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Unsealed court documents from February 5th, 2024, in Kadrey v. Meta show Meta (formerly Facebook) illegally torrented 81.7TB of data from "shadow libraries" such as Anna's Archive, Z-Library, and LibGen to train Meta artificial intelligence.
Highlights include:
- A senior AI research at Meta says, "I don't think we should use pirated material. I really need to draw a line there."
- Another AI researcher says, "using pirated material should be beyond our ethical threshold" ... "SciHub, ResearchGate, LibGen are basically like PirateBay or something like that, they are distributing content that is protectec by copyright and they're infringing it".
- In January 2023, Mark Zuckerberg attends a meeting which is heavily redacted in court documents. However, he says "we need to this move this stuff forward" and "we need to find a way to unblock all of this".
- Fast forward to April, 2023, Meta employees discuss using a VPN to conceal Meta IP address ranges when torrenting data. Meta employees also discuss the need to involve lawyers if something goes astray. The unredacted court records show a Meta employee saying, "torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right 😂".
Highlights include:
- A senior AI research at Meta says, "I don't think we should use pirated material. I really need to draw a line there."
- Another AI researcher says, "using pirated material should be beyond our ethical threshold" ... "SciHub, ResearchGate, LibGen are basically like PirateBay or something like that, they are distributing content that is protectec by copyright and they're infringing it".
- In January 2023, Mark Zuckerberg attends a meeting which is heavily redacted in court documents. However, he says "we need to this move this stuff forward" and "we need to find a way to unblock all of this".
- Fast forward to April, 2023, Meta employees discuss using a VPN to conceal Meta IP address ranges when torrenting data. Meta employees also discuss the need to involve lawyers if something goes astray. The unredacted court records show a Meta employee saying, "torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right 😂".
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PlayStation networks have been down for approx. 26 hours now.
The outage has resulted in memes and other companies taking advantage of the situation for advertisement purposes.
Sony hasn't released any details on what has created the outage.
The outage has resulted in memes and other companies taking advantage of the situation for advertisement purposes.
Sony hasn't released any details on what has created the outage.
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PlayStation networks have been down for approx. 26 hours now. The outage has resulted in memes and other companies taking advantage of the situation for advertisement purposes. Sony hasn't released any details on what has created the outage.
Of course the prevailing theory at the moment is the super scary R-word. It rhymes with SchmansomeSchmare. There is little that supports this.
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Xbox one controller for PC gaming: $70, stick drift after 6 months, have to gently pick it up and set down
Xbox original controller from 2002: $15, no stick drift, has been thrown threw 7 walls, covered in Cheeto dust and pizza grease, virtually indestructible
Xbox original controller from 2002: $15, no stick drift, has been thrown threw 7 walls, covered in Cheeto dust and pizza grease, virtually indestructible
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Today the largest Anonymous social media profile issued a heavily-charged political message regarding recent changes in the United States political ecosystem.
In summary, they assert rapid changes in technology systems, due to actions performed by Elon Musk (or rather the Department of Government Efficiency), has left massive vulnerabilities which can be exploited (and they intend to exploit?).
This has resulted in a lot of attention from non-techies to their social media profiles.
Thoughts:
- Previously Anonymous has promised to perform similar actions, none came to fruition
- Government institutions have been compromised in the past which resulted in very little. Conti, Lockbit, ALPHV (RansomHub), various state-sponsored groups — compromised the United States government (although to various degrees). This includes when the Iran government compromised Trump's campaign via social engineering. It wasn't the end of the world.
- You don't need to exploit anything, just follow Scattered Spider's TTP. Pay some guy $15 to call them and ask for a password reset. Or check stealer logs.
- If in the event a government institution is compromised, what do you intend to do? Deploy ransomware (partially sarcastic)? 99% of United States citizen's PII have been dumped anyway from places like Breached or from previous ransomware attacks.
- Where was this call-to-action speech when other countries had political ideologies present which do not adhere to your belief system?
- Any serious Threat Actor (or Hacktivist) shouldn't announce their intentions to millions of people prior to action. We personally have not witnessed a serious Threat Group release a 3:50 long manifesto prior to performing a compromise.
- Is it a good idea to (metaphorically) declare war on the person who owns this platform? Is it good to (metaphorically) declare war on the United States government on any social media platform without doing due diligence and ensuring your OPSEC isn't cooked?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
In summary, they assert rapid changes in technology systems, due to actions performed by Elon Musk (or rather the Department of Government Efficiency), has left massive vulnerabilities which can be exploited (and they intend to exploit?).
This has resulted in a lot of attention from non-techies to their social media profiles.
Thoughts:
- Previously Anonymous has promised to perform similar actions, none came to fruition
- Government institutions have been compromised in the past which resulted in very little. Conti, Lockbit, ALPHV (RansomHub), various state-sponsored groups — compromised the United States government (although to various degrees). This includes when the Iran government compromised Trump's campaign via social engineering. It wasn't the end of the world.
- You don't need to exploit anything, just follow Scattered Spider's TTP. Pay some guy $15 to call them and ask for a password reset. Or check stealer logs.
- If in the event a government institution is compromised, what do you intend to do? Deploy ransomware (partially sarcastic)? 99% of United States citizen's PII have been dumped anyway from places like Breached or from previous ransomware attacks.
- Where was this call-to-action speech when other countries had political ideologies present which do not adhere to your belief system?
- Any serious Threat Actor (or Hacktivist) shouldn't announce their intentions to millions of people prior to action. We personally have not witnessed a serious Threat Group release a 3:50 long manifesto prior to performing a compromise.
- Is it a good idea to (metaphorically) declare war on the person who owns this platform? Is it good to (metaphorically) declare war on the United States government on any social media platform without doing due diligence and ensuring your OPSEC isn't cooked?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Today the largest Anonymous social media profile issued a heavily-charged political message regarding recent changes in the United States political ecosystem. In summary, they assert rapid changes in technology systems, due to actions performed by Elon Musk…
Plot twist: "Anonymous" decides to partner up with Dmitry Khoroshev (Creator and administrator of Lockbit ransomware group) and Maksim Yakubets (EvilCorp) for social justice, or something. They're deploying ransomware against critical infrastructure for your freedom
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Hell yeah! Color is back. Skill issue on my end. It was in before Black White... Well... When you choose composite instead of AV 😁
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And since I have a Modbo Chip - I can play burned games :3
(Soon FreeMCBoot)
(Soon FreeMCBoot)
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And since I have a Modbo Chip - I can play burned games :3 (Soon FreeMCBoot)
During my research for FreeMCBoot, i found FreeDVDBoot which:
- Doesn't require any hard/soft Mod
- You can patch ISO's and burn them (unmodified console runs unsigned code aka burned DVDs)
- It's a DVD-ROM Reader Exploit and runs on every PS2
- Doesn't require any hard/soft Mod
- You can patch ISO's and burn them (unmodified console runs unsigned code aka burned DVDs)
- It's a DVD-ROM Reader Exploit and runs on every PS2
Here the source to it:
FreeDVDBoot:
https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-disc-setup
FreeDVDBoot to patch games which will be burned on DVD-R:
https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=9973&sid=d2202068b56d385ed6632e517d074453
FreeDVDBoot:
https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-disc-setup
FreeDVDBoot to patch games which will be burned on DVD-R:
https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=9973&sid=d2202068b56d385ed6632e517d074453
GitHub
GitHub - CTurt/FreeDVDBoot: PlayStation 2 DVD Player Exploit
PlayStation 2 DVD Player Exploit. Contribute to CTurt/FreeDVDBoot development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Google тайно установил более миллиарду пользователей Android приложение, которое сканирует все ваши фотографии на наличие запрещённого контента.
Android System SafetyCore появился на огромном числе устройств без предварительного уведомления и какого-либо согласия пользователей.
Это системное приложение от Google. Оно выполняет локальную проверку изображений на наличие 18+ контента, такого как обнажённых фотографий, с целью фильтрации или предупреждения.
Эксперты опасаются по поводу возможного использования метаданных и результатов сканирования, которые теоретически могут быть переданы Google, например, для рекламы и таргетинга.
Приложение можно отключить или удалить: Настройки → Приложения → Все приложения → Android System SafetyCore. Либо можете ограничить ему доступ к интернету.
Распространите среди пользователей Android
r/#privacy
Android System SafetyCore появился на огромном числе устройств без предварительного уведомления и какого-либо согласия пользователей.
Это системное приложение от Google. Оно выполняет локальную проверку изображений на наличие 18+ контента, такого как обнажённых фотографий, с целью фильтрации или предупреждения.
Эксперты опасаются по поводу возможного использования метаданных и результатов сканирования, которые теоретически могут быть переданы Google, например, для рекламы и таргетинга.
Приложение можно отключить или удалить: Настройки → Приложения → Все приложения → Android System SafetyCore. Либо можете ограничить ему доступ к интернету.
Распространите среди пользователей Android
r/#privacy