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Join the community - in the OCAU Forums! Retro Misc Pics (9 Comments) (link)  Friday, 4-October-2024  13:57:46 (GMT +10) - by Agg I always forget that when I'm away I can't upload images to OCAU's servers, and the image script doesn't work on my alternate hosting.. so even if I set aside time for a Misc Pics post I can't upload it. Like I did today, because I am in Brisbane for Inline Hockey Nationals. Anyway, this is a long way of me saying here's Retro Misc Pics from December 2011. Back to normal next week! 2nd Dec 2011: 9th Dec 2011: 16th Dec 2011: 23rd Dec 2011: Sunday Night News Nuggets (5 Comments) (link)  Sunday, 29-September-2024  22:18:41 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Meta fined $102M for storing passwords in plain text. Whoops! The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is levying a $102 million fine against Meta for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principles of integrity and confidentiality. After a five-year investigation, the watchdog found that the social media giant was inadvertently storing user passwords in plaintext, without any kind of protection or encryption. News of a possible broadband tax on 4G and 5G fixed wireless ... What a time to be alive! The ACCC has made a case for the ‘broadband tax’ on NBN-equivalent services to be expanded to 4G and 5G fixed wireless, after years of resistance to lobbying by NBN Co. In a submission to a review of the scheme, first reported by CommsDay, the competition watchdog said it would conditionally support 4G and 5G fixed wireless users paying the ‘tax’. Known as the regional broadband scheme (RBS), it is an $8.26 monthly levy on NBN-like services that ultimately goes to NBN Co to fund its “loss-making non-commercial fixed wireless and satellite services.” LinkedIn scraping user data, and users cant opt out? Why I never heard of such a thing. There's an old saying with social media: the users are the product. That used to mean that if you posted on a service like Reddit, then your data would be sold to advertisers, either individually or in aggregate. That has only become more true with the advent of AI, as companies race to acquire the data necessary to train models. Microsoft's career-oriented LinkedIn has joined its more consumer-focused rivals, but for existing users it seems that the only way to win this game is not to play. Tor says it's still private as the feds kick down doors. The Tor Project is seeking to allay fears that its veil of privacy has been pierced. A new report on German efforts to remove illicit content from the Tor network spiked fears that law enforcement had devised a way to unmask users of the service. According to the project, the attacks leveraged in the German case don't change the game, but Tor users are advised to make sure all their software is updated. Isambard 2, the world's first Arm-based supercomputer, retires after six years of service. It didn't even get long service leave. First deployed in May 2018, this 10,000-core machine used 64-bit Armv8 ThunderX2 processors developed by Cavium and manufactured by TSMC, plus a few Nvidia P100 GPUs. The new supercomputer, Isambard 3, is still powered by Arm processors, but this time, it will have Nvidia Grace CPU Superchips with 34,272 cores. Social media sites and user surveillance? No? Colour me surprised! The government’s battle with social media is nothing new. The US Senate held a hearing at the beginning of this year, in which Senators took turns grilling social media CEOs, such as Mark Zuckerberg, about their roles in the safety of children on their respective platforms. Senators also passed the so-called TikTok bill in late April, which could effectively ban the Chinese-owned social media site in the US unless it sells to a US owner. Now, the FTC is raking social media and video streaming services over the coals over privacy concerns and the safety of teens and children on the popular sites. scarletxfi thought this was pretty cool :)

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