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  1. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 18:16:35 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets

    source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html

    The Israeli officials who had hacked into Kaspersky’s own network alerted the United States to the broad Russian intrusion, which has not been previously reported, leading to a decision just last month to order #Kaspersky #software removed from #government computers.

    ...

    But experts on #Russia say that under President Vladimir V. #Putin, a former #KGB. officer, businesses asked for assistance by Russian #spy agencies may feel they have no choice but to give it.

    WTF?! - I know that #Trump's U.S. has a #NSA, who does the same and all is called national #security! -> U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms - source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-14/u-s-agencies-said-to-swap-data-with-thousands-of-firms

    And I have more #insider #knowledge!

    It wasn't the #Mossad, who made this public. The Mossad hacked Kaspersky, who was hacked by the Russian spies, but the Mossad was watched by the German BND, who was watched by the Danish #intelligence. The Danish spies were hacked by the Russian spies. So when the Russians looked on their screen they saw the Danish's, who saw the Germans, who saw the Mossad, who saw Kaspersky, who was hacked by the Russians. So the Russians saw themselves hacking Kaspersky - live! This ring screen sharing triggers an #Google alert. The NSA, who monitors Google got the screenshots and saw their own #malware. It's a mad world!


    #omg #news #Cyberwar #SecretService #crime #fail #Problem #security #spy #USA

    In conversation Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 18:16:35 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets
      By By NICOLE PERLROTH and SCOTT SHANE from The New York Times
    2. U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms
      from Bloomberg.com
      Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.
  2. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 17:56:07 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    #Microsoft #Azure for #Research #Award: #AI for #Earth

    source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/azure-research-award-ai-earth/

    Earth doesn't need an AI, but needs natural #intelligence and #awareness from its #population. #Love and #respect for EVERYTHING that exists and lives on this planet.

    #environment #science #people #world #technology #nature

    In conversation Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 17:56:07 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Azure for Research Award: AI for Earth
      By Brenda Potts from Microsoft Research
      Apply for access to Azure cloud computing resources and Esri GIS tools through our Azure for Research AI for Earth awards program.
  3. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 17:49:22 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    #WTF: Feel like a #victim in #PuertoRico with #Zuckerberg's #VR.

    source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/10/zuckerberg-apologizes-for-his-tone-deaf-vr-cartoon-tour-of-puerto-rico-devastation/

    #Facebook #PR #fail #news

    In conversation Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 17:49:22 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Zuckerberg apologizes for his tone-deaf VR cartoon tour of Puerto Rico devastation
      By <a href="/author/lucas-matney/" title="Posts by Lucas Matney" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Lucas Matney</a> from TechCrunch

      Mark Zuckerberg is apologizing today after his Facebook Live video discussing his company’s efforts to aid Puerto Rico’s recovery raised some serious eyebrows.

      Yesterday, Zuckerberg used the company’s VR app Spaces to tour through an NPR-produced 360 video of Puerto Rico. Zuck’s cartoon avatar directed attention towards various features of Puerto Rico’s destruction while another Facebook executive remarked “it’s crazy to feel like you’re in the middle of it.”

      The video induced quite a few cringes as the tech billionaire visited Puerto Rico’s destruction inside virtual reality as a cartoon.

      “Do you want to teleport somewhere else?” Zuckerberg’s VR avatar asked as he wrapped up his conversation about Puerto Rico. “Yeah maybe back to California?” another executive answered.

      Zuckerberg reacted to some of the backlash in a reply to a Facebook comment on the video.

      One of the most powerful features of VR is empathy. My goal here was to show how VR can raise awareness and help us see what’s happening in different parts of the world. I also wanted to share the news of our partnership with the Red Cross to help with the recovery. Reading some of the comments, I realize this wasn’t clear, and I’m sorry to anyone this offended.

      To be fair, it really is difficult to represent experiences in VR to third parties and all Zuckerberg was seeing was the harrowing video from NPR, not necessarily what it looked like as his cartoonish avatar grabbed the camera to peruse the damage. That being said, the tone-deafness of the video was pretty pronounced and even though the content of his video pointed to all of the positive work Facebook was doing in Puerto Rico, seeing a couple of cartoons chatting about it in VR have made the executives appear pretty out of touch.

      “When you’re in VR yourself, the surroundings feel quite real. But that sense of empathy doesn’t extend well to people watching you as a virtual character on a 2D screen. That’s something we’ll need to work on over time,” Zuckerberg said in another comment he left.

      Facebook is generally pretty careful to isolate its CEO from opportunities for bad press, Zuckerberg has an extensive team helping him maintain his manicured public image on the social media site. With tools like Facebook Live that demand less scripted moments, this level of media-training can stutter, especially when you don’t have the advantage of seeing an outside view of what exactly you look like while it’s all going down.

      Regardless, someone should’ve known better.

      Facebook specifically chose a fun, vibrant cartoon-like mood for their VR Spaces app so that users wouldn’t feel intimidated by the control scheme. That works fine for watching a movie preview or drawing something in VR but Facebook should probably save conversations of it being easier to “move bits than atoms” for segments that don’t feel an awful lot like disaster tourism.

  4. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2017 13:55:10 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    How Smartphones #Hijack Our #Minds

    “Smartphones have become so entangled with our existence that, even when we’re not peering or pawing at them, they tug at our #attention, diverting precious cognitive resources. Just suppressing the desire to check our #phone, which we do routinely and subconsciously throughout the day, can debilitate our thinking. The fact that most of us now habitually keep our phones 'nearby and in sight,' the researchers noted, only magnifies the mental toll," writes the Wall Street Journal.

    source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-smartphones-hijack-our-minds-1507307811

    #news #science #future #humanity #technology #smartphone #dumb

    In conversation Tuesday, 10-Oct-2017 13:55:10 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds
      from WSJ
      Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens.
  5. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Monday, 09-Oct-2017 19:25:15 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    Iside the #CIA's black site #torture room

    source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/09/cia-torture-black-site-enhanced-interrogation

    #politics #HumanRights #crime #USA

    In conversation Monday, 09-Oct-2017 19:25:15 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Inside the CIA’s black site torture room
      from the Guardian
      Papers that the Pentagon and CIA were forced to declassify as part of a lawsuit brought by victims reveal the fullest picture ever of the secret ‘enhanced interrogation’ regime and the men who designed it
  6. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 13:55:18 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    Have you seen this? "Firefox + Cliqz #Privacy Notice" - Who the f*ck is #Cliqz?

    source: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox-cliqz/

    If you are using a version of #Firefox with Cliqz search recommendations, your browsing data will be sent to Cliqz Gmbh, a German #company.

    ...

    Firefox with Cliqz by default connects to Cliqz to display search results in the URL bar. Cliqz GmbH is a German company offering a privacy oriented search experience. Learn more at their privacy policy. When the Cliqz feature is enabled:

    • Search Queries and Webpage Data to Cliqz: This includes text as you type in the URL bar, queries you send to certain search engines, and data about the webpages you visit and interactions with those pages, such as mouse movements, scrolls, and time spent.
    • Interaction Data to Cliqz: This includes your interactions with specific fields and buttons in the Cliqz feature. This data is tied to a unique identifier allowing Cliqz to understand performance over time.
    • Interaction Data to Mozilla: This includes counts of visits to search engine pages, which search engines you use, and your Cliqz identifier.
    • Location Data to Cliqz: This includes your location whenever you open a new window or type in the URL bar. You may opt-out of location sharing in the Cliqz Settings menu in the URL bar.

    Learn more about Cliqz data collection. To check if the Cliqz feature is enabled or to disable data collection:

    • Type "about:addons" into your Firefox URL bar
    • Select "Extensions" on the left menu bar
    • If installed, Cliqz will appear on the right
    • Selecting "Disable" will turn off the Cliqz feature and stop related data collection
    • Selecting "Remove" will uninstall the Cliqz feature from Firefox

    Check your Firefox #browser! This is a privacy breaker. Shame on you #M#security #ozilla :(


    #security #internet #fail #news #monitoring #dander #warning #omg #wtf

    In conversation Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 13:55:18 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Firefox by default shares data to:
      from Mozilla
  7. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 12:54:50 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

    #socialMedia #freedom #health #internet #news

    In conversation Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 12:54:50 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. 'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
      from the Guardian
      The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race for human attention has created a world of perpetual distraction that could ultimately end in disaster
  8. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Saturday, 07-Oct-2017 10:17:08 EDT anonymiss anonymiss
    • Roland Häder

    #Anti #Social
    https://youtu.be/GEWnXmDfVZg

    In conversation Saturday, 07-Oct-2017 10:17:08 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Anti Social - A Modern Dating Horror Story | Comic Relief Originals
      By Comic Relief from YouTube
  9. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2017 17:13:35 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    How #Australia beat the gun #lobby and passed #gun #control

    source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/10/03/how-australia-beat-the-gun-lobby-and-passed-gun-control/

    When people come to visit Australia their friends tell them to watch out for our dangerous wildlife. When I go to visit America my friends tell me to try not to get shot. We think it’s weird that you guys are scared of a few venomous critters when you’re leaving a nation full of primates with firearms.


    #LasVegas #Amok #problem #USA #news #justice #law #fail #death #violence

    In conversation Wednesday, 04-Oct-2017 17:13:35 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Opinion | How Australia beat the gun lobby and passed gun control
      from Washington Post
      Australians suffered a gun massacre in 1996, then imposed strict gun control. Why can't the United States do the same?
  10. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2017 12:00:35 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    #LibreNews

    A free, open source, speedy, and deeply customizable breaking #news notification system.

    Source: librenews.io


    #software #app

    In conversation Monday, 02-Oct-2017 12:00:35 EDT from despora.de permalink
  11. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2017 16:49:30 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    This is a headline that's a lie, it's just what #microsoft wants us to believe. It's a "media partner" https://www.geekwire.com/2017/microsoft-become-destination-new-generation-open-source-developers/

    In conversation Friday, 29-Sep-2017 16:49:30 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. How Microsoft become a destination for a new generation of open-source developers
      from GeekWire
      An old tongue-in-cheek journalism canard suggests that once something has happened three times, it’s a trend. Along those lines, when something happens a dozen times or more, it’s a movement. A steady…
  12. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2017 20:31:13 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    #Twitter takes down 300,000 #terror accounts as #AI tools improve

    source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/19/twitter-claims-tech-wins-in-quashing-terror-tweets/

    The company further emphasizes it killed a majority of the pro-terrorism accounts set up on its platform before they could post anything: “Notably, 75% of these accounts were suspended before posting their first Tweet,” it writes.

    How can they kill an account before the first tweet?

    First I thought they identify the terrorists, on whom they follow. But if they know, that this account is following terrorist, why didn't they kill these accounts first? I think it is impossible to kill an account before the first post. This is pure censorship from a global company, which wants too show, how cool they can handle assumed terrorism. You know nothing Twitter :( #Criticism is not terrorism.

    I wish we could address this #problem with #education. If people could identify #fake, #hate and terror, Twitter wouldn't have to take it down.


    #censorship #terrorism #kill #fake #news #technology #economy #microblogging

    In conversation Wednesday, 20-Sep-2017 20:31:13 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Twitter claims tech wins in quashing terror tweets
      By <a href="/author/natasha-lomas/" title="Posts by Natasha Lomas" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Natasha Lomas</a> from TechCrunch
      In its latest Transparency report, which covers requests it's received from governments pertaining to content on its platform, Twitter has reported a big decline in the proportion of pro-terrorism accounts being reported over the past six months, as well a drop in the number of accounts it removed for terrorism-related content during this period.
  13. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2017 20:05:48 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    Fix your #Firefox with "Disable #IndexedDB"

    source: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-indexeddb/

    This plugin disables IndexedDB, with the goal of enhancing #privacy by making your #browser a little harder to uniquely fingerprint. Please be warned, websites that depend on IndexedDB might not work when this plugin is enabled. You can always click the icon to disable/enable the plugin. Green means IndexedDB is disabled, and red means it's available for websites to use. By default, this plugin will enable itself every time Firefox boots up. If you'd like the disabled status to persist across reboots, there's an option allowing that in the plugin preferences screen. That about covers it all. Hope you enjoy the plugin.


    #history #internet #online #www #web #AddOn #Mozilla #security #itnews

    In conversation Wednesday, 20-Sep-2017 20:05:48 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Disable IndexedDB
      Disables IndexedDB consistently.
  14. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2017 21:25:03 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    It’s cheaper to save #energy than to buy it, despite misleading claims

    source: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/its-cheaper-to-save-energy-than-to-buy-it-despite-misleading-claims/

    Buying energy is 5 times more expensive than saving it

    #news

    In conversation Monday, 18-Sep-2017 21:25:03 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. It’s cheaper to save energy than to buy it, despite misleading claims
      By Samuel Morgan from EURACTIV.com
      “Energy efficiency is too expensive, will increase costs to consumers and push people into energy poverty” - this is a claim made by some commentators in Brussels recently. As the Energy Efficiency Directive is being negotiated in the Parliament, Jan Rosenow reveals how little truth there is to such claims.
  15. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2017 00:55:36 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    #Chocolate #industry drives #rainforest #disaster in Ivory Coast

    source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/13/chocolate-industry-drives-rainforest-disaster-in-ivory-coast

    According to the Guardian’s research, "cocoa is a monster that will eventually eat itself, scientists say. Farmers will miss the trees they cut and burned down for the very reason that their shade would have protected their #cocoa #plants from increasingly parched, dry seasons, driven by cutting down trees."

    ...

    “It’s white people who eat chocolate, not us,” one says.

    Is our appetite for chocolate destroying the rainforests?

    #forest #environment #economy #fail #news #problem #agriculture #climate

    In conversation Thursday, 14-Sep-2017 00:55:36 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Chocolate industry drives rainforest disaster in Ivory Coast
      from the Guardian
      Exclusive: As global demand for chocolate booms, ‘dirty’ beans from deforested national parks in Ivory Coast have entered big business supply chains
  16. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2017 21:20:05 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    #NSA Broke the #Encryption on File-Sharing Apps #Kazaa and #eDonkey https://theintercept.com/2017/09/13/nsa-broke-the-encryption-on-file-sharing-apps-kazaa-and-edonkey/

    In conversation Wednesday, 13-Sep-2017 21:20:05 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. NSA Broke the Encryption on File-Sharing Apps Kazaa and eDonkey
      from The Intercept
      The spy agency didn’t care about copyright violations; it was trying to determine if it could find valuable intelligence.
  17. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 22:59:56 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    ‘ #uncontacted’ #amazon #tribe #members reported #killed in #brazil https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/americas/brazil-amazon-tribe-killings.html

    In conversation Monday, 11-Sep-2017 22:59:56 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. ‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Reported Killed in Brazil
      By By SHASTA DARLINGTON from The New York Times
  18. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2017 20:36:12 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    In 122 AD The emperor Hadrian built a wall and he made Scotland pay for it. It was to make the Roman Empire great again…

    #Archaeology
    #NewDiscovery
    #Artifacts
    #Intact
    #HadriansWall
    #Vindolanda
    #Garrison
    #RomanEmpire
    #Picts

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/09/hadrians-wall-lost-secrets-roman-vindolanda-unearthed#img-4

    In conversation Saturday, 09-Sep-2017 20:36:12 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roman soldiers to fight the Picts
      from the Guardian
      Dig team stumble across thousands of pristine artefacts at ancient garrison site in Northumberland, writes Dalya Alberge
  19. anonymiss (anonymiss@despora.de)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 04:39:23 EDT anonymiss anonymiss

    #facebook also spies on #whatsapp and there are back doors. By all means avoid. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/09/05/facebook-reveals-whatsapp-will-make-money/

    In conversation Wednesday, 06-Sep-2017 04:39:23 EDT from despora.de permalink

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    1. Facebook reveals how WhatsApp will make money
      from The Telegraph
      Facebook is planning to charge businesses to talk to customers on its WhatsApp messaging service as explores ways to monetise its 1 billion daily users.
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