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Worth noting this has been going on since 2012 according to https://t.co/LkSupTRbRx (by way of https://t.co/x8GbhbMIlC from 2015)Even if this is just storing meta-data about an image's permissions in itself (for a DRM like system within site), can be leveraged by 3rd parties. https://t.co/5X6ygBkph2
My guess? Facebook trying to maintain distributed data consistency and image security by way of moving permission management closer to the point of origin. For a while there were ways to glean facebook's private images via a vulnerability in talked 2011: https://t.co/8OyBWs1I0c
Storing end-user content in CDNs is an inherent security vulnerability due to a wider attack surface. Tools that enable tracking to lock down data breeches could equally be used to perform large scale data tracking. This double edged sword shows up a lot. https://t.co/ZzTcQVfgiy
From where i'm standing, it is one of those situations where you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.I believe the worry over tracking is perhaps being blown out of proportion, but at the same time I'm not going to say it isn't worth considering as a threat vector.
On a meta-narrative level. I see the knee-jerk reactions to tracking as a sort of crowd level anxiety manifesting itself as a sort of collective action. A manifestation of a social group's collective egregore speaking to the swarm. Translation:https://t.co/AuRYQATQtF
At it's core, problem of not being able to trust 3rd party CDNs, and to a certain extent not even members of your own organization (past a certain level of scale, due to egress of bad actors/"spies"), is fundamentally an issue Homomorphic encryption helps with. Doesn't exist yet.
There are two other angles here that are worth considering as well: ease of use (a subset accessibility), as well as data loss.And then there is the fact that you can always just take a screenshot or photograph of a locked down photo - effectively a side channel attack.
Is everyone excited about having ML sensors in your phone's camera chip that automatically refuse to take pictures of DRM protected/watermarked data? It's going to be illegal to at some point, by way of the precedent with scanners and dollar bills. https://t.co/OwTLR8EoNF
"There are, suddenly, numbers that we aren't allowed to write down on the Internet, programs we're not allowed to publish, and all it takes to make legitimate material disappear from the Internet is the mere accusation of copyright infringement. "https://t.co/1zrddsk8sR
Did you know the font on the united states dollar bill is illegal to reproduce?It's funny as heck to hear about the strength of the US dollar when learning about how much money is locked up on accounting sheets within banks. https://t.co/5cAKJsKew2
Subtweeting about the stability of the USD:"Unlike most stablecoins, though, Libra isn’t pegged to one specific currency. Libra is pegged to a group of “of low-volatility assets, including bank deposits and government securities” in multiple currencies." https://t.co/F1utqeX0FX
Then we have this really interesting problem where, under the right circumstances, being able to counterfeit money actually increases the likelyhood that government backed & controlled cryptocurrencies become the stronger form of tender.Something something mark of the beast 🤡
The wallet wars of the early 2000s.What I Think is happening? Banks and Credit Card companies here in the west are competing to gain total control over the american financial markets by way of copy'ing what is happening with tencent's wallet system in the east.
But in the midst of this we are seeing smaller islands of quasi-political corporate hybrids trying to build out their own market platforms.https://t.co/kJrJQ0FVDg
I hope I'm wrong. Maybe there is something I'm missing?https://t.co/QxPJkWOjYY
I've been thinking about this idea a lot: https://t.co/G34MzEjoJY
in a complex social system, there can be a conspiracy without conspirators the emergent behavior of a system sometimes looks like a highly coordinated conspiracy, even if no one is actually pulling strings at the top we don’t have good language to talk about this phenomenon
I think we live in a world that is far more complex than we realize.https://t.co/br697oO4nP
There's a thread of ideas around decentralized 'smart-mobs' or 'Global Guerrillas'.I wonder how scalable this meta-phenomena is. Does it apply to larger collectins of organizations? Could stuff like Libra be a 'semi-leaderless' organization? A phenomena?https://t.co/omZ94YyFkA
We tend to look at the world from the perspective of how our connectivity paradigm is affecting individuals/tribes. But few seem to be paying attention to how this is shifting large scale movements at level of the multinational conglomerate or state actor.https://t.co/RWKVj5OYQA
What is an egregore? Asking for a friend.https://t.co/BFnw3daZos
I can only glimpse at this space of ideas.https://t.co/Qpgh7jsPea
Glimpseshttps://t.co/Z4JBRF8jOo
"Everybody knows shit's fuckedEverybody knows shit's fuckedEverybody knows shit's fuckedEverybody knows shit's fucked" 🎶https://t.co/raNY3sn0KA
"Put simply, a CBDC would most likely be the single largest assault to financial privacy since the creation of the Bank Secrecy Act and the establishment of the third‐party doctrine." https://t.co/VdNIyTMBne
"We couldn't be more excited about the forthcoming FedNow launch, which will enable every participating financial institution, the smallest to the largest and from all corners of the country, to offer a modern instant payment solution"https://t.co/r7mmqDcIO2
My sides. 🤣https://t.co/duMCIH1Piz https://t.co/4qiIU883mn
Shits gonna get bad.https://t.co/vBUgZIxHEq
@lovecryption Dropping Conspiracy theory adjacent ideas like that that can help get them to trust you. It works really well to shoot down some of their "this is the mark of the beast" stuff. You can point out how that is more likely to be done via hosted blockchain legislation.
Its for your safety/convenience/equality reasons, I'm sure.https://t.co/59KBvFDcL7
Please, can you hold my hand. And call me a hypocrite one last time? And remind me I must fight.https://t.co/XSds1ZhiVt
If autistic kids had a chip, it might mean police won't shoot them if they act out. Children like to fidget and autistic kids often will rip the armband off, donchaknow. Think of the children.🙄https://t.co/YI98ZRAcZFThis article is from 2013 btw.https://t.co/mUsNOV8JbI https://t.co/66aG5InOgL
I wonder if it would be uncouth to put "please be patient, I have autism" as a henna tattoo on my forehead. https://t.co/tAbhsJKk5N
I have the gift of prophecy, please be patient.https://t.co/S8ov4REy00
Did you know you can power GPS chips with body heat? Now you do.https://t.co/EAckgqMS4Ohttps://t.co/yHQgWvK5vC
It would be really useful if everyone had a health tracking tool that the wear all the time. Like on their wrist. And if you could pay for things with it on a state-sponsored digital currency, we could even police people's smoking habits!https://t.co/ZbhCkCYNI2
Did you know you can power things with 5g?Now you do.https://t.co/M9rsEf1hlNhttps://t.co/RNS4FbD0rA
Experts reject 5g microchip conspiracies?Look buddy, I wanna build one. This isn't a conspiracy, I just think they are cool.https://t.co/Mej8mnDJCC
I technically figured out how to remove them without leaving a scar. Hide in plain sight.https://t.co/Rrey7VeBVj
Wait till you learn about the new devices that can use 5g radio signals to remotely monitor people thru FUCKING WALLS... because Alzheimer's or something.https://t.co/naHyLXPwLf
@nosilverv It's here."the device uses a combination of AT&T cellular connectivity and Cherish’s radar and AI technology to detect body position, movement, and biometrics without requiring cameras or wearable trackers."https://t.co/jy4q1x9OMEhttps://t.co/tqlUX7INyq
If you're happy and you know it... they do too?If you're sad and you know it... they do too!If you're angry and you know it...you don't even have to show it!'Cuz if you're excited and you know it... they do too.https://t.co/wmNF1icGvw
Experts aren't real, and can't hurt you...The experts: https://t.co/gtkc1nbt0u
Do you ever watch a 55 minute presentation on specuatations on military applications of brain-computer interfaces by a former CIA intelligence person trying to predict the future, and realize that you knew more than them?https://t.co/PSfGa58GN6https://t.co/k64UrO3FqE
The future isn't real, and can't hurt you.The future: https://t.co/jHOBgSlxvQ
"My Administration places the highest urgency on research and development efforts into the potential design and deployment options of a United States CBDC," [2022]https://t.co/3IvI1BA2FG
I'm paying attention to the anti-CBDC bill my self.https://t.co/5Za3vbm0ICThere's a trick here.https://t.co/zFWb1BaR71 https://t.co/saWNDG2p35
The trick? This bill is designed to appear like it is banning them outright, but it really only prevents the Federal Reserve from doing it on their own. This does not stop congress from pulling one over on us.https://t.co/qsnSoyT6Ra https://t.co/pgGcqFRkP7
It's just preventing the Feds from owning the CBDC. It's a power play.> "In a speech to the House of Representatives, Emmer expressed concern that the administration is “itching to trade Americans’ right to privacy for a CCP-style surveillance tool.”https://t.co/1hCcOXxLFg
The real win? Oklahoma's OK HB3594:> Under the bill, Oklahoma bans restricting or outlawing the use “or the self-custody of digital assets using a self-hosted wallet or a hardware wallet,” a page for the bill said.https://t.co/5Ar4XaP8CC
> "The most advanced cross-border CBDC project just added a major G20 economy and the largest oil exporter in the world, This means in the coming year you can expect to see a scaling up of commodity settlement on the platform outside of dollars"https://t.co/fM7aemBmbY
"examined where existing payments technologies were failing to serve society’s most vulnerable members and whether a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) might fill this gap." [2023]https://t.co/Hsv02egUVihttps://t.co/2AAHLUa25d
Ah yes, an immutable ledger of all your tractions. Perfect. Go ahead and use it.https://t.co/ri33n1wjY4
"Even peer-to-peer exchanges that would be beyond oversight [...] become subject to precise scrutiny. In attempting to remove the third party (bank/government) from the exchange process, [...] enshrines the authority it attempts to displace."https://t.co/SU20ZvVu2y
Remember, I am insane.https://t.co/DUncXNkjdI
"so when people in the FBI tell me that they'd much rather have criminals use Bitcoin than $100 bills, it suggests that maybe, you know maybe, it's not quite not quite working the way it was supposed to have"https://t.co/r5jNjMMR8xhttps://t.co/rBwyqDm2Sq
lmao."For instance, his call for all Bitcoin mining to be located in the U.S. rubbed certain crypto idealists the wrong way, as decentralization and immunity to governmental pressures is a key part of the ethos of crypto mining."https://t.co/4JjPHvvtxKhttps://t.co/nHYvM3T7il
Time cites this in the context of crypto tracing."I think the majority of crypto users probably don’t care whether it is anonymous or private at all: They are just buying it as a speculative investment."https://t.co/ncV9drDiFf
> "The OpenCBDC codebase that resulted from this successful collaboration provides a credible and unbiased resource to evaluate design choices and ensure that a potential future CBDC could serve the public’s interest"https://t.co/sEmw2q7vOJ
Do you want to build a bank system?Use it to enslave all of mankind? ☃️🎶https://t.co/Req6yIlx1t
We used to be best buddies, and now we're notI wish you would tell me why ☃️🎶https://t.co/s91icI28GX
It's like you've gone awayWe used to be best buddies, and now we're not ☃️🎶https://t.co/7MVXBOnkwz
Please, I know you're in therePeople are asking where you've been ☃️🎶https://t.co/WRjcBcd2rj
This makes me happy to see.https://t.co/cuppUboFCdhttps://t.co/hG7rjm1EAq https://t.co/4gg6Ta2FlN
