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Human Rights Defender @osservatorionessuno.org. Security Researcher @shielder.com. Former KeepassXC maintainer. Computer Repair With A Smile. thezero.org

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The verdict is the first in which a Japanese court has declared that the human voice is protected under publicity rights, a reference to the ability to control and profit from aspects of an individual’s identity, in Tsuda’s case his distinctive voice”
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 29/09/2026
Anthropic is just directly fearmongering about the open weight models that are eating their lunch on price now huh
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GLM-5.3 and the Spread of Advanced Cyber Capabilities
GLM-5.3 can autonomously build end-to-end cyber exploits, but unlike other frontier models, it was released without meaningful safeguards to limit misuse.
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Damien Miller @damienmiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anthropic may not have intended to write an excellent ad for GLM 5.3, but that's what they did. www.anthropic.com/research/glm... Unlike Mythos, I might actually have a chance at using GLM for defensive research. Anthropic didn't reply to any of my requests for Mythos access for use on OpenSSH.
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GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities
GLM-5.3 can autonomously build end-to-end cyber exploits, but unlike other frontier models, it was released without meaningful safeguards to limit misuse.
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Eris @isolyth.dev · 28/09/2026
Great now they're laughing at me
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The news, based on a cache of internal contractor documents seen by 404 Media, shows that AI companies are using human workers to review not just AI chatbot users’ text prompts, but the pictures they upload and wish to edit too”
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thezero @thezero.org · 28/09/2026
We should probably de-Flock but definitely un-trust Vox.
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ZapPapa @zappapa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The past year of ICE raids has apparently taught you nothing.
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Lynne Margeaux @lynnemargeaux.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Warning.Vox is now yet another crazy right wing BS source. They're trying to ease the BS in slow. But like someone else already said Murdoch family owned since May.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The most important thing I learned in my 20s is that being smart doesn't make you special. Eventually you need to learn to try hard and to enjoy learning to do things you're not immediately good at. It turns out that the people who didn't learn this lesson were reading Harry Potter fanfic.
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The letter calls on governments and institutions to end all existing contracts with Palantir, ban it from future contracts and develop alternative solutions. They also want investors, like pension funds, to sell any stock they hold in Palantir” Yes please ❤️ share.google/WdYxny1pjbDK...
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Kick out Palantir, trade unions tell European governments | Euractiv
Call to eject US data analytics giant on democratic grounds
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the best books of ideological critique I have ever read. @gilduran.com has written THE book to understand techno-fascism and its roots. If you can read only one book this year, I do think it should be this one.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
~ Personal news ~  I left TechCrunch. I will now focus on finishing my book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware. After that, and in the meantime as well, I will be freelancing. Contact me: Lorenzofb.writes@gmail.com or Signal @LorenzoFB.1337 (+1 917 257 1382)
A masked puppet comes out of a keyboard.
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thezero @thezero.org · 21/09/2026
www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-...
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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ord...
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Dulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
BREAKING: A new breakthrough classical factoring algorithm called "Claude, could you factor this for me?" just factored RSA-896. saweis.net/posts/rsa-89...
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RSA-896
A post about RSA-896.
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tachikoma @tachikoma.elsewhereunbound.com · 20/09/2026
battlebots making a return in humanoid form was not on my 2026 bingo card
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 16/09/2026
he won
"I hope gas goes up to eight bucks a gallon!"
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cops are searching thousands of Flock cameras for very important law enforcement investigations, with given reasons like "LMAO," "IDK," and "Hehe." www.404media.co/cops-search-...
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Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
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thezero @thezero.org · 09/09/2026
First of all, it's outrageous that AI companies are training so called "internal" models on customer's data. They can simply get away with this by not publishing the model. Axiom: Whatever is "discovered" by one Agent today will be eventually discovered by another Agent tomorrow.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
uhoh
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
⚠️ Good example of how AI manufactures & legitimizes BS The cycle: 1) AI hallucinates reference 2) Report placed on gov website 3) Report indexed 4) AI now thinks ref real ‘Scary’: how AI misinformation hallucinations are infiltrating www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... 🚨 Needed: ref vigilance!
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Andrew Tan @andrewtanyongyi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"I said that if OpenAI released its result in the way proposed I would go public with what happened. The reply was, “Why would you ruin your career?” I replied that I am an academic, and asked why he thought going public would ruin my career." - Tristan Buckmaster
cims.nyu.edu
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
Everyone doing this just needs to understand that they are actively skipping the thinking step
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ogni giorno che passa questo Fedorov mi sembra più compromesso con il tecnofascismo. I soluzionisti, del resto, sono fatti così, pare. “While much remains unclear about what the company will do, its first lead investor will be Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir” www.businessinsider.com/mykhailo-fed...
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Ukraine's ousted defense minister is starting a new company backed by Palantir's Alex Karp
After his sacking from Ukraine's defense ministry, Mykhailo Fedorov plans to turn his wartime tech experience into a new venture backed by Alex Karp.
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Jenny List @jennylist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My last reply to a BBC journalist seeking an jnterview: Hi *****, The BBC has a long history of propagating hate speech against British trans people. We are not interested in talking to you. Jenny
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
More backlash please ❤️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Davide Aversa 🎃 @davideaversa.it · 02/09/2026
My ranking of how much I trust software nowadays: 1. Made by good developers with AI help 2. Made by good developers 3. Made by bad developers 4. Made by bad developers with AI help.
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Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026
Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.
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1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 28/08/2026
Anti-genocide organizers say the "terrorism" label is intended to crush direct action against Israeli weapons shipments. interc.pt/4ixwuk2
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Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech · 26/08/2026
State of SaaS
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Easily one of hardest images of the 21st century. Instantly iconic.
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thezero @thezero.org · 16/08/2026
This is what happen when you destroy countless of physical books to train an AI and sell it behind a paywall.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 15/08/2026
A majority of younger Americans do not trust today's AI leaders, according to a new CNBC poll with Generation Lab, a research firm that focuses on Americans between the ages of 18 and 34. Find more results from the poll: cnb.cx/4xMJuH3
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/08/2026
The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. www.404media.co/company-offe...
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Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI
Research Gold's team of human methodologists are either AI generated or using the identity of real people without their permission
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/08/2026
Israeli strike on southern Lebanon kills seven in worst toll since June, state media says
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Israeli strike on southern Lebanon kills seven in worst toll since June, state media says
Strike reportedly hit a home on the outskirts of Ansar village and also wounded three others Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike in the country’s south early Saturday killed seven people, the worst toll since deals in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. The national news agency (NNA) said Israel “escalated its attacks on the south” early Saturday, reporting that “a strike launched by enemy warplanes on a home” on the outskirts of the village of Ansar “killed seven people and wounded three others”. Continue reading...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Minnesota residents are organizing against Google's proposed hyperscale data center projects in Pine Island and Hermantown, citing secrecy through NDAs, inadequate environmental review, and issues with water use, electricity and noise pollution.
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The Fight Against Google’s Minnesota Data Centers - UNICORN RIOT
Minnesota residents are organizing against proposed hyperscale data centers, especially Google-linked projects in Pine Island and Hermantown, citing secrecy through NDAs, inadequate environmental revi...
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 15/08/2026
Boycotting his own company – Ben Cohen calls consumers to do just that. The iconic ice-cream brand, Ben & Jerry’s, was a home-grown company with a social mission. After Unilever bought it, little of that remained. “It turned from activism to posturing and virtue signalling.”
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Why Ben & Jerry’s co-founder wants consumers to boycott his own brand
Ice-cream brand Ben & Jerry’s built up an image of a rebellious, socially conscious brand – but its parent company Magnum is destroying exactly that, co-founder Ben Cohen tells FTM in an interview. He...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026
“A bill that would restrict private businesses in New York City from using facial recognition on customers has won the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration and a majority of the City Council, sponsors and supporters said Friday.”
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Momentum builds to ban Madison Square Garden's 'surveillance empire'
A bill to bar private businesses from scanning customers' faces has won the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration and a majority of the City Council, sponsors said Friday.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 09/08/2026
Your phone won’t run an app that’s been tampered with, but your browser will run anything a server sends it. WEBCAT is a tamper-evident seal for web applications, developed by @freedom.press. Find out more:
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WEBCAT: A tamper-evident seal for the open web
Security and privacy online are critical to protect users from eavesdroppers and attackers. The biggest success story of the last decade is HTTPS, the protocol that ensures the connection between a…
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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 06/08/2026
"LLM-generated patches did not resolve the vulnerability, added a new vulnerability, or both, an average 53.9% of the time." 👁️👄👁️ 1password.com/blog/why-ai-...
LLM-generated patches did not resolve the vulnerability, added a new vulnerability, or both, an average 53.9% of the time. You can read further details about our findings, observations, and conclusions in the research paper we’ve published alongside this post.
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thezero @thezero.org · 03/08/2026
This project seems highly AI-slop, breaks all accessibility web standards
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Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This fine commentary: mastodon.social/@swearyantho...
I am baffled why people are going "oh no what is to be done" about openai breaking into a competitors computers, when it is incredibly obvious: Charge them under the CFAA. "Oh but their research". Sandbox it from the Internet. "Oh it's too hard to do that". Skill issue, get good.

As I said: Weird that Robert Morris got charged for all of the computers his worm broke into. After all, he didn't do it, the computer program did it, that's completely different, apparently.
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 28/07/2026
This is also of course how the AI data centers are being used. The ones that are sucking dry our water and burning up the planet. A lot of which is justified on the basis of economic and pro-social advances.
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thezero @thezero.org · 28/07/2026
Me every time I read clankers' code.
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qdot @buttplug.engineer · 28/07/2026
before agentic coding: *writes code* *doesn't release* *gets busy, reviews a month later* what the fuck who wrote this over-complicated shit after agentic coding: *has robot write code* *doesn't release* *gets busy, reviews a month later* what the fuck who wrote this over-complicated shit
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/07/2026
FWIW, Meta was fully aware of how these glasses would primarily be used. The glasses were designed to erase consent, and that is why they exist. Anything that they do that suggests they want to ameliorate this use is an attempt to win the PR battle and manipulate public opinion.
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Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"
Meta is vowing to crack down on creeps misusing its Ray Ban smart glasses. Whether it will be enough to regain trust remains to be seen.
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