A 23 year old intern with no security screening with access to the DOEs mainframes is just about the most catastrophic breach of national security since the FOTUS stole our nations secrets and stored them in his fucking bathroom. https://apple.news/AOlCPbA92RCCQjfmb0snmow
🚨BREAKING: Google will soon install an app called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore
They say it's a "safety measure" to protect your #privacy, but in fact it's client-side scanning.
Yet, we all know that client-side scanning is bad: https://tuta.com/blog/eu-client-side-scanning
Deinstall the app on your #Android: System -> Apps
I miss the innovation of keybase.io
http://keybase.io/
Wired has been killing it lately on covering what may well be the biggest security breach this country has ever seen. They obtained an email sent by an intelligence team within the U.S. Treasury Department that referred to Musk's actions to unilaterally slash and burn government agencies as "the single greatest insider threat risk" they have ever faced.
"There is ongoing litigation, congressional legislation, and widespread protests relating to DOGE’s access to Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service,” the email reads, per the tech-focused outlet. "If DOGE members have any access to payment systems, we recommend suspending that access immediately and conducting a comprehensive review of all actions they may have taken on these systems."
"There is reporting at other federal agencies indicating that DOGE members have performed unauthorized changes and locked civil servants out of the sensitive systems they gained access to,” the ‘Recommendations’ portion of the email continues. “We further recommend that DOGE members be placed under insider threat monitoring and alerting after their access to payment systems is revoked. Continued access to any payment systems by DOGE members, even “read only,” likely poses the single greatest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
https://www.wired.com/story/treasury-bfs-doge-insider-threat
Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports the warning came from a Treasury threat center run by the govt contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. The Post reports that late Friday, Booz Allen said it had “removed” a subcontractor who wrote the warning and would seek to retract or amend it. “The draft report was prepared by a subcontractor to Booz Allen and contained unauthorized personal opinions that are not factual or consistent with our standards,” company spokesperson Jessica Klenk said. Booz Allen won more than $1 billion in multiyear U.S. government contracts last year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/07/doge-treasury-payments-system-warning/
I really do not need campaign fundraising texts from Democratic politicians right now.
I would like "this is what we are doing about the current crises" notices instead.
I document Trump's 7 most destructive actions undermining our Republic, and share 7 meaningful actions we can take to counter his fascism.
Actions you can take locally, actions that don't cost money, and actions that have a meaningful impact.
I also ask Dems in power why they haven't organized a meaningful response? What are they waiting for? We are way past out of time!
So excited to play this - been a Civ player since I was in 7th grade - Civ 1 on a Packard Bell! https://flipboard.com/users/DigitalTrends/statuses/HxeQu9g6RNuag6In5NIP0w:a:201375877
One of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s aides warned Republicans not to subpoena former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson because doing so would likely reveal all of the sexually explicit text messages Republicans have been sending Hutchinson since 2018.
https://trib.al/UbwLmmX
Elon Musk's DOGE immediately sued for allegedly violating federal transparency rules
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/20/elon-musks-doge-immediately-sued-for-allegedly-violating-transparency-rule/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Really good video the Tailscale folks did!
https://hachyderm.io/users/tailscale/statuses/113845517463404466
I was thinking about this when they said they were moving indoors today...pretty sure it was freezing as shit when Obama got sworn in. The Orange Cheeto is so vain.
RE: https://www.threads.net/@factpostnews/post/DE8EKfhoJjb
Texas Governor has no authority over the national flag. That's Congress. So, my flag will remain in place on inauguration day....and perhaps for the next four years.
RE: https://www.threads.net/@briantylercohen/post/DE7sKdlvlwL
Introducing Pixelfed for iOS.
Now available!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixelfed/id1632519816 #pixelfed
Jack Smith report into Trump and election subversion to be released after Judge Cannon's ruling
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/13/jack-smith-report-into-and-subversion-to-be-released-after-cannons-ruling/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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If the Supreme Court sides with Texas in this week’s case, it would open the door to a slew of state laws that frustrate internet users' First Amendment rights and make them less secure online. Here's what you need to know about the upcoming arguments. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/five-things-know-about-supreme-court-case-texas-age-verification-law-free-speech
Well, it happened. https://ourselves.space finally got big enough to need a second runner to keep up with the traffic! If you're looking for a new #fediverse place to call home, we run the simplest, least bloated #mastodon compatible and well federated server out there. Join us and be yourself! #mastoadmin fun
Back to long form hot takes. Let's see how this goes. www.derekmartin.org/a-comically-long-time-later/
America fucked up bad.
RE: https://www.threads.net/@calvarezaranyos/post/DEoVRwvOs4z
Even though Trump will walk free and take his oath of office on January 20, he still is and will always be a convicted felon.
https://trib.al/CM5hxmK
Texan here - be careful what you wish for. #facebook #meta
https://flipboard.com/users/theverge/statuses/mBL_tMh9Rl6lK4tuqxnXGQ:a:43611565
Now, more than ever, verified #journalist and #news orgs from around the world are essential for telling us how it really is. https://verifiedjournalist.org is here to help. It's free, easy, and comes with great stats of your interactions in the #fediverse. Give us a #boost? #journalism #Mastodon
Flipboard’s Surf joins several existing apps designed to view Mastodon and other ActivityPub platforms, as well as BlueSky and ActivityPub.1 I love Flipboard CEO Mike MkCue’s vision of the “social web,” as described by David Pierce at The Verge with feeds superseding websites.
"“You won’t put in, like, theverge.com and go to the website for The Verge, but you can put in ‘the verge’ and go to the ActivityPub feed for The Verge.” Your ... https://mitchw.blog/2024/12/19/flipboards-surf-joins.html
Trump was gliding into his inauguration. Now he’s facing a big mess.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/19/trump-shutdown-stock-market-00195340?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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