Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

#USpol #USAID

What borders on stupidity?

Mexico and Canada.

You've probably read lots of stories about how the upstart Chinese AI chat company DeepSeek could be a security threat, but where's the beef? Well, the people at the mobile app security firm NowSecure have published a security and privacy analysis of the app's design and behavior, and it's not pretty. Here's the lede:

"New mobile apps from the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek have remained among the top three “free” downloads for Apple and Google devices since their debut on Jan. 25, 2025. But experts caution that many of DeepSeek’s design choices — such as using hard-coded encryption keys, and sending unencrypted user and device data to Chinese companies — introduce a number of glaring security and privacy risks."

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/experts-flag-security-privacy-risks-in-deepseek-ai-app/

Netanyahu Gives Trump ‘Golden Pager’ After Assassinating Enemies With Similar Device https://www.mediaite.com/politics/netanyahu-gives-trump-golden-pager-after-assassinating-enemies-with-similar-device/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Robinhood seems to be taking a lesson from the crypto world. “Sports bets” are now “event contracts”, and “gambling” is now “an emerging asset class”. Perhaps the next pickpocket to be caught by police should try informing the officer that they’re merely democratizing finance!

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Something said by a conservative acquaintance: “Making the Palestinians leave Gaza isn’t genocide, it’s basically the same thing we did when we put the Native Americans on reservations”

Dude, you’re so close.

Google, a brief history

2004: Don’t be evil
2018: OK, be evil but at least don’t kill people
2025: Fuck it, kill people

https://www.independent.co.uk/business/google-drops-pledge-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons-b2692533.html

#Google #BigTech #AI #SiliconValley #USA #capitalism #fascism

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States - The Onion

https://theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-c-1819576375/

Swing state lawmaker warns Trump's newest 'power trip' is 'just the beginning' https://www.rawstory.com/trump-climate-change/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The Democratic leadership has convinced itself that each yes vote on a Republican nomination somehow banks political capital for the future. What future? When your opponent announces their intention to end democracy as we know it, what exactly are you saving your political capital for?

https://www.theindex.media/its-scorched-earth-time/

The number of telepaths on Mastodon is amazing!

When I post something, even though they don't know me, they suddenly have deep insight into everything I believe and all the actions I have ever taken. It's amazing!

Of course, being wrong about perhaps 90% of the time means they aren't very good telepaths...

Maybe they could spend the money on more air traffic controllers? https://oldbytes.space/@pixel/113953455587682690

@lauren So much angst among folks who didn't vote Harris because "the democrats didn't do enough on Palestine"

Hitler: "I want Poland."
Trump: "I want Gaza."

Maybe I don't know how tariffs work, but I _think_ that if I want to sell goods for some dollar number that leaves me with one hundred dollars in hand, and there are zero tariffs, then I cross the border and sell those goods for one hundred dollars.

But with a 25% tariff, if I want to leave with 100 dollars in hand, what price do I need to set for my goods to end up with that 100 dollars?

I ask because 3/4 of 133 is about 100.

For a captive audience, a 25% tariff is just a 33% tax.

TIL that Sync is the only Canadian alternative to Dropbox, iCloud and Sharepoint. Canadian owned and operated. "With Sync, your data never leaves Canada. "

So I am now moving all my DropBox & Google drive files to Sync.
https://sync.com

🇨🇦

#ShopCanadian #FuckTrump #FuckElon #FuckSundarPichai

H: There was the curious behavior of Biden and the Democrats after the election.
W: But Biden and the Democrats did nothing after the election.
H: That is what was curious.

In light of a bit of snark I've been seeing here, please remember that (Conservative) Prime Minister Harper muzzled Canadian scientists in 2013 and Alberta has never rescinded those rules.

Wireless doorbells resting on their chargers.