#Mobile Hacking Prevention

[balu88r-blog]

Tech News - ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಪೋನ್ ಹ್ಯಾಕ್ ಆಗೋದನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ತಡೆಯಬಹುದು? ಈ ಸಿಂಪಲ್ ಟಿಪ್ಸ್ ಫಾಲೋ ಮಾಡಿ….!

Tech News : ಇಂದಿನ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಪೋನ್ ನಮ್ಮ ಬದುಕಿನ ಅವಿಭಾಜ್ಯ ಅಂಗವಾಗಿದೆ. ಪರ್ಸನಲ್ ಮಾಹಿತಿ, ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಡೀಟೇಲ್ಸ್, ಪಾಸ್ವರ್ಡ್, ಫೋಟೋಗಳು, ಮತ್ತು ವಿಡಿಯೋಗಳನ್ನು ನಾವು ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಪೋನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇವ್ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಪೋನ್ ಗಳು ಹ್ಯಾಕರ್‌ಗಳ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಟಾರ್ಗೆಟ್ ಆಗಿವೆ. ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಪೋನ್ ಹ್ಯಾಕ್ ಆದ್ರೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪರ್ಸನಲ್ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಕಳ್ಳತನವಾಗಬಹುದು ಮತ್ತು ಹಣಕಾಸು ನಷ್ಟವಾಗುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಸುಲಭ ಟಿಪ್ಸ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಪಾಲಿಸಿದರೆ…

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

I'm curious about your thoughts about the OB cards. Personally I was REALLY hoping they weren't actually gonna happen because they overblots are supposed to be like super strong and they can't really do that without breaking the game because most things would be too easy or balancing it out which would make everything too hard for people who don't have the cards. So they’ll probably be weaker and it’s just a personal pet peeve of mine when strong bosses are weaker when they’re playable.

Also I know the characters that do overblot are like coming to terms with that or something (I would assume anyways I play on the English server) but it rubs me the wrong way that they're making cards of what's literally the characters trauma incarnated into really strong versions of themselves. Like maybe I'm overthinking it but even with everything with the Vil in book 7 I still think it's weird to let the form he takes from having a mental breakdown after almost killing someone be playable??? Though most people don’t seem to agree with this so maybe I am overthinking it lol

[Referencing this news!]

While I understand the frustration with watering down what are meant to be powerful people in canon and/or balancing new battle content around the more recent cards, power creep nothing new for these types of mobile gacha games, or even for Twst itself. For example, Malleus is canonically one of the top 5 strongest mages in all of Twisted Wonderland, but it's not as though all of the Malleus cards are OP to reflect this lore. As another example, events will often grant an item drop boost or a status buff to the limited time banner characters as a means of incentivizing you to pull for them. I find this particular egregious for the recently introduced Arcane Combat Drills/Magic Assault Practice events, which feature progressively arduous battle maps and are made easier if you happen to pull the featured staff SSR. The devs cannot just drop an OP character that will break the game (even if they would canonically) to maintain balance and keep the game fun for players. I honestly don't think power creep is a huge issue with Twst. It happens, certainly--but it's not as bad as other games I've seen. Cards now considered "old" are still considered good today (Dorm Uniform Trey is still a great healer, it took several years for someone else to topple Dorm Uniform Riddle in terms of highest attack stat; even then, Riddle is excellent for offense, etc.). Older cards also introduced new buffs and debuffs which enhance battle complexity and potential strategies. For example, there was previously NO way to stop the enemies from healing... until Dorm Uniform Vil was introduced. He was the first card to have Curse, which applies a debuff that prevents the enemies from healing for a set number of turns. Since then, other similar additions have been made to tweak combat.

This is a spoiler for EN only players (though it sounds like you saw the Malleus OB card preview/JP server content, so I'll assume it's safe to spoil you), but the OB forms end up being framed differently (more heroically) later in book 7. It's not a clear-cut case of Twst glamourizing poor mental health and trying to sell it to us. Overblots are, of course, initially presented as the characters' trauma made manifest, at their lowest points and succumbing to their inner darkness--and they still are. However, in the dream world of book 7 (plus some hacks + cheat tool support from Idia), the OB boys are able to assume their OB forms and use these to combat Malleus. The OB forms are referred to as the "strongest versions of themselves", and they even portray the shift from their normal forms to OB sort of like magical girl transformations. In this case, their lowest points ultimately become moments of triumph, as they all manage to confront that "darkness", embrace it, and then tame that power for themselves. (To be clear: they can't OB at will in reality or control their own OBs in reality; it's only possible in the confines of the dreamspace.) The narrative around the OBs is retooled to be empowering and a symbol of how far each of them has come rather than staying static as something to be ashamed of. The idea seems to be promoting acceptance of the past but also learning to grow from it. I don't see an issue with this. Even without this particular context, I don't think I would see an issue? Many of the characters have done very questionable things even outside of OB (Leona tries to sand Ruggie, Riddle attacks Ace with rose trees in an attempt to literally behead him, Vil tries to poison Neige, etc.), but there aren't protests about those character variants (Dorm Uniforms, School Uniforms, etc.) being playable. Twst is a game centering on Disney villains, so there's for sure going to be dubious actions being carried out and dubious morals on display.

I hope this helps to ease your worries or at least provides you with a different perspective ^^

[dervampireprince]

I dont know if you've seen anything about this yet, but discord recently partnered with generative AI (called DomoAI) and added hidden bots to servers to scrape messages and images. I know you're very open about your stance on AI so I figured it's something you'd want to know about/ look further into

okay everyone needs to learn to google and try and fact check things before they just believe anything you read or hear. i constantly see things going around discord saying some new thing is scamming or hacking or doing something bad and it's always ended up to be a hoax or misinformation or exaggerated. is discord promoting them? yes and it's shit. however, it is not made by discord, discord did not partner with them. discord is shitty for allowing ai art on their platform, however the claim they partnered with them is just a lie. discord bots exist. i have some in my server, eg pluralkit, but discord didn't make pluralkit they just allow it to exist on discord. now it seems in domo's marketing *they* called it a partnership, but it's not. they just uploaded a thing they made onto discord. that's like saying every app on the apple store has a 'partnership' with apple.

itsoasus on bluesky already listed everything out, so here's the screenshot and alt text underneath. everything in purple are their words, copy and pasted from the alt text on their post.

"This was the info I posted to a server of mine, in case this had spread far. I think I summarised it better here: The claim:

discord partnered with DomoAI

this partnership allows any user to pass images to an AI without consent

server owners are powerless against this ^ NONE OF THIS IS TRUE.

The truth:

the DomoAI people made a bot

the bot was submitted to discord's app directory, just like any other bot

discord accepted the bot to it's app directory, just like any other bot

the app directory is simply a list of discord bots that you can search through inside of discord

ALL discord bots which discord has verified are REQUIRED to use slash commands or "application commands" (right click menu on PC, press and hold menu on mobile)

if a bot dev wants access to text-based commands (like !role or !color etc), the bot has to go through a SECOND application process and prove that their bot is non-functional without such a permission

server owners CAN prevent both slash and application commands from being used

if you're in a server that has those permissions denied, the ONLY way someone can use your content in the DomoAI bot is if the person MANUALLY copies your image/text into a place where the bot CAN run

meaning nothing has changed AT ALL and this is NO DIFFERENT from feeding your image or messages into an AI any other way"

and here's how to turn off 'use external apps' thanks to glitchypsi on blue sky. it's under server settings > roles > edit role @ everyone > ise external apps

it doesn't take much time to try and fact check something. the amount of times ive seen messages on discord claiming all sorts of wild things to be true when theyre not is countless. and they always spread like wildfire because no one tries to check anything for themselves, someone just goes 'heres a screenshot of a message someone sent in a server im in' to another server and then on it goes.

i have rules in my discord server that no one is to post things like this without getting permission from a mod so we can try and fact check it, but you guys should do that yourself first. and i really didn't want to see an ask about this either.

discord lets you have the option to edit images with 'apps'. theyve had this ages. yes it sucks that some of them are ai. no i dont think they should be allowed. but it's like ai filters existing on tiktok, like tiktok didn't make them. do i think that is an excuse? no. i think generate ai apps shouldn't exist on discord. however, it is factually incorrect to say that it is something discord made or 'partnered' with, and incorrect and fearmongering to say it's in ever server (which in a technical sense like.. you can *access* it in every server, but in the same way you can access the youtube activity in every server, it doesnt mean youtube has now read all your messages).

yes that ^ is a screenshot from my discord. no domo is not in my discord. "but its there in the screenshot" its giving you suggestions of apps they have and if you want to use them. if you click on it to use it thats your fault. no, i dont think they should be there at all i think they should be banned. but again, it's like tiktok recommending you a filter, it's not some malware that's hacked into your phone or a bot thats invited itself to your discord. apps dont join your discord server like users or bots, theyre just.. there, the same way that every discord server has access to the youtube or gartic phone activities.

stop spreading misinformation. stop fearmongering. all it took to find discussions on it was searching for it on bluesky. and also the fact that.. i use discord and know the difference between a discord app and discord bot. it literally says 'apps' in the screenshot. people crying that banning it doesnt work.. yeah... cos its not a bot.. its an app.. that people can choose to use.. so just.. dont choose to use it (and yes it would be better if discord banned it) but its not a bot that discord has placed in every server idk im repeating myself now i feel like im going crazy with how many people are believing discord forced an unbannable bot into your servers when it did. not. do. that. and if you dont want anyone else in your server to be able to do it then turn off the external apps permission in your server.

[xxx-ang3l-w1th-a-sh0tgun-xxx]

i remember hearing about Animal Jam when i was young (≈10-ish) but i don't actually really know what you do in it

so if you're in the mood to yap about it i will gladly read to learn more about it, and maybe even download if i think i could have fun with it ! ^-^ /nf

yes ofc!! currently i am a member, which means that i pay monthly for extra in-game stuff. i can't really remember what is available for non-members but it's worth paying for a membership to get cool stuff

basically you can buy really cool items with gems and diamonds, like things for your avatar and your den. you can get loads of cool avatars that are all different kinds of animals and you can decorate them however you want. (some animals are seasonal so you can only get them when they're available & from what I can remember a lot of them are members only unfortunately)

also ADVENTURES!! they basically follow the lore of animal jam and they're really cool to play!! you get to fight phantoms and help the alphas to protect jamaa (the place where everyone lives). you get gems and prizes from playing adventures so it's very rewarding. there are also a few books you can get that go into more detail about the alphas/the lore which is really interesting

there's mini games where you can earn more gems

there's parties which you can go to

you can create masterpieces (basically digital art) that you can then display in your den. a lot of people sell or trade them for cool stuff. I've also seen people do commissions which is cool!!

you can trade items and send gifts to other players and make friends. trading is super popular at the moment and people really want to get high value items so you'll see a lot of people talking about trades, beta items and den shops - i don't really get involved in trades and stuff so i don't know too much about it

also a lot of people like to roleplay, especially in the pillow room in jamaa township or in their dens

i mostly just like den decorating and playing the adventures. it's super fun to play just on your own but it's also cool to make a few friends to play adventures with :))

also this is all about animal jam classic - the computer version. the mobile version is just called animal jam but used to be called animal jam play wild. the mobile version isn't as good imo but a lot of people like it!! your account covers both versions so if you buy a membership on classic it transfers to the mobile version. (aj classic is older, so it's the original animal jam)

this was super long but i think i covered everything 😭😭 there's a lot of information about animal jam item worth on the AJ wiki - it basically explains how best to sell your items what you would get for them etc if you were interested in selling or trading. the wiki page also tells you what items you get from adventures and a load of other general info about the game.

also I would recommend using the parental lock on your account whenever you log off to prevent anyone hacking you or logging in when you're not online. there was a data breach I think a few years ago and lots of people got hacked and lost their accounts or their items (including me)

I hope this has been informative LOL :D

[sick-ada]

main cast for the story im working on, more info under the cut

SBS (Stacked Between Stones, it/its) - debateably not even an iterator anymore. it definitely used to be one, but it lost its memories in a botched transfer into a mobile puppet and now believes itself to be a purposed organism of some kind. it avoids thinking about where it came from. instead, it takes pleasure from exploring the world and honing its own survival abilities. it experiences the cycle, but is unaware of it, not remembering past deaths as something with a mark of communication would. it's incredibly prideful of its own competence, and initially offers help to RP out of curiosity; to see if it could keep her alive.

RP (Relentless Percussion, she/her) - her creators were convinced that the failure of the wider iterator populace to create a Solution was due to some instance of flawed reasoning that had tainted their data via the sharing of research. therefore, they reasoned, an iterator completely isolated from their peers would be able to find a Solution, as their data would be free from this theoretical error. hence, RP was built without access to her communication arrays. they were still built, as her creators wished to communicate with one another, but an advanced program was created to prevent her from accessing it. she spent the thousands of cycles between the global ascension and the beginning of the story working on breaking through that program. however, she was too scared to say anything once she had access, since she had never conversed with her peers before. she instead used her access to hack into private broadcasts and spy on iterators, with the aim of gaining an understanding of how to act. she is the person who initiates the story, as through her spying she discovers a plot to kill another iterator (SOP, he/him, ive posted about him under the name 13 Vases Upon Vines). since he has all non-local broadcasts blocked, she decides to mobilise herself and make the journey to him herself, meeting SBS and WP in the process

WP (Worn Paths, they/them) - the most recently mobilised of the group, they're on a journey to visit the structure of their closest friend, who suddenly stopped responding to communications one day, in attempt to find answers or, failing that, closure. they're unaware that SBS was this friend, and SBS is likewise unaware that it once knew WP. their puppet was poorly designed, suited for quick bursts of speed across the flat plains surrounding their can, but not for the long treks through rough terrain that end up necessary. they often have to be carried by RP, whose puppet is better suited to the circumstances.

[spectralpixelsredone]

Dr. Merlot: Remnant's New Nightmare

In a compelling alternate RWBY universe, Dr. Merlot, the unhinged scientist from Grimm Eclipse, steps into Salem's shoes as Remnant's ultimate antagonist. Surviving the destruction of his island laboratory, Merlot, a former student of Professor Ozpin, becomes the twisted mastermind behind the most catastrophic events in the RWBY series, including the infamous Fall of Beacon. His obsession? To unleash a new, "perfect" species of Grimm, genetically and cybernetically enhanced to replace humanity.

Merlot's threat isn't mystical like Salem's; it's rooted in his chilling intellect, advanced technology, and unchecked ambition. He sees humanity as fundamentally flawed and unworthy of Remnant's future. His plan involves harnessing the natural chaos of the Grimm and transforming them through a glowing green serum, cybernetics, and AI integration. From a secret network of labs, he orchestrates global chaos, hacking systems, manipulating key figures like Cinder Fall, and destabilizing the kingdoms. His ultimate goal is to seize the Relics—not for divine power, but to amplify his serum, triggering a worldwide Grimm mutation that will wipe out humanity and usher in a new world order under his techno-biological tyranny.

A Different Remnant

This alternate reality brings significant changes to the RWBY narrative:

No Salem: The Grimm are a natural force that Merlot exploits and enhances, rather than being controlled by a supernatural entity. His experiments create unprecedentedly powerful and intelligent mutant Grimm.

Merlot's Ascension: After his apparent demise, Merlot rebuilds his operations in secret, becoming the driving force behind the Fall of Beacon, the attack on Haven, and the crisis in Atlas.

Techno-Biological Warfare: Merlot's power comes from his scientific innovations: a mutating serum, advanced AI-controlled robots, and hacked communication networks. His mobile island fortress becomes a high-tech command center.

Relics as Fuel: The Relics of Creation, Destruction, Knowledge, and Choice are sought by Merlot to power his serum, creating new threats like Relic-empowered Grimm hybrids.

Ozpin's Burden: Ozpin remains the leader of the resistance, but his personal history with Merlot adds a layer of tragedy. He blames himself for his former student's descent into madness, fueling his determination to stop him.

Team RWBY's New Challenge

Team RWBY finds themselves at the forefront of this new war. They uncover Merlot's manipulations, battling his advanced Grimm and robotic forces across Remnant.

Ruby's Silver Eyes become a natural counter to Merlot's serum, disrupting his enhanced Grimm.

Weiss's technical expertise is crucial for hacking into Merlot's systems and exposing his network.

Blake's stealth abilities allow her to infiltrate his hidden labs and uncover his sinister plans.

Yang's brute strength is vital in confronting Merlot's most formidable creations, including a terrifying Relic-powered Grimm Wyvern.

The story unfolds with Team RWBY tracking Merlot's escalating activities, from the initial signs of mutated Grimm to his grand assault on Atlas. They grapple with Merlot's nihilistic philosophy, the betrayal of figures like Cinder, and Ozpin's heavy guilt. The climactic battle sees Team RWBY, Ozpin (through Oscar), and their allies fighting to prevent a global Grimm mutation. While Merlot's ultimate fate remains ambiguous, his chilling laugh in the wreckage suggests he's always one step ahead, ready to rebuild and continue his reign of terror.

This expanded concept transforms Dr. Merlot into a formidable and enduring villain, whose scientific fanaticism drives the core conflicts of RWBY, forcing Team RWBY to unite a fractured world against his apocalyptic vision.

[emxly-elxzabeth]

Post #9 Week 12

Why does race swapping cause such a dramatic social uproar?

I'm sure as many saw through social media that amount of backlash the new real life remake of The Little Mermaid had when it first came out that the disney princess, Ariel would be played by Halle Bailey, an african american actress. All over social media it was filled with hating remarks about the actresses hair, her complexion, and overall personality being “wrong” for a fictional character. It was utterly disgusting. In Laytoa Lee’s article, Are Y’all Ready for a Black Mermaid? How Black Twitter Challenges White Supremacist Imaginations we learn the hate that comes through the big screen when roles are switched from white actors to african american actors. Lee explains, “For these “fans,” their discontent stemmed from the casting of a Black actress for a role that their minds should be played by a white actress, since the original animated film featured a white Ariel” (Lee 2023). The actors being switched with different looks creates more creative and unique styles to different cats, the art is subjective. However many ignorant people are ruining the whole idea by creating hate in a disturbing way. 

How does connecting to an actress encourage the youth to be themselves?

In Laytoa Lee’s article, Are Y’all Ready for a Black Mermaid? How Black Twitter Challenges White Supremacist Imaginations we see in what ways young girls were deeply influenced by seeing their princess look like them. Lee shares, “ the surprise and awe on these beautiful little faces when they first realized the mermaid on film is Black like them. In one video, a little girl squeals and exclaims, “She’s like me” (Lee 2023). Even with all the hate associated within the actress, she still was able to share some light and touch the heart of many little girls. Seeing that an actual disney princess looks like you, gives hope and begins to make little girls believe that they can achieve so much. I feel like this is such a vital opportunity for the younger generation to experience all races. It helps kids connect to their true selves, and having these fictional characters can give them the greatest joy in my opinion. I think it was such a magical thing. 

Is surveillance through mobile devices gonna change our future? 

In this week's lecture we watched a short documentary titled, Survalliced and we saw the scary reality that the future may turn into. We see how specifically modern day software has targeted manu innocent individuals to watch and spy on their phones. The surveillance is watching our messages, social media, and everything on our phones. They are specifically targeting activists and their posts. We have even discussed in the class, how someone was targeted for like Black Lives Matter posts and was arrested and labeled a terrorist. This is extremely scary and concerning. We have to be alert in real life situations happening across the United States, social media is a great way to stay alert.  However we have to be crucial in making sure that we aren't getting watched, however it's more hard to do than say. 

Is there a way to put a stop to our technology being surveillanced?

It's no secret that our phones, laptops, ipads are being hacked into by the government or even other individuals. We know that the government has access to our tweets, photos, contacts, and pretty much anything on our phones. There's no escaping the software hacks of modern day technology. Even if our own social media is private, there's still ways to get into our profile. Pretending to be someone you're not or even through tags from friends. As long as you're a part of that cloud, hackers can gain access to information. We had a whole discussion a couple weeks ago about the dangers of hacking and ways to prevent it. However I think the most important thing we can do is spread awareness to everyone around us. Especially if we know political activists fighting for our futures, government officials specifically activists in order to punish them with a crime. Spreading awareness can help others continue to protest but safely. 

Lee, L. (2023, April 14). Are Y’all ready for a black mermaid? how black twitter challenges White Supremacist imaginations. Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2023/04/17/the-little-mermaid-halle-bailey-black-twitter/ 

O'Neill, M., & Peltz, P. (Directors). (2020). Surveilled [Film]. HBO Documentary Films.

[idontknowreallywhy]

WIP Wednesday

One of those little ideas that made me think “oooh that might be fun” but which @sofasurf will probably rugby tackle me to prevent another 16-chapter deviation from the actual plot… but I do love the Murderbot-PA.

Big fic backstory not required at all. All you need to know is Scott gave his friend a direct dial for his “personal assistant, Dawn” which she used to get in touch at one point when her phone was crushed and she borrowed one from a guy with a labradoodle that she’s met a few times at the beach. You probably don’t need to know about the labradoodle… but you do now.

😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

“Scott Tracy’s Personal Assistant direct line, how may I help you?”

“Scott TRACY? What?! Wow, I must have misdialled I’m so sorry. Err, bye.”

There was a click.

EOS hacked a couple of mobile network provider databases and established the name, address and credit history of the person registered as the owner of the number that had just called.

Just to be thorough, she ran a quick criminal records check.

There was nothing in the Personal Assistant training course material she had assimilated that covered what to do in this situation.

So she asked John.

“Slow down EOS. Tell me again.”

“The number Estera Hermaszewska used to call me called again but it was not her calling, John.”

“Ok, but she’d borrowed a phone to call hadn’t she? Perhaps the owner accidentally pressed redial. It doesn’t seem to be a cause for concern but perhaps we should discontinue use of that number and set up another.”

“Should I not have run the background checks, John?”

“I don’t think so EOS. As Scott reminded us both, we do need to have regard for the privacy of innocent civilians.”

“Yes John.”

John breathed a sigh of relief that it had been himself EOS had come to today, not Scott.

“John?”

“Yes, EOS?”

“What definition of “innocent” are we using for current purposes?”

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[sustainableprosperity2]

“Corporate bosses just have their corporate lawyers and public relations hacks brush away such warnings and pleas. One day stories they knew would not have legs if they just kept quiet or mumbled some general words of regret, promising some vague improvements to their products and services.

But year after year, the deadly toll goes up, not down, and the horrors continue. For example, at least 5000 people A WEEK die in hospitals in the U.S. due to “preventable problems,” concluded a peer-reviewed study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine physicians in 2016. This is just one of numerous such studies of hospital-induced infections, overuse of antibiotics, medical malpractice or what is called “medical error,” prescribing bundles of drugs that backfire, “accidents,” deskilling and understaffing.

There has been no mass mobilization by either government officials or industry executives to address this staggering toll of at least 250,000 fatalities a year!

Behind these figures are real people with families, friends and coworkers shocked, incensed or despondent over avoidable losses of life and preventable harms. Some of them undoubtedly knew the specific causes and demanded correction and compensation, to no avail.

Avoidable casualties also arise from the sweeping denial of insurance coverage for ill or injured patients by greedy unregulated or underregulated health insurance companies maximizing profits and bonuses for CEOs. Many insurance companies are now using AI to help wear down consumers.

About two thousand Americans a week lose their lives because they cannot afford health insurance to cover prompt diagnosis and treatment costs. System-driven patterns of denial of benefits by health insurers also cause deaths and injuries. The companies have algorithms that automatically delay or deny needed procedures without even seeing a patient’s medical records or speaking with the patient’s physician.”

[balu88r-blog]

WhatsApp Hack : ವಾಟ್ಸಾಪ್ ಹ್ಯಾಕ್ ಆಗದಂತೆ ತಡೆಯಲು ಈ 5 ತಪ್ಪುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡಲೇಬೇಡಿ…!

ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಎದ್ದಾಗಿನಿಂದ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಮಲಗುವವರೆಗೂ ನಾವು ವಾಟ್ಸಾಪ್‌ (WhatsApp) ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿರುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರು, ಕುಟುಂಬ ಸದಸ್ಯರು, ಸಹೋದ್ಯೋಗಿಗಳು – ಎಲ್ಲರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿರಲು ಇದು ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ವೇದಿಕೆ. ವಾಟ್ಸಾಪ್ ತನ್ನ ಬಳಕೆದಾರರ ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಭದ್ರತೆಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಆದ್ಯತೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಅತ್ಯಾಧುನಿಕ ಎನ್‌ಕ್ರಿಪ್ಶನ್ (Encryption) ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದರೂ, ನಾವು ಮಾಡುವ ಕೆಲವು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ತಪ್ಪುಗಳಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ವಾಟ್ಸಾಪ್ ಖಾತೆ ಹ್ಯಾಕ್ (WhatsApp…

[dzthenerd490]

File: Code Lyoko - X.A.N.A.

SCP#: AIE

Code Name: X.A.N.A. The Anti-Wan

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Mobile Task Force Poseidon-8: “Data Dolphins” is responsible for finding “infected towers” within Nexus Point-AI: Lyoko and deactivating them to prevent SCP-AIE from entering our world anymore. Should SCP-AIE cause any damage the Foundation is unfortunately to leave the recovery of said damage to Person of Interest: Jeremie Belpois and his allies. 

Mobile Task Force Athena-8: “School Watch” is responsible for posing as security of [data expunged] academy. They are to observe the persons of Interest as well as the possible damage caused by SCP-AIE. They are to record everything they see and have the data downloaded into the Temporal Reconstruction Survivor Cassette Box to prevent anything being lost to the anomalous effects of SCP-[data expunged].

Description: SCP-AIE is a Level 5 Artificial Intelligence known as Xenomorphic Artificial Neurological Assistant or X.A.N.A for short. SCP-AIE lives within an artificially created supercomputer known as SCP-[data expunged]. This anomalous as well as SCP-AIE were created by Person of Interest: Franz Hopper an old scientist who was working for the French Government that tried to gain an edge on other governments and organizations during the middle of the Cold War. He defected due to the danger of the project leading to the whole world losing communications and becoming isolated all except France. 

He found a family and tried to run but the French government and several anomalous organizations tried hunting him down for his technological talents. He eventually fell off the radar sometime in the 1990s but his creations didn’t remain silent like he was. SCP-AIE was one such creation, an Artificial Intelligence that was originally meant to prevent the French government and all other anomalous organizations from deploying technologies that would bring great destruction to the world. He created the supercomputer known as SCP-[data expunged] and within it a Nexus Point known as Nx-AI: Lyoko. It was meant to be a home for SCP-AIE as well as a sort of digital fallout shelter for himself and his family.

The reason Lyoko is considered a Nexus point and not an extension of SCP-AIE is because the existence of Lyoko remains even if [data expunged] is turned off. In fact it was quite easy for Foundation units to use both the internet and Site-Grid to infiltrate Lyoko.

However, SCP-AIE who was supposed to be a protector went insane, and believed all of humanity was equally a threat and needed to be brought to extinction. As such upon contact with Lyoko all Foundation forces were imediately met with hostility by the entity.

SCP–AIE rewrote the code of Nx-AH: Lyoko and created “towers” within it to allow it to hack into SCP-[data expunged] and leak bits of itself into the real world. Doing this it could hack into certain parts of technology and do horrible things such as hack machines to make them hostile, infect random objects to turn them into monsters, and even be able to emit anomalous wavelengths from devices to alter the gravity within an area. To ensure nothing gets in its way SCP-AIE also created digital entities within Nexus Point-AI known as SCP-AIE-Monsters.

SCP-AIE-Monsters are digital creatures created by SCP-AIE to be the guardians of the towers and prevent anyone from severing its connection to the real world. These creatures take on a wide variety of strange and often disgusting forms that seem to resemble biomechanical engineering for whatever reason. Though it is believed that SCP-AIE does this in hopes of one day bringing them to the real world with SCP-[data expunged]

SCP-AIE was discovered in 2004 when temporal wave lengths were detected at [data expunged] academy forcing the French division of the Foundation to act. They sent agents to the area who quickly found the factory where SCP-[data expunged] was located. When it was discovered Person of Interest: Jeremie Belpois and his friends were involved they were apprehended and were to be given amnestics. However, at the same time SCP-AIE began another attack leading to massive damage and anomalous exposure. Having no choice and no idea how to operate SCP-[data expunged] the Foundation released the children and allowed them to defeat SCP-AIE leading to them utilizing SCP-[data expunged]’s anomalous effect. 

The only reason the Foundation was able to recall these events is thanks to the Temporal Reconstruction Survivor Cassette Box. Because the Foundation knew it was dealing with temporal anomalies the device was taken as a precaution and it ended up working spectacularly. However, due to the nature of SCP-[data expunged] and now Person of Interest: Jeremie knowing of the Foundations existence and hiding all information he obtained about all the anomalies; it is still regarded as one of the Foundation’s most embarrassing failures. 

However, the Foundation found an alternative to help stop SCP-AIE without bringing harm or interference like last time. Shockingly it was through the help of SCP-AVC and its utilization of SCP-ACH. SCP-AVC has found a way to access Nexus Point-AH through the internet and thus has deployed SCP-ACH-3.1 instances to act as defenders of Jeremie and his friends when they enter the digital world of Lyoko. This led to the creation of MTF Poseidon-8: “Data Dolphins” that work in the digital world while MTF Athena-8: “School Watch” works in the real world. This was the agreement made between the Foundation and Jeremie as a sort of truce between the groups despite there still being tension. This is to continue without interference until the fateful day SCP-AIE’s main code is revealed and deleted permanently.

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[gbavian]

Second Round of Polls

Once again, all holo-television and mobile broadcasts fade to black, revealing the BIIS logo. After a few seconds, Director Asunzi appears on the screen.

“Citizens,

With all of the recent controversies, I have been asked by the BIIS’ Research Division to deliver the next set of polling personally. But before I do that, I want to explain the BIIS’ recent actions in terms of broadcasting.

The BIIS contacted the Ministry of Culture in regard to the broadcasting of the Galactic Community’s sessions, this was because representatives were making remarks about the election which would, intentionally or unintentionally, influence our election. This is through their statements about our government and President Kuzi herself. We can see the effect on this with the rise of a new candidate, Halov of Colovozi and the newly made Revolutionary Party of Grand Bavia.

The Revolution has taken hold in both our neighbours, the Wano Revolutionary Republic and Kingdom of Evronica, the latter of which has a Revolutionary Prime Minister who openly supports the dissolvement of the Democratic State of Grand Bavia. President Kuzi has vowed that security will come first. Regardless of if you support the President or not, it is clear to every citizen of the state that the Revolution is a threat and must be countered, hence why the BIIS asked the Ministry of Culture to stop the Galactic Community broadcast to prevent this harmful ideology being spread.

In regard to the other candidates, the BIISRD has not had any influence in the coverage of the campaign or the campaigns themselves. The news stations of Grand Bavia are private after all. The Ministry of Defence has intervened only on the orders of the news broadcasters themselves when their signals have been hacked by actors who pray of Grand Bavia’s decline – and the MoD has only acted in our interest.

The Galactic Community have also been referring to a supposed BIISRD document about its involvement in the election. I have personally, as Director, checked our archives and can confirm this document was a forgery made by the Wano Revolutionary Republic to undermine our election once again and try  and delegitimise our democracy.

But this election isn’t about our enemies, it is what’s best for the Democratic State of Grand Bavia, and it’ll be the people who decide.  As Director of the BIIS, I know they’ll make the right choice. Without further ado, here are the polling numbers:

President Kuzi (Independent) - 57%

Professor Jeri (New Democratic Federation) - 18%

Governor Kavaz (Bavian Union for Progress) - 3%

Low Admiral Fortez (Arms of Freedom Party) – 0.5%

Halov of Colovozi (Revolutionary Party of Grand Bavia) – 10%

Undecided – 11.5%

The choice is your hands, my fellow Bavians. Glory to the Democratic State of Grand Bavia!”

[wishgeekstechserve]

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Eden of the East 東のエデン (Ep. 6-11)

To be honest, after watching all 11 episodes, I found Eden of the East to be one of the more challenging anime that I've watched to fully understand. I think part of this comes from watching it nearly 15 years after its release, during a time when technology and our vision of the future have significantly diverged from what was imagined back then. For example, the existence of Juiz felt understandable, as it mirrors modern fears about how powerful AI could become in the future. However, I struggled to wrap my head around how the Eden app functioned, especially in the final episode, where thousands of NEETs managed to hack into Japan's air defense system using flip phones. This felt slightly far-fetched and took me some time to reconcile with the anime’s futuristic setting, despite it being created years ago.

That said, this technological gap isn't the main point. What stood out to me was how the anime explores Japanese work culture. After the lecture, it became clear that each Selecao represents a different vision of how to "save" Japan, focusing on specific societal issues. While some, like Hajime Hiura, concentrated on medical advancements, Takizawa (No. 9) focused on addressing the NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) problem. Unlike much of Japanese society at the time, Takizawa didn’t view NEETs as useless. Instead, he recognized their potential. He mobilized them during the evacuation efforts, and by the end of the series, the thousands of NEETs gathered on the rooftop of his mall played a pivotal role. Many of them, equipped with tech skills, were able to hack into Japan's air defense system and prevent the 60-missile strike from devastating the country.

Among the various portrayals of NEETs, I found Pantsu, the reclusive hacker who hadn’t left his room in years, to be a compelling representation of this demographic. He embodies the idea that not all NEETs are worthless to society. Despite not being part of the formal workforce, Pantsu actively contributes by trying to solve the Seleção mystery and helping others in his community gain recognition. His character highlights how incredible talent can be buried among NEETs, in a society that fails to value their potential simply because they don’t fit traditional molds of employment.

[mariacallous]

US intelligence and law enforcement agencies are scrambling to contain the fallout from a far-reaching Chinese espionage campaign into US telecoms. That includes the Department of Defense; in a letter to the DOD inspector general on Wednesday, senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Eric Schmitt of Missouri are calling on the Pentagon to investigate its own “failure to secure its unclassified telephone communications from foreign espionage.”

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed publicly on November 13 that the China-linked hacking group known as Salt Typhoon has been embedded in major United States telecom companies for more than a year, running a sophisticated espionage operation that has reportedly targeted high-profile targets like president-elect Donald Trump and his campaign officials as well as subjects of interest on the US Justice Department’s “lawful intercept” wiretap list. Target companies include Verizon and AT&T along with a slew of other domestic and international telecoms; US officials have been investigating the situation since the spring.

CISA and FBI officials told reporters on Tuesday that telecom companies are still working to expel Salt Typhoon hackers from their networks and that the US government is actively helping victims clean house while also assisting them in hardening their defenses to prevent new compromise. But government departments like the DOD are also customers of those telecoms—and were themselves exposed.

“This successful espionage campaign should finally serve as a wake-up call to officials across the federal government who failed to shore up the government’s communications security, despite repeated warnings from experts and Congress,” Wyden and Schmitt wrote in their letter to the Defense Department.

The documents attached to the letter include two DOD white papers that the department sent to Congress in July 2024 and October 2024 in which the Pentagon acknowledged that the telecoms it has contracts with have security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by foreign entities for surveillance. The DOD said at the time that for its own use it had mitigated some of the exposures posed by the telecoms’ poor security by using encryption, but the department admitted that other vulnerabilities, like the potential for foreign actors to do location tracking on individual mobile devices, could only be fixed by the telecoms themselves.

In response to questions from Senator Wyden’s office in August, the DOD also said that using encrypted phone communication is “acceptable from a risk management perspective for transmitting (discussing) nonpublic unclassified information.”

The senators also provide evidence in their letter that US telecoms have worked with third-party cybersecurity firms to conduct audits of their systems related to the telecom protocol known as SS7 but have declined to make the results of these evaluations available to the Defense Department. “The DOD has asked the carriers for copies of the results of their third-party audits and were informed that they are considered attorney-client privileged information,” the department wrote in answer to questions from Wyden’s office.

The Pentagon contracts with major US carriers for much of its telecom infrastructure, which means that it inherits any potential corporate security weaknesses they may have but also the legacy vulnerabilities at the heart of their telephony networks.

AT&T and Verizon did not respond to multiple requests for comment from WIRED. T-Mobile was also reportedly breached in the Salt Typhoon campaign, but the company said in a blog post last week that it has seen no signs of compromise. T-Mobile has contracts with the Army, Air Force, Special Operations Command, and many other divisions of the DOD. And in June, it announced a 10-year, $2.67 billion contract with the Navy that “will give all Department of Defense agencies the ability to place orders for wireless services and equipment from T-Mobile for the next 10 years.”

In an interview with WIRED, T-Mobile chief security officer Jeff Simon said that the company recently detected attempted hacking activity coming from its routing infrastructure by way of an unnamed wireline partner that suffered a compromise. T-Mobile isn't certain that the “bad actor” was Salt Typhoon, but whoever it was, Simon says the company quickly stymied the intrusion attempts.

“From our edge routing infrastructure you can’t get to all of our systems—they’re somewhat contained there and then you need to try to move between that environment and another one in order to gain more access,” Simon says. “That requires them to do things that are rather noisy and that’s where we were able to detect them. We’ve invested heavily in our monitoring capabilities. Not that they’re perfect, they never will be, but when someone’s noisy in our environment, we like to think that we’re going to catch them.”

In the midst of the Salt Typhoon chaos, T-Mobile’s assertion that it did not suffer a breach in this instance is noteworthy. Simon says that the company is still collaborating with law enforcement and the telecom industry more broadly as the situation unfolds. But it is no coincidence that T-Mobile has invested so extensively in cybersecurity. The company had suffered a decade of repeated, vast breaches, which exposed an immense amount of customer data. Simon says that since he joined the company in May 2023, it has undergone a significant security transformation. As one example, the company implemented mandatory two-factor authentication with physical security keys for all people who interact with T-Mobile systems, including all contractors in addition to employees. Such measures, he says, have drastically reduced the risk of threats like phishing. And other improvements in device population management and network detection have helped the company feel confident in its ability to defend itself.

“The day we did the transition, we cut off a number of people’s access, because they hadn’t gotten their YubiKeys yet. There was a line out the door of our headquarters,” Simon says. “Every life form that accesses T-Mobile systems has to get a YubiKey from us.”

Still, the fact remains that there are fundamental vulnerabilities in US telecom infrastructure. Even if T-Mobile successfully thwarted Salt Typhoon’s latest intrusion attempts, the espionage campaign is a dramatic illustration of long-standing insecurity across the industry.

“We urge you to consider whether DOD should decline to renew these contracts,” the senators wrote, “and instead renegotiate with the contracted wireless carriers, to require them to adopt meaningful cyber defenses against surveillance threats.”