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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack

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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls

FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.

Your Internet Shouldn't Be My Internet

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Your Internet Shouldn't Be My Internet

I deleted my Instagram a few weeks ago. It felt like the most difficult platform to give up in my quest to redefine my relationship to the internet...

> This past September, I was catching up with some dear “summer camp” friends of mine in a pub in the financial district of downtown Toronto. The sort of place where it’s a bit dark and dingy and you hope their drinks are on special so you don’t have to pay full price at this place. I spent the entire evening quietly distracted by a large, unmovable screen sticking out of the centre of the table, playing looping videos of commercials and movie trailers. What sort of late-stage capitalism are we in where I can’t have a real-life conversation with friends without being subjected to in-my-face advertising? So, after wrapping up an otherwise delightful evening with my friends, I found myself overthinking about all the media I saw everyday, whether I wanted to or not. I sensed that the dumb screen on a table was essentially doing the same thing to my brain as the modern big social media platforms I used every day. While all I wanted was to engage with my friends' posts and comments, I was being inundated by total rot - from bots to edgelords to eager self-improvement bros to beauty gurus. I got stuck on the question: > who am I when I’m not on big social media? originally posted at

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This past September, I was catching up with some dear “summer camp” friends of mine in a pub in the financial district of downtown Toronto. The...

Brazil is proposing a ban on stablecoin withdrawals to self-custody wallets. The central bank, Banco Central do Brasil, has issued a draft regulation open for public consultation until February 28, 2025.

Governo Federal - Participa + Brasil - CONSULTA PÚBLICA Nº 111 - Proposta de regulamentação da inclusão de serviços de ativos virtuais no mercado de câmbio