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The awesome Molly White throws light upon how to calculate the market cap of a crypto coin. I still think that decentralized systems like blockchains are very useful in some cases. However, the run for the coin with the most money seems very sad to me, and not just because of all the investors who (…)

This provides a great overview of the extent and methods by which US critical infrastructure has been infiltrated over the past two years. It is clear that the lack of baseline cybersecurity requirements and inadequate product life cycle management by technology suppliers and telecom companies have created significant vulnerabilities. Equally concerning is the shift from (…)

Meta lays out in this blog post their rationale behind axing third-party fact checking and sweeping changes in content moderation on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. It is important to read this (or watch Mark Zuckerberg’s video) with recent company history in mind: Facebook’s failure to properly moderate content helped fan the flames in the Rohingya (…)

For a long time, Google dominated the search market, but this may be changing with new search habits emerging. Instead of googling multiple sites, I now primarily use two AI chatbots, challenge them to avoid hallucinations, and, if needed, click on their suggested links. For me, this is a more concise and much faster way (…)

From data theft to interference in democratic processes, we’ve often warned of the negative consequences of digitalization in our weekly picks. To end the year on a more positive note, I like the way this site allows you to visualize the migrations flows of different bird species. Beautiful and peaceful.

Looking for something different this holiday season, but don’t want to go overboard? Consider exploring social media feeds without relying on “The Algorithm” to dictate what you see. While this option isn’t available on every platform and isn’t equally sensible for all, the EU has made it possible for you to have this choice. We’re (…)

Say cheese! This artist has created a whimsical website that allows New Yorkers to take selfies with traffic surveillance cameras installed all over the city. Maybe it can be used to track Santa’s whereabouts?

This article is an overview of how AI-generated content, most notably images, are used by far right parties across Europe. It incidentally also highlights how lacking current abuse safeguards and strategies truly are, as almost all of the content presented in the article would surely fall under most companies’ prohibited use.

When we think of workplace surveillance, we usually think of the U.S. with its more unforgiving workplace environment and general lack of adequate privacy protection. However, as this report shows despite having more labour rights and stronger privacy protection, European workers are not safe from intrusions into their privacy in the workplace either.

If you want to attack a network of an organization which has a good firewall, a good entry point is the wireless network. But what do you do if the organization is on the other side of the globe? Easy: you hack a nearby organization with a bad firewall, then use their wireless network to (…)

The on-going journalist investigation into a data set obtained as a free sample from a US-based data broker continues to show how problematic the global data market really is. The latest article focusing on US Army bases in Germany reveals that not only can critical personnel be tracked by identifying their movement profiles, but that (…)