PawsUp

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51140134

My take from this Cybernews article about an Android toolkit to trick KYC verification significantly differs from theirs!

Them: "...the existence of such tools puts users and organizations at imminent risk." "Not a tool for the masses"

Me: "Where can I find this amazing Privacy tool?" "A tool the masses everywhere need access to ASAP"

FoodNeverComes is one of a growing number of fake online shopping sites where users can place a pretend food order. (CBC)

Rhia Catapano, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto who studies consumer behaviour and psychology, says online shopping simulators can activate “the same parts of our brain that doing the actual activity would.”

That's particularly appealing for budget-conscious young people.

“Like playing a video game or dreaming about a vacation that you're never actually going to take, we can imagine a thing,” she said. “In some way, it gives us some of the same psychological benefits.”

The sudden popularity of these sites, says Catapano, shows just how deeply consumerism has become integrated into our everyday lives, with people willing to spend time and effort browsing and “shopping” even when they know nothing will ever arrive.

But she sees a glimmer of resistance, too.

Some people, she says, are realizing through these sites that their shopping habits aren’t serving them — and are looking for ways to consume less and make more intentional choices.

“They recognize that what they're doing is not good for them, so they're trying to make changes.”

Seems promising?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1356227/spy-device-detectors-fail-users-most-reliant-on-them-this-may-potentially-give-a-false-s

The study, presented at the USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), evaluated 19 widely available detectors using participants from a range of backgrounds to search for surveillance devices hidden in mock living rooms. The participants found the detectors were often difficult to operate and hard to interpret. As a result, they missed finding nearly 60% of hidden surveillance devices – only a slight improvement over participants using just their own eyes to search.

Here, using high-resolution satellite-retrieved data and interpretable machine learning techniques, this study quantified the impact of NEVs on atmospheric pollution, specifically particulate matter particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 μm or less (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 μm or less, and evaluates the corresponding health benefits. By 2023, NEVs led to reductions of 23.80% in particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less (8.97 µg m−3) and 30.67% in carbon monoxide (0.26 mg m−3), resulting in the prevention of approximately 262,000 non-accidental deaths and 75,000 all-cause deaths, respectively.

cross-posted from: https://feditown.com/post/3464667

Update your Keycloak

For community, version 26.7.2 has the fix:
https://www.keycloak.org/2026/08/keycloak-2672-released

I hope Elon his has existence "rate limited".

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1356630/petlibro-cloud-outage-leaves-smart-pet-feeders-unable-to-dispense-scheduled-meals