technocrit

@technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · Joined ⁨Feb⁩ ⁨2024⁩

Replying to @⁨eicker@lemmy.world⁩

“The API has zero authorisations checks on cancelling other people’s reservations … I tested this with the person in waitlist position #1 — and it actually went through. So you’ve moved from #4 to #3 already,” it messaged back.

Is this a “hack” or just a completely insecure API?

I’ll you one thing for certain: It’s not “AI”. Doesn’t exist.

Replying to @⁨Fontasia@feddit.nl⁩

The hegemonic narrative is that it’s Iran - retaliating for the imperial terror attacks on civilian infrastructure including and especially water plants. I’m not sure about their methods.

the GuardianMilitary strikes on water facilities in Iran may constitute a war crime, experts sayStrikes on Bemani damaged key water reservoir for 20,000 people living in area amid a historic drought in the country

posted in Technology

eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign

eBay and three former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement over a macabre campaign of cyberstalking and harassment that targeted two journalists in 2019.

As we’ve previously written, the case involved deliveries of live cockroaches, a funeral wreath, a book about surviving the loss of a spouse, and a bloody pig mask to the home of a couple who run a news website. There were also harassing messages sent via email and Twitter, and an attempt to install a GPS tracking device on the victims’ car. Criminal charges resulted in guilty pleas and prison terms for former eBay employees.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/ebay-former-execs-pay-56m-to-settle-bloody-pig-mask-harassment-case/
A bloody pig mask purchased on Amazon.Ars TechnicaeBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaigneBay sent bloody pig mask and other macabre deliveries to journalists' home.

Replying to @⁨FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works⁩

Wow who would have thought that the most lazy, careless, planet-destroying regime on the planet would be lazy, careless, and planet-destroying!!! For the purpose of murdering people…

What’s the worst that could happen?

aljazeera.com/…/who-bombed-the-iranian-girls-scho…

Who bombed the Iranian girls’ school, killing more than 170? What we knowAl JazeeraWho bombed the Iranian girls’ school, killing more than 170? What we knowThe attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School quickly became a focal point of concern over civilian casualties.