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brevitea··on OWASP PTK v8.9 with cheat sheets for XSS and SQL just released
Ref: https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross_Site_Sc...
brevitea··on The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
One notable difference is that Apple and Google don't have your interaction data at the end of the day. Well, unless Rabbit sells it to them.
brevitea··on Jeff Barr: customers should not have to pay for unauthorized requests
A win is a win.
brevitea··on Google search unit conversion misinterprets common measurements
150mm -> 150 mm works.
brevitea··on Amazon Q Developer: your assistant for the entire software development lifecycle
https://www.rabbit.tech/rabbit-r1
brevitea··on Amazon Q Developer: your assistant for the entire software development lifecycle
... you mean, giant corporations are dominant in an "anti-competitive" or "anti-trust" manner? huh...
brevitea··on Why didn't Google Cloud buy HashiCorp?
we want it to still work...
brevitea··on AI is making Meta's apps basically unusable
haha, it's called Amazon Alexa.
brevitea··on Share Google Maps with your friends better
Definitely cool. I try not to use Google Maps. If you make it for OpenStreetMap I'll use it for sure.
brevitea··on FTC says Amazon executives destroyed potential evidence using apps like Signal
Jeff Bezos, when not operating in a business capacity, can do whatever. The federal government told Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and others, they had to retain communication streams for a certain amount of time.

And then Amazon (and Google) instructed employees to delete lots of communications, and to communicate outside normal channels, e.g., via Signal.

brevitea··on FTC says Amazon executives destroyed potential evidence using apps like Signal
The sudden disappearance of Slack channels is definitely a thing, along with giant sets of trouble tickets. Don't forget the disappearing wikis... Can't have documentation.
brevitea··on FTC says Amazon executives destroyed potential evidence using apps like Signal
Amazon will just fire and replace you with someone who will commit crimes. Happens quite often, usually via a "PIP".
brevitea··on LLM Honeypots?
Yes, and rather than a few keywords it will be full data poisoning attacks. Which, cool.
brevitea··on Claude AI – Name and Shame
I mean, one way to block it is to firewall it. Another is to engage in data poisoning attacks.
brevitea··on Discord Shuts Down 'Spy Pet' Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages
So... what happens to the dataset?
brevitea··on The brutal business practices of Amazon
That's actually a point of contention. Aside from AWS, how successful is Amazon actually?
brevitea··on The brutal business practices of Amazon
By "balanced view," do you mean the one where Amazon lawyers attempt to erode the ever-growing list of credible reports outlining Amazon engaging in and encouraging the tactics outlined in the article/book?

From what I can tell, the article is remarkably spot on.

It begs the question, without government contracts[1], where would Amazon actually be? Would Amazon be out of business? Hmm... Makes you wonder.

[1] https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/20...

brevitea··on TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out
Pretty sure people are upset that other social media companies are not held to this sudden standard imposed on Tiktok, even after USDS.
brevitea··on Politicians Helped Kill Amazon's Roomba Deal
Amazon's repeated illegal and negligent actions helped kill Amazon's Roomba deal.
brevitea··on Augment, a GitHub Copilot rival, launches out of stealth
Hope it's not another Devin situation...
brevitea··on Facebook users say 'amen' to bizarre AI-generated images of Jesus
I wonder if this is an exercise to quickly identify certain polarized and vulnerable groups, for targeting in disinfo/misinfo campaigns etc.

The "opt-out" Meta AI intrusion where the chatbot auto-replies after 1 hr is quite concerning. I guess it's one way of generating training data, but jeez.

brevitea··on Meta Horizon OS
There exists a severe deterioration of trust with respect to Zuckerberg. I don't believe people are as eager to jump on his bandwagon today.
brevitea··on Proton Pass open source password manager is now available on F-Droid
Excited for the additions to Proton.
brevitea··on Do You Even Need Antivirus Software in 2024?
> Antivirus software has to have full access to every part of your system so it can scan and remove things. Should the software become compromised, it can become the entry point...

To be sure, 3 Critical vulnerabilities patched in April 2024 are Windows Defender RCEs[1]. Insane.

[1]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-ap...

brevitea··on AI Startup Says It Has Defeated Captchas (2013)
even the tricky addition ones?
brevitea··on Amazon to push cashierless shopping into more 3rd-party stores, not its own
Oh, is Amazon trying to grab all my shopping data without a storefront? Because their own stores failed? How "innovative."
brevitea··on How one Amazon engineer is making the internet a safer place for all of us
Hey Tom Scholl, what are you doing about the attacks that are coming from inside the house?
brevitea··on Amazon's CEO Letter to Shareholders (2023)
> "As we look toward 2024 (and beyond), we’re not done lowering our cost to serve."

So, more layoffs.

brevitea··on US House approves FISA renewal – warrantless surveillance and all
Embarrassing for the US, again.
brevitea··on The Adderall Shortage: DEA versus FDA in a Regulatory War
Quite frankly, I just assumed it was the US Government stockpiling for the increasing military escalations/soon-to-be wars happening.
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