The U.S. Technology Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery focuses on computing and tech-related policy issues in the United States.
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Don’t miss cyber-rock star moderator Gene Spafford @TheRealSpaf & “Million $ Quartet” panel @SteveBellovin @EdFelten @PrivacyProf
Rebecca Herold and bit.ly/MarkRasch tomorrow at 5 EDT for “Mega-Hacks & the Future of Cybersecurity”! Register now
https://acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BZV4YdLATuGMWROBbbrIDQ
Cybersecurity researchers at @Agari planted thousands of credentials made to look like they belonged to real users onto phishing websites – cyber criminals attempted to access half of them in under 12 hours, @CraneHassold told me. https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-fast-a-password-leaked-on-the-web-will-be-tested-out-by-hackers/
The race to understand the exhilarating, dangerous world of language AI
Hundreds of scientists around the world are working together to understand one of the most powerful emerging technologies before it’s too late.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/20/1025135/ai-large-language-models-bigscience-project/
Why We Are Publishing the Tax Secrets of the .001%
We are disclosing the tax details of the richest Americans because we believe the public interest in an informed debate outweighs privacy considerations.
Remembering Leona Helmsley (The Queen of Mean) “Only the little people pay taxes” – We have Donald Trump (The Don of Con)!
When Clinton accused Trump of paying no federal taxes, he didn’t deny it – rather, he said, “That makes me smart.” He wasn’t the first rich sociopath to make that claim. Remember when Leona Helmsley told the press “only little people pay taxes?”
The 25 richest Americans including Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg and Elon Musk paid relatively little — and sometimes nothing — in federal income taxes between 2014 and 2018, according to an analysis of IRS filings by ProPublica.
Privacy that works for you
We have redesigned ProtonMail to be easy to use, but it still ensures you are in control of your information at all times. The new ProtonMail is a crucial step toward our vision of building an internet where privacy is the default.
You can use the new ProtonMail to send end-to-end encrypted emails to both people who use ProtonMail and other email services as well.
Web Applications from the Future: A Database in the Browser
Last month, FSB released a report on an intrusion against Russian gov bodies by a foreign adversary. Public peculation immediately jumped to the US or Western gov as the culprit. Now with a sample in hand, we point the finger at established CN activity
ThunderCats Hack the FSB | Your Taxes Didn’t Pay For This Op
The @FBI did not hack #Bitcoin. It can not be hacked. They used proven techniques like serving search warrants to crypto currency exchanges who hold account user’s private keys. Please learn how #BTC works before reporting on it. “Not your keys. Not your coins.”
Bitcoin as Legal Tender – Legal and Technical Challenges of Digital Cryptocurrency
Sovereign Bitcoin adoption
“Hash rate is much more consistently moving in a higher direction. In my view, it’s a lot more important metric because it shows to what extent Bitcoin is going into the traditional legacy system because it’s taking energy away from these other things.”
Laser Eyes
The pleb who started it all tells the tale of the prolific meme and how it all began, as the leader of a country dons the lasers.
“We became a team of cyber hornets that attacked with imagery, humor and creativity. We uplifted the spirits in a bear market by poking fun at ourselves, shitcoiners and especially ridiculous no-coiners. We had inherited a mission to bond the community with memes!”
11/23/2020 Visa CEO Says Payments Giant Implementing Long-Term Crypto Strategy
Living Language
“Nitwit” something only boomers say.
“Midwit” insult aimed at “middle of IQ” people
U.S. Military IQ
85 is a second important minimum threshold because the U.S. military sets its minimum enlistment standards at about this level.
Approximately two-thirds of the population scoring between IQ 85 and IQ 115 and about 2.5 percent each above 130 and below 70.
Driver – the most popular job for the population in the U.S.
Soon Cars won’t need drivers, now what?