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Great little video by John Oliver about AI. One thing he did not get, however, is that also the comments are likely AI generated...

Now you can have a discussion about the usefulness of AI for all kinds of stuff, but to me is is disgusting that Meta is deciding to feed their users this stuff. When it comes to social media, I would think that most people are interested in what their friends have to say or what people they follow have to say. AI generated content is not that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc

"Researchers recently caught Meta using an egregious new tracking technique to spy on you. Exploiting a technical loophole, the company was able to have their apps snoop on users’ web browsing. This tracking technique stands out for its flagrant disregard of core security protections built into phones and browsers. The episode is yet another reason to distrust Meta, block web tracking, and end surveillance advertising.

Fortunately, there are steps that you, your browser, and your government can take to fight online tracking."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy

"’s tracking pixel was secretly communicating with Meta’s apps on devices. This violates a fundamental security feature (“sandboxing”) of mobile operating systems that prevents apps from communicating with each other. Meta got around this restriction by exploiting localhost, a feature meant for developer testing. This allowed Meta to create a hidden channel between mobile browser apps and its own apps."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy

Was hat was , , , , , und Co. nicht haben?

Mastodon ist jetzt offiziell ein digitales öffentliches Gut. Als einziges soziales Medium hat Mastodon nun neben Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, LibreOffice und mehr als 200 weiteren Projekten einen Platz in der digitalen Hall of Fame der Nachhaltigkeit.

https://blog.campact.de/2025/06/mastodon-ist-als-digitales-oeffentliches-gut-anerkannt/

Yeah 🤓👍

😎 /me läßt ne Kaugummiblase platzen (frei nach den Koloboks)

Kölner Urteil: Meta darf auch sensible Daten fürs KI-Training verwenden

Wenn Nutzer heikle Informationen wie Gesundheitsdaten in sozialen Netzwerken teilen, können die Betreiber diese direkt fürs Anlernen von KI-Systemen einsetzen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Koelner-Urteil-Meta-darf-auch-sensible-Daten-fuers-KI-Training-verwenden-10453695.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Change your passwords:

"I hope you are sitting down now. Researchers have just confirmed what is also certainly the largest data breach ever, with an almost incredulous 16 billion login credentials, including passwords, exposed. [...] Let that sink in for a bit. These collections of login credentials, these databases stuffed full of compromised passwords, comprise what is thought to be the largest such leak in history."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/06/19/16-billion-apple-facebook-google-passwords-leaked---change-yours-now/