Holy smokes that’s the kind of P/E people used to look for ca. 1980 View quoted note →

from Purism's newsletter: Google to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion to End Privacy Cases Google’s $1.375 billion settlement with Texas is a wake-up call for digital privacy (Bloomberg Law). In a historic move, Google has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two major privacy lawsuits—one over illegal location tracking and another involving unauthorized facial recognition data collection. This marks one of the largest privacy settlements ever secured by a single state and underscores the mounting backlash against Big Tech’s invasive data practices. The lawsuits, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accused Google of tracking Texans’ physical locations and maintaining facial recognition data—all without users’ consent. A third claim, also resolved in the settlement, alleged that Google continued recording users’ search history even while in private “Incognito” mode, undermining trust in its privacy tools. Read more at Purism.

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@Stephan Livera re: SLP670, Anthony Milton’s response to your question about Shamir’s Secret Sharing was inaudible, can you share the gist of what he said? Thx. 🙏

Greta has moved on to Hamas. At least the climate’s OK now.

In the spirit of this account, I recommend following this crazy bastard immediately if you need to stop yourself laughing. View quoted note →

…because even Sparrow should have a viable alternative! Thanks Ben 🙏😎 View quoted note →

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Sign o’ the Times: A few minutes ago I stopped in the middle of a suburban street so a guy could leave his Porsche at the curb and cross the street with what had to be a Door Dash delivery. Part of me wants to believe he’s just stacking sats really hard but what are the odds?

This makes me afraid to look in the mirror. I went from @BitBlockBoom a couple of weeks ago to brunch with normies today. I’ll be over it in a couple of hours. View quoted note →