Captain Renault: Shocked, yes, shocked we are that russian propaganda has been allowed in this establishment.

Croupier: Your election winnings, sir

Captain Renault: Oh, thank you very much.

The research also reveals that prices for fake accounts on Telegram and WhatsApp appear to spike in countries about to have national elections, suggesting a surge in demand due to “influence operations”.

😱

Dang. Missed it by . . . 6 hours.

Correct.

Regretting implies we ever supported it

St. Nicholas is the patron saint of beer drinkers. It’s why he’s got a red nose and is so jolly.

The very concept itself is insane. Give us your real name, we own your data, etc etc.

Facebook: [Has always been a surveillance apparatus intent on exploiting users]

Facebook: [Does what it does]

Everybody: [Continues to pour money and information into facebook ‘because’]

Me: Maybe in a few MORE DECADES people will wake up!

Everybody: [Does not wake up]

In America the cops just shoot them dead, then they get a month’s paid vacation.

Resistance of any sort is also met with lethal force.

It’s great.

/s

🤔

So Say We All

Below you’ll find some other useful things, although they aren’t exactly related to ad-blocking:

• Browser extensions against annoyances:

  • Cookie popups: Consent-O-Matic
  • Captchas: Buster

• I’d also suggest SponsorBlock — it has saved me so much time. There’s also an option for TVs and streaming devices.

• If you’re on iOS, consider turning off Background App Refresh. Only a few apps use Background App Refresh as Apple designed it, the majority are simply abusing it to get more data about you. If you don’t have always-on VPN, you risk exposing your real IP.

• Patched apps are also a thing, and it’s also possible to patch mobile apps yourself via ReVanced. While it’s a decent option, it’s also a security risk — I’m careful with it and don’t use it with sensitive accounts.

TIL

The Dukester. Duke-Maxxing!

Yesterday, Vox somehow managed to write an entire article about the history of Oracle and its founder Larry Ellison without mentioning the CIA even once. Which is pretty astounding, given the fact that Oracle takes its name from a 1977 CIA project codename. And that the CIA was Oracle’s first customer.

. . . [Oracle book author] Rosen tells of meeting with the folks at Oracle, one of whom was David Carney, formerly the number three person at the CIA. Carney had retired after 32 years there, and been hired at Oracle to head its Information Assurance Center, founded just two months after the September 11th attacks.

. . . As Ellison himself told Rosen proudly for The Naked Crowd, “The Oracle database is used to keep track of basically everything. The information about your banks, your checking balance, your savings balance, is stored in an Oracle database. Your airline reservation is stored in an Oracle database. What books you bought on Amazon is stored in an Oracle database. Your profile on Yahoo! is stored in an Oracle database.”

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Vox didn’t highlight Oracle’s CIA origins or its never-ending relationship with governments at all levels. But writing an explainer about Oracle without mentioning the CIA or Ellison’s post-9/11 goals or national security infrastructure strikes me as simply bizarre.

I am once again asking for punishment on the writers. More than just being writers, that is.

Removed by mod

Lawsuit.

Sinked???

The box says . . . No

Enlightenmint was just sitting there