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    How to Read Leaked Datasets Like a Journalist
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    Micah Lee is the director of information security for The Intercept and hes on Cyber today to talk about his new book: Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations. The book is a manual for people who want to learn how to parse and organize hacked datasets. It also contains stories of how Lee and others handled famous cases such as Blueleaks, neo-Nazi Discord chat rooms, and the Parler leak. If youre not in [04:53] schestowitz[TR] terested in diving into corporate or government secrets, you might learn something about how to protect your own data.

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    • [04:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.vice.com | How to Read Leaked Datasets Like a Journalist ● Jan 29 [05:04] schestowitz[TR]
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    China music student convicted in US for harassing democracy activist
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    The incident leading to Wus arrest began on October 22, 2022, when the victim posted fliers saying, We want freedom, we want food on our tables, we want to breathe, we want art, we want democracy, we want to love, stand with Chinese people. From October 22 to October 24, 2022, Wu sent communications to the individual who posted the fliers, not only threatening the victim with physical viol [05:04] schestowitz[TR] ence but also potential harm to their family. Wu informed the victim that he had reported their activities to the public security agency in China, suggesting that the victims family could face serious repercussions from state authorities. Furthermore, Wu released the victims personal information online, intending to incite further harassment.

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    • [05:04] schestowitz[TR] [05:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.jurist.org | China music student convicted in US for harassing democracy activist - JURIST - News [05:15] schestowitz[TR] " [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Once again (or still?) the Free Software Movement is under attack, as [05:15] schestowitz[TR] a contender attempts to disqualify and overthrow the leader. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] The founder and lead champion, a neurodivergent who stands for clarity [05:15] schestowitz[TR] in discourse, avoidance of manipulative language, and progressive [05:15] schestowitz[TR] agency for teenagers towards adulthood, and who perceives sex as a [05:15] schestowitz[TR] mutually pleasant activity between consenting parties, is falsely [05:15] schestowitz[TR] accused of defending sexual offenders because he dares denounce [05:15] schestowitz[TR] manipulative language that purports to make the offense seem even [05:15] schestowitz[TR] worse than it is. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] The contender, a neurotypical quite adept at verbal manipulation, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] fabricates a narrative by threading select quotes in which the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] champion denounces such manipulative language, presenting them in a [05:15] schestowitz[TR] way that suggests to me that contender misperceives his target as an [05:15] schestowitz[TR] offender. The narrative comes across to me as if the contender were [05:15] schestowitz[TR] only able to perceive sex as giving pleasure to exploiters, which is [05:15] schestowitz[TR] very sad. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] One who denies teenagers any agency whatsoever, even as to the healthy [05:15] schestowitz[TR] development of their sexual life, is not protecting them from harm, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] but rather inflicting them harm. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Damaging someone's life through sexual abuse is horrible, but so is [05:15] schestowitz[TR] damaging someone's life by arresting development, by denying autonomy, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] and even by censorship and ostracism attained through word twisting [05:15] schestowitz[TR] and false narratives. All of these are reproachable forms of [05:15] schestowitz[TR] violence, and they make a lot more victims than ever could any [05:15] schestowitz[TR] imaginary sexual misconduct falsely attributed to someone. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] The chilling effect of interdicting academic and political debate on [05:15] schestowitz[TR] such topics as teenage agency and sexuality, by means of twisting, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] misrepresenting, selectively quoting and suppressing intellectual [05:15] schestowitz[TR] discourse, and of threats of censorship and of ostracism, just to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] mention a few common means of coercion, amounts to violence not only [05:15] schestowitz[TR] on potential debaters, but on everyone with an interest in the topics. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] ---- [05:15] schestowitz[TR] The contender admits to not knowing much about neurodivergents, but [05:15] schestowitz[TR] engages in and doubles down on what my daughter calls neurotypism, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] namely, interpreting a neurodivergent's behavior and communication as [05:15] schestowitz[TR] if it came from a neurotypical. That's a common form of prejudice [05:15] schestowitz[TR] that results in [discrimination, stigmatization, dehumanization and [05:15] schestowitz[TR] marginalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_empathy_problem) [05:15] schestowitz[TR] that we neurodivergents frequently suffer, that makes it even harder [05:15] schestowitz[TR] to overcome the communication barriers due to differences in the ways [05:15] schestowitz[TR] our minds work and in which we express ourselves. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] We think differently from neurotypicals, to the point that we often [05:15] schestowitz[TR] feel like aliens left behind in a strange world. But it's not like [05:15] schestowitz[TR] we're all aliens from the same world, we're somewhat different among [05:15] schestowitz[TR] ourselves, and the lead champion seems to have a particularly unusual [05:15] schestowitz[TR] mind even among the neurodivergent. Some of our key features and [05:15] schestowitz[TR] bugs, recent research suggests, arises from an imbalance of [05:15] schestowitz[TR] intelligences, so we may be gifted in some aspects while handicapped [05:15] schestowitz[TR] in others; hypersensitive to some inputs and thoughts, which may lead [05:15] schestowitz[TR] to [meltdowns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_meltdown), while [05:15] schestowitz[TR] hyposensitive to others. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] The lead champion is well known for his precision in wording (a common [05:15] schestowitz[TR] neurodiverse trait), and for strenuous objection to certain loaded, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] confusing, and dangerous terms. Use them and get a lecture gratis! [05:15] schestowitz[TR] What critics don't seem to realize is that this lecture is not in the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] context of the original conversation, it's more like a recorded [05:15] schestowitz[TR] parenthesized message. For those versed in low-level programming, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] it's as if the term triggered a page fault and forced a context [05:15] schestowitz[TR] switch. But the lecture is often interpreted as if it were in the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] context of the original conversation, as if it implied a stance in [05:15] schestowitz[TR] that conversation. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] In my experience, it had better be interpreted as a response to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] malformed input, that prevents the message from being understood by [05:15] schestowitz[TR] him as long as the triggering term is present. A kind of [05:15] schestowitz[TR] hypersensitivy that causes a meltdown, if you will. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Understanding such lectures as out-of-context messages, which they [05:15] schestowitz[TR] are, removes a lot of the presumptions of support for sexual offenders [05:15] schestowitz[TR] that may arise from interpreting them as if in context. When he calls [05:15] schestowitz[TR] out the use of the term children to refer to teenagers, or of the term [05:15] schestowitz[TR] assault for a situation that doesn't involve any use of force, it is a [05:15] schestowitz[TR] fallacious mistake to assume that his objection to the terms implies [05:15] schestowitz[TR] his condonement for the actions. The objection is to the terms, and [05:15] schestowitz[TR] that is how it should be understood. The actions are in an entirely [05:15] schestowitz[TR] different context of discourse, and neurotypicals seem to often have [05:15] schestowitz[TR] difficulty to distinguish them, which leads to severe [05:15] schestowitz[TR] misunderstandings. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] ---- [05:15] schestowitz[TR] The contender ends one of the latest attack by claiming the lead [05:15] schestowitz[TR] champion does not understand power dynamics. Ironically, power [05:15] schestowitz[TR] dynamics is the very core driver for the Free Software Movement the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] lead champion founded and leads: users have autonomy and freedom only [05:15] schestowitz[TR] as long as they don't give others power to control them through their [05:15] schestowitz[TR] computing. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] This fundamental power dynamics is conspicuously absent from a [05:15] schestowitz[TR] website, endorsed (maintained?) by the contender, that misrepresents [05:15] schestowitz[TR] the Free Software Movement as meant for "building the world's best [05:15] schestowitz[TR] software" rather than resisting and eliminating the injustice of user [05:15] schestowitz[TR] subjugation through software. Programs that serve users, rather than [05:15] schestowitz[TR] control them, are best indeed, for this very reason, but the website's [05:15] schestowitz[TR] wording is misleading for people who don't grasp that concept yet, and [05:15] schestowitz[TR] who have been misled into accepting user-subjugating software and into [05:15] schestowitz[TR] valuing more immediate and superficial features than freedom, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] autonomy, and sovereignty. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Understanding this power dynamics should be essential for anyone who [05:15] schestowitz[TR] wishes to play any significant role in the Free Software Movement. It [05:15] schestowitz[TR] comes across to me as quite suspicious when someone, who seems to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] neither grasp nor deeply about such dynamics, attempts to overthrow [05:15] schestowitz[TR] the person who first called it out, and has done it better than anyone [05:15] schestowitz[TR] else ever has. Resorting to making up false narratives that twist [05:15] schestowitz[TR] stances against manipulation and for agency and freedom into the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] monstering of a kind, caring, and respectful person and makes it even [05:15] schestowitz[TR] worse. What a shame! [05:15] schestowitz[TR] If you hear or read from such skillful manipulators, be mindful of the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] famous quote attributed to Cardinal Richelieu (and also to Voltaire): [05:15] schestowitz[TR] "Give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, [and] I [05:15] schestowitz[TR] will find something in them which will hang him". Do wonder why (as [05:15] schestowitz[TR] in, cui bono?) someone would set out to so persistently demand you to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] hang the most honest man. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about [05:15] schestowitz[TR] injustice, but very few check the facts, the stories, the contexts, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] the history. Different perceptions of context and verbal triggers [05:15] schestowitz[TR] affect neurodivergents and neurotypicals, and even specific [05:15] schestowitz[TR] individuals, in different ways. Don't mistake a web search that hits [05:15] schestowitz[TR] the same false accusations, repeated over a thousand times, for [05:15] schestowitz[TR] checking the facts. Realize that, if you allow yourself to be [05:15] schestowitz[TR] manipulated into hanging the most honest man, you become an accomplice [05:15] schestowitz[TR] to the very injustice you wished to fight against. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] ---- [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Remember the lead champion was first canceled for objecting solely to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] the manipulative inflation of the accusation against a late MIT [05:15] schestowitz[TR] professor. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] The professor was presumed to have had sex with a too-young sex slave [05:15] schestowitz[TR] that, at a sex trafficker's orders, offered herself to the professor. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] It turned out that caution was more than called for, because the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] accusation was false: the professor declined the offer. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Even the allegation that she was below age of consent was false, in [05:15] schestowitz[TR] that jurisdiction, at the time of the events. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] Age of consent is hardly relevant given that she was a slave, but the [05:15] schestowitz[TR] accusation was false nevertheless, and instead of admitting to it, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] manipulators will double down on it and even misrepresent her age to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] further reinforce their manipulative narrative. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] They wish you to respond emotionally with condemnation, and for their [05:15] schestowitz[TR] manipulative language to go unchallenged, rather than for you to seek, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] find and think through the facts. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] They seemingly wish to infantilize teenagers and even adults, by [05:15] schestowitz[TR] interdicting the academic and political debate of such important and [05:15] schestowitz[TR] diverse social norms as on age of consent, adulthood, and autonomy, [05:15] schestowitz[TR] with regards to sexual and also to digital lives. [05:15] schestowitz[TR] For the sake of justice, civilization, and kindness, we ought to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] strive to resist that pressure, and to listen to the various sides [05:15] schestowitz[TR] before judging, to avoid committing irreparable harm and leading to [05:15] schestowitz[TR] such tragic endings as that of the worldwide-celebrated masterpiece [05:15] schestowitz[TR] (spoiler alert) "Romeo and Juliet." [05:15] schestowitz[TR] " [05:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Double empathy problem - Wikipedia [05:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Autistic meltdown - Wikipedia [05:28] schestowitz[TR]
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    This week in KDE: everything everywhere all at once edition
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    This week weve got quite a bit of everything! Mega-release UI improvements and bug-fixes, new features for post-mega-release software, more bugfixes for KF5 software, performance improvements, better internal documentation, and impactful ecosystem improvements. Lets dive in!

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