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  • Hacker News: CAPTCHAs: ‘a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service’

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    Source URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/a-2023-study-concluded-captchas-are-a-tracking-cookie-farm-for-profit-masquerading-as-a-security-service-that-made-us-spend-819-billion-hours-clicking-on-traffic-lights-to-generate-nearly-usd1-trillion-for-google/ Source: Hacker News Title: CAPTCHAs: ‘a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study from UC Irvine critically evaluates Google’s reCAPTCHA v2, highlighting its inefficacy in preventing bot traffic while raising significant privacy concerns. The findings indicate that reCAPTCHA…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Small praise for modern compilers – A case of Ubuntu printing vulnerability that wasn’t

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/small-praise-for-modern-compilers-a-case-of-ubuntu-printing-vulnerability-that-wasnt/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Small praise for modern compilers – A case of Ubuntu printing vulnerability that wasn’t Feedly Summary: By Aleksandar NikolichEarlier this year, we conducted code audits of the macOS printing subsystem, which is heavily based on the open-source CUPS package. During this investigation, IPP-USB protocol caught our attention.…

  • Hacker News: Apple’s Best Option: Decentralize iCloud

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    Source URL: https://www.mnot.net/blog/2025/02/09/decentralize-icloud Source: Hacker News Title: Apple’s Best Option: Decentralize iCloud Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the implications of a UK government order for Apple to create a backdoor into iCloud for accessing encrypted data. It evaluates Apple’s potential responses, including compliance, leaving the UK market, or…

  • The Register: DeepSeek’s iOS app is a security nightmare, and that’s before you consider its TikTok links

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek’s iOS app is a security nightmare, and that’s before you consider its TikTok links Feedly Summary: PLUS: Spanish cops think they’ve bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more! Infosec In Brief DeepSeek’s iOS app is a security nightmare that you…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam Altman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/9/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: The cost to use a given level of AI falls about 10x every 12 months, and lower prices lead to much more use. You can see this in the token cost from GPT-4 in early 2023 to GPT-4o in mid-2024, where the…

  • Slashdot: America’s IT Unemployment Rises To 5.7%. Is AI Hitting Tech Jobs?

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/09/1754229/americas-it-unemployment-rises-to-57-is-ai-hitting-tech-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: America’s IT Unemployment Rises To 5.7%. Is AI Hitting Tech Jobs? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rising unemployment rate in the U.S. information technology sector, attributing this trend partly to the increasing reliance on automation and artificial intelligence. It highlights how this…

  • Slashdot: Does the ‘Spirit’ of Open Source Mean Much More Than a License?

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/02/09/0039235/does-the-spirit-of-open-source-mean-much-more-than-a-license?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Does the ‘Spirit’ of Open Source Mean Much More Than a License? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the complexities and challenges surrounding open source software, particularly in the context of AI. It highlights the tension between genuine open source principles and corporate control…

  • Slashdot: DeepSeek IOS App Sends Data Unencrypted To ByteDance-Controlled Servers

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/08/0531202/deepseek-ios-app-sends-data-unencrypted-to-bytedance-controlled-servers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DeepSeek IOS App Sends Data Unencrypted To ByteDance-Controlled Servers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security vulnerability in the mobile application DeepSeek, which transmits sensitive data over unencrypted channels, raising significant security and privacy concerns. It highlights the implications of using infrastructure provided…

  • Hacker News: VSCode’s SSH Agent Is Bananas

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    Source URL: https://fly.io/blog/vscode-ssh-wtf/ Source: Hacker News Title: VSCode’s SSH Agent Is Bananas Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the integration of VSCode with LLMs for enhanced remote editing and highlights security concerns associated with the extensive operations VSCode performs over SSH. It underscores the potential risks in using LLM-generated…