Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Los Angeles: “I Can’t Believe My Country Is Like This”
August 27th, 2025Via: Sabbatical:
Microsoft Word Will Autosave to Cloud by Default
August 27th, 2025At least there’s a built in way to change this stupid cloud autosave behavior in Word. For now, at least. Most Word users won’t know or care about the totality of what they write being copied to Microsoft’s servers. Imagine the convenience! If you use Microsoft Office, there’s a decent chance that Libre Office would […]
Burner Phones, Wiped Socials: People Trying to Avoid Being Detained When Visiting the U.S.
August 25th, 2025Don’t have too little data, because that’s also suspicious: You might think the most protective options are to completely wipe your phone before traveling, use a burner or travel without a phone. But the EFF’s Cope said that could actually raise suspicions. “People are damned if they do and damned if they don’t,” Cope said. […]
YouTube Secretly Used AI to Edit People’s Videos
August 25th, 2025Side note: I found YouTube’s aggressive promotion of shortform video content to be extremely annoying. Hide Youtube-Shorts is very good at blocking those videos. Via: BBC: A growing share of reality is pre-processed by AI before it reaches us. Eventually, the question won’t be whether you can tell the difference, but whether it’s eroding our […]
“You’re Not a Whistleblower, You’re Doing PR”
August 23rd, 2025"You're not a whistleblower, you're doing PR" AJ from The Why Files doesn't believe "UFO Whistleblowers" that are cleared by the DOD pic.twitter.com/JTvaMh031N — Red Panda Koala (@RedPandaKoala) August 23, 2025 Related: The One About Eric Davis Saying There Are Four Species of Aliens on Earth…
The One About Eric Davis Saying There Are Four Species of Aliens on Earth…
August 20th, 2025Four species of aliens on earth, but no Epstein files. Mmm hmm. Fascinating. Is the Epstein thing causing them to run The Mighty Wurlitzer on afterburner with the aliens? I follow this topic closely because I can’t help it, but do normies even care about this? I think of this as going pretty much unnoticed […]
BlackRock’s Fink Appointed as Interim Co-Chairman of World Economic Forum
August 18th, 2025Via: The National: BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has been appointed interim co-chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which organises the annual meeting of leaders in Davos, Switzerland. Andre Hoffmann, the vice chairman of Swiss based healthcare company Roche Holding, will also be interim co-chairman of the WEF, according to an announcement on Friday. […]
The Computer Science Dream Has Become a Nightmare
August 13th, 2025Via: TechCrunch: The coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. A crushing New York Times piece highlights what’s happening on the ground. […]
And Now… Bill Gates Butter
August 12th, 2025Via: CBS: A company in Batavia, Illinois is making butter in a way you’ve never seen before. No animals, no plants, no oils; this butter is made from carbon. The sustainability-focused approach has the blessing and backing of Bill Gates. It looks, smells and tastes like the butter we all know, but it’s made without […]
EU Media Freedom Law Allows for Journalist Arrests if Justified by ‘Public Interest’
August 9th, 2025Via: disclose.tv: The European Media Freedom Act is now in effect across all EU member states. This legislation aims to protect press freedom and the confidentiality of sources. However, Article 3 (b) and 4 (c) of the act allow for journalist arrests if justified by a compelling “public interest” on a case-by-case basis. “Member States […]
