https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

This Person (Probably) Exists.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.06018.pdf

Abstract. Recently, generative adversarial networks (GANs) have achieved stunning realism, fooling even human observers. Indeed, the popular tongue-in-cheek website http://thispersondoesnotexist.com, taunts users with GAN generated images that seem too real to believe. On the other hand, GANs do leak information about their training data, as evidenced by membership attacks recently demonstrated in the literature. In this work, we challenge the assumption that GAN faces really are novel creations, by constructing a successful membership attack of a new kind.
Unlike previous works, our attack can accurately discern samples sharing the same identity as training samples without being the same samples. We demonstrate the interest of our attack across several popular face datasets and GAN training procedures. Notably, we show that even in the presence of significant dataset diversity, an over represented person can pose a privacy concern.

 

Facebook and Twitter Are the Biggest Losers of Apple's New Privacy Policy
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Facebook and Twitter Are the Biggest Losers of Apple's New Privacy Policy
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@nsaspook you might know better in this one, but does this mean that “Big Data” wouldn’t have access to other potential knowledge of our searches or purchases online and such, that way they unable to tailor some ads for us, not sure what this is all about, what would I loose in the process I would think, sometimes I like info regarding stuff, then dismiss it if I don’t care for it.


kv

 

@nsaspook you might know better in this one, but does this mean that “Big Data” wouldn’t have access to other potential knowledge of our searches or purchases online and such, that way they unable to tailor some ads for us, not sure what this is all about, what would I loose in the process I would think, sometimes I like info regarding stuff, then dismiss it if I don’t care for it.


kv

If you opt-out then you might miss something.

 

If you opt-out then you might miss something.

Makes me wonder if it would effect BITCOIN since it’s basis is datacollection or am I missing something.

kv

 

Makes me wonder if it would effect BITCOIN since it’s basis is datacollection or am I missing something.

kv

BITCOIN is in a different universe. Its primary usage today as something close to currency, is unfortunately as a wealth transfer agent for criminal activity. People rarely use it for retail transactions as it's a supply and demand asset.

 

Except for Crazy Elon!

 

Except for Crazy Elon!

People have paid in bitcoin only to likely regret it later.

https://money.cnn.com/2013/12/06/autos/tesla-bitcoin/index.html

The buyer, who wishes to remain anonymous, bought the top-of-the-line Tesla (TSLA) for $103,000, which was equivalent to 91.4 Bitcoins on Tuesday, the day of the sale, said Cedric Davy, marketing director at the dealership.

91.4 bitcoins today is about $5.5M

For Crypto coins in general websites and socials seems to an effective way to find suckers.
https://markets.businessinsider.com...rypto-token-scammers-cz-tracking-down-2021-11

Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges, said on Thursday it has created a team of investigators to try and track down the Squid Game token scammers.

The SQUID token which was inspired by the hit Korean-language series "Squid Game" on Netflix, rose from as little as $0.01 over the past weekend to almost $3,000 before crashing to $0 by Monday. The websites and socials that came with it also went offline, which indicated at the time that any potential scam was over.
...
The scammers apparently fled with around $3 million. CNBC reported that one person, like many others, had invested their whole life savings into the coin after seeing the headlines that documented the surge in dogecoin-inspired shiba inu.

"The truth is, SQUID won't be the first or last DeFi scam," Binance CEO and co-founder Changpeng Zhao - known more widely as CZ - said in a blog Thursday.

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/squid-game/
That's one hell of a price chart.

 

There has been quite a bit in the news lately about various "bitcoin" scams and raided/robbed accounts. One story today about some guy who was apparently kidnapped and forced to pay his substantial ransom from his enormous "bitcoin" account which was apparently why they kidnapped him.

 

There has been quite a bit in the news lately about various "bitcoin" scams and raided/robbed accounts. One story today about some guy who was apparently kidnapped and forced to pay his substantial ransom from his enormous "bitcoin" account which was apparently why they kidnapped him.

One of my Student Techs I hired at the Uni was talking up purchasing currencies from other countries saying they could find value later, one such country at the time was Iraq, I found it interesting but, concluded it was just a scam created on social media or some other platform, it’s gambling not matter how you look at it, no sure thing, I like investing in something obtainable, like my home, it’s earned me almost a 1/2 million in 15 years I’d say thats a good investment, now that it’s secure I’m looking to purchase real estate in the virtual world, URL’s, but know little about it, my Web guy I know said he made a placeholder, I have no idea what that means, can someone explain that to me, is it purchasable and then no one can have it unless they pay me for it?

kv

Edit: This particular http .com is a namespace URL he created for me to look at, so I can web to it, but not until I pay someone to host it, is it a real thing or not?

 

Just received notification from Norton Security that they are now promoting their product software for a "secure" Idle Time Currency Miner for Etherium Crypto.

 

Just received notification from Norton Security that they are now promoting their product software for a "secure" Idle Time Currency Miner for Etherium Crypto.

"The coin mining fee is currently 15% of the crypto allocated to the miner" Seems 'Norton' is getting a nice slice of the action.

 

Just received notification from Norton Security that they are now promoting their product software for a "secure" Idle Time Currency Miner for Etherium Crypto.

there is no such thing as "idle time" in a computer ... programs such as those always clutter the CPU resulting in sluggish performance

 

I am being bombarded by Norton for "enhancements" to their standard package which I have enjoyed having but now MS WIN10 and Edge have most of the Norton standard products built-in to the operating sys. Norton has to be circling the drain and looking to expand into new markets to save themselves. Both by email and godawful popups pushing their products embedded into their applications.

 

I am being bombarded by Norton for "enhancements" to their standard package which I have enjoyed having but now MS WIN10 and Edge have most of the Norton standard products built-in to the operating sys. Norton has to be circling the drain and looking to expand into new markets to save themselves. Both by email and godawful popups pushing their products embedded into their applications.

let's hope that viruses don't begin to show up that "only they" can fix ...

 

https://restofworld.org/2021/singap...-turning-into-a-surveillance-state-nightmare/

As in prison, so outside. Singapore has built a global brand out of its schoolmasterly for-your-own-good discipline, with disproportionately severe punishments — including the death penalty for drug smuggling — acting as a deterrent against disruptions to good social order. For those who stay inside the lines, it offers comfort, prosperity, and a textureless sort of freedom; the average citizen is expected to trust the government to deliver safety, in exchange for a certain loss of control over their individual liberties. Technology is becoming an increasingly visible part of that bargain.

In September 2021, the Home Team Science and Technology Agency, which developed the M.A.T.A.R robots used in the migrant dorms, started testing another, almost identical system. The robots, called “Xavier,” which look like 1970s sci-fi props, boxy and topped with a proctological array of cameras and sensors, have been patrolling around Toa Payoh, a residential district in central Singapore.

Xavier wasn’t just tasked with checking social distancing. Its cameras can automatically detect anti-social behavior — like the prison Avatar system — from smoking to illegal food stalls and gatherings, barking orders out of its speakers, recording video and reporting back to headquarters.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...trol-robots-stoke-fears-of-surveillance-state

 

https://restofworld.org/2021/singap...-turning-into-a-surveillance-state-nightmare/



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...trol-robots-stoke-fears-of-surveillance-state

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Welcome to 1984 ... in 2021

 

Welcome to 1984 ... in 2021

They have a long history.

There was a ban of "Hippies" entering Singapore.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article...ned-away-led-zeppelin-because-their-long-hair

There was just one thing they couldn’t do: Enter Singapore.

The band was scheduled to play an outdoor show in Singapore on February 14, but officials at the airport refused them entry. “Not only were Led Zeppelin not allowed into the country, they were even refused permission to get off their plane and had to fly back to London,” Stephen Davis wrote in his book Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga.

The reason wasn’t their reputation for debauchery, the supposed satanic messages in their songs, or some local distaste for drum solos: It was the long hair sported by all four band members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_hair_in_Singapore

 

https://restofworld.org/2021/singap...-turning-into-a-surveillance-state-nightmare/



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...trol-robots-stoke-fears-of-surveillance-state

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Singapore is one of the few places I felt perfectly safe walking in the park at 2 AM. They also do not have a drug problem, go figure. Convicted and they mete out swift and harsh punishment. I always liked that place.


Ron

 

Singapore is one of the few places I felt perfectly safe walking in the park at 2 AM. They also do not have a drug problem, go figure. Convicted and they mete out swift and harsh punishment. I always liked that place.


Ron

I liked it too but you always knew you were being watched by the government unless you were in the restricted areas. There you were being watched by somebody else.

https://mothership.sg/2017/10/bugis...-to-catch-the-dance-of-the-flaming-arseholes/