BOFH: Rome, I have been thy soldier 40 years… give me a staff of honour for mine age
Episode 7, in which the BOFH meets a true master.
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Someone not only created a comment-spewing Reddit bot powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3, it offered bizarre life advice
Someone used OpenAI’s GPT-3 text-generating software to write a string of posts on Reddit, convincing people the missives were penned by a real person, and banking internet points in the process, The Register can confirm.
Redditor thegentlemetre has produced over the course of the past 10 days hundreds of answers on the popular subreddit AskReddit in which people turn to millions of their peers for practical tips and life advice. At its most frenzied periods, the account generated about one comment per minute, offering a jumble of answers to people’s questions. That would be quite a feat for a lone human, considering most of these submissions are several paragraphs long.
Here’s US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search
An unsealed warrant in a case involving alleged pedophile R&B star R. Kelly has shown how the Feds can get Google to hand over the details of people who make specific web search queries.
It raises a mild concern that if Uncle Sam’s request is too broad, and Google can’t or won’t resist the order, you could be swept up into an investigation simply by searching for the wrong thing at the wrong time. We note, though, that in this particular tale, the query was rather narrow, and Google insists it challenges overly broad warrants.
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That brings new possibilities in ransomware.
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Better call Saul LockPickingLawyer!
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I had to post this in the safe thread…
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I find that premise really engaging: making the invisible visible.
There’s that old saying about wearing one’s heart on one’s sleeve, this is like wearing one’s spirit or mental state on their body.
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€20 on “mоist patch of carpet” !
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Microsoft and other global infosec companies have mounted a joint operation to sabotage command-and-control (C2) infrastructure used by the Trickbot malware.
Coming on the heels of a US government operation to disrupt the botnet late last week, as reported by infosec blogger Brian Krebs, the multinational effort to take down C2 infrastructure is being billed as part of an attempt to protect the American presidential elections taking place on 3 November.
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Beware, drone fliers, of Scotland’s black-headed gulls. For they will tear your craft from Mother Nature’s skies
An innocent drone has crashed after being attacked by an aggressive Scottish black-headed gull.
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As usual, El Reg has the better headline:
What’s that, Lt Lassie? Three terrorists have fallen down a well? Strap on these AR goggles and we’ll find 'em
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Five Eyes nations plus Japan and India call for Big Tech to bake backdoors into everything
The nations of the Five Eyes security alliance – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA and the UK – plus Japan and India, have called on technology companies to design their products so they offer access to encrypted messages and content.
A joint “International Statement” issued on Sunday frames the issue as a matter of public safety.
Here we go again…
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Britannia should rule the (cyber) waves, minister tells Singapore event in bid to drum up Commonwealth support
Comment A UK government minister has called for the country to “shape the standards of new technology” in a speech aimed at drumming up Commonwealth support for a cyber “leadership” role for post-Brexit Britain.
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The statement does not express entirely new sentiments. The very fact the seven nations felt the need to issue it is surely notable, as many have already enacted legislation aimed at ensuring they can access encrypted online activity. The UK’s Snooper’s Charter, Australia’s Assistance and Access Bill and the USA’s CLOUD Act all offer legislative instruments that permit governments to compel access to devices and/or content under some circumstances.
It wasn’t enough then and this won’t be enough for these authoritarian fuckers.
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1916 - the British government secretly bought the Reuter’s news agency.
1917 - the Zimmermann Telegram - British Intelligence was reading diplomatic telegraph communications.
The more things change.
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But the Statement also says: “Particular implementations of encryption technology … pose significant challenges to public safety, including to highly vulnerable members of our societies like sexually exploited children.” The document then quotes statistics about the extent of child exploitation activity online and asserts that if law enforcement agencies can be allowed to view encrypted communications, it will enhance public safety.
I’m sure that their real concern for sexually exploited children is reflected in their budget allocations, right?
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Well I’m sure his next job will be in cyber…
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