New: Discord has shut down a tool that was surveilling thousands of Discord channels and selling the data, and is considering legal action
https://www.404media.co/discord-shuts-down-spy-pet-bots-that-scraped-sold-user-messages/
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New: Discord has shut down a tool that was surveilling thousands of Discord channels and selling the data, and is considering legal action
https://www.404media.co/discord-shuts-down-spy-pet-bots-that-scraped-sold-user-messages/
I've spent four months looking at AI spam on Facebook. I've messaged hundreds of people commenting on the bizarre images trying to determine if they are real, and to understand what's happening.
Facebook isn't the "Dead Internet." It's something worse:
https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-spam-isnt-the-dead-internet-its-the-zombie-internet/
This new tool shows the approximate physical location of many Telegram users. It uses the API for Telegram's "Find People Nearby" feature, which is opt-in. But the tool lets you search for locations globally (I did on multiple cities around the world) https://www.404media.co/this-tool-shows-some-telegram-users-approximate-physical-location/
Amazon worker "voluntary time off" is so competitive that people sit on the app waiting for it release like it's a Playstation 5 or Taylor Swift tickets. Others use bots and "auto acceptor" scripts to grab it immediately
https://www.404media.co/amazon-workers-use-bots-to-snatch-fiercely-competitive-time-off/
Scoop: Solar storm is causing farmers' tractor GPS systems to go haywire. Many have shut down planting altogether during a critical period. A Deere dealer said accuracy is "extremely compromised"
https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/
KAFKAESQUE: Students at Emory University built an AI study tool. They pitched it to the university at an entrepreneurship competition. They won "grand prize" and $10,000 to build the tool. They built the tool.
The school's Honor Council suspended them for cheating and for building API support into the tool, which is what they pitched
Scoop: I obtained the contract Samsung requires independent shops to sign to buy phone repair parts from them.
It requires:
- "Daily" dumps of customer data
- The "immediate destruction" of any phones a shop comes across that has third-party parts
New from 404 Media: a hacker targeted a scam call center, broke in, then emailed the scam victims to warn them they’d been scammed. Also stole source code of the scammer’s tools. Here is the email: https://www.404media.co/hacker-breaches-scam-call-center-emails-its-scam-victims/
The Standard Ebooks project (www.standardebooks.org) has inspired me to delve into the classics—both of literature in general, and of genre/pulp fiction specifically, so that my knowledge of the field and creative output (especially as a worldbuilder and Dungeon Master/aspiring RPG writer) might grow. I figured it would be easiest to start with something that is familiar, and what could be more familiar than the basis for one of my favorite Disney movies?
Why
How do you use these "curated feeds"???
Simply follow them.
The posts will come in just like any other accounts you follow. Now they boost a lot of posts which will flood your Home feed. The solution is to use Lists.
Create a list for this topic, add the account, and go to settings (slider bar icon at top right) and toggle "Hide these posts from home". Your Home feed will no longer receive boosted posts from this account, but you will be able to view them by clicking on the list.
@Mycomancer@warhammer.social That's what Bookwyrm is perfect for ;)
If you’re wondering why it’s important enough to the global economy that it’s worth risking a world war to keep ships going through the Suez Canal, you should know:
The Panama Canal is barely functioning. Drought caused by #ClimateChange, and the same weather patterns that caused coral bleaching in Florida have made it impossible to maintain water levels in the system of locks that move ships over Panama
https://fortune.com/2024/01/02/panama-canal-shipping-bottleneck-cargo-climate-drought/
The fundamental truth at the heart of right-wing communities: the satisfaction derived from sharing their viewpoints and beliefs is intrinsically linked to the presence of a progressive adversary who will respond to them.
It's not the platform that matters, nor the freedom it offers. It's an opposition to berate and belittle.
https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/what-are-the-conservatives-going-to-do-talk-to-each-other
@Daojoan@mastodon.social Personally, I'm in dire need of a recommendation engine, but longtime Fedizens rioted last time a functional Fediverse search engine was attempted.