FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

POV You're on a date with Xenia

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It's really good when you go "hmm this is the vibes and political commentary I'm getting from this game" and the actual developer of the game goes "yeah. It's that"

Loaf of bread 🍞

My Pixel 10 warned me that there was a rogue connection made on my phone.

A concerning thing happened today while I was walking through my building. I have a #Pixel 10 Pro XL phone, which may be the first phone to give warnings when the phone connects to a rogue cellphone tower or IMSI catcher. The OS cannot block it; it can only tell you that someone read information, and it presents an alert. It says,

"Your data may be at risk. Device ID accessed. At 6:57 PM a nearby network recorded your device's unique ID (IMSI or IMEI) while using your T-Mobile SIM. This means that your location, activity, or identity has been logged."

I didn't ever get an alert before walking through the building, but this time, during a 30-minute walk through the building, I got about 8 alerts, ranging between 1 and 3 minutes apart.

Using this information from repeated connections, someone can follow my movements and location; they can identify it's me because the IMSI number is unique to my phone, so it can be an indication that someone was collecting all the cellphone information in the area, most likely law enforcement.

It can also mean that I was connecting to a rogue cell phone tower, not just an IMSI catcher, and it was an attempted Stingray attack, likely also law enforcement. If successful, they can try to see and hear what I'm doing on my phone, as my phone won't know that it's a fake cellphone tower.

Be aware that a rogue tower will try to negotiate your phone's connection down to a 2G connection, which is unencrypted, providing them with access to everything that you are doing and saying. Please go into your phone's settings and disable 2G!!

It's been believed for some time that this technology has been used by law enforcement secretly and consistently. This is creepy and unnerving.

Turning off the phone, by the way, doesn't stop an IMSI catcher. Your phone still responds. You need to keep the phone in a Faraday bag if you're really concerned.

It's a good thing that phones are now starting to inform people that they are being watched and that people will begin to see how much of an issue this is. You can assume that your local law enforcement knows where you are all the time.

#CyberSecurity #LawEnforcement #PoliceAbuse #Privacy #surveillance

get the healthcare system off your back by becoming a furry. large animal ears can add several inches in height, which can work wonders for your BMI value

I'm a:
[ ] man
[ ] woman
[X] sicko

looking for a:
[ ] man
[ ] woman
[X] yes... ha ha ha... yes!

having the take that you stand with sex workers because theyre definitionally being exploited and abused is some real "love the sinner, hate the sin" shit, miss me with that

@atax1a

sex workers: "decriminalize sex work"

SWERFs: "sweaty, you're helping to prop up an industry of female exploitation which hurts women as a whole - a group which doesn't include you for some reason I refuse to explain"

sex workers: "disagree, I just want to decriminalize sex work"

moderates: "oh you poor dears! people are doing violence to you, aren't they? aren't they?? it's okay, you can say it, and even if you don't say it then I'll read it in your facial expression and assume it's so"

sex workers: "uh no, we just want to decriminalize sex work"

weird leftists: "sex work is counter-revolutionary, lumpenproletariat, blah blah blah"

sex workers: "uhh, what. we just want to decriminalize sex work"

the far right: "you're all filthy degenerates. unless you want to perform for me, specifically."

sex workers: "... oh fuck off"

Stack overflow developer survey hilights:

- More developers actively distrust the accuracy of AI tools than trust it

- A majority of developers don't use AI agents

- 66% of developers are frustrated with AI solutions that are almost right

- Privacy, pricing and better alternatives are top reasons developers turn their back on a technology

- Positive sentiment to AI tools has decreased in 2025

"Why does it say the hospital is equipped for stroke emergency? We were there. They denied!"

"Maybe you should contact them that their website is wrong. This is dangerous."

"It wasn't on their website..."
*starts googling a specific question*
"Weird now it says no instead of yes."

I go to take a look and realise with horror, yes: Google AI summary.

Google AI summary made my parents-in-law visit the wrong, unequipped hospital for a potential stroke emergency. 🙃

i would argue that spending over $50 billion on something with so little to show for it is one of the biggest cognitive disadvantages any human has ever had but sure mark everyone is going to be sad if they don't buy your dipshit spy glasses and publicly identify themselves as believing in your historically unpopular vision of the future

If you're planning to marry a digital avatar, make sure first that it uses public communication standards and it's free software.