Notices by r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖 (cypnk@mastodon.social), page 14

The problem of sharing too much info about yourself in those innocuous looking quizzes shared on social media

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/dont-give-away-historic-details-about-yourself/

“... in these informal surveys is that in doing so you may be inadvertently giving away the answers to “secret questions” that can be used to unlock access to a host of your online identities and accounts.”

#OPSEC

Another sign you’re getting older, non-ironically spending more of your time on the Urban Dictionary

Writers beware!
There are people like this who ask for samples. Don’t get caught

#KidPit #AdPit

https://mastodon.social/media/r2mRffHkzVv2VXJrSXQ
https://mastodon.social/media/W43TzHmJeBwr1xoeP3s

Just watched "Building Open Source Communities"

A superb talk by @ashfurrow

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/102858222

It's not just about #OpenSource, but also the realities of #programming, concerns managers might have, and the issue of reaching people with different points of view

There are a lot of myths dispelled, great communication strategies, and it's presented in a very approachable way

Even if you're not technical, there's a lot of very useful info here on building communities

FYI if you use #Grindr

“Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/grindr-hiv-status-privacy

They’re sharing HIV status with the user’s GPS data, phone ID, and email

This is seriously messed up. Forget #privacy, that means they can precisely identify each user

https://mastodon.social/media/JjHQUN_noCoQ7wRs_v8

Someone make an anime out of this

https://mastodon.social/media/8BdmvC4GcLXkLC0XWE4

TIL Chrome is scanning your files, including private folders, in the background as an anti-malware measure

https://twitter.com/swagitda_/status/979477998142476289

There’s currently no “off” switch, but apparently the devs reassure that scans are local and not “cloud” based. But this still has consent and privacy implications

https://mastodon.social/media/06tQAyjUs5p0q8myO3s

Unnecessarily pretty picture of a goose

@cypnk

In an era defined by the digital equivalent of everything you say being on the "permanent record", I can see how something supposedly ephemeral would be appealing.

Problem is, they are only short lived for the user.

I don't know what's scarier now, losing the past to /dev/null or having intentionally deleted things resurface later.

"Air carrier facility" by Paul Chadeisson

This is some seriously awesome concept #art

#scifi