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Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training
  • This was definitely a fuckup from Slack but as I've understood it, the "AI training" means that they're able to suggest emoji reactions to messages.

    Not sure how to think about this, but here's some additional info from slack: https://slack.engineering/how-we-built-slack-ai-to-be-secure-and-private/

    Edit: Just to pick main point from the article:

    Slack AI principles to guide us.

    • Customer data never leaves Slack.
    • We do not train large language models (LLMs) on customer data.
    • Slack AI only operates on the data that the user can already see.
    • Slack AI upholds all of Slack’s enterprise-grade security and compliance requirements.
  • In case of cyberattack
  • Likely not, but definitely depends on the situation.

    And how do you know the backup is not compromised?

    I think it's not as clear cut. It's always a risk assessment and depends on context.

    I have to say that I'm not a security expert, just an amateur with conceptual understanding of the topic and some opinions.

  • In case of cyberattack
  • I think that's rather odd comment. Naturally nobody wants ransomware. And there are good reasons.

    Backups may exist, but do they work properly? Or are the backups encrypted too?

    How old are the backups? They might be less than a day old. But less than a day might still mean a lot of extra work and financial loss.

    There might be a lot of work restoring the backups. You might have a lot of different systems.

    In one of the largest ransomware cases in history, Maersk worked for months to get systems back up and running and data up to date. The insurance payout for it was 1,4 billions. Which is at least indicative of the cost.

    And Maersk had recent and working backups.

  • In case of cyberattack
  • That's generally a good idea, however, there can be reasons not to do it.

    The device could be infected in a way that it won't turn on again.

    You might have an isolated management network that allows you to monitor the device and traffic (naturally ripping all cables also disconnects the management network).

    And whatnot. But generally I agree.

  • In case of cyberattack
  • Depends. If you're at home with a single endpoint, maybe.

    But in cases like the image there's a lot of internal traffic and you'd want to stop the malware spreading internally. There might not even be internet connection at all.

    Most serious infections are able to work within isolated internal network. You can stop data breaches by cutting external traffic but if you have ransomware you might want to cut internal connections too.

    You might be able to stop the ransomware from triggering on some devices. That of course depends on the type of ransomware and whether it's triggered based on time, external command or something else.

  • Google’s Bard AI can now access Gmail, Drive, Docs, and more
  • I'm wondering what was the email usage like in the first place if you can just choose to stop sending to most people.

    But to be honest, I've only sent handful of emails from my personal account within the same number of years.

  • iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines
  • Yeah, an incorrect cleaning procedure can cause a error that requires maintenance personnel to reset the error. They don't need to do anything else though, it's completely fine to just do the cleaning again. Stuff like that.

  • Waitrose offers police free coffees to deter thieves
  • In the nordics bribing police to guard you is not allowed. Current rules in Finland are so that police can't (and mainly won't) accept any discounts or free items, especially if they're only targeted to police.

  • 'Stunning' discovery: Metals can heal themselves
  • There's different kind of "memories" when talking about metals but this is probably not related to that. What I suspect happened is cold fusion in a very clean environment without oxygen (or very low oxygen) where oxidation doesn't happen, allowing the very very small fractures to reattach.

  • You Can't Look at Porn on Any Reddit Third-Party App Now
  • Yeah thanks for the accurate number. It wasn't as ridiculous as I recalled. Should've checked it first.

    Still unreasonably high (checked the Apollo post, he calculated it would be multiple times more than what average reddit user currently brings to table).

    The purpose of my comment was to point out that the mentioned 10 million dollars would mean 4 million active users if it's monthly fee.

    Theoretically anyone could make their own app with the api and pay the api cost directly.

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