Iranians turn to Starlink, decentralized messaging apps, and VPNs to circumvent an internet blackout; NetBlocks says connectivity is at ~1% of ordinary levels
it's never who you thinkTimes of India:Iran's internet shutdown extends for more than 2 days amid US-Israel cyberattack reportsAisha Down /The Guardian:Internet blackout is tool of desperate regime to...
Iranians turn to Starlink, decentralized messaging apps, and VPNs to circumvent an internet blackout; NetBlocks says connectivity is at 1% of ordinary levels
Iranians face third day of internet blackout as connectivity hits 1%Zack Whittaker /TechCrunch:Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid US air strikesCarly Page /The Register:Iran all but vanishes f...
Signal's Meredith Whittaker says deeper integration of AI agents into devices is “perilous” for encryption, since agents need access to lots of data across apps
Artificial intelligence agents that autonomously carry out tasks pose a threat to secure apps such as Signal …Forums:SlashdotForums:Msmash /Slashdot:AI Agents ‘Perilous’ for Secure Apps Such as Signal...
Signal's Meredith Whittaker says AI agents doing tasks on users' behalf pose security and privacy risks and refers to their use as “putting your brain in a jar”
techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/s... … Paul Rietschka / @prietschka : Agents agents agents! — Yes, Whittaker is right! — Also: agents agents agents! If you say it enough — I've been told — it becomes t...
Two Google employees who helped organize walkouts say they've faced demotions or dramatically changed roles, plan a town hall to share stories of retaliation
both at research institutions like @AINowInstitute, and at places like Google, which need calls for change and self-reflection from strong voices within. http://www.nytimes.com/... Kate Conger / @kate...