I learned about cubical brown rot (a type of wood-decay fungus) in Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Gathering Moss. Brown rot fungi break down the structure of wood in such a way that it falls apart in roughly cubical pieces. I would guess that's what's going on here (Indiana Dunes S.P., April 2024).
Mozilla’s system only measures the success rate of ads—it doesn’t help companies target those ads—and it’s less susceptible to abuse, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @fastcompany.bsky.social. “It’s much more privacy-preserving than Google’s version of the same feature.”
Mozilla is reinvesting in Firefox after letting it languish for years. But some of those investments may upset their community of die-hards.
Deleting biometric data after use does mitigate risks, but people always should be cautious about sharing it, EFF’s Rory Mir told Mashable. "You don't want your face print to wind up in a server permanently and [be] used against you in another context."
Privacy experts had some questions about the new tool.
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