Latest Issues of #AxisOfEasy
The prospect of a 60% or 80% decline in the NASDAQ index is only horrifying if we stay invested in the index all the way down.
Read it »If we add up all these tidal forces, the conclusion is self-evident: labor “inflation” has just shifted into second gear.
Read it »When predicting the future, we’re best served by following “what benefits the wealthy and powerful,” as that is the likeliest outcome.
Read it »YouTube Faces Surge in Phishing and Deepfake Scams,
Europol Data Breach Exposes Security Weaknesses,
Breach Forums Defies FBI Seizure with Dark Web Comeback … this and more in AofE #351
We seem to have entered a world of anti-leisure and anti-productivity in which the unpaid “shadow work” demanded to keep all the complicated digital bits in motion obliterate our leisure and productivity.
Read it »Maybe we should rephrase the slogan to “you’ll appear to own things you don’t actually control and be happy.”
Read it »Malware Disguised as Popular Apps Targets Android Users,
Government Shuts Down 1,000 Skype Accounts in Massive Cyber Crime Crackdown,
LockBit Black Ransomware Rampage: Millions Targeted in Global Email Campaign … this and more in AofE #350
So where does this leave us? We’re on our own.
Read it »As a result, a significant percentage of households that are considered middle-class are one misfortune away from insolvency.
Read it »The net result is America’s working class is up against the wall, maxed out.
Read it »REvil Ransomware Mastermind Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Historic Cybercrime Case,
Severe WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited: Millions of Sites at Risk, Mal.Metrica Scam Unveiled,
Unmasking the Hidden Vulnerabilities in VPN Security on Untrusted Networks … this and more in AofE #349
Once we’ve made “digital visibility” the primary source of our identity, status and self-respect, we’ve doomed ourselves to wandering, compass-less, in a vast artificial wasteland.
Read it »No wonder so many people devote themselves to curating an artificial digital representation of themselves that they reckon is worthy of recognition and status.
Read it »Mere mortals are left in a hopeless situation. In response, they’re withdrawing from the competition en masse.
Read it »FCC Slaps Major U.S. Carriers with $196 Million in Fines for Illegally Selling Customer Location Data
Kaiser Permanente Notifies Millions of Members Following Major Data Breach Involving Third-Party Advertisers
Active Exploitation of GitLab’s Email Verification Vulnerability … this and more in AofE #348
Sound of coins rattling in a battered bowl.
Read it »That this level of incendiary outrage has seeped into the mainstream media tells us that
the bill for America’s gluttony of inequality is long overdue.
Parsing geopolitics is fun but our attention is better directed to the limits and second-order effects of legacy systems in each of the rival states.
Read it »… this and more in AofE #347
Read it »Behind the facade of normalization, even high-income lifestyles have been ghetto-ized.
Read it »This is why those who understand these dynamics are getting out, even though the city was their home.
Read it »Those seeking to buy a house as shelter for their household can’t compete with the wealthy seeking assets to snap up and hoard for appreciation.
Read it »Roku Declares 576,000 Accounts Hacked Post Second Security Breach,
Kaspersky Researchers Discover LockBit 3.0 Variant Generates Custom, Self-Propagating Malware,
Study maps which countries the most cybercriminals are based in, Canada not even in Top 15… this and more in AofE #346
It’s nice to anticipate sunny weather, but it’s a good idea to carry an umbrella just in case the forecasts prove overly optimistic.
Read it »That real harm will result from the use of AI tools is a given.
Read it »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.