If the publishers win the lawsuit against our library, researchers lose 📡 Renee DiResta (@Noupside) of the Stanford Internet Observatory explains why the Internet Archive is crucial for her research team in this age of "information glut" #researchers #EmpoweringLibraries
I rarely post about Musk & #Twitter, but I am currently writing a dissertation related to the spread of misinformation.
This is not true. ⬇️
Oh, man. This comic — from 1993 — could NOT be more relevant today. As usual, Bill Watterson hits it out of the park.
21 June NOTE: See https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/110581911324622091
This is almost certainly reassuring.
Asteroid feared to hit Earth in 2046 will almost certainly miss, NASA says | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/asteroid-feared-to-hit-earth-in-2046-will-almost-certainly-miss
vignesh C: Inside logical replication in PostgreSQL: How it works https://www.postgresql.fastware.com/blog/inside-logical-replication-in-postgresql
#postgres #postgresql
🔥 CVE-2023-23397 - Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23397 🔥 < exploitation BEFORE the email is viewed in the Preview Pane < https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/microsoft-mitigates-outlook-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability/ < Microsoft Threat Intelligence assesses that a Russia-based threat actor used the exploit in targeted attacks
Microsoft Authenticator prompts the user to accept sharing analytics during the first launch. The prompt only dismisses when the user taps on "Accept." In fact, the app starts sending analytics even before accepting the privacy statement.🤦♂️
In this video, we downloaded the authenticator app from the App Store and we opened it as we monitored the iPhone network traffic. While the app was showing the permission prompt, we captured at least 3 calls made by the app sending diagnostics to Microsoft. The app sent 14 KB of analytics even before accepting the prompt.
The message on the prompt actually says that Microsoft needs to collect diagnostic data in order to keep Authenticator secure and up to date. 😵💫