Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I say "you can't be both a 'progressive' and comfortable with the multinational corporate model." Change my mind.

With all the Microsoft Recall stuff saturating the Fediverse right now (my feed at least)... It seems a good time to remember that Microsoft has always had form as an unethical organisation... I commemd to you this detailed (and enjoyable) account of their first decade or so: https://web.archive.org/web/20051013072349/http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS_1.html

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We are currently looking into countermeasures to get Codeberg back on track.

I got ahold of the Copilot+ software.

Recall uses a bunch of services themed CAP - Core AI Platform. Enabled by default.

It spits constant screenshots (the product brands then “snapshots”, but they’re hooked screenshots) into the current user’s AppData as part of image storage.

The NPU processes them and extracts text, into a database file.

The database is SQLite, and you can access it as the user including programmatically. It 100% does not need physical access and can be stolen.

“Most people are not aware of the resource usage underlying ChatGPT,” Ren said. “If you’re not aware of the resource usage, then there’s no way that we can help conserve the resources.”

In July 2022, the month before OpenAI says it completed its training of GPT-4, Microsoft pumped in about 11.5 million gallons of water to its cluster of Iowa data centers, according to the West Des Moines Water Works. That amounted to about 6% of all the water used in the district, which also supplies drinking water to the city’s residents.

#tech #technology #AI #generativeAI #ChatGPT #microsoft #ClimateCrisis

https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-gpt4-iowa-ai-water-consumption-microsoft-f551fde98083d17a7e8d904f8be822c4?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3RSpm6xHK11bscxSH0LOYa_u0NzVqm82Q6rYJ6wY9I3CEHNJjy3AGXkYs_aem_AZajQUCRmv2g52SCEwjpSTEV1O3wZE25xpNndxjJRG0H3JKJBG-abCQJA12X_owD3rmSmRXu4wOOfUmjLs5KJzKf

@CedarTea kicked off a mega conversation thread about labor, productivity, and all kinds of other issues here:
https://social.coop/@CedarTea/112479784376602038

Here we see the unhinged liberals in their natural habitat...

To be upfront: my own first reaction was critical. I am very privacy-conscious, and the idea that 'someone' captures my screen every few minutes is disturbing. Sure, it's voluntary, local, might be encrypted, etc, but that doesn't change the fact. These things might change. The feature might be turned on with the next update. HR might turn it on. My boss might look at it. Someone's lawyer might. The police or government might. Some hacker might. The potential that they could is alarming enough.

@lightweight @Firesphere @virtuous_sloth @keoni Not sure how much effort would be required. That is why I thought a 'Translation Academy' would be a good place to start planting seeds.

Although I very much want to see both updated dictionary and language packs/translations for #TeReoMāori in Linux/Ubuntu. I do think it is a taonga that needs to an iwi or similar group to be kaitiaki for it.

If someone is like "huh, we don't know where to start", I'd leap in to help and be part of what they do.

Everyone should know that spell check is broken in software you spend hundreds on because Microsoft insists you use a cloud service to check your spelling. This has broken custom spell check technologies indigenous people have built for their language.

@Firesphere @virtuous_sloth @keoni Adding the Māori keyboard is the easiest.
Adding a dictionary can be done, but it needs someone to give it some love as it is quite out of date.
Using the Te Reo Māori interface to the GUI .. a truely sad state of affairs there. With it currently unsupported in all(?) distros. Ubuntu had it for a while but there was a lack of support to keep it updated.

More info here .. https://figjam.nz/geekery/māori_ubuntu.html

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“It’s really hard for the average person in the United States to know all this technology that police are using, how they justify it, what they’re spending on it,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia said. “It’s important because it’s dangerous.”
https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/05/21/santa-cruz-aclu-panel-examines-privacy-rights/

And this move by Microsoft (among the many dodgy moves & massive hyping of 'A' by #BigTech in the recent past) shows they *know* they're nearing the end of their growth curves. They're trying on things they know risk really (terminally) pissing off their captive audience... and yet they're doing it anyway. It suggests they're more desperate than we thought to find new frontiers to ruthlessly exploit.

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Something useful to keep in mind, people: the only thing a major public corporation, like the 'Frightful Five' of #BigTech, has to do to fail... is to stop growing. That inflection point is tantamount to death as far as its shareholders are concerned, and that's all that matters. Let's be the millions of cuts that take the wind out of those ethically bankrupt juggernauts' sails. I think we'll be surprised how fast they fall when they finally do.

you don't need to blow leaves! they're just fucking leaves! it's literally in the name that you can just leave them there

If #BernieSanders ran for #POTUS as an independent in the 2024 #US Presidential election would you vote for him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDoCaYSwVw

#Boost for sample size
#USPol

Am I the only person who is seeing this play going down right now?

December 2023: Microsoft prices Windows 10 long term support

May 2024: Microsoft poison pills Windows 11 with spyware

The beauty of this is that Microsoft doesn’t even have to sell the new windows 10 pricing, infosec will

In chess, this is called a “discovered attack”. Check!

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-to-offer-windows-10-subscription-plan-for-customers-who-want-to-keep-getting-updates-after-october-2025-for-both-businesses-and-individuals

"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o