Wednesday, August 28th, marked the beginning of the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the Polish train manufacturer Newag against train maintenance yard Serwis Pojazdow Szynowych and experts from the Dragon Sector group, who revealed weird software locks in Impuls-series tr … | Continue reading
Automatically tagging or filtering child sexual exploitation materials (CSAM) cannot be effective and preserve privacy at the same time, regardless of what kind of tech one throws at it. Because what is and what is not CSAM is highly dependent on context. Literally the same photo … | Continue reading
This piece has been written for and originally published by OKO.press. When attributing, please attribute to: “Michał ‘rysiek’ Woźniak, Fundacja Ośrodek Kontroli Obywatelskiej „OKO”", and include a link to the original piece on OKO.press website. Telegram is a popular – especiall … | Continue reading
We find ourselves in a peculiar place. We are more interconnected, yet more misinformed. At ease with more advanced technologies, but more easily mislead by them. “Doing our own research”, but ending up deeper in conspiratorial rabbit holes. When discussing complex topics — pande … | Continue reading
Recent moves by Eugen Rochko (known as Gargron on fedi), the CEO of Mastodon-the-non-profit and lead developer of Mastodon-the-software, got some people worried about the outsized influence Mastodon (the software project and the non-profit) has on the rest of the Fediverse. Good. … | Continue reading
Almost exactly six months after Twitter got taken over by a petulant edge lord, people seem to be done with grieving the communities this disrupted and connections they lost, and are ready, eager even, to jump head-first into another toxic relationship. This time with BlueSky. Bl … | Continue reading
The following is probably mostly obvious to anyone who had been using Twitter for the last decade. But for those who are just confused what the whole hubbub around Twitter “verified checkmark” is all about, here goes! A long while ago Twitter started making certain accounts “veri … | Continue reading
Imagine coming across, on a reasonably serious site, an article that starts along the lines of: After observing the generative AI space for a while, I feel I have to ask: does ChatGPT (and other LLM-based chatbots)… actually gablergh? And if I am honest with myself, I cannot but … | Continue reading
I remember trying to buy a TV that does not have “smart” functionality a few years ago. It was a chore. Today it seems nigh-impossible. By the way, we need a nice way of referring to non-smart devices. I propose: “safe”. And not just TVs: ovens; refrigerators; dishwashers — all a … | Continue reading
This week in the United States of America, a former British colony on the North American continent, long-brewing political and social problems culminated in a messy speaker election in the lower chamber of the bicameral national parliament. The Republican party, by far the more c … | Continue reading
And so it has come to this. I finally quit Twitter… almost exactly a decade ago.I could spin yarn and claim it was some major feat of clairvoyance, of course. That I foresaw all that happened lately | Continue reading
This post was written for and originally published by the Institute of Network Cultures as part of the Dispatches from Ukraine: Tactical Media Reflections and Responses publication. It also benefited from copy editing by Chloë Arkenbout, and proofreading by Laurence Scherz. Tackl … | Continue reading
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I am not your lawyer. None of this is legal advice. All of this might also be a horribly bad idea. Ah, SEO link spam e-mails. If you have a blog that’s been online longer than, say, three years, you know what I’m talking about: Hey, I read your arti … | Continue reading
I would like to propose a new term: outrage dividend.Outrage dividend is the boost in reach that content which elicits strong emotional responses often gets on social media and other content sharing | Continue reading