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It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.<\/p>\n
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FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bookmark this book length \ud83d\ude09 but essential article from We Don\u2019t Agree:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Technically Radical: On the Unrecognized Potential of Tech Workers and Hackers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For now scroll down to ON THE STRATEGIC POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR PRESENT and following the advise.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have also added a quote from it to a new section in\u00a0The Techno Anarchist Manifesto<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Drew Lyton has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Future is NOT Self-Hosted<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Great stuff that ties in nicely with what we are advocating here on Battalion.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Flights grounded as Russia\u2019s largest airline Aeroflot hacked and systems \u2018destroyed\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Kyiv Independent reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Non-EU countries, including Ukraine, can join Europe’s new satellite network rivaling Starlink, commissioner says<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Europe’s AI crackdown starts this week and Big Tech isn’t happy<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Italy says Meta may be violating law with AI in WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Edge case: Opera claims Microsoft still playing dirty with defaults<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US Navy won’t torpedo hurricane forecast satellite feed after all<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Open Future opines:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Step Forward, But Not Far Enough: the EU\u2019s AI Transparency Template<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Commission reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Commission preliminarily finds Temu in breach of the Digital Services Act in relation to illegal products on its platform<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cradle reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Netherlands labels Israel \u2018threat to national security\u2019 for first time<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n They are a threat to every nation on Earth’s national security, as are all pariah surveillance states.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Commission announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Commission proposes partial suspension of Israel’s association to Horizon Europe<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately, the German and Italian pseudo-fascists blocked it.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechPolicy reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Attack on Brazil\u2019s Sovereignty May Backfire on US Tech Firms<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bom!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EuroNews reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gloomy times ahead for European political advertising<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bon, bom, bene, e bueno!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ars Technica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google confirms it will sign the EU AI Code of Practice<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bleeping Computer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Internet Archive is now a US federal depository library<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CISA open-sources Thorium platform for malware, forensic analysis<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n W3C announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vision for W3C is a W3C Statement<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Media Revolution announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Media Revolution countdown campaign is LIVE!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMHO, this ties in with the Open Media Network<\/a> idea featured in our Techno Anarchist Manifesto.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Murena shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is a VPN (virtual private network)?<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nextcloud reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Nextcloud Include initiative: How Nextcloud supports diversity in open source<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cory Doctorow has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can\u2019t fight enshittification (But we can.)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In addition to the tactics in the Techno Anarchist Manifesto, we have to fight in the political realm as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bert Hubert looks at:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Europe’s Self Inflicted Cloud Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Breach Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mark Carney\u2019s AI agenda is a gift to Big Tech<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada is 1,010 times better than the U.S. but it ain’t perfect.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit’s r\/IsraelCrimes, r\/UkraineWarFootage<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The United Kuntsdumb is now only 1.46 times better than the United States of Assholes and getting worse by the minute.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The MIT Technology Review reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What you may have missed about Trump\u2019s AI Action Plan<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechDirt reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trump Threatens To Withold Billions From States That Try To Make Broadband Affordable To Poor People<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n So-called newspaper, The Washington Times reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hackers breach intelligence website used by CIA<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n French telecom giant Orange discloses cyberattack<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Microsoft: Russian hackers use ISP access to hack embassies in AiTM attacks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Russia’s Secret Blizzard APT Gains Embassy Access via ISPs<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Silk Typhoon spun a web of patents for offensive cyber tools, report says<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Patreon reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am sorry, but if you are on SubStack at this point you are either an uninformed amoral moron or a c^nt. Thankfully, you can still avoid being reincarnated as a cockroach by moving to Ghost or Buttondown.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ArsTechnica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Substack\u2019s \u201cNazi problem\u201d won\u2019t go away after push notification apology<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Columbia Journalism Review reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Traffic Apocalypse: Google\u2019s AI Overviews are killing click-throughs to news sites.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Register reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ‘Impossible hill to climb’: US clouds crush European competition on their home turf<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publishers cry foul over W3C crusade to rid web of third-party cookies<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ars Technica reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechCrunch reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zuckerberg signals Meta won\u2019t open source all of its \u2018superintelligence\u2019 AI models<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BTW, their current ones are in no way opensource.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bikepacking shares:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When We Get Komooted<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Far-right extremists using games platforms to radicalise teenagers, report warns<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TechPolicy asks:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is There Any Way Forward for Privacy Legislation in the United States?<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BleepingComputer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Post SMTP plugin flaw exposes 200K WordPress sites to hijacking attacks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DarkReading shows us:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How to Spot Malicious AI Agents Before They Strike<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ChatGPT, GenAI Tools Open to ‘Man in the Prompt’ Browser Attack<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuta reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Switzerland plans surveillance worse than U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BitDefender reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n French submarine secrets surface after cyber attack<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Platformer reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trust and safety workers on why they’re not speaking out<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And here’s the previous post<\/a> he referenced.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FYI, Platformer and 404 Media are on Ghost and thus part of the Open Media Network.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The wonderful Citation Needed reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Curate your own newspaper with RSS<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ben Werdmuller has more:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Curate your own newspaper with RSS<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Connected Places has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fediverse Report \u2013 127<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For Better has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mastodon Defence Command: The Scam Wave<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fedify announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Implementing custom collection dispatchers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n QCB asks:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n So Your Black Ass Still Wants to Get on Mastodon<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ActivityPub for WordPress announces:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 7.2.0 \u2013 Follow ups<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Connected Places has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bluesky Report \u2013 127<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blacksky has:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Infrastructure for Interdependence: Building technology in service of collective power<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blacksky is what Bluesky would be if it wasn’t created and run by tech bros.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 404 Media reports:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky\u2019s AT Protocol<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p><\/ul>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keep fighting!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to this week’s \u201cDestroying Autocracy\u201d. 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\n\nThe response to Russia\u2019s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery<\/h2>\n
\n\nNeutral<\/h2>\n
\n\nThe Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back<\/h2>\n
Pariah States<\/h3>\n
Big Media<\/h3>\n
Big Tech<\/h3>\n
Terror<\/h3>\n
\n\nCybersecurity\/Privacy<\/h2>\n
\n\nRSS<\/h2>\n
Fediverse<\/h2>\n
Slightly Federated Social Media<\/h3>\n
\n\nCTAs (aka show us some free love)<\/h2>\n
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