Morning update: No major national org has a story about Trump calling for an immigrant pogrom, nor a headline that even hints at it.
Got a confirmation elsewhere that "ddg_win" is indeed DuckDuckGo for Windows. C'mon, y'all, you can ident better than that.
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Does anyone recognize the User-agent "ddg_win", sometimes appearing with version numbers like ""ddg_win/0.84.0.0"" or "ddg_win/0.90.3.0"? Is this a DuckDuckGo browser for Windows? If so I guess I'd expect a more descriptive user-agent string.
Ugh. No, this treaty is terrible and dangerous.
Lead UN cybercrime treaty negotiator: Human right, industry critics' top concerns abt surveillance + data sharing are "myths." Not voting yes will "drive a big wedge at the U.N." Amb. McCarthy acknowledges flaws in treaty, but defends it as ultimately a good agreement therecord.media/un-cybercrim...
There will be serious consequences if the United States does not vote in favor of a recently agreed upon and controversial United Nations cybercrime treaty, a key American diplomat said Friday.
Okay, Haley Joel Osment as JD Vance is some of the most brilliant gag casting of all time. This is great.
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
As a formerly unhoused teenager turned successful entrepreneur who helped Microsoft, the Pentagon, & various other govs & orgs worldwide with cybersecurity, I reject the premise that unhoused people are not worthy of respect. I am the same person as I was when I had nothing. Worth isn’t “net worth”.
he is just a vicious, shameless liar. i honestly can’t watch it. it makes me too angry.
But encryption back doors will be perfectly safe
That's a lotta barrels.