Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
Again the FOSS world has proven to be vigilant and proactive in finding bugs and backdoors, IMHO. The level of transparency is stellar, especially compared to proprietary software companies. What the FOSS world has accomplished in 24 hours after detection of the backdoor code in #xz deserves a moment of humbleness. Instead we have flamewars and armchair experts shouting that we must change everything NOW. Which would introduce even more risks. Progress is made iteratively. Learn, adapt, repeat.
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
I donβt want an internet where 90% of traffic and electricity is wasted to make generative βAIβ and their investors happy while their energy hunger destroys our planet. I want an internet that shares knowledge for free for everyone, so we can build a better world.
I donβt want a #libertarian internet β¦
*drumroll*
β¦ I want a #librarian internet
#SarcasmButOnlyHalf
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
Yes, #Apple will demote WebApps to bookmarks on iOS 17.4 in the EU. Yes, they claim the EU is to blame. And no, that is not true IMHO. What is right is that under the DMA (Digital Market Access) rules WebApps could become a real escape route for Apps to avoid the Apple App Store tax. So better to close that possible loophole and blame the evil EU. IMHO. Reminds me a lot of the Cookie Banner stuff. Same story. Same blame game.
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
With βAIβ generated websites and content that are SEO optimised making it next to impossible to find real answers to even the simplest questions, it dawns on me that my weird decision to get a printed version of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica was an inspired one. We are losing access to reliable knowledge due to βAIβ and centralised, commercial services defining the web. We, the elders of the internet, look at this with fear and disgust.
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
IMHO: #Mozilla is repeating the #OpenAI process. A growing conflict between community driven/focused products and greedy managers thinking more VC (Venture Capital) style as they become more and more decoupled from the humble origins. This conflict will explode (I mean β asking for donations while the managers take home millions has a weird smell to it) soon and money will win (again). It's really a shame in this case.
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
The #SMTPSmuggling attack is being mitigated and tracked in the following CVEs:
- CVE-2023-51764 postfix - CVE-2023-51765 sendmail - CVE-2023-51766 exim
All three CVEs have been filed *today* by the community and NOT by SEC consult who discovered the flaw in June 2023 but decided to not share their findings with postfix, sendmail or exim. Only after they published their post on 2023-12-18, the communities have become aware and are now working hard to fix what is now more a 0day :(
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
Asimovβs three (well, four) laws of robotics are not supposed to actually work. They are vehicles to create interesting literature BECAUSE they are wrong and create contradictions that lead to good books. Too bad so many techbros donβt get that.
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
If some people say the #fediverse is a left-progressive project, it only shows how successful we collectively are to block the Nazis. Loads of far-right instances and users exist in the fediverse. Gab, anyone? But defederation and blocking makes that part invisible to most of us. They still exist and federate amongst themselves. ActivityPub, the protocol, is neutral. We decide what we want and not want. The fediverse is a herd of Venn diagrams, not a closed circle.
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
We call stuff we donβt understand but that entertains us βmagicβ. The best magicians are really good at misleading us, so they can surprise us and we are awed and want more. Most of their tricks are quite mundane, so we prefer to not know how they work.
Thatβs current βAIβ/LLM explained, IMHO. Like a good magician it plays with our expectations. Unlike a magician in purely mechanical ways. We are awed. We think it must be more than it actually is. Thatβs my current position.
Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:
Tech bros love to whine about "The EU cookie policy" that simply doesn't exist the way they imagine it. All these popups are the most radical way to interpret the explicit consent demanded by regulations when sending data to a 3rd party. An ongoing provocation by the ad/tracker industry to blame their ruthless data hoarding on the EU.
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@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net who would have thought?
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net I mean tbf, neither of those extensions would be very useful for the general population of the fediverse, and threads is at a poit right now where they don't even support most of the functionality of general fediverse...
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net oh yeah, they'll extend the protocol, but they won't implement it properly