Apple terminating Epic’s developer account over Fortnite App Store protest
Things are moving fast in the Epic Games vs Apple battle. After Fortnite was pulled from the App Store for breaking Apple’s rules — sneaking in a direct payment method to get around the in-app purchase system — Epic almost immediately filed a lawsuit against Apple. Now the game developer says that Apple is terminating its account.
Epic shared the update on Twitter today, calling the removal of its account a “retaliation” for filing a lawsuit against Apple. The developer says that Apple is planning to terminate all of its accounts and cut it off from iOS and Mac development tools on August 28.
https://9to5mac.com/2020/08/17/apple-terminating-epic-games-dev-account/
#Apple #EpicGames
Things are moving fast in the Epic Games vs Apple battle. After Fortnite was pulled from the App Store for breaking Apple’s rules — sneaking in a direct payment method to get around the in-app purchase system — Epic almost immediately filed a lawsuit against Apple. Now the game developer says that Apple is terminating its account.
Epic shared the update on Twitter today, calling the removal of its account a “retaliation” for filing a lawsuit against Apple. The developer says that Apple is planning to terminate all of its accounts and cut it off from iOS and Mac development tools on August 28.
https://9to5mac.com/2020/08/17/apple-terminating-epic-games-dev-account/
#Apple #EpicGames
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Text editor Notepad++ banned in China after ‘Stand With Hong Kong’ update The website of Notepad++ is banned in China as of Monday, “obviously due to” its release of editions named ‘Free Uyghur’ and ‘Stand With Hong Kong’, the source code and text editor…
This is just entirely false. That notification is from Tencent security software bundled with their browser, and caused by many people reporting the website (which obviously happens because most Chinese are anti-HK).
Notepad++ and it's website are accessible within China.
Notepad++ and it's website are accessible within China.
YTS Operator Helped Movie Companies Catch a Pirating User
A group of movie companies is demanding nearly $100,000 in statutory piracy damages from US army veteran Mical Mesot. While the evidence is often flimsy in piracy cases, the rightsholders managed to get logs from the popular pirate site YTS to back up their claim. That evidence is corroborated by the operator of YTS, under penalty of perjury.
Lawsuits against pirating Internet subscribers are far from new. In the US, they first appeared more than a decade ago.
Over the years, the evidence in these lawsuits was regularly contested. In some cases this led to success, with courts concluding that an IP-address alone is not enough. After all, an IP-address doesn’t identify a person.
https://torrentfreak.com/yts-operator-helped-movie-companies-catch-a-pirating-user-200817/
#US #piracy
A group of movie companies is demanding nearly $100,000 in statutory piracy damages from US army veteran Mical Mesot. While the evidence is often flimsy in piracy cases, the rightsholders managed to get logs from the popular pirate site YTS to back up their claim. That evidence is corroborated by the operator of YTS, under penalty of perjury.
Lawsuits against pirating Internet subscribers are far from new. In the US, they first appeared more than a decade ago.
Over the years, the evidence in these lawsuits was regularly contested. In some cases this led to success, with courts concluding that an IP-address alone is not enough. After all, an IP-address doesn’t identify a person.
https://torrentfreak.com/yts-operator-helped-movie-companies-catch-a-pirating-user-200817/
#US #piracy
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YTS Operator Helped Movie Companies Catch a Pirating User * TorrentFreak
A group of movie companies demands nearly $100,000 in statutory piracy damages from US army veteran Mical Mesot.
Oracle is in talks to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations, challenging Microsoft, source says
Oracle, an enterprise software giant, is in talks to acquire social media company TikTok’s U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand assets, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Oracle is working with a group of U.S. venture capital firms that already have a stake in TikTok, said the person, who asked not to be named because the negotiations are private. The Financial Times earlier reported on the talks and named General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital as two of the investors working with Oracle.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/17/oracle-is-in-talks-to-acquire-tiktoks-us-operations-source-says.html
#US #Oracle #TikTok
Oracle, an enterprise software giant, is in talks to acquire social media company TikTok’s U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand assets, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Oracle is working with a group of U.S. venture capital firms that already have a stake in TikTok, said the person, who asked not to be named because the negotiations are private. The Financial Times earlier reported on the talks and named General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital as two of the investors working with Oracle.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/17/oracle-is-in-talks-to-acquire-tiktoks-us-operations-source-says.html
#US #Oracle #TikTok
The Man Who Rallied India Against Facebook Worries Digital Nationalism Has Gone Too Far
“It’s almost like we have China envy.”
Six years before India shook the global internet by banning TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, Nikhil Pahwa was trying to convince his country to care about tech policy. It was October 2014, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was selling India’s leaders and public on a vision of a free, Facebook-centric internet that would bring hundreds of millions of people online. Pahwa, the founding editor of the media and technology blog MediaNama, wasn’t buying it. “What Zuckerberg means by internet for all is essentially Facebook for all,” he warned.
https://onezero.medium.com/the-man-who-rallied-india-against-facebook-worries-digital-nationalism-has-gone-too-far-b19522f98585
#Asia #India #Facebook
“It’s almost like we have China envy.”
Six years before India shook the global internet by banning TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, Nikhil Pahwa was trying to convince his country to care about tech policy. It was October 2014, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was selling India’s leaders and public on a vision of a free, Facebook-centric internet that would bring hundreds of millions of people online. Pahwa, the founding editor of the media and technology blog MediaNama, wasn’t buying it. “What Zuckerberg means by internet for all is essentially Facebook for all,” he warned.
https://onezero.medium.com/the-man-who-rallied-india-against-facebook-worries-digital-nationalism-has-gone-too-far-b19522f98585
#Asia #India #Facebook
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The Man Who Rallied India Against Facebook Worries Digital Nationalism Has Gone Too Far
“It’s almost like we have China envy.”
Soldiers could teach future robots how to outperform humans
In the future, a Soldier and a game controller may be all that's needed to teach robots how to outdrive humans.
At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin, researchers designed an algorithm that allows an autonomous ground vehicle to improve its existing navigation systems by watching a human drive. The team tested its approach -- called adaptive planner parameter learning from demonstration, or APPLD -- on one of the Army's experimental autonomous ground vehicles.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812144008.htm
#US #Army #Military #Robot
In the future, a Soldier and a game controller may be all that's needed to teach robots how to outdrive humans.
At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin, researchers designed an algorithm that allows an autonomous ground vehicle to improve its existing navigation systems by watching a human drive. The team tested its approach -- called adaptive planner parameter learning from demonstration, or APPLD -- on one of the Army's experimental autonomous ground vehicles.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812144008.htm
#US #Army #Military #Robot
Google giving far-right users' data to law enforcement, documents reveal
Exclusive: in some cases Google did not necessarily ban users who were often threatening violence or expressing extremist views
A little-known investigative unit inside search giant Google regularly forwarded detailed personal information on the company’s users to members of a counter-terrorist fusion center in California’s Bay Area, according to leaked documents reviewed by the Guardian.
But checking the documents against Google’s platforms reveals that in some cases Google did not necessarily ban the users they reported to the authorities, and some still have accounts on YouTube, Gmail and other services.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/17/google-giving-user-data-authorities-documents-reveal
#US #Google #privacy #surveillance
Exclusive: in some cases Google did not necessarily ban users who were often threatening violence or expressing extremist views
A little-known investigative unit inside search giant Google regularly forwarded detailed personal information on the company’s users to members of a counter-terrorist fusion center in California’s Bay Area, according to leaked documents reviewed by the Guardian.
But checking the documents against Google’s platforms reveals that in some cases Google did not necessarily ban the users they reported to the authorities, and some still have accounts on YouTube, Gmail and other services.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/17/google-giving-user-data-authorities-documents-reveal
#US #Google #privacy #surveillance
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The Last Sunny Corner of the Internet? - Setting the Record Straight
The USA accuses Tiktok of lacking data security. With a new platform, Tiktok wants to set things right and win back trust.
While US President Donald Trump criticizes Tiktok's alleged lack of security, the Chinese company is publishing its own website with information on the subject. "In view of the rumours and misinformation about Tiktok that are spreading in Washington and in the media, we should set things right," writes Tiktok there.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.tiktokus.info/
#DeleteTikTok #thinkabout
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The USA accuses Tiktok of lacking data security. With a new platform, Tiktok wants to set things right and win back trust.
While US President Donald Trump criticizes Tiktok's alleged lack of security, the Chinese company is publishing its own website with information on the subject. "In view of the rumours and misinformation about Tiktok that are spreading in Washington and in the media, we should set things right," writes Tiktok there.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.tiktokus.info/
#DeleteTikTok #thinkabout
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Home - TikTok US
TikTok is setting the record straight about our business and operations, from how we store data to how we safeguard our platform.
Report: AI Company Leaks Over 2.5M Medical Records
The leaked data relates to car accidents and includes names, insurance records, medical diagnosis notes, and payment records.
A security researcher has detailed how an artificial intelligence company in possession of nearly 2.6 million medical records allowed them to be publicly visible on the internet. It's a clear reminder that our personal health data is not safe.
As Secure Thoughts reports, on July 7 security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered two folders of medical records available for anyone to access on the internet. The data was labeled as "staging data" and hosted by artificial intelligence company Cense AI, which specializes in "SaaS-based intelligent process automation management solutions." Fowler believes the data was made public because Cense AI was temporarily hosting it online before loading it into the company's management system or an AI bot.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/report-ai-company-leaks-over-25m-medical-records
#US #AI #medical #records #leaks
The leaked data relates to car accidents and includes names, insurance records, medical diagnosis notes, and payment records.
A security researcher has detailed how an artificial intelligence company in possession of nearly 2.6 million medical records allowed them to be publicly visible on the internet. It's a clear reminder that our personal health data is not safe.
As Secure Thoughts reports, on July 7 security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered two folders of medical records available for anyone to access on the internet. The data was labeled as "staging data" and hosted by artificial intelligence company Cense AI, which specializes in "SaaS-based intelligent process automation management solutions." Fowler believes the data was made public because Cense AI was temporarily hosting it online before loading it into the company's management system or an AI bot.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/report-ai-company-leaks-over-25m-medical-records
#US #AI #medical #records #leaks
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Report: AI Company Leaks Over 2.5M Medical Records
The leaked data relates to car accidents and includes names, insurance records, medical diagnosis notes, and payment records.
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Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Biohackers | First Original Series stored in DNA
DNA storage offers a lot of capacity and longevity. Netflix takes advantage of this and also shows how DNA storage works.
For the Biohackers series, Netflix had the first episode of the new series saved in DNA as a themed advertisement and sent 200 copies of it to fans and interested parties.
📺 👉🏼 https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=DMYgjOHgHxc
#Biohacker #DNA #storage #netflix #video
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DNA storage offers a lot of capacity and longevity. Netflix takes advantage of this and also shows how DNA storage works.
For the Biohackers series, Netflix had the first episode of the new series saved in DNA as a themed advertisement and sent 200 copies of it to fans and interested parties.
📺 👉🏼 https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=DMYgjOHgHxc
#Biohacker #DNA #storage #netflix #video
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Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Dreamers Dilemma
Enter the realm of dreams in virtual reality, where one person's dream can be shared and experienced by many with the help of technology. But when trailblazing a new virtual frontier, sometimes the dream of succeeding is what's most real.
#vr #virtual #reality #video #thinkabout
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Enter the realm of dreams in virtual reality, where one person's dream can be shared and experienced by many with the help of technology. But when trailblazing a new virtual frontier, sometimes the dream of succeeding is what's most real.
#vr #virtual #reality #video #thinkabout
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Oculus - #why
Today, we’re announcing some important updates to how people log into Oculus devices, while still keeping their VR profile. Starting in October 2020, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.oculus.com/blog/a-single-way-to-log-into-oculus-and-unlock-social-features
#oculus #fb #DeleteFacebook #thinkabout
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Today, we’re announcing some important updates to how people log into Oculus devices, while still keeping their VR profile. Starting in October 2020, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.oculus.com/blog/a-single-way-to-log-into-oculus-and-unlock-social-features
#oculus #fb #DeleteFacebook #thinkabout
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A Single Way to Log Into Oculus and Unlock Social Features | Meta Quest Blog
Today, we’re announcing some important updates to how people log into Oculus devices, while still keeping their VR profile. Starting in October 2020: Everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account; if you’re…
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Kim Dotcom Predicts NZ Supreme Court Will Rule in Favor of Extradition
Kim Dotcom is predicting that the New Zealand Supreme Court will decide in favor of extraditing him to the United States. The Megaupload founder says that he has faith in at least one judge on the panel, claiming that she knows the "U.S. govt is a rogue operator" and "knows what her fellow Judges are doing and why."
The now-infamous Megaupload case has been treading a tortuous legal path for more than eight years in New Zealand.
The United States Government wants Kim Dotcom, Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk, and Finn Batato, physically delivered as quickly as possible, to face what has been billed as the largest copyright infringement lawsuit of all time.
After several lower courts determined that the Megaupload defendants should indeed be extradited to the United States, in June 2019 the New Zealand Supreme Court heard the hugely controversial matter. The ‘Megaupload Four’ are hoping that the country’s highest court will see things differently and deny the United States an opportunity to try the men on US soil.
When we spoke to the serial entrepreneur last year, Dotcom wasn’t optimistic.
“I expect a 3:2 majority in favor of extradition because three of the five judges were appointed by the National Party and the former Attorney General who was responsible for the actions taken against me in New Zealand. This is a political case and it will most likely be a political judgment,” he said.
👀 👉🏼 https://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-predicts-nz-supreme-court-will-rule-in-favor-of-extradition-200817/
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://tarnkappe.info/kim-dotcom-befuerchtet-nach-gerichtsurteil-usa-auslieferung/
#kim #dotcom #megaupload #extradition
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Kim Dotcom is predicting that the New Zealand Supreme Court will decide in favor of extraditing him to the United States. The Megaupload founder says that he has faith in at least one judge on the panel, claiming that she knows the "U.S. govt is a rogue operator" and "knows what her fellow Judges are doing and why."
The now-infamous Megaupload case has been treading a tortuous legal path for more than eight years in New Zealand.
The United States Government wants Kim Dotcom, Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk, and Finn Batato, physically delivered as quickly as possible, to face what has been billed as the largest copyright infringement lawsuit of all time.
After several lower courts determined that the Megaupload defendants should indeed be extradited to the United States, in June 2019 the New Zealand Supreme Court heard the hugely controversial matter. The ‘Megaupload Four’ are hoping that the country’s highest court will see things differently and deny the United States an opportunity to try the men on US soil.
When we spoke to the serial entrepreneur last year, Dotcom wasn’t optimistic.
“I expect a 3:2 majority in favor of extradition because three of the five judges were appointed by the National Party and the former Attorney General who was responsible for the actions taken against me in New Zealand. This is a political case and it will most likely be a political judgment,” he said.
👀 👉🏼 https://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-predicts-nz-supreme-court-will-rule-in-favor-of-extradition-200817/
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://tarnkappe.info/kim-dotcom-befuerchtet-nach-gerichtsurteil-usa-auslieferung/
#kim #dotcom #megaupload #extradition
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Kim Dotcom Predicts NZ Supreme Court Will Rule in Favor of Extradition * TorrentFreak
Kim Dotcom predicts that the NZ Supreme Court will decide in favor of extradition to the United States to face possibly decades in prison.
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472862136-senate-intel-report-volume5.pdf
50 MB
REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
UNITED STATES SENATE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGNS AND INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 U.S. ELECTION
VOLUME 5: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES
👀 👉🏼 PDF (966 pages): https://kryptosjournal.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132343488/472862136-senate-intel-report-volume5.pdf
👀 👉🏼 https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/512526-manafort-shared-campaign-info-with-russian-intelligence-officer
👀 👉🏼 Report: Trump campaign’s Russia contacts a ‘grave’ threat
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/1107
#usa #russia #hacking #hacker #hacked #ToddlerTrump #elections #counterintelligence #pdf #thinkabout
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UNITED STATES SENATE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGNS AND INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 U.S. ELECTION
VOLUME 5: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES
👀 👉🏼 PDF (966 pages): https://kryptosjournal.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132343488/472862136-senate-intel-report-volume5.pdf
👀 👉🏼 https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/512526-manafort-shared-campaign-info-with-russian-intelligence-officer
👀 👉🏼 Report: Trump campaign’s Russia contacts a ‘grave’ threat
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/1107
#usa #russia #hacking #hacker #hacked #ToddlerTrump #elections #counterintelligence #pdf #thinkabout
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California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Investigators
An internal document obtained by Motherboard lists the commercial requesters for California DMV data.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is selling drivers' data to private investigators and bail bondsmen, according to an internal DMV document obtained by Motherboard. The document in all lists nearly 98,000 entities that have had access to some form of DMV data, including trucking companies and insurance firms.
The revelation highlights how not only private companies are in the business of selling information but some government bodies as well, and has reignited calls for laws around drivers' data to be changed. The news comes after Motherboard previously revealed that the California DMV makes $50 million a year selling data of drivers.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzeza/california-dmv-data-private-investigators
#US #california #DMV #privacy
An internal document obtained by Motherboard lists the commercial requesters for California DMV data.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is selling drivers' data to private investigators and bail bondsmen, according to an internal DMV document obtained by Motherboard. The document in all lists nearly 98,000 entities that have had access to some form of DMV data, including trucking companies and insurance firms.
The revelation highlights how not only private companies are in the business of selling information but some government bodies as well, and has reignited calls for laws around drivers' data to be changed. The news comes after Motherboard previously revealed that the California DMV makes $50 million a year selling data of drivers.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzeza/california-dmv-data-private-investigators
#US #california #DMV #privacy
Vice
California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Investigators
An internal document obtained by Motherboard lists the commercial requesters for California DMV data.
Researchers use AI to combat and quantify browser fingerprinting
Browsers including Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome have begun providing protections against cross-site tracking methods employing cookies and IP addresses. It’s an encouraging development, but there’s a fear it will push trackers to adopt more opaque, “stateless” tracking like browser fingerprinting, which tracks browsers by the configuration information they make visible.
https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/17/researchers-use-ai-to-combat-and-quantify-browser-fingerprinting
#US #California #browser #fingerprinting
Browsers including Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome have begun providing protections against cross-site tracking methods employing cookies and IP addresses. It’s an encouraging development, but there’s a fear it will push trackers to adopt more opaque, “stateless” tracking like browser fingerprinting, which tracks browsers by the configuration information they make visible.
https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/17/researchers-use-ai-to-combat-and-quantify-browser-fingerprinting
#US #California #browser #fingerprinting
Apple made a secret iPod for the US government, ex-software engineer claims
The aim was to make an iPod that could run custom software, which the engineer speculates was a Geiger counter
A former Apple software engineer who worked on the iPod claims that the smartphone giant made a “top secret” music player for the US government.
David Shayer, who worked for the company for 18 years, wrote that in 2005 the director of iPod Software told him of a “special assignment” with “two engineers from the US Department of Energy [to] build a special iPod.”
The two engineers were from Bechtel, a US defense contractor which worked with the Department of Energy. Their aim was to build an iPod that would be able to run custom hardware in a way that could not be detected.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-secret-ipod-us-government-software-engineer-a9675646.html
#US #Apple #iPod
The aim was to make an iPod that could run custom software, which the engineer speculates was a Geiger counter
A former Apple software engineer who worked on the iPod claims that the smartphone giant made a “top secret” music player for the US government.
David Shayer, who worked for the company for 18 years, wrote that in 2005 the director of iPod Software told him of a “special assignment” with “two engineers from the US Department of Energy [to] build a special iPod.”
The two engineers were from Bechtel, a US defense contractor which worked with the Department of Energy. Their aim was to build an iPod that would be able to run custom hardware in a way that could not be detected.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-secret-ipod-us-government-software-engineer-a9675646.html
#US #Apple #iPod
Deepfake video app Reface is just getting started on shapeshifting selfie culture
A bearded Rihanna gyrates and sings about shining bright like a diamond. A female Jack Sparrow looks like she’d be a right laugh over a pint. The cartoon contours of The Incredible Hulk lend envious tint to Donald Trump’s awfully familiar cheek bumps.
Selfie culture has a fancy new digital looking glass: Reface (previously Doublicat) is an app that uses AI-powered deepfake technology to let users try on another face/form for size. Aka “face swap videos”, in its marketing parlance.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/17/deepfake-video-app-reface-is-just-getting-started-on-shapeshifting-selfie-culture/
#DeepFake #video #RefaceAI
A bearded Rihanna gyrates and sings about shining bright like a diamond. A female Jack Sparrow looks like she’d be a right laugh over a pint. The cartoon contours of The Incredible Hulk lend envious tint to Donald Trump’s awfully familiar cheek bumps.
Selfie culture has a fancy new digital looking glass: Reface (previously Doublicat) is an app that uses AI-powered deepfake technology to let users try on another face/form for size. Aka “face swap videos”, in its marketing parlance.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/17/deepfake-video-app-reface-is-just-getting-started-on-shapeshifting-selfie-culture/
#DeepFake #video #RefaceAI
The algorithms that make decisions about your life
Thousands of students in England are angry about the controversial use of an algorithm to determine this year's GCSE and A-level results.
They were unable to sit exams because of lockdown, so the algorithm used data about schools' results in previous years to determine grades.
It meant about 40% of this year's A-level results came out lower than predicted, which has a huge impact on what students are able to do next. GCSE results are due out on Thursday.
There are many examples of algorithms making big decisions about our lives, without us necessarily knowing how or when they do it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53806038
#Europe #UK #GCSE #exams #algorithm
Thousands of students in England are angry about the controversial use of an algorithm to determine this year's GCSE and A-level results.
They were unable to sit exams because of lockdown, so the algorithm used data about schools' results in previous years to determine grades.
It meant about 40% of this year's A-level results came out lower than predicted, which has a huge impact on what students are able to do next. GCSE results are due out on Thursday.
There are many examples of algorithms making big decisions about our lives, without us necessarily knowing how or when they do it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53806038
#Europe #UK #GCSE #exams #algorithm
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OVPN: interview with David Wibergh – when privacy matters
The Swedish VPN provider OVPN takes a different approach than most of its competitors. The imprint of ovpn.com contains a summonable address. There are no straw men or cover companies in the Seychelles or anywhere else. We were able to ask David Wibergh, the founder and CEO of OVPN, some questions in our community interview.
Of course, transparency brings a lot of trouble to companies in this branch. Recently, Scandinavian rights holders wanted to take action against OVPN. It was thought that this would expose the Pirate Bay operators. But the provider resisted with legal means.
👀 👉🏼 🇬🇧 https://tarnkappe.info/ovpn-interview-with-david-wibergh-when-privacy-matters/
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://tarnkappe.info/ovpn-im-interview-wenn-datenschutz-an-erster-stelle-steht/
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The Swedish VPN provider OVPN takes a different approach than most of its competitors. The imprint of ovpn.com contains a summonable address. There are no straw men or cover companies in the Seychelles or anywhere else. We were able to ask David Wibergh, the founder and CEO of OVPN, some questions in our community interview.
Of course, transparency brings a lot of trouble to companies in this branch. Recently, Scandinavian rights holders wanted to take action against OVPN. It was thought that this would expose the Pirate Bay operators. But the provider resisted with legal means.
👀 👉🏼 🇬🇧 https://tarnkappe.info/ovpn-interview-with-david-wibergh-when-privacy-matters/
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://tarnkappe.info/ovpn-im-interview-wenn-datenschutz-an-erster-stelle-steht/
#interview #ovpn
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
Tarnkappe.info
OVPN: interview with David Wibergh - when privacy matters
The Swedish VPN provider OVPN takes a different approach than most of its competitors. They rely on transparency instead of obfuscation.