Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

When you buy hardware that depends on "the cloud", you're buying disposable hardware.

Looks like a school in Massachusetts found this out the hard way.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lights-massachusetts-school-year-no-one-can-turn-rcna65611

PayPal says hackers accessed sensitive data of ~35K users, including addresses and social security numbers, in a credential stuffing attack in December 2022 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/paypal-accounts-breached-in-large-scale-credential-stuffing-attack/
http://www.techmeme.com/230119/p27#a230119p27

Very troubling: A Swedish newspaper reports that at least 30 Chinese doctoral students at Swedish universities had to agree to “serve the interests of the regime” and “never participate in ‘activities’ that go against the will of the authorities." There is also a requirement that the student’s guarantor, likely a relative, cannot leave China for an extended period while the student is abroad, and that there is a financial penalty for students who contradict the agreement. https://thepienews.com/news/chinese-students-signing-loyalty-pledges-arrival-sweden/#.Y8lTfEhtRp4.twitter

A new Files file has just dropped, purportedly, this time leaked Facebook emails. Here is the Twitter thread, and the core claim: that the CDC had "significant influence" over FB's covid moderation policy. Now, this was not a secret. Ironically, in an effort to NOT be the "arbiter of truth" the platform had long-established relationships with health institutions to try to understand what was or was not accurate in terms of health claims...on diseases, vax, etc.

https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1616072212284379137?s=20&t=Qwpc6RQplJZWKrEVAK0HqA

Because it’s never a matter of IF there’s a bad apple in the group - there’s ALWAYS a bad apple in the group - when you’re a community leader, it’s a matter of: what are you doing to amplify or quiet that bad apple? How do you take away their power to ruin it for everybody? It may not be possible in a stadium, but it’s sure as shit possible online.

#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org, and follow our campaign account at @endDRM

On Friday, SCOTUS may discuss whether to hear two cases challenging social media laws in Texas and Florida and plans to hear two Section 230 cases in February (David McCabe/New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/technology/supreme-court-online-free-speech-social-media.html
http://www.techmeme.com/230119/p25#a230119p25

A majority of House Republicans’ new committee chairs are election deniers

The GOP chairs will have a huge say in House priorities that could shape the future of US democracy.

https://therealnews.com/a-majority-of-house-republicans-new-committee-chairs-are-election-deniers

@MPgh

I definitely have and it's also very accurate.

#Christofascism is just #WhiteSupremacy in bible drag!

It is insane that over 1/3 of the country believes that Biden should face criminal charges for the documents when he literally has done zero nothing nada—no act and no mental state—that could be an element of a crime. Lots of unfortunate reasons for this, but media part of it.

PayPal accounts #breached in large-scale credential stuffing attack

Successful credential stuffing campaign. Change your #passwords and stop reusing old ones.

#cybersecurity #infosec #databreach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/paypal-accounts-breached-in-large-scale-credential-stuffing-attack/

SearXNG: "free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, SearXNG can be used over Tor for online anonymity."

https://docs.searxng.org/

#FOSS

Do the Democrats have any federal judges who will reliably issue nationwide bans on right-wing laws/policies? Seems like the Republicans, after Trump presidency, have at least a few who'll do whatever the extreme right wants.

On the bonus podcast we do, Nate shares his experience of worship songs being intentionally written and sung in "male keys" so that women are the ones harmonizing with the man. This perpetuates the patriarcy found in churches. #deconstruction #exvangelical #patriarcy LISTEN: https://almostheretical.com/utterlyheretical

Can a single right wing activist judge block the sale of abortion pills nationwide? Apparently so. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-ban-abortion-pill-1234658423/

The federal govt has opened an investigation into a Texas school district over its alleged removal of books featuring #LGBTQ characters — marking the first test of a new legal argument that failing to represent students in school books can constitute discrimination. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating the Granbury Independent School District. #BannedBooks #discrimination #éducation #libraries #CivilRights #LegalResearch https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/01/13/granbury-book-ban-biden-civil-rights-investigation-title-ix/