the AI slop in security reports have developed slightly over time. Less mind-numbingly stupid reports now, but instead almost *everyone* writes their reports with AI so they still get overly long and complicated to plow through. And every follow-up question is another minor essay discussing pros and cons with bullet points and references to multiple specifications.
Exhausting nonetheless.
For the Berlin peeps:
I’ll be playing some tunes tonight together with the amazing poco1oco, don’t miss out https://www.eschschloraque.de/vinyltrottel-02012026
@oaklandprivacy Has any state made serious efforts towards outlawing the data broker industry outright?
As in, rather than forcing individual residents to opt out of data collection, mandate that as soon as you become aware someone is a California resident they implicitly treat that as a deletion request.
And banning the operation of data brokers within state lines (even if not handling CA resident data) including employing CA residents, selling data to CA companies, etc.
California residents now have a real tool against the data broker industry.
The state has launched DROP, a single portal to demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers in one request, for free.
To start: https://consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov/
“Move fast and break kings.” I love @pluralistic and his rallying cry: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/
Bonne année 2026 à tout le monde !
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