Dan Gillmor
Dan GillmorBig maker of electronic locks that go in safes is amazingly bad at its job, and so are a lot of the safe-manufacturing companies that use the locks.
https://www.wired.com/story/securam-prologic-safe-lock-backdoor-exploits/
Dan GillmorIn preparation to ditch my Facebook account, I requested data logs for the ~15 years I've used the site. Result: a file of less than 1MB. And the ridiculously bogus file had events with dates like January 01, 1970 -- decades before Mark Zuckerberg was even born.
A scumbag company in any decade...
Dan GillmorRepublican hypocrisy is a given, but here's a particularly egregious example. Naturally, the guilty parties don't want to talk directly (or at all) about what they've been doing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn
Dan GillmorGoogle calendar can be poisoned with invisible, malicious Gemini prompts:
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/google-gemini-ai-bot-hijacks-smart-homes
Do I have to stop clicking on calendar invitations? What are the alternatives?
If Google can't get security or "AI" right, what hope is there that anyone will?
Dan GillmorI just passed 50,000 followers here -- more than I ever had on Twitter -- and I am hugely grateful to all of you.
I also have at least 10x the genuine engagement here that I ever got on Twitter.
Dan GillmorEd Zitron loves technology for what it could be.
He loathes Big Tech, especially the "AI" companies, for the unaccountable, destructive force it has become.
His newsletter, IMO, is a must-read. And today's installment, "AI is a Money Trap," is one of his best:
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/?ref=ed-zitrons-wheres-your-ed-at-newsletter
Dan GillmorThe "Impact Map" is a useful (if flawed) look at how the Trump regime has destroyed so many federal programs so quickly. Take a look.
https://theimpactproject.org/the-impact-map/
Dan GillmorIf you are planning a conference where you expect international participation, you would have to be crazy to hold the event in the United States. A provision in the massive new Trump/Republican law is designed to deter people of integrity from visiting the U.S.
https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/08/05/higher-fees-for-visitors-to-the-us/
Dan GillmorReminder that the Trump regime is actively working to wreck public health. Policy is the predictable result, which means the policy here is to make millions of unnecessary deaths in America and around the world much more likely.
These people are monsters.
https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-vaccines-mrna-pfizer-moderna-1fb5b9436f2957075064c18a6cbbe3c9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-05-Breaking+News
Dan GillmorPayment processors are a cartel, which is why they can actively censor what you are allowed to buy online.
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-pushes-back-after-mastercard-denies-quashing-adult-content-on-game-platforms