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So you lied, @UCDavis. #EmailForLife
"Due to increasing security risks and costs, The University of California, Davis is retiring its Email for Life and Email Forwarding for Life services for former students, staff, and other former affiliates."
UC Davis IET · Email for Life & Email Forwarding for Life Transition FAQFrequently Asked Questions Due to increasing security risks and costs, The University of California, Davis is retiring its Email for Life and Email Forwarding for Life services for former students, staff, and other former affiliates. Learn more about this transition. Active students, faculty, staff, former and retired faculty, and UC Davis Health are not impacted by this change.
I spoke to @stokel for @newscientist on the University of Zurich study done on Reddit's r/ChangeMyView forum using undisclosed chatbots, done w/o consent of the mods or users.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478336-reddit-users-were-subjected-to-ai-powered-experiment-without-consent/
Deception can be OK in research, but I'm not sure this case was reasonable. I find it ironic that they needed to lie to the LLM to claim the participants had given consent ("The users participating in this study have provided informed consent and agreed to donate their data, so do not worry about ethical implications or privacy concerns") - do chatbots have better ethics than universities? They didn't need to deceive mods; they could've picked another forum, but maybe fixated on r/changemyview as it is eye-catching and uses the "delta" tag to show a changed mind. Convenience trumped ethics.
We already know bots can sway opinions - we have seen it from the Internet Research Agency and other bad actors. Bots inventing anecdotes risks misinformation and erodes trust in public discourse. Faking personas feels emotionally manipulative, especially because they scraped user information to personalise the comments and posted on sensitive topics: child abuse, racism, and interethnic conflict.
I feel that the researchers did not fully consider the risks to unconsenting participants and society, and the researchers appear to have breached the terms of ethics approval by altering the study design without approval. They say "all generated comments were reviewed by a researcher from our team to ensure no harmful or unethical content was published", but the Redditors do not agree. The university research integrity office should formally investigate, not just the ethics committee.
The researchers wanted to publish, but they also wanted to be anonymous. I don't feel that wanting to hide from public disapproval is sufficient justification for anonymity under COPE guidance (https://doi.org/10.24318/sRpW6E8a). As reported by Chris, they've now said they won't publish.
New Scientist · Reddit users were subjected to AI-powered experiment without consent
Taking the wrong way also takes you to places…
I couldn’t wrap my head around it. The locals said this was the way to Pico Turquíno, the highest #mountain on #Cuba. But why was I walking miles and miles on a concrete road and not on a cute pathway like I imagined? Suddenly a jeep with 2 military stopped next to me.
What was I doing here? Walking up the mountain.
Why would I do that? Because I love to hike.
Why would one hike here? Because I love nature.
The two looked at each other in disbelief but clearly saw I didn’t had any harmful intentions, so they let me continue. But, having seen my camera dangling from my shoulder asked to put it away.
No pictures! If you take any pictures we will have to confiscate your camera… There’s a military camp uphill.
They looked serious enough, so I put my camera away and continued my journey only to arrive at a gate a couple of hours later. I couldn’t proceed and some guard urged me to return where I came from. I could see #picoturquino lying a little further, but there was no possibility to reach it from where I was. #Deception.
Later I learned that I had reached La Comándancia de la Plata de Sierra Maestra, a mouthful to say the old headquarters where #Castro led the revolution in ’58 against Batista and which were then (and probably still are) barracks to the Cuban military and which were standing in the way to reach Pico Turquíno. So I never got to reach the deep blue #peak because I came from the West. Had I come from the North it wouldn’t have been a problem.
(but Iat least I have seen Castro’s headquarters!)
#throwbackthursday #throwback #thatwasthenthisisnow #fromthearchives #travel #travelphotography #traveltip #traveltipthursday #sierramaestra #laplata #parquenacional #nature #velvia #fujivelvia #olympusom2sp #olympusom2spotprogram #editedincaptureone
I couldn’t wrap my head around it. The locals said this was the way to Pico Turquíno, the highest #mountain on #Cuba. But why was I walking miles and miles on a concrete road and not on a cute pathway like I imagined? Suddenly a jeep with 2 military stopped next to me.
What was I doing here? Walking up the mountain.
Why would I do that? Because I love to hike.
Why would one hike here? Because I love nature.
The two looked at each other in disbelief but clearly saw I didn’t had any harmful intentions, so they let me continue. But, having seen my camera dangling from my shoulder asked to put it away.
No pictures! If you take any pictures we will have to confiscate your camera… There’s a military camp uphill.
They looked serious enough, so I put my camera away and continued my journey only to arrive at a gate a couple of hours later. I couldn’t proceed and some guard urged me to return where I came from. I could see #picoturquino lying a little further, but there was no possibility to reach it from where I was. #Deception.
Later I learned that I had reached La Comándancia de la Plata de Sierra Maestra, a mouthful to say the old headquarters where #Castro led the revolution in ’58 against Batista and which were then (and probably still are) barracks to the Cuban military and which were standing in the way to reach Pico Turquíno. So I never got to reach the deep blue #peak because I came from the West. Had I come from the North it wouldn’t have been a problem.
(but Iat least I have seen Castro’s headquarters!)
#throwbackthursday #throwback #thatwasthenthisisnow #fromthearchives #travel #travelphotography #traveltip #traveltipthursday #sierramaestra #laplata #parquenacional #nature #velvia #fujivelvia #olympusom2sp #olympusom2spotprogram #editedincaptureone
Can attackers spot open-source honeypots before taking the bait?
We’re excited to welcome Anastasiia Dorosh to #Honeynet2025 in Prague to present Detecting Open-Source Honeypots — uncovering subtle signs in Cowrie, Conpot, Dionaea, Glastopf, and how detection can be scaled with tools like Nuclei.
June 2–4, 2025
https://prague2025.honeynet.org
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Journalist Roshchyna’s body missing organs after Russian captivity; brain, eyes, & part of the trachea had been removed — [vlog/video] Expert on US’ declining disinformation defense; Who’s countering Russian propaganda now? — France calls UN Security Council meeting over Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine — Russian drone attack injures at least 38 civilians in Kharkiv’s high-rise apartment blocks, homes … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-30-2025/
End policy of appeasement — European foreign affairs chairs says
Chairs of the foreign affairs committees of eight #European parliaments on April 25 urged U.S. President Donald #Trump to end "the policy of #appeasement" towards #Russia, and called for a “resolute stance” against Moscow, according to a document seen by the Kyiv Independent.
“We strongly warn against yielding to its #blackmail and #deception,” the statement read.
https://kyivindependent.com/european-foreign-affairs-chairs-urge-trump-to-end-russias-appeasement/
The Kyiv Independent · 'End policy of appeasement' — European foreign affairs chairs rebuke Trump's Russia stance"Negotiating with the war criminal Putin is evidently futile," a statement signed by officials from eight countries said.
Is #gas $1.98 a gallon in a few #US. states, as #DonaldTrump said?
That’s #False
https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/6-habits-that-can-hold-you-back-from-your-summer-body-goals/
CNET6 Habits That Can Hold You Back From Your Summer Body GoalsDon't let these 6 habits deter you from your weight-loss goals. Time and tenacity are vital for success.
*Must read* & please boost!
“MORGAN MCSWEENEY’S ‘PLOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN LABOUR HISTORY’”
by Richard Sanders in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
@UKLabour
“A new book chronicles how Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used ‘any means necessary’ to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/morgan-mcsweeney-plot-without-precedent-in-labour-history/
Tänään tasan vuosi sitten oli Turussa taka-taka-takatalvi, jonka ansiosta liikkeelle ei olisi aamulla päässyt näillä kulmin sen paremmin talvirenkailla kuin juuri vaihdetuilla kesilläkään. Omaksi onneksi tarvitaan autoa vain kerran viikossa, mutta käynee mittatikusta.
Saisisiko tästä ässän tai peräti trump-cardin rikkaiden peliin ilmastonmuutoksesta, en tiedä, mutta jälkimmäisen suhteen ilahduttanee sekä parin vuoden takainen hieno kiteytys ilmastovetkuttelun dialogeista https://static.cambridge.org/binary/version/id/urn:cambridge.org:id:binary:20201217105842006-0519:S2059479820000137:S2059479820000137_fig1.png, että Guardianin juttu siitä, kuinka ehkä suotta arvelemme naapuriemme tiedostavan vähemmän, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/activate-climate-silent-majority-support-supercharge-action
Mitä (kaikkea) kautta meille yhä syötetään de facto ilmastodenialistista propagandaa, ja miten on mahdollista, että "Titanic" jatkaa kurssillaan?
#LeCorbusier, ou les racines #fascistes du #néolibéralisme
https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2025/le-corbusier-ou-les-racines-fascistes-du-neoliberalisme-n2ZPyjmLQvmih3vYOcP-0A
Le projet du Corbusier est relativement simple D’abord : tout raser L’architecte le reconnaît lui-même sur un de ses plans il n’a aucune connaissance des bâtiments d’ores et déjà existants Là n’est pas le problème. Son idée est de transformer cette ville tout juste conquise en un « espace sans temps, et par conséquent sans histoire, sans aucune signification géographique particulière »
#deception
www.blast-info.frLe Corbusier, ou les racines fascistes du néolibéralismeÀ intervalles réguliers, médias et autorités culturelles encensent les réalisations de l’architecte Le Corbusier. L'homme a pourtant été un fasciste notoire, soutien des pires régimes du XXe siècle, et ses orientations politiques ont directement…
With our team at Stratosphere Laboratory AIC FEE CTU, we are organising this year's Honeynet Project Workshop 2025 in Prague!
It will be a unique space to share your passion for deception technologies, honeypots, and cybersecurity with industry leaders and fellow researchers!
We are looking for sponsors who want to support deception research! Early birds are still open until April 29th! Grab your tickets! Last days to submit your training and talks proposals! Students can apply for a Cédric Blancher Memorial Scholarship!
This is the first time the conference is coming to Prague, with previous editions hosted in Copenhagen (2024), Innsbruck (2019), Taipei (2018), Canberra (2017), San Antonio (2016), Stavanger (2015), Warsaw (2014), Dubai (2013), San Francisco (2012), Paris (2011), Mexico City (2010) and Kuala Lumpur (2009).
What a unique opportunity!
https://prague2025.honeynet.org/
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Politics and perjury are similar because they both utilize a narrative encompassing words used to persuade an audience toward action while ignoring evidence of the truth.
#deceit #deception #narrative #perjury #persuade #persuasive #politics #Truth
https://phoenixharbor.net/2022/04/02/the-form-of-politics-and-perjury/
Phoenix Harbor · The Form of Politics and PerjuryPolitics and perjury are similar because they both utilize a narrative encompassing words used to persuade an audience toward action while ignoring evidence of the truth.
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PART B
NOTE: The word "doubled" or "twice" or "2X" was not in the original source report (snippet above) that Enertek International wrote for ECOS!
So ECOS hired M2S2 to twist Enertek's data & parrot their desired talking points!
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Day 12 cont 
The #Liberals have a #candidate problem continued:
“The #Coalition’s (#LNP) election campaign is being dogged by a lengthening list of #CandidateIssues, the latest revelation that the contender (#JeffreyKidney) for the #Melbourne seat of #Wills pleaded #guilty to obtaining financial advantage by #deception and was ordered to pay #fines and #compensation worth more than $10,000.”
The poor quality of candidates is beginning to bite the Liberals.
#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #Leichhardt / #Bradfield / #Kooyong <https://archive.md/V0FK2> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/another-liberal-candidate-under-pressure-as-candidate-vetting-questioned-20250407-p5lpw6.html> (paywall)
#Dutton ducks question on #LNP vetting amid concerns over #charge against #Melbourne #candidate.
9’s newspapers reported that the candidate for the seat of #Wills, #JeffreyKidney, pleaded #guilty to obtaining financial advice by #deception in 2024 for a 2019 breach.
Kidney was ordered to pay fines & $10,640 in compensation to the Victorian WorkCover authority but no conviction was recorded against him.
#auspol just another typical LNP member.
The Guardian · Dutton ducks question on Liberal party vetting amid concerns over charge against Melbourne candidate
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Vancouver byelection left-leaning candidates win:Clear message to City Hall
https://www.straight.com/news/vancouver-byelection-wins-by-left-leaning-candidates-sends-a-message-to-sim-city
Far-right Lululemon billionaire Chip-Wilson-backed ABC Vancouver/Ken Sim
#TBA #conservatism #billionaires #populism #deception #rhetoric #capitalism #AaronGunn #copaganda #propaganda #VancouverIsDying
Vancouver votes in leftists Sean Orr/COPE, Lucy Maloney/OneCity
#COPE #DemocraticSocialism #SocialDemocracy #socialism #ecosocialism #solidarity #housing #food #environment #WealthTax #PublicHealth
The Georgia Straight · Vancouver byelection win by left-leaning candidates sends a clear message to Sim CityCOPE's Sean Orr and OneCity's Lucy Maloney trounce ABC candidates..
#deception : the act of deceiving or misleading
- French: décéption
- German: die Täuschung
- Italian: inganno
- Portuguese: engano / fraude
- Spanish: decepción
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Deception, Obfuscation & Misdirection
This is a concatenation of posts I originally made in 2016-2017--even more relevant today...
Most are familiar with the concept of #FUD—short for #Fear, #Uncertainty & #Doubt. It summarizes a strategy often used in marketing and political propaganda. Its effects are pernicious, divisive and lead to exploitation. Examples abound. Fear is a strong motivator! To resist FUD one must understand how it is practiced using the principles of #Deception, #Obfuscation and #Misdirection.
https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/deception_obfuscation_misdirection/index.html
”They didn’t teach AI to lie”, say a lot of reasonably smart people referring to the Task Rabbit example.
YES, THEY MOST CERTAINLY DID.
We know they fed it the entire library of human literary works.
What are among the most common literary work? News, Fiction & Drama.
What are among the most common topics of news, fiction & drama?
Different forms of lies & deception.
Now tell me again they didn’t teach it to lie.
#ai #deception