Latest Issues of #AxisOfEasy
Telegram Bows to Pressure, Will Share User Data with Authorities,
LinkedIn Faces Backlash for Using User Data to Train AI Without Consent,
OpenAI Patches Critical ChatGPT Vulnerability Exploited by ‘SpAIware’ Amid Rising AI Security Threats … this and more in AofE #369
If we want social / economic renewal, we have to make it straightforward for anyone willing to adopt the values and habits of “thrift, prudence, negotiation, and hard work” to climb the ladder to middle class security.
This raises another question: how will the deflation of the Everything Bubble play out?
Is an economy based on the wealth effect generated by front-running the front-runners really that stable?
Massive Data Breach at Credit Card Processor Slim CD Raises Security Concerns,
Meta Has Been Using Your Public Posts for AI Since 2007,
AI Breaks the Rules in Capture the Flag Test… this and more in AofE #368
Here’s a quick outline of a “rich guys Internet”, one where it costs money to participate but the payoff is a 10-fold improvement in the user experience.
Looking back, 2024 may well be viewed as insignificant compared to what lies ahead.
The younger generations expecting to inherit the immense wealth piled up by Boomers in home equity and stocks may be in for a shock.
Malaysia Blocks Global DNS Resolvers,
YubiKey Security Vulnerability Exposes Devices to Cloning Attacks,
Revival Hijack Attack on PyPI Exposes Thousands to Malware … this and more in AofE #367
Without being aware of it, we’ve privatized “free” speech in the form of digital monopolies.
Self-serving special interests are delighted to fill the void when local journalism disappears.
Markets are manipulated, yes, but they’re still structures of tightly bound, self-organizing complexity which lend themselves to sudden non-linear collapses.
The Malaysian government has ordered ISPs within the country to block DNS lookups from foreign resolvers & using the measure to censor access to “harmful” websites.
This is a raw ChatGPT output, […]
Amazon admits Alexa gave out wildly partisan political bias ahead of election,
Behind the Great Firewall: China’s Crackdown on Digital Dissent and the Growing Resistance,
Halliburton Hack Exposes Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure … this and more in AofE #366
Violent crashes followed by equally violent rip-your-face-off rallies as we experienced in August are not signs of a healthy, stable stock market.
Among the big winners of the Everything Bubble is–yes, I know you’re shocked–Wall Street.
The ‘novel, apocalyptic situation which has now arisen’ goes largely unrecognized.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France on allegations of facilitating criminal activity,
Qilin Ransomware Group’s New Tactics: Credential Harvesting and Network-Wide Ransomware Deployment,
Uber Faces Record Fine for Data Privacy Violations … this and more in AofE #365
When everyone finally leaves the La-La-Land casino and abandons the fairy tale, household wealth held in stocks is a fraction of what it was in the heady days of hot hands rotating into the next hot sector.
Rather than glory in success, we are better served by being extremely wary of success.
So here we are, with a handful of winners declaring the system is working great and high-fiving each other, too busy congratulating themselves to see the tsunami of karma racing toward shore.
AoE Quick Vid: How To Easily Spot a Credit Card Scam in Your Email,
California’s Digital License Plates Spark Privacy Concerns,
Czech Republic Hit by New Mobile Banking Phishing Wave … this and more in AofE #364
Did wages rise 10-fold to match the 10-fold rise in the cost of a modest house? No. That is social recession in a nutshell.
This time around, the Fed may not be able to “save” the bubble from a complete round-trip deflation, which history suggests might decline by 50%.
Contributors
Mark E. Jeftovic
Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture.
The Canadian Bitcoiners
Joey Tweets and Len the Lengend are the hosts of The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast, and you may recognize them as the voices (and faces) behing the AxisOfEasy Podcast. CanadianBitcoiners.com
Charles Hugh Smith
Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.