Slack makes it easy for employers to read your private messages, but Microsoft Teams takes employee surveillance to the next level. Teams offers employers easy access to stats about what you’re doing on the platform via its user activity reports dashboard. The dashboard shows how much time you spend messaging others, participating in calls and even how much you’re screen-sharing. Invasive!

You should be wary of both Slack and Microsoft Teams but Teams is teeming with privacy worries for the average employee. Work wisely.

There are some functions like that, like Passkey signing. For Bitlocker, the encryption/decryption key is transferred to the CPU (and RAM) in order for it to operate. The problem described here has been around for a while, but putting it on a key like that makes the attack method available to "everyone". There has been a solution for a while too: 1) put in pre-boot Bitlocker PIN, and 2) use integrated TPM like the article mentions.

Meanwhile, other laws in Singapore (with some exceptions):

• No Smoking in Public. Fines up to $200, increasing to $1,000 if taken to court.
• E-Cigarettes are Prohibited. Fines up to $10,000, imprisonment up to 6 months; subsequent offence up to $20,000, mprisonment up to 12 months.
• No Eating or Drinking on Public Transport. Fine up to $500.
• No Playing Musical Instruments in Public. Fine up to $1,000.
• No Connecting to Someone Else’s Wi-Fi. Fine up to $10,000, imprisonment up to 3 years; subsequent offence up to $20,000, imprisonment up to 5 years.
• No Importing or Selling Chewing Gum. Importation fine up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 2 years; subsequent offence up to $200,000 or imprisonment up to 3 years. Sale fine up to $2,000.
• No Drinking After 10.30pm. Fine up to $1,000 (first offence), up to $2,000 and/or imprisonment up to 3 months (repeat offence).
• Don’t Feed the Pigeons. Fine up to $500.
• Don’t Feed Any Wildlife. Fine up to $5,000, or up to $10,000 for subsequent offences.
• Flush the Toilet. Fine up to $1,000.
• No Littering. Fine up to $2,000 (first conviction), $4,000 (second conviction), $10,000 (subsequent convictions).
• No Singing Explicit Lyrics. Imprisonment up to three months and/or a fine.

Life is grand!

Apparently unrelenting DDOS attack, possibly because they defederated from some instances.

Yeah, I hate how the institutions now ask for endless information and IDs to identify you. It does look like asking for a copy of an ID is about to get worse.

... officials had opened a fraud investigation against the man, confirming 130 vaccinations over nine month... The man then reported an additional 87 vaccinations to the researchers, which in total included eight different vaccine formulations, including updated boosters.

I must say, you are a fine-avoiding citizen! ;-)

Not disagreeing, but for the US:

1. Yubikey 5c NFC costs ~30-55 USD. Not cheap.
2. Yibikey BIO, with the scanner built in, will be even more expensive.
3. Need a central registration authority or federated authorities to verify electronic ID. If the feds don't press the issue, this probably won't happen.

AI is most likely here to stay, so if you have it do "good" things effectively, then's it's a good boi. If it is ineffective or you have it do "bad" things, then it's a bad boy.

Yeah, check out this link: https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/ , it says any Linux device running Intel’s iNet Wireless Daemon in an AP mode.

It looks like you can switch the assistant to the old one, and then turn that one off.

But just like Microsoft, Google is going to use this technology everywhere. If in the future (or now, if it is already available to you), you use features to describe images, summarize data, create texts, you probably will be using some form of Gemini.

A speculation, https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected, about HDCP, i.e. not exposing technical details as to prevent video copying, was offered.

It potentially can help verifying that a recorded message/digital data originates from you (or any other person). It can't help with the misinformation in the data itself. See also: https://lemm.ee/post/23366395

No dirty thoughts! No dirty thoughts!

I bet they don't have to do too much to enforce some of these laws. Singapore is one of the places (along with Japan) with really low crime rate. The legend (see youtube) is that, if you leave your iPhone on a table in a coffee shop, you can come back to claim it a few hours later. A good part of it is probably because of socioeconomic reasons.

Otherwise, I also bet it's just your getting caught by the authorities (with whatever Orwellian technologies they use to catch you) and your being reported by people surrounding you.

Spoofing a number means they can call somebody and appears as calling from your number. In order to receive SMS or call made to your number, they would have to hijack your SIM, typically convincing your telecom provider to transfer your phone info over to theirs.

In the US, someone knowing your full name and phone number is commonplace. There is no wide-spead havoc because of this. Someone who wants to harm you would really have to be motivated to get more information from the info you gave them. This is obviously possible because of wide-spread data leaks, but does your emissary have the perseverance and the knowledge to do this?

Tools, yes, instances, no, but there are Lemmy explorer (https://lemmyverse.net/) which you can search for both instances and communities.

Love it! 😍 Hope somebody makes a cartoon out of it.

No, it appears to be an external headset, although it was noted that people wearing it looked like they had head injuries, but they are working on improving it so that it is less visible.

Heck, these LLMs are really good at summary. Now, they can now summarize all your disparate data, including your weird interactions with Gemini (and associated apps), for advertisers' and governments' conveniences!

I guess you shouldn't expect any tech company to provide anything "forever," as forever for them, and the fine prints, mean totally different things than what you and I think it is.

, being crispy on all the sides?

I agree with you. The article give a good warning about downloading applications in general, but hand-wave how they escalated from "file/photo" access to capturing your data. The recent Anatsa malware's details seem to imply accessibility service. This is a Thread Fabric article about Anatsa malware: https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/anatsa-trojan-returns-targeting-europe-and-expanding-its-reach

Yes, especially because Gemini is used (now, optionally) in place of Google assistant. You give personal information to Google assistant for convenience, but Gemini would use the information more, most likely in unexpected ways too.

This is one of my most favorite /c on Lemmy. I have not seen CSAM since the last lengthy and regrettable CSAM-attack takedown. I have not seen posts about people being encouraged to leave either. So, you are doing great for some of us. Thanks.

I'll cry for Australia and Taiwan. I guess you can't remain in the first world forever. 🤷‍♂️ /s

I am somewhat reluctant to say it, but if you get into a top-branded school, it will absolutely help you as it will open doors that otherwise would be closed. People will look at you differently, expect from your differently, and you'll expect from yourself differently.

OTH, look at Bill Gate, Steve Job, Michael Dell, etc.; extraordinary people will be extraordinary given the right circumstances, ideas, and perseverance.

Google assistant "app": https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googleassistant&hl=en&gl=US

I think once it's rolled out in your region, the assistant will pester you to switch to Gemini.

There is no Gemini app of any kind for me either.

"perforation!"

The MLs have been shown to be extraordinarily good at statistically guessing your words. The words covered are probably comprehensive.

Can you curse regularly?

Haha, apparently, there is no direct law against cursing, but they can still throw these at you:

Disorderly behavior: Under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act, using abusive or insulting language in public can be considered disorderly behavior. This offense carries a maximum penalty of 6 months imprisonment, a fine of up to S$2,000, or both. The key factors here are the volume, tone, and target of the language. Shouting profanities at someone in a way that creates a disturbance could fall under this category.

Abusing a public servant: The Protection from Harassment Act protects public servants from verbal abuse, including threats and insults. Using abusive language towards a police officer, teacher, or other public service worker while they're performing their duties is an offense with a maximum penalty of 12 months imprisonment, a fine of up to S$5,000, or both.

The above comment also is in SGD, not much solace.

Just medieval? 😅

From the project's page:

The wearable system captures peripheral neural signals when internal speech articulators are volitionally and neurologically activated, during a user's internal articulation of words.

It doesn't capture the central signal, but peripheral, most likely from the nerves running around your face and your neck used to produce speech.

Have I been pawned is really nice, but only includes confirmed data leaks. If you use other services like Google or Malwarebyte, they will tell you more leaks. I was involved with the MoveIt data leak from a financial institution recently, which basically leaked all the information that possibly can be partly/wholely used for identity theft. This didn't show up in HIBP. Fidelity Financial Life Insurance just leaked enough info via Infosys for another 30,000 customers with enough data for identity thefts recently.

In the US, it seems if somebody is able financially to aggregate all these sensitive data leaks, they probably can cause havocs to many people. These info often come from financial institutions, which you can't totally withhold or lie about your personal information.

Chocolate chip-shrimp cookies with dip... yum...

Sure, blame it on the illegal miners. It could have been anybody with resources.

Yeah, the app data are separated and inaccessible, unless specified by the developer. Accessibility service is a separate permission, and should almost never be asked or granted, where as file/photo accesses are more common.

Lovely, that's a trick I haven't tried on Andorid.

both

Town-square when they lure you in, they own everything when they sell you ass off.