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Mastodon verification using rel=”me” links explained
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Mastodon’s Decentralized Moderation Approach and Server Governance
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Mastodon seems to me to have thought very hard about this stuff: like Reddit, they outsource most decisions to the individual servers and provide a deep level of moderation tooling Each Mastodon server will have to handle the nightmare described in that article independently
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Observability AI ML AIOps Webinar Reduce Complexity
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Reduce #Complexity & #Apps #Tools #Cloud #Data Proliferation! Join @KoutsoukosNik & I – 2PM GMT Today! Everything #Observability & #AI #ML #AIOps https://
linkedin.com/video/event/ur
n:li:ugcPost:6992857196573151232/
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EU Cybersecurity Rules Mandate Aviation Suppliers Defend Flight Safety
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New cybersecurity rules in Europe will for the first time require a swath of aviation suppliers to identify and defend against hacking risks to flight safety #cybersecurity #EU #aviation #hacking
@catstupp
https://
wsj.com/articles/eu-ex
pands-cyber-rules-for-airline-flight-safety-11667402005
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Unlearnable Examples: False Security Against Future AI Systems
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Looks cool! However there's a critique that's been applied to unlearnable examples (
https://
arxiv.org/abs/2106.14851 ft @sanghyun_hong @florian_tramer
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MIT immunizes photos against AI-powered misinformation edits
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Last week @Trevornoah asked @OpenAI @miramurati
: How can we safeguard against AI-powered photo editing for misinformation? MIT students hacked a way to "immunize" photos against edits: http://
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Security Vulnerability Identified as Potential Attack Vector
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Yeah, it does look pretty bad. But also seems like a nice attack vector 🙂
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Automation and Cybersecurity Drive Ops Efficiency and Sustainability
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With #Ops reporting #alert fatigue & need to find #data nugget not the noise! this comprehensive #automation approach is huge with #CyberSecurity protection embedded. Equally #cloud #container efficiency supports #Sustainability ! #CVConnections22 #partner #innovation #AI #IoT
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Blue Tick Verification: Balancing Authenticity Against Toxicity Online
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Yes, the intention was to distinguish authentic voices. The blue tick process surely needs improvement. To be fair to Musk, he’s been open about using this for revenue. But while the intention is right, the approach is debatable, as this could further legitimise noise & toxicity.
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Cooperative Backup System: Peer-to-Peer Data Security Solution
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I've long fantasized about implementing a co-op backup system: you host my encrypted backups, I host yours, then if just one of us screws up our storage somehow or forgets to renew our credit card we don't lose all of our data!