When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

--23andMe enters second round to sell our DNA data,
--US offers $10m for info on RedLine infostealer creator,
--Sakura RAT code hosted on GitHub,
--Apple gives governments push notifications,
--Microsoft launched European security program,
--Mind Security raises $30m, 4/5

The problem is the song

Customs and Border Protection seized shipment of t-shirts from streetwear brand that sells “Eliminate ICE” t-shirt and others critical of police and capitalism. Emails seen by 404 Media indicate the shirts are going to be shipped back to China or will be “destroyed.” www.404media.co/cbp-seizes-s...

“CBP believes it has the authority to search devices not just when the traveler is a suspect, but also to gather intelligence on someone else the traveler may be connected to… a form of dragnet intelligence gathering,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @theguardian.com.

Major exposes on the Darcula PhaaS (actually named Magic Cat) in Norwegian, German, and French media today:

www.br.de/nachrichten/...

www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...

www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...

Also a Mnemonic report here: www.mnemonic.io/resources/bl...