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Just a heads up.
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@axbom.com: I see people use QR codes in fundraising graphics. Be advised that QR codes in graphics are easily replaced by bad actors, essentially giving them an opportunity to try and hijack some payments and funnel them to their own accounts. (1/5)
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I see people use QR codes in fundraising graphics.
Be advised that QR codes in graphics are easily replaced by bad actors, essentially giving them an opportunity to try and hijack some payments and funnel them to their own accounts.
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Imagine you are a campaign owner who has produced a graphic asking for donations, encouraging people to scan a QR code.
You see someone on social media posting your graphics and encouraging to donate to your efforts. It's likely full of praise for you and your mission.
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Their praise makes you happy and proud, so you republish it and thank them.
Now what if I told you that person was not actually posting your graphic, but a manipulated one with their own QR code in place of yours.
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So now you've repeated their version of the image to all of your own followers, essentially endorsing it and helping them in their deceptive efforts.
Recommendation: don’t use QR-codes in graphics. Use official, verifiable web addresses.
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Here is my full article on how QR code hijacking can divert donations to criminals.
QR codes are immensely popular but also immensely open to fraud when they are used in public spaces and forums.
axbom.com/qr-hijacking/
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I see people use QR codes in fundraising graphics.
Be advised that QR codes in graphics are easily replaced by bad actors, essentially giving them an opportunity to try and hijack some payments and funnel them to their own accounts.
Worst case, the original fundraiser reposts a fake graphic, thinking it’s their own.
"Imagine you are a campaign owner who has produced a graphic asking for donations, encouraging people to scan a QR code. You see someone on social media posting your graphics and encouraging to donate to your efforts. It's likely full of praise for you and your mission. It makes you happy and proud, so you republish it and thank them.
Now what if I told you that person was not actually posting your graphic, but a manipulated one with their own QR code in place of yours. So now you've repeated their version of the image to all of your own followers, essentially endorsing it and helping them in their deceptive efforts.”
Recommendation: don’t use QR-codes in graphics. Use official, verifiable web addresses.
My full article on this: https://axbom.com/qr-hijacking/
This is Woj Zaremba, co-founder of OpenAI , addressing yesterday’s departures from OpenAI.
I read this and feel like I need to cleanse myself. I have no idea what is going on in the world anymore. Dissertations will be written about this note.
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Why thank you Loukas! Really nice to find you here. 😊
↩ Replying to @adamcsharp.bsky.social
I'd say that translates literally to something more like smut-lobster. There is no word for 'minded' involved in the word.
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Hi Bilgi. If you have a look at the list of who I am following I think a large part are UX or UX-adjacent.
But I'm also perhaps more focused on digital ethics than strictly UX these days. 😁
So I've passed 50 posts on Bluesky. Telling. I'm really pleased with how easy it is to find and follow familiar friends and faces from the ex-site (which I left in May of 2022).
But I do feel a bit late to the game. 😅
I'm enjoying Mastodon but many of the people I want to see more of aren't there.
@ambivalena Tack snälla. 🫶 Ja man lurar gärna sig själv och tänker fasen vad jag har bra läkkött, jag måste ju vara speciell. 😅
@JoWa Tack. Det är exakt det jag går o tänker. 😬
@LeoR1010 Hjärnan ba' "nä men om man skulle ta och dansa lite jitterbugg för att fira hur bra jag mår". 🙃😖
I felt in really good condition this week up until yesterday. I exerted myself a bit much wanting to tend to some chores (for example mounting stuff on the walls that I've been putting off).
Now my pain from yesterday afternoon feels like it went back to how it was four weeks ago (shoulders and chest). And really bad sleep. And so now I'm kicking myself for being stupid and wanting to be able to do too much too soon.
A learning moment.
For context: I'm recovering from open heart surgery that I had on August 19.
@DaleHagglund Ah you're right and I should've known this 😅 - it's how I get Gary Marcus' updates. I was just so frustrated when the email address was rejected I didn't think about the RSS feed that was already there!
A 2023 study into deepfake porn by Security Hero. There are 550% more deepfake videos online in 2023 than in 2019.
Some key findings:
-Deepfake porn makes up 98% of all deepfake videos.
-99% of individuals targeted in deepfake porn are women.
-South Korean singers and actresses constitute 53% of the individuals featured in deepfake porn.
-It now takes less than 25 minutes and costs $0 to create a 60-second deepfake pornographic video of anyone using just one clear face image.
-74% of deepfake pornography users don't feel guilty about it.
https://www.securityhero.io/state-of-deepfakes/
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Under Key Findings in this 2023 study by Security Hero:
-Deepfake porn makes up 98% of all deepfake videos.
-99% of individuals targeted in deepfake porn are women.
-South Korean singers and actresses constitute 53% of the individuals featured in deepfake porn.
www.securityhero.io/state-of-dee...
Happy Petrov day to those who celebrate. 41 years ago today (Sep 26) Stanislav Petrov helped avoid nuclear disaster because he didn’t trust a computer. I wrote two years ago about some of my takeaways from his story.
axbom.com/lessons-from...
Video clip from “The Man Who Saved the World”.
Happy Petrov day to those who celebrate. 41 years ago today (September 26) Stanislav Petrov helped avoid nuclear disaster because he didn’t trust a computer. I wrote two years ago about some concrete takeaways from his story.
https://axbom.com/lessons-from-stanislav-petrov/
Höll nästan på att glömma att det är Petrov-dagen idag.
Stanislav Petrov avvärjde en kärnvapenkatastrof idag för 41 år sedan. Tack vare att han inte litade på en dator. Jag skrev om några lärdomar av detta förra året.
https://axbom.se/stanislav-petrov/
CTO Mina Murati is leaving OpenAI.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254431/openai-cto-mira-murati-leaving
