veroandi
@veroandi.eurosky.social
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Backend Developer
I mainly post about technology and law:
#legaltech #privacy #data cybersecurity
#devs #careers #AI #programming
🐘 https://mastodon.social/@veroandi
XMPP: [email protected]
Backend Developer
I mainly post about technology and law:
#legaltech #privacy #data cybersecurity
#devs #careers #AI #programming
🐘 https://mastodon.social/@veroandi
XMPP: [email protected]
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@EUCommission spokesperson on the decision to move accounts from the #Bluesky server to #WSocial. "It was a decision to go for a European alternative. Not an endorsement of this company. You would have had the same questions if we would have joined #Eurosky There are no perfect platforms." 1/3
June 23, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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So I guess people will soon start being right about their phones listening to their conversations all the time. Interesting that it's not advertising that pushed us over that line but AI.
“The latest version [..] contains strings that describe “Audio Memory,” [..] Google explains how enabling will let you “keep track of what you hear throughout your day, from the music around you to your important conversations.”” 9to5google.com/2026/06/22/g...
Google preps Pixel ‘Audio Memory’ that ambiently tracks your ‘important conversations,’ like AI notetaker pins
Google is working on a new feature called “Audio Memory” for Pixel phones that will “keep track of what you hear throughout your day.”
9to5google.com
June 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
So I guess people will soon start being right about their phones listening to their conversations all the time. Interesting that it's not advertising that pushed us over that line but AI.
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testing integration with friendica
testing integration with friendica
May 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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testing integration with friendica
testing integration with friendica
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Brillant, and what I've been saying since vibecoding emerged: "From the bottom: no juniors entering the pipeline, so no new seniors. From the top: existing seniors slowly losing the depth that made them senior. The pipeline is collapsing from both ends simultaneously." (via @spinscale.bsky.social)
AI didn't kill your junior pipeline. You did | Andrew Murphy
AI didn’t kill the junior pipeline; companies did, because someone saw Claude write a for loop and decided that meant they could stop training humans. The result is an industry cheerfully pulling the ...
andrewmurphy.io
May 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Brillant, and what I've been saying since vibecoding emerged: "From the bottom: no juniors entering the pipeline, so no new seniors. From the top: existing seniors slowly losing the depth that made them senior. The pipeline is collapsing from both ends simultaneously." (via @spinscale.bsky.social)
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"In the entire period of the GDPR we have had no almost no decisions that make a substantial change to how these companies use data. There's been no impact. The GDPR may as well not have been written"
@johnnyryan.bsky.social on Ireland's bigtech GDPR non-enforcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cneL...
@johnnyryan.bsky.social on Ireland's bigtech GDPR non-enforcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cneL...
re:publica 26: Johnny Ryan – How we avoid dystopia
YouTube video by re:publica
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May 21, 2026 at 10:33 AM
"In the entire period of the GDPR we have had no almost no decisions that make a substantial change to how these companies use data. There's been no impact. The GDPR may as well not have been written"
@johnnyryan.bsky.social on Ireland's bigtech GDPR non-enforcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cneL...
@johnnyryan.bsky.social on Ireland's bigtech GDPR non-enforcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cneL...
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Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com
May 24, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com
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And governments wonder why cybersecurity and data protection experts raise concerns about age verification platforms
NEW: UK Visa Portal, a website that lets people apply for a UK visa, spilled thousands of applicants' passports, selfies, and location data online.
The data exposure is now fixed, but not before it sent attorneys and a public relations firm our way — which is very weird!
My updated story:
The data exposure is now fixed, but not before it sent attorneys and a public relations firm our way — which is very weird!
My updated story:
UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us | TechCrunch
The third-party website exposed passports, selfies, and the location data of applicants who submitted their documents as part of the U.K. visa application process. Instead of fixing the issue, the web...
techcrunch.com
May 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
And governments wonder why cybersecurity and data protection experts raise concerns about age verification platforms
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On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
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Les arborescences de fichiers profondes et les millions de fichiers dans un répertoire peuvent dégrader significativement les performances de vos systèmes, qu'ils soient locaux ou en réseau.
bearstech.com/societ...
bearstech.com/societ...
Dans les profondeurs du filesystem
Si votre filesystem possède plusieurs millions de fichiers, au minimum d'assez fortes chances de performances dégradées, quel que soit votre filesystem.
bearstech.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Les arborescences de fichiers profondes et les millions de fichiers dans un répertoire peuvent dégrader significativement les performances de vos systèmes, qu'ils soient locaux ou en réseau.
bearstech.com/societ...
bearstech.com/societ...
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Why are venture capitalists flocking to government after the industry has shrunk post-ZIRP?
December 23, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Why are venture capitalists flocking to government after the industry has shrunk post-ZIRP?
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"Privacy in Authoritarian Times - States can fight authoritarianism by shoring up privacy laws" - my op-ed today in the Boston Globe - there's a paywall, so here's the text teachprivacy.com/privacy-in-a...
Privacy in Authoritarian Times
I just published an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled "States can fight authoritarianism by shoring up privacy laws." Boston Globe (Dec. 23, 2024). It's
teachprivacy.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
"Privacy in Authoritarian Times - States can fight authoritarianism by shoring up privacy laws" - my op-ed today in the Boston Globe - there's a paywall, so here's the text teachprivacy.com/privacy-in-a...
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When I was first learning how to code as a teenager (mostly by viewing the source of websites, pre-YouTube era), I thought that everyone using HEX codes memorized them, and so to this day, I know way too many HEX codes by heart because I thought I had to
December 19, 2024 at 10:26 PM
When I was first learning how to code as a teenager (mostly by viewing the source of websites, pre-YouTube era), I thought that everyone using HEX codes memorized them, and so to this day, I know way too many HEX codes by heart because I thought I had to
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My brother has been with ASML since they acquired SVG decades ago; they're aware of the reputation
December 21, 2024 at 12:46 PM
My brother has been with ASML since they acquired SVG decades ago; they're aware of the reputation
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Embarrassing to admit but had no idea how big of a deal ASML is until recently. Changing this now, starting with this book.
ASML one of the most important companies almost no one outside of hardware is aware of.
Founded and HQ’d in the Netherlands, it builds machines producing cutting-edge chips.
ASML one of the most important companies almost no one outside of hardware is aware of.
Founded and HQ’d in the Netherlands, it builds machines producing cutting-edge chips.
December 21, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Embarrassing to admit but had no idea how big of a deal ASML is until recently. Changing this now, starting with this book.
ASML one of the most important companies almost no one outside of hardware is aware of.
Founded and HQ’d in the Netherlands, it builds machines producing cutting-edge chips.
ASML one of the most important companies almost no one outside of hardware is aware of.
Founded and HQ’d in the Netherlands, it builds machines producing cutting-edge chips.
"The Web never forgets: Persistent tracking mechanisms in the wild" is the first large-scale study of three advanced web tracking mechanisms - canvas fingerprinting, evercookies and use of "cookie syncing" in conjunction with evercookies.
#dataprotection
#dataprotection
The Web never forgets: Persistent tracking mechanisms in the wild
securehomes.esat.kuleuven.be
December 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
"The Web never forgets: Persistent tracking mechanisms in the wild" is the first large-scale study of three advanced web tracking mechanisms - canvas fingerprinting, evercookies and use of "cookie syncing" in conjunction with evercookies.
#dataprotection
#dataprotection
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Very good and important write-up, @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social! For those who want to experience fingerprinting in practice, check out amiunique.org/fingerprint
My Fingerprint- Am I Unique ?
Check if your browser has a unique fingerprint, how identifiable you are on the Internet
amiunique.org
December 21, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Very good and important write-up, @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social! For those who want to experience fingerprinting in practice, check out amiunique.org/fingerprint
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Vidéo très bien faite de vulgarisation sur la faille xz. Ca parle d'Open Source, de sécurité, de contribution
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQBL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQBL...
L'attaque informatique la plus sophistiquée de l'Histoire
YouTube video by Micode
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Vidéo très bien faite de vulgarisation sur la faille xz. Ca parle d'Open Source, de sécurité, de contribution
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQBL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQBL...
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New breach: More than 90M rows of French citizen data with 28M unique email addresses was found publicly facing in Sep. Data included name, IP, physical address and partial card data. 70% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: cybernews.com/security/fre...
Over 90 million French records exposed: mysterious data hoarder leaves instances open | Cybernews
The compromised phone numbers, email addresses, and partial payment information leave French citizens vulnerable to targeted cyberattacks.
cybernews.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:57 AM
New breach: More than 90M rows of French citizen data with 28M unique email addresses was found publicly facing in Sep. Data included name, IP, physical address and partial card data. 70% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: cybernews.com/security/fre...
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"as a Musk biographer, I can’t find a single component of the man’s biography he hasn’t lied about. And not just lied about—lied ruthlessly about. Shamelessly. For decades."
Musk is a fraud and a conman. And he's conned his way to being the richest person ever to have lived.
Musk is a fraud and a conman. And he's conned his way to being the richest person ever to have lived.
This essay has gone viral. I didn't anticipate the response it has gotten! Thanks to all those who've read and shared it, and welcome to the new followers of this feed!
The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer
A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Here—in a single essay—is some of what the world just learned.
sethabramson.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:40 PM
"as a Musk biographer, I can’t find a single component of the man’s biography he hasn’t lied about. And not just lied about—lied ruthlessly about. Shamelessly. For decades."
Musk is a fraud and a conman. And he's conned his way to being the richest person ever to have lived.
Musk is a fraud and a conman. And he's conned his way to being the richest person ever to have lived.
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Honestly, the Let's Encrypt folks don't get nearly enough credit for basically protecting the entire fucking internet, by making it absolute bog standard to encrypt everything. It happened so fast and so many people were skeptical.
VPN vendors have huge budgets to advertise on your favorite podcasts.
We don't have marketing for the IETF, browser and OS security teams, CAs (Let's Encrypt), CDNs, researchers, open source authors, website builders, digital rights activists...
We made the web secure and didn't tell anyone.
We don't have marketing for the IETF, browser and OS security teams, CAs (Let's Encrypt), CDNs, researchers, open source authors, website builders, digital rights activists...
We made the web secure and didn't tell anyone.
December 20, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Honestly, the Let's Encrypt folks don't get nearly enough credit for basically protecting the entire fucking internet, by making it absolute bog standard to encrypt everything. It happened so fast and so many people were skeptical.
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LinkedIn is going to be the first social network where more than half of the accounts, posts, and comments are all fake. And that's beautiful to me
Analysis finds over 54% of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated; LinkedIn says it doesn't track how many posts are created by AI (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 26, 2024 at 11:18 PM
LinkedIn is going to be the first social network where more than half of the accounts, posts, and comments are all fake. And that's beautiful to me
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Mobile App Release Process
December 20, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Mobile App Release Process