Since 2003, image editors such as Adobe Photoshop CS or PaintShop Pro 8 refuse to print banknotes. According to Wired.com, the banknote detection code in these applications, called the Counterfeit Deterrence System (CDS), was designed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group and supplied to companies such as Adobe as a binary module.
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"if you use Photoshop then a binary blob is present on your computer authored by an international group of central banks that not even Adobe has the source code to" sounds like a conspiracy but its absolutely true
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"Amazon would rather shareholders did not look too closely at carbon footprint"
"With its Climate Pledge, Amazon committed to "net-zero carbon emissions by 2040" and match 100 percent of its electricity use with renewable energy by 2030"
(not including Scope 3 emissions of course, and this "100%" on a grid that is not decarbonised means purely offloading of the emissions to someone else, rather than actually decarbonising.)
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/amazon_climate_goals/
#FrugalComputing
"With its Climate Pledge, Amazon committed to "net-zero carbon emissions by 2040" and match 100 percent of its electricity use with renewable energy by 2030"
(not including Scope 3 emissions of course, and this "100%" on a grid that is not decarbonised means purely offloading of the emissions to someone else, rather than actually decarbonising.)
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/amazon_climate_goals/
#FrugalComputing
The Register
Amazon would rather shareholders did not look too closely at carbon footprint
: Investors urged to reject proposal for more disclosure on whether AWS expansion risks climate goals
L'inchiesta di Report: 'Meta interferì nelle elezioni del 2022 con la raccolta dati'. L'anticipazione de Il Fatto: 'Evitata la stangata del Garante'
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2026/04/12/linchiesta-di-report-meta-interferi-nelle-elezioni-del-2022-con-la-raccolta_d4cb1424-3048-4081-a16a-be4b570bcf85.html
Utenti profilati e algoritmi: così Meta interferì nelle elezioni 2022 e 2024: Meta ha interferito nelle elezioni del 2022, Il colosso ha raccolto dati e sviluppato anche un filtro pro-destra.
Segui l'inchiesta nel gruppo: @internet
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2026/04/12/linchiesta-di-report-meta-interferi-nelle-elezioni-del-2022-con-la-raccolta_d4cb1424-3048-4081-a16a-be4b570bcf85.html
Utenti profilati e algoritmi: così Meta interferì nelle elezioni 2022 e 2024: Meta ha interferito nelle elezioni del 2022, Il colosso ha raccolto dati e sviluppato anche un filtro pro-destra.
Segui l'inchiesta nel gruppo: @internet
ANSA.it
'Interferì nel voto del 2022', Meta rigetta le accuse
Inchiesta di Report mette nel mirino il Garante, Pd e M5s chiedono risposte (ANSA)
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Every HackerNews post about IPv6 has some of the worst, most privileged, idiotic, vibe-coded, proprietary, ignorant, 16bit, capital-guzzling, unicorn takes I've ever known on the subject:
- IPv6 addresses are too hard to remember.
So? You're not meant to remember addresses, that's why we have DNS, write it down, literally a non-issue.
- IPv6 is confusing and I don't want to learn something new.
That's a personal issue buddy, either start reading or get left behind, that's what you said about AI right? More things than you depend on this transition.
- NATing has solved the IP limit problem so there's no point.
NATing is a plaster slapped onto brain bleed, easy and cheap, but ineffective, it causes a wide range of usability problems, such as blanket IP bans, restrictions on self-hosting, connectivity issue for VPNs both private and corporate.
To make matters worse, the effects are significantly worse in poorer countries, while Europe, China and the USA have a bounty of IPv4s to use (though China's still aren't enough), India has been on critically short supply for a while now with reports of multiple NATed network layers being issued. Imagine if you got banned from Valo because your neighbour 4 districts away got caught cheating.
- We've been trying for 40 years and it hasn't worked so let's give up.
OK, we're going to give up on solving world hunger too then because that's clearly not getting anywhere, and the energy crisis too while we're at it, just shut it all down.
Just because you personally haven't seen the progress or felt its effects doesn't mean its not happening, people smarter than you have been working on this before you were born, and at this rate might continue to work on it after you switch careers to Goose Farming.
- IPv6 hasn't worked so let's just make IPv7.
Insane take, despite how it looks, IPv6 support is extremely widespread and ready to go, the reluctance of big tech and ISPs is purely due to the cost implication and lack of enforcement, creating a brand new spec now would enforce another 40 year delay just to assuage your own personal opinion.
- IPv6 is a security risk because the router isn't NATing.
Misunderstanding of what NATing does. Even with a public-facing IP on every device, ports are still protected by the router's firewall.
- IPv6 is a privacy issue because now you can easily identify every device in a home by its public IP.
A valid concern, if it hadn't been identified and resolved with the Privacy Extensions to SLAAC that randomises your IP address after a set time period, mitigating the problem to that of your NATed IPv4 Public IP, if not making it more private by muddying the telemetry waters.
#ipv6 #networking
- IPv6 addresses are too hard to remember.
So? You're not meant to remember addresses, that's why we have DNS, write it down, literally a non-issue.
- IPv6 is confusing and I don't want to learn something new.
That's a personal issue buddy, either start reading or get left behind, that's what you said about AI right? More things than you depend on this transition.
- NATing has solved the IP limit problem so there's no point.
NATing is a plaster slapped onto brain bleed, easy and cheap, but ineffective, it causes a wide range of usability problems, such as blanket IP bans, restrictions on self-hosting, connectivity issue for VPNs both private and corporate.
To make matters worse, the effects are significantly worse in poorer countries, while Europe, China and the USA have a bounty of IPv4s to use (though China's still aren't enough), India has been on critically short supply for a while now with reports of multiple NATed network layers being issued. Imagine if you got banned from Valo because your neighbour 4 districts away got caught cheating.
- We've been trying for 40 years and it hasn't worked so let's give up.
OK, we're going to give up on solving world hunger too then because that's clearly not getting anywhere, and the energy crisis too while we're at it, just shut it all down.
Just because you personally haven't seen the progress or felt its effects doesn't mean its not happening, people smarter than you have been working on this before you were born, and at this rate might continue to work on it after you switch careers to Goose Farming.
- IPv6 hasn't worked so let's just make IPv7.
Insane take, despite how it looks, IPv6 support is extremely widespread and ready to go, the reluctance of big tech and ISPs is purely due to the cost implication and lack of enforcement, creating a brand new spec now would enforce another 40 year delay just to assuage your own personal opinion.
- IPv6 is a security risk because the router isn't NATing.
Misunderstanding of what NATing does. Even with a public-facing IP on every device, ports are still protected by the router's firewall.
- IPv6 is a privacy issue because now you can easily identify every device in a home by its public IP.
A valid concern, if it hadn't been identified and resolved with the Privacy Extensions to SLAAC that randomises your IP address after a set time period, mitigating the problem to that of your NATed IPv4 Public IP, if not making it more private by muddying the telemetry waters.
#ipv6 #networking
Internet Society
Privacy Extensions for IPv6 SLAAC - Internet Society
Whereas IPv4 had two basic methods for obtaining an IP address, IPv6 has three. Static configuration is basically the same in both protocols, although less relevant for IPv6 given the length of the address. DHCP is also there for both protocols, and IPv6…
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Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/910890/openai-sam-altman-second-home-attack-shooting
The Verge
Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack
No Molotov’s this time.
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🇪🇺 Will #ChatControl 2.0 (CSAR) result in indiscriminate mass scanning of our chats after all? EU govts reviewing all options (Politico leak): https://www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/8048-2026.pdf
Council so far uncompromising on “voluntary” mass scanning. And your gov?
Trilogue Thursday!
Council so far uncompromising on “voluntary” mass scanning. And your gov?
Trilogue Thursday!
🇮🇹Il #ChatControl 2.0 (CSAR) causerà una scansione indiscriminata delle chat ? Gov UE rivedono tutte le opzioni (leak Politico): https://www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/8048-2026.pdf
Consiglio intransigente sullo scanning “volontario” di massa. E il tuo gov ?
Trilogue giovedì !
Consiglio intransigente sullo scanning “volontario” di massa. E il tuo gov ?
Trilogue giovedì !
We publish a major Citizen Lab report on Webloc, an ad-based mass surveillance system that monitors the movements and personal characteristics of hundreds of millions people globally based on data obtained from mobile apps and digital advertising.
Customers include ICE, El Salvador and Hungary.
Our research shows that ad-based surveillance is now used by military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies down to local police in several countries.
Full report here:
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
Customers include ICE, El Salvador and Hungary.
Our research shows that ad-based surveillance is now used by military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies down to local police in several countries.
Full report here:
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
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This October... KDE is turning 30! Join us for six months of celebrations, fun and activities🎉!
Contribute to our gallery of historic photos, tell us a story about that time KDE got you out of a pickle, or share a little-known KDE-related fact.
Become a supporting member and help guarantee the next 30 years of top-notch free software.
Or, most important of all, organize a KDE-themed event/party and we'll include it on our map!
https://kde.org/anniversaries/30
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #anniversary
Contribute to our gallery of historic photos, tell us a story about that time KDE got you out of a pickle, or share a little-known KDE-related fact.
Become a supporting member and help guarantee the next 30 years of top-notch free software.
Or, most important of all, organize a KDE-themed event/party and we'll include it on our map!
https://kde.org/anniversaries/30
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #anniversary
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This is a very interesting perspective on the tech collapse. Yes, high interest rates and the loss of tax writeoffs for R&D have contributed a lot, but the biggest abandon may just be because there's not a large need. Thats why tech pivoted so hard into trying to find applications for LLMs and machine learning, there wasn't anything else to show growth in.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47759588
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47759588
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We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund@mastodon.social 🎉
This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/
This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/
Mastodon Blog
Sovereign Tech Agency funding
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.
@metr0pl3x@grapheneos.social Durov is a 🤡, I'm writting this about his comment on social media where he claims that WhatsApp is a scam, I don't like WhatsApp, but at least, WhatsApp uses E2EE for messaging unlike Telegram which doesn't use it and has never offered anything better than “Secret Chat”, which is completely broken and that no one enables or uses, Telegram has access to all users data that passes through its servers.
See also : https://rys.io/en/179.html
See also : https://rys.io/en/179.html
Songs on the Security of Networks
Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot
Many people who focus on information security, including myself, have
long considered
Telegram suspicious and untrustworthy.
Now, based on findings
published by the investigative journalism outlet ISt
long considered
Telegram suspicious and untrustworthy.
Now, based on findings
published by the investigative journalism outlet ISt
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@muntashir/116372607911622394
Google's assault on F-Droid has begun. They are permitting malicious actors to claim other people's apps and take them over. As we've warned, this is going to destroy F-Droid and independent app distribution around the world. Speak out and help stop them at https://keepandroidopen.org.
#keepandroidOpen
Google's assault on F-Droid has begun. They are permitting malicious actors to claim other people's apps and take them over. As we've warned, this is going to destroy F-Droid and independent app distribution around the world. Speak out and help stop them at https://keepandroidopen.org.
#keepandroidOpen
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The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason https://www.theverge.com/tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval
The Verge
The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason
How did Netgear do it? Nobody’s saying.
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@theverge/the-verge-5hobbaa8z/-/a-hIyD6OAyRbGp1w7NJLmhqQ%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0
Shoe company pivots to renting out AI servers because we are living in the dumbest possible timeline.
Shoe company pivots to renting out AI servers because we are living in the dumbest possible timeline.
For those in the US, bill HR 8250 would require age verification for operating systems on a national level: https://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/
Linuxiac
Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.
A new federal bill proposes OS-level age verification, advancing beyond state laws to establish a potential nationwide requirement.
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