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Can 'script kiddies' level up by tricking AI into writing exploit...

Can 'script kiddies' level up by tricking AI into writing exploit code...

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/chatgpt_hex_encoded_jailbreak/

#security #ai #llm

For the "full picture", here's the new logo. Ok, I'm being facetious; there's more to branding than a logo. Still...

For the "full picture", here's the new logo. Ok, I'm being facetious; there's more to branding than a logo. Still 🤷‍♂️

Mozilla president Mark Surman: “Even though we’ve been at the forefront of privacy and open source, people weren’t getting the full...

Mozilla president Mark Surman: “Even though we’ve been at the forefront of privacy and open source, people weren’t getting the full picture of what we do."

So they redesigned their branding, rather than demonstrating "the full picture" with their actions.

FF market share 2009: 30%
Today: 2.8%

2.8% with $0.5B yearly funding from Google. Guess what happens to that pitiful market share when Google turns off the cash hose...

#opensource #design #firefox

My browser setup is as follows (Brave/Firefox): I download from a Linux repository and have the vendor URLs blocked at network level. The...

My browser setup is as follows (Brave/Firefox): I download from a Linux repository and have the vendor URLs blocked at network level. The vendors don't know I exist (hopefully). The blocked URLs are being pounded all day long as the browsers are desperate to dial home. I have JavaScript and remote fonts disabled (I whitelist JS as desired). Lynx (text-based browser) in a terminal is useful, too.

5/5

By the way, during onboarding: "Tracker and Ad Blocking" defaults to 'None', although they do present you with an option...

By the way, during onboarding: "Tracker and Ad Blocking" defaults to 'None', although they do present you with an option to change. The default search engine is Bing, with no upfront option to change.

"We use Google’s form autofill feature that helps you fill out forms on the web more quickly. Autofill is enabled by default"

"Vivaldi integrates the Safe browsing API from Google"

Ah Google, the kings of privacy /s

4/5

"If you turn on automated crash log sharing in settings, Vivaldi will send a detailed log to our server when it crashes. Crash logs may...

"If you turn on automated crash log sharing in settings, Vivaldi will send a detailed log to our server when it crashes. Crash logs may contain personal data that resides in relevant sections of your computer’s memory, including passwords and chunks of content from the webpages you visit."

I was surprised that crash logs default to disabled. I just installed Vivaldi to check; it's true.

3/5

"We anonymize the IP address of Vivaldi users by removing the last octet of the IP address from your Vivaldi client then we store the...

"We anonymize the IP address of Vivaldi users by removing the last octet of the IP address from your Vivaldi client then we store the resolved approximate location after using a local geoip lookup."

An 'octet' is 8 chars. Are they referring to the longer IV6 addresses (32 chars)? How fuzzy does that make the location data? I don't know. Even if it's at State/County level, that's still another data-point. "Approximate location" reads to me as way more precise.

2/5

https://vivaldi.com/zerotracking/https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/Vivaldi. They boast zero tracking."We don’t track you. Nothing,...

https://vivaldi.com/zerotracking/
https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/

Vivaldi. They boast zero tracking.

"We don’t track you. Nothing, zero, zilch."

Sounds like a massive win for privacy. Small print:

"[you are] assigned a unique user ID that is stored on your computer. Vivaldi will send [...] directly to our servers located in Iceland every 24 hours containing this ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution and time since last message"

Hell of a fingerprint, already.

1/5

#privacy #security

One of my best friends.#dog #dogs #animals

One of my best friends.

#dog #dogs #animals

"Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, literally, something...

"Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, literally, something else"

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/02/rool_530_is_here/

Might tinker with this w/e.

#linux #raspberrypi #design

Watching Dune (1984) tonight. Then re-watching Dune (2021), ready for Dune (2024).#movies #dune

Watching Dune (1984) tonight. Then re-watching Dune (2021), ready for Dune (2024).

#movies #dune

Replaying Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) on PC. I was worried it wouldn't hold up in 2024. It totally does. It looks stunning, still....

Replaying Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) on PC. I was worried it wouldn't hold up in 2024. It totally does. It looks stunning, still. Super smooth combat animations.

#gaming #batman

A defensive tool for artists against AI art generators:https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html#nightshade #ai #art #design

A defensive tool for artists against AI art generators:

https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html

#nightshade #ai #art #design

I've been using https://penpot.app since Figma sold-out to Adobe. I highly recommend checking it out. #design

I've been using https://penpot.app since Figma sold-out to Adobe. I highly recommend checking it out. #design

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