Mozilla is adding a toggle to disable all generative "AI" features in Firefox. It shows that organized pushback is actually making a difference.

One battle won. Now let's make it crystal clear. We want tools, not forced LLMs. Keep the pressure on until "AI" is no longer an option.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/firefox-will-soon-let-you-block-all-of-its-generative-ai-features/

#Firefox #Mozilla #NoAI #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #TerminalTilt

I am here once again asking you to switch to #decentralized solutions, the answer is never centralization

if you are going to leave #WhatsApp switch to #ArcaneChat, #DeltaChat, #XMPP, #Matrix, etc.

#Signal #SignalAppp #digitalindependence #digitalautonomy

If you're worried about Delta Chat being e-mail based and using OpenPGP, you should probably read this:

https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/03/deltachat-is-actually-good-though/

Considering 4chan’s continuing fight for influence in the fedi, you really should read this.

There is a reckoning coming that’s right around the corner and the fedi is going to have to make a choice in what it’s about.

https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet

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Un #facciamocome da seguire: la Francia sostituirà entro il 2027 le piattaforme di videoconferenza Microsoft Teams e Zoom con una soluzione sviluppata in casa, per motivi di sicurezza e confidenzialità https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/27/france-to-ditch-us-platforms-microsoft-teams-zoom-for-sovereign-platform-amid-security-con

Io l'avevo chiesto per l'Italia già nel 2020 https://www.key4biz.it/il-senato-usa-zoom-linteresse-dello-stato-va-al-di-la-della-convenienza-prestazionale-ed-economica/310475/

RE: https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/116015180016712361

I have been thinking for quite some time that we need a decentralized network for preserving public domain works. The #InternetArchive is important, but they are one single American organization and thus vulnerable (and the fact that they are playing fast and loose with copyright sometimes doesn't help). We need to spread those works out more.

🇪🇺 This is #ChatControl 1.0:
📸 48% of reports are harmless (e.g. family photos).
🔞 40% of cases target minors.
And governments want to EXTEND it!
Parliament can still stop it – but we need to email MEPs NOW! 📨👇
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool
Press release: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-1-0-civil-society-mobilizes-against-extending-mass-surveillance-eu-parliament-decision-imminent/

🇮🇹Ecco il #ChatControl 1.0:
📸 48% delle segnalazioni sono innocue (es. foto di famiglia).
🔞 40% dei casi colpisce minori.
E i governi vogliono ESTENDERLO!
Il Parlamento può fermarlo. Scrivi agli eurodeputati ORA! 📨👇
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/it/#contact-tool
CS: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-1-0-civil-society-mobilizes-against-extending-mass-surveillance-eu-parliament-decision-imminent/

#macOS in 2027: open Terminal and run these commands to disable liquid ass, get separate scrolling between touchpad and mouse, remove bloat (Apple TV, Music, etc.) and reintroduce iPod support in Finder.

It took a while but it's shaping up nicely :) Post-Quantum Cryptography and Reliable Deletion, better known as Forward Secrecy, are going to become available in 2026 in #deltachat. For more details, including the recent #fosdem26 talk recording:

https://autocrypt2.org

Here's a really good read by Cory Doctorov @pluralistic@mamot.fr about the anatomy of the #AI bubble, why it is there, why and how it is harmful, and what we can potentially salvage from it once it pops.

Via @eosfpodcast@universeodon.com

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

Several EU governments are proposing to age-gate the internet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c62wy92pjeeo Removing children's voice to participate in social media looks to many like protection, but the truth is that the algorithms of the tech giants are not only bad for children, they are bad for adults, society, and democracy, and that is where we should be passing laws, to make big tech algorithms transparent and healthy.

One of the many gifts we got out of the Epstein files is details of Steve Sinofsky’s exit from Microsoft in 2012. We learn that the Surface RT was selling only 10% of the low-end of their predicted sales numbers, he was being pushed out, and Epstein was coaching him on negotiating an exit package.

He leaked internal Microsoft email threads to Epstein, where they were discussing the $900 million write-off of unsold Surface RTs. He negotiated to exit with $14 million in stock, which we knew about at the time, but it’s absolutely wild to learn who was involved, and the inner workings of it.

Windows 8 is the first product launch I properly remember. I was sick on the day of the Build 2011 keynote, so I stayed home and watched it. I ran all the betas and was excited for how Windows was changing. We were promised a new era with nicely-designed apps and a far better experience for developers, but they utterly flubbed all of it by being so confident in selfish things.

They were so sure the entire 27-year-old Windows ecosystem would magically reconfigure itself around Windows 8-only full-screen apps. They were even more sure they could sell tablets that could ONLY run apps from the Store that didn’t exist yet - or ever. Of course it wasn’t going to work. Why would it?

All of those RT tablets, which other brands also sold, are ewaste now. The Store is shut down, you can’t sideload apps because the licensing server is also gone. They pulled the plug on releasing Windows 10 for them. Without jailbreaking, you can’t do anything other than doodle in Paint or write a document in Word.

It’s maddening that someone can cost the company almost $1 billion on a product ANYONE could have told you wasn’t it. It’s even more maddening they can get a $14 million+ reward for so obviously missing the mark.

Yeah, there’s so much more that’s way more serious out of the files, but this one was relevant to my life. It adds another piece to the story of how I first learned that companies with all the capital in the world will get greedy and let you down.

https://www.neowin.net/news/former-windows-chief-shared-internal-secrets-with-jeffrey-epstein-documents-reveal/

#epstein #windows

La Polizia di Stato ha diffuso una foto degli scontri di Torino alterata con l’IA, scatenando una vera e propria teoria del complotto. Non risultano ancora messaggi di scuse

La Polizia ha diffuso con inaudita irresponsabilità un’immagine generata con la IA per ricreare un momento reale e renderlo più emotivo. Il tentativo di manipolare l'opinione pubblica ha però scatenato una teoria del complotto!

https://www.facta.news/articoli/polizia-ha-diffuso-foto-scontri-torino-intelligenza-artificiale-teoria-complotto

@aitech

🇪🇺#ChatControl Update: Draft is out! Text scanning is gone, but mass hash scanning remains. That’s 99% of reports! Almost NOTHING changes. 🛑

⏰ Amendments deadline is Tuesday!

📨 Email MEPs now: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool

ℹ️ Info: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/sippel-draft-on-chat-control-mass-surveillance-set-to-continue-sparking-renewed-protests/

🇮🇹 #ChatControl: Bozza uscita! Scan testi eliminato, ma scansione di massa resta – il 99% delle false segnalazioni! Quasi NULLA cambia. 🛑

⏰ Emendamenti solo fino a martedì!

📨 Scrivi ora: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool

ℹ️ Info: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/sippel-draft-on-chat-control-mass-surveillance-set-to-continue-sparking-renewed-protests/

A friendly reminder to never trust manufacturers privacy protections.

I was recently attempting to get an external camera functioning, so I started polling various video devices sequentially to find out where it appeared and stumbled across a previously unknown (to me at least) camera device, right next to the regular camera that is not affected by the intentional privacy flap or "camera active" LED that comes built in.

I had always assumed this was just a light sensor and didn't think any further about it.

The bandwidth seems to drop dramatically when the other camera is activated by opening the privacy flap, causing more flickering.

This was visible IRL and wasn't just an artifact of recording it on my phone.

I deliberately put my finger over each camera one at a time to confirm the sources being projected.

A friend of mine suggested this may be related to Windows Hello functionality at a guess but still seems weird to not be affected by the privacy flap when its clearly capab ...

...le of recording video.

dmidecode tells me this is a LENOVO Yoga 9 2-in-1 14ILL10 (P/N:83LC)

Command I used for anyone to replicate the finding. (I was on bog standard Kali, but I'm sure you'll figure out your device names if they change under other distros):

vlc v4l2:///dev/video0 -vv --v4l2-width=320 --v4l2-height=240 & vlc v4l2:///dev/video2 -vv --v4l2-width=320 --v4l2-height=240

#Cyber #Security #Infosec #Lenovo #Privacy #Hacking

Added a so-called "AI disclosure" to the new site. I challenge other "creators" in this space to do the same!

https://veronicaexplains.net/ai-disclosure/

If Daft Punk released one more album, it wouldn't save the world. But it would help a little.