Nick @internic@social.cleverlibre.org

The Matrix.org Foundation is pleased to share that today, alongside Mozilla, we have joined @OpenForumEurope as supporters.

OpenForum Europe has proven an effective convener and advocate for open source and open standards in Europe, and we’re glad to help further that work: https://openforumeurope.org/mozilla-and-the-matrix-org-foundation-join-ofe-as-supporters/

#Matrix #OpenSource #OpenStandards #EU

And here's what I wrote about from 2015 to 2024. Quite different: now I'm using category theory to set up compositional frameworks for different kinds of networks and systems - like Markov processes, Petri nets, and stock and flow diagrams. I'm applying this to epidemiology and chemistry... but yes, I also play around with things like the icosahedron, the icosidodecahedron and the Kuramato-Sivashinsky equation.

You can do this too, here:

https://shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/scholar_googler3/

but right now this site is overloaded.

(4/n, n = 4)

As William Gibson once wrote, "If they think you're crude, go technical. If they think you're technical, go crude." Combat voice deepfake scams with a family password. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/worried-about-ai-voice-clone-scams-create-family-password

I hear that Gmail has recently started objecting to more mail from non-Gmail senders than usual.

So if you use Gmail, it might be a good idea to keep a closer eye than usual on your spam folder. (And mark non-spam as non-spam.)

And if you don’t use Gmail, and you’re waiting an unusually long time for a response to something that you sent to a Gmail user, it might be worth contacting them via other channels to make sure the mail reached them.

Anti-abortion group’s studies retracted before Supreme Court mifepristone case

A large number of other, non-retracted studies find mifepristone to be very safe.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/anti-abortion-groups-studies-retracted-before-supreme-court-mifepristone-case/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Three students have won a $700,000 prize after using AI to read a 2,000-year-old scroll burnt during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD, BBC News reports:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68221243

#ai #romanempire #juliuscaesar #mountvesuvius

Hope he can Klingon!

My word cloud from google scholar.
Make your own here:
https://shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/scholar_googler3/

Here's the preliminary report I've obtained from the NTSB regarding the missing bolts from the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet. http://tinyurl.com/mr2pu3tb

In the rare instances that parents of school shooters are prosecuted, they are normally charged with crimes such as neglect or failure to properly secure a firearm.

In this case, prosecutors made a manslaughter case stick.
https://theconversation.com/michigan-mother-convicted-of-manslaughter-for-school-shootings-by-her-son-after-buying-him-a-gun-and-letting-him-keep-it-unsecured-222731
#News #BreakingNews #GunControl

Seeing so many small businesses and organisations (especially the ethics-driven ones) close up for good is getting painful, and also exhausting and daunting as someone running one. Please please please think about shopping at small places whenever you can, it makes a very real difference to an actual person's life, and the likes of Bezos absolutely do not need our support. Almost everything can be bought better from somewhere small.

NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.
— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards
— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable

https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-interoperability-messaging/ #tech #whatsapp #dma #infosec #news #technology

If you're using Thunderbird to access your @protonmail via their bridge for paid subscribers on Windows or Linux, don't forget to manually update to the newest version of Proton Mail Bridge. 🌉

This will re-enable automatic updates and increase reliability and security. 🔒

https://proton.me/mail/bridge

An appeals court today ruled unanimously that president #Trump was not the king, and so is subject to the law of the land.

Read an analysis from an expert on judicial behavior and American politics: https://theconversation.com/trump-was-not-king-and-can-be-prosecuted-for-crimes-committed-while-president-appeals-court-places-limits-on-immunity-221843?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon #News #BreakingNews #immunity

Study finds that Github Copilot lowers code quality and maintainability:

"We find disconcerting trends for maintainability. Code churn -- the percentage of lines that are reverted or updated less than two weeks after being authored -- is projected to double in 2024 compared to its 2021, pre-AI baseline. We further find that the percentage of 'added code' and 'copy/pasted code' is increasing in proportion to 'updated,' 'deleted,' and 'moved 'code. In this regard, AI-generated code resembles an itinerant contributor, prone to violate the DRY-ness [don't repeat yourself] of the repos visited."

The paper concludes: "How will Copilot transform what it means to be a developer? There's no question that, as AI has surged in popularity, we have entered an era where code lines are being added faster than ever before. The better question for 2024: who's on the hook to clean up the mess afterward?"

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx

@pluralistic a similar thing happened to me. I got a call from my CUs “fraud department“. They listed a bunch of charges made in Houston, which I had not made. To identify themselves they gave my full name, address, birthdate, and last four of my Social. So I was pretty for sure it was my credit union then the guy said “I’m gonna send you a one time authorization code. Can you read it back to me?” I said sure, and moments later I got a text with a six digit code.

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I just peer-reviewed a forensic analysis in a case.

The suspect mailed a package with a hidden Apple AirTag in it to a victim's old home address.

The package was forwarded to her new (and formerly safe) address....

Might be good to warn DV victims of unexpected mail.

@SwiftOnSecurity Just

We can go further.

New from 404 Media: inside the underground site where "neural networks" churn out fake IDs
- I tested the service, called OnlyFake, made two IDs in minutes
- I then used one to successfully bypass the identity verification check on a cryptocurrency exchange
- Massive implications for crime, cybersecurity. What does it mean for us when fake IDs are a mouse click away?

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-site-where-ai-neural-networks-churns-out-fake-ids-onlyfake/

Google and Mozilla don’t like Apple’s new iOS browser rules

Google and Mozilla want iOS's new EU browser rules to apply worldwide.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/google-and-mozilla-dont-like-apples-new-ios-browser-rules/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social