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DSdsi-esmt.bsky.socialJul 30, 2024 8:55am

📣 "Don’t sanction cyberweapons — sanction how they’re used" - Our researcher Helene Pleil´s article on euronews discussing the ambiguity around #cyberweapons #arms #control. 🔗https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/07/24/dont-sanction-cyberweapons-sanction-how-theyre-used

Hhypervisible.bsky.socialJul 25, 2024 7:52pm

Exaggerated claims about capabilities aside, tech bros’ arguments for “ai” dominance always amount to “we can’t let other countries do the thing we are doing and want to keep doing.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

There is no third option — and it’s time to decide which path to take. The United States currently has a lead in AI development, but continued leadership is far from guaranteed. Authoritarian governments the world over are willing to spend enormous amounts of money to catch up and ultimately overtake us. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has darkly warned that the country that wins the AI race will “become the ruler of the world,” and the People’s Republic of China has said that it aims to become the global leader in AI by 2030.
These authoritarian regimes and movements will keep a close hold on the technology’s scientific, health, educational and other societal benefits to cement their own power. If they manage to take the lead on AI, they will force U.S. companies and those of other nations to share user data, leveraging the technology to develop new ways of spying on their own citizens or creating next-generation cyberweapons to use against other countries.

Jjise.bsky.socialMar 2, 2024 12:02am

Yeah they produce many systems that are best/near best in the world. Everything from Air Defense systems to cyberweapons.

MDpunzer.bsky.socialFeb 24, 2024 2:01am

Speaking of 1996, I'm reliving the classic mid '00s hit, Mr Welchs List. the kids don't know. we gotta tell em. theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html

2550 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG

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1. Cannot base characters off the Who's drummer Keith Moon.

2. A one man band is not an appropriate bard instrument.

3. There is no Gnomish god of heavy artillery.

4. My 7th Sea character Boudreaux is not 'Southern' Montaigne.

5. Not allowed to blow all my skill points on 1pt professional skills.

6. Synchronized panicking is not a proper battle plan.

7. Not allowed to use psychic powers to do the dishes.

8. How to serve Dragons is not a cookbook.

9. My monk's lips must be in sync.

10. Just because my character and I can speak German, doesn't mean the GM can.

11. Not allowed to berserk for the hell of it, especially during royal masquerades.

12. Must learn at least one offensive or defensive spell if I'm the sorcerer.

13. Must not murder canon NPCs in their sleep, no matter how cliche they are.

14. Ogres are not kosher.

15. Plan B is not automatically twice as much gunpowder as Plan A.

16. I will not beat Tomb of Horrors in less than

10 minutes from memory.

17. Collateral Damage Man is not an appropriate name for a super hero.

18. When surrendering I am to hand the sword over HILT first.

19. Drow are not good eating.

20. Polka is not appropriate marching music.

21. No longer allowed to recreate the Death Star Trench Run out of genre.

22. There is no such thing as a Gnomish Pygmy War Rhino.

23. Any character who has a sensitivity training center named after him will be taken away.

24. Even if the rules allow it, I am not allowed to summon 50,000 Blue Whales.

25. The green elf does not need food badly.

26. Valley speak has no place in a fantasy setting. Especially if you're the paladin.

27. I am not to shoot every corpse in the head to make sure they aren't a zombie in Twilight 2000.

28. The Goddess' of Marriage chosen weapon is not the whip.

29. I cannot have any gun that requires me to continue the damage code on back.

30. I am not to kill off all the vampires in the LARP, even if they are terminally stupid.

31. The backup trap handler is not whoever has the most HP at the time.

32. I cannot buy any animal in groups of 100 or over.

33. There is no such skill as 'improvised cooking'

34. I am not allowed to base any Droid off any character played by Joe Pesci.

35. I am not allowed to convince the entire party to play R2 units.

36. I am not allowed to convince the entire party to sit on the same side of the table.

37. They do not make black market illegal cyberweapons for rodents.

38. When investigating evil cultists not allowed to just torch the decrepit mansion from the outside.

39. Gnomes do not have the racial ability 'can lick their eyebrows'

40. Gnomes do not have the racial ability to hold their breath for 10 minutes.

41. Gnomes do not have the racial ability 'impromptu kickstand'

42. Having a big nose adds nothing to my seduction check.

43. No longer allowed to set nazi propaganda music to a snappy disco beat.

44. Not allowed to spend all 100 character points on 100 1pt skills.

45. My character names are not allowed to be double entendres.

46. Sliver rhymes with silver because the

computer frelling says so.

47. They do not make Nair in wookie sizes.

48. The elf is restricted to decaf for the rest of the adventure.

49. Not allowed to blow up the Death Star before that snotty farm kid gets his shot.

50. Not allowed to use thermodynamic science to asphyxiate the orcs' cave instead of exploring it first.

51. No longer allowed to use the time machine for booty calls.

52. My bard does not know how to play Inna Godda Davida on marachas.

53. Not allowed to start a drow character weighing more than a quarter ton.

54. Cannot pimp out other party members.

ainemacdermot.bsky.socialFeb 23, 2024 3:47pm

Meet the shady companies helping governments hack citizens’ phones A pair of reports by the world’s biggest internet firms shed more light on the murky #cyberweapons #hacking www.fastcompany.com/91024985/spy...

Meet the shady companies helping governments hack citizens’ phones

New reports by the biggest internet firms shed more light on the murky cyberweapons market and put more pressure on government to take action

samuelwade.bsky.socialFeb 12, 2024 4:45pm

Trudeau should ban smart toothbrushes as well, I hear those are lethal cyberweapons.

Aavadiax.bsky.socialFeb 11, 2024 10:30pm

Really, Canada, really? Does that mean we never see Pwn2Own competition again? http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/canada-wants-to-regulate-the-sale-of-cyberweapons-but-hasnt-decided-how

Aavadiax.bsky.socialFeb 11, 2024 8:09pm

The talk from Jacob Applebaum aka @ioerror on the type of cyberweapons NSA carry. View this as a horror movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0w36GAyZIA

Aavadiax.bsky.socialFeb 11, 2024 11:25am

0-day exploits, US wants them all. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/10/us-usa-cyberweapons-specialreport-idUSBRE9490EL20130510

RYrichardyonck.comOct 29, 2023 1:44am

The Biden administration to issue sprawling directives to over a dozen agencies targeting their handling of AI. The order indicates the White House sees the rapid development of advanced cyberweapons as one of the most significant risks posed by artificial intelligence. #AI

Sweeping new Biden order aims to alter the AI landscape

The White House is poised to make an all-hands effort to impose national rules on a fast-moving technology, according to a draft executive order.