various others. -L https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerability-ssid/ - - - --Lauren-

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM at IBM which is the basis of all modern computer memory, has died at 91. Peace.

Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM at IBM which is the basis of all modern computer memory, has died at 91. Peace. L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@laur

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Gmail spam

Gmail spam Spam appears to be seeing a significant uptick in #Gmail, in spite of (or perhaps because of) Google now reportedly using "AI" techniques to detect it. Probably part of the problem is that running Gmail on only 10 cores somewhere deep in a cluster somewhere in Council Bluffs is starv

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Breaking Up Google

Breaking Up Google I have long been opposed to government efforts to break up Google on antitrust grounds. My general feeling about such efforts involving large tech firms is that they typically do more harm than good in the long run, and I point to AT&T as an obvious example among many. Howev

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training

Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/slack-defends-default-opt-in-for-ai-training-on-chats-amid-user-outrage/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://laur

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Deleted photos of former owners reappearing on sold iPads (and probably iPhones)

Deleted photos of former owners reappearing on sold iPads (and probably iPhones) This is pretty nasty. I'm still trying to understand the scope of this but it may be very serious. - Deleted photos of former owners reappearing on sold iPads (and probably iPhones). -L https://www.phonearena.com/

[ PRIVACY Forum ] OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken 'a backseat to shiny products'

OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken 'a backseat to shiny products' https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/17/24159095/openai-jan-leike-superalignment-sam-altman-ai-safety - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://laur

[ PRIVACY Forum ] CNN and ABC have announced that they will make the feeds of the 1st and 2nd presidential debates available for simulcast by other networks

CNN and ABC have announced that they will make the feeds of the 1st and 2nd presidential debates available for simulcast by other networks L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Security experts alarmed at 'incredibly dangerous' new Google feature

Security experts alarmed at 'incredibly dangerous' new Google feature This relates to Google announcing AI to listen in on your phone calls to "detect scams". Google claims this is all on-device so it's safe. My view based on what I know right now: HORRIBLE IDEA! -L https://www.yahoo.com/news

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google listening in on your phone calls

Google listening in on your phone calls We've spent years trying to convince the conspiracy theorists that Google isn't listening in on your calls. And now Google wants to ... listen in on your calls with its AI. Even if this is fully on-device it's a terrible idea -- it carries many of the sam

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Signal Blasts Google Effort to Use AI to Scan for Scam Phone Calls

Signal Blasts Google Effort to Use AI to Scan for Scam Phone Calls Based on current information, I agree. -L https://www.pcmag.com/news/dangerous-signal-blasts-google-effort-to-use-ai-to-scan-for-scam-phone - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren)

[ PRIVACY Forum ] More on Google listening to phone calls

More on Google listening to phone calls The Google plan to have their AI listen in on phone calls (ostensibly to help detect scam calls, which will be an arms race as AI creates ever better scam calls!) is beyond irresponsible. Even if the system is on-device, creating a path for listening in

[ PRIVACY Forum ] A similar dangerous push by Microsft to listen in to phone calls

A similar dangerous push by Microsft to listen in to phone calls I should point out that Microsoft several months ago announced a similar plan for listening in on phone calls looking for "suspicious interactions" which would be offered via phone carriers. As with the Google case, the ways in

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Evil

Evil Every day it becomes ever clearer. All the talk of super-intelligent AI destroying humanity was and is nonsense. It's the CEOs running the Big Tech firms pushing AI into every aspect of our lives in increasingly irresponsible and dangerous ways who are the villains in this saga, not the ma

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Lauren's Blog: "Evil"

Lauren's Blog: "Evil" https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/18/evil L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://ww

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Would Google and Microsoft phone call AI monitoring systems violate wiretapping laws?

Would Google and Microsoft phone call AI monitoring systems violate wiretapping laws? I've been asked an intriguing question. Would the Google and Microsoft AI systems to listen in on calls to "detect scams" or other matters violate wiretapping laws, at least in some states? I am definitely n

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google AI Overviews do it again!

Google AI Overviews do it again! Now you might assume that Google AI Overviews in Search could at LEAST get correct firm facts like "who said what" in famous films. But nope, not even that. Doc Brown you idiot AI, not Biff Tannen. Talk about useless. Jeez. See: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Trump would never permit another Democrat as president

Trump would never permit another Democrat as president One has to assume that whomever Trump would pick for VP would NEVER permit the House to certify a Democratic win. They'd ALWAYS push it back to the House where the GOP wins on a state by state basis. THINK ABOUT IT! -L - - - --Lauren-- Lau

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google AI Overviews are ...

Google AI Overviews are ... Google Search AI Overviews are often so inaccurate -- just plain wrong -- that they are putting the entire trustworthiness of Google Search at risk. L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://laure

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google/Microsoft AI phone monitoring and false positives

Google/Microsoft AI phone monitoring and false positives I received this (public) response to my discussion of Google's and Microsoft's plans to monitor phone calls with AI to alert people about what the AI perceives to be "scams" ... - - - @lauren I can't get over how insanely obvious the

[ PRIVACY Forum ] "Sign in with Google"

"Sign in with Google" I no longer (and haven't for quite some time) recommend "Sign in with Google" on other sites. The reason is obvious. When you get locked out of access to your Google account due to the horrible state of their account recovery systems, you can lose access to all those other

[ PRIVACY Forum ] BREAKING: Helicopter carrying Iran's president crashes, details unclear

BREAKING: Helicopter carrying Iran's president crashes, details unclear L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: htt

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Trump tells NRA crowd that Biden should be executed

Trump tells NRA crowd that Biden should be executed https://www.rawstory.com/trump-threat-biden/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Founder: Networ

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google Search AI Overviews told searchers to drink urine to pass kidney stones

Google Search AI Overview told searchers to drink urine to pass kidney stones https://www.seroundtable.com/google-sge-drink-urine-to-pass-kidney-stones-37339.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mast

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Discussing Google Search and related AI issues on my radio tech segment tomorrow

Discussing Google Search and related AI issues on my radio tech segment tomorrow Tomorrow on my usual Monday evening national network radio tech segment, I'll be briefly discussing concerns about declining search quality of Google Search and problematic issues related to Google's new "AI Overvi

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Fate of Iranian president and other officials in helicopter crash still unknown

Fate of Iranian president and other officials in helicopter crash still unknown Still no word on the fate of Iran's president, foreign minister, and other officials in a helicopter that crashed many hours ago earlier today in East Azerbaijan Province. While the position of the helicopter is rep

[ PRIVACY Forum ] [AT&T Slimeballs] At Trump trial today, we were reminded that AT&T paid Michael Cohen $600, 000 to push the merger with Time Warner with Trump

[AT&T Slimeballs] At Trump trial today, we were reminded that AT&T paid Michael Cohen $600,000 to push the merger with Time Warner with Trump L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mast

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Iran's president, foreign minister, and others confirmed dead in helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and terrible weather

Iran's president, foreign minister, and others confirmed dead in helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and terrible weather. L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweins

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google's "Help me write" could easily leak personal data to humans

Google's "Help me write" could easily leak personal data to humans Google's "Help me write" function that they're pushing everywhere could easily leak personal information to humans somewhere on the planet. Multiple times now I've accidentally invoked it on text while trying to use context menu

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google "Help me write" should be OPT-IN ONLY!

Google "Help me write" should be OPT-IN ONLY! Both personal and business proprietary information could easily be leaked to human AI trainers and the AI systems themselves by accidental or other inappropriate use of Google's "Help me write" function. This feature should be OPT-IN ONLY! -L - - -

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Republicans introduce bill to restrict gag orders, which would make witness intimidation much easier!

Republicans introduce bill to restrict gag orders, which would make witness intimidation much easier! https://www.theblaze.com/news/let-trump-speak-act-republicans-introduce-bill-to-block-weaponized-gag-orders - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren)

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google AI on my radio segment tonight -- broadening out the topic

Google AI on my radio segment tonight -- broadening out the topic Basically, on my usual Monday evening national network radio tech segment, I'll be bashing Google's generative AI efforts. Search, "Help me write", listening in on phone calls, etc. Gotta get a lot into a few minutes! L - - - -

[ PRIVACY Forum ] And it gets even WORSE: Windows 11 Recall AI feature will record everything you do on your PC

And it gets even WORSE: Windows 11 Recall AI feature will record everything you do on your PC WHAT COULD GO WRONG? EVERYTHING! -L https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-recall-ai-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vo

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Scarlett Johansson says she was 'shocked, angered' when she heard ChatGPT voice that sounded like her

Scarlett Johansson says she was 'shocked, angered' when she heard ChatGPT voice that sounded like her Open OpenAI tried to get her permission multiple times, and when she said no each time ... -L https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-openai-voice-rcna153180

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google CEO is 'empathetic' to content creators Search has wiped out

Google CEO is 'empathetic' to content creators Search has wiped out Your "empathy" won't solve the problem, Sundar. Not at all. -L https://searchengineland.com/google-ceo-empathetic-content-creators-search-wiped-out-440640 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vort

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Trump's social media account shares video referencing 'unified reich'

Trump's social media account shares video referencing 'unified reich' After many hours of deflection and excuses, the video was apparently eventually taken down. -L https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/20/trump-social-media-video-unified-reich-00159067 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau.

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Script from my national radio report yesterday on Google Search AI Overviews and other AI issues

Script from my national radio report yesterday on Google Search AI Overviews and other AI issues Here is the script of my national radio report yesterday evening regarding Google's Search AI Overviews, and other AI issues. As always there were a few very slight wording differences between this

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Lauren's Blog: Generative AI Is Being Rammed Down Our Throats

Lauren's Blog: Generative AI Is Being Rammed Down Our Throats [Essentially my radio report from yesterday. -L] https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/21/generative-ai-is-being-rammed-down-our-throats L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft and domestic abusers

Microsoft and domestic abusers Microsoft's new system to record everything a user does on their PC is gonna be loved by domestic abusers. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Trump and "reich"

Trump and "reich" One can easily understand why Trump's people claimed they didn't notice the word "reich" in an post before reposting it. After all, "reich" is such a common word in everyday usage -- if you live in the 1930s and 40s that is. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Gordon Bell, tech luminary at DEC and Microsoft, dies at 89. Peace.

Gordon Bell, tech luminary at DEC and Microsoft, dies at 89. Peace. L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https:/

[ PRIVACY Forum ] More on Microsoft's latest horrible idea

More on Microsoft's latest horrible idea I've seen a LOT of horrible tech ideas in my time. But the Microsoft announcement for a Windows feature (apparently enabled by default) to take and store screenshots every few seconds of everything you do on your PC has to be one of the most high privacy

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Big Tech is selling us all out

Big Tech is selling us all out Imagine what an anti-abortion red state or a fascist Trump administration (or some other future evil administration) would do with features like Microsoft's "recording everything you do on your PC" and the Google and Microsoft plans to listen in on your private ph

[ PRIVACY Forum ] How Microsoft will enable kids to spy on their parents

How Microsoft will enable kids to spy on their parents You know what's gonna happen don't you? Parents buying new PCs are going to be clueless that Microsoft is taking screenshots of PC activity every 5 seconds and storing it for months or longer. Kids will be far more adept at leveraging this

[ PRIVACY Forum ] MS "PC-SPY" will capture visible passwords and more

MS "PC-SPY" will capture visible passwords and more Microsoft also notes that beyond Edge Browser "private" sessions and DRM-protected content (like movies, natch!) and such, their new full-time spying feature will record essentially all activity on the screen at five second intervals and store

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Windows Recall and Ransomware

Windows Recall and Ransomware Imagine the ransomware possibilities when they can get hold of months or years worth of essentially ALL your Windows PC activities thanks to Windows Recall taking a screenshot every 5 seconds. Wow. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://w

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Musk and Windows Recall

Musk and Windows Recall By the way, for what it's worth Musk has apparently come out strongly against the Windows Recall spy feature, and correctly recommends that it be kept turned off, comparing it with a "Black Mirror" episode. Stopped clock correct twice a day and all that. -L - - - --Laur

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Cop shoots blind 13lb family dog claiming he thought it had "rabies"

Cop shoots blind 13lb family dog claiming he thought it had "rabies" https://boingboing.net/2024/05/22/cop-shoots-blind-13lb-family-dog-claiming-he-thought-it-had-rabies.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vor

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft's horrific disgrace with Recall

Microsoft's horrific disgrace with Recall Microsoft's new Windows Recall is an ultimate dream of tyrants and abusers around the world, brought to reality. From red state politicians who want to treat women like chattel, to oppressive foreign governments, to domestic abusers and a virtually endl

[ PRIVACY Forum ] The Meeting

The Meeting It was an unprecedented meeting. SPECTRE, THRUSH, KAOS, Soylent, Tyrell, Omni, and at least a hundred more -- the list of organizations and firms in attendance seemed nearly endless. There was but one topic on the agenda. A proposal by their newest member -- Microsoft -- to embed a

[ PRIVACY Forum ] When techies don't care

When techies don't care All too often I see techies (and clearly I qualify as a techie) who don't seem to give a damn about non-techie users of these systems. So long as there's some techie workaround for privacy-invasive systems ("oh yeah, do this to the URL -- run this extension, do this and

[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft being investigated over new 'Recall' AI feature that tracks your every PC move

Microsoft being investigated over new 'Recall' AI feature that tracks your every PC move The first of many investigations into this horror show, one hopes! -L https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-recall-ai-feature-uk-investigation - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https:

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