Notices by Mike Sheward (secureowl@infosec.exchange)

speaking to my dad this morning, a Microsoft Office user and Excel wizard for 25+ years.

“what the fuck is this copilot thing they’ve shoehorned into everything. it pops up everywhere and it’s absolutely fucking useless. how do i turn it off?”

Parents: please be careful if your kids are going trick or treating at the homes of tech company executives, there have multiple reports of generative AI features no one asked for being snuck into candy.

“ok, i want you to take a look at this address. memorize it. you may need it when you’re on the ground, but you can’t take it with you - it’s where you’ll find our field agents who can assist you if you get into trouble.”

“but…but…this is an IPv6 address.”

“that’s right. like i say, memorize it. good luck, 007.”

please can we stop calling it the 'Epstein Ballroom' that is very disrespectful to the people who have donated to it - for their sake let us at least call it by its proper name, the "Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Meta Platforms, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, T-Mobile, Google, Blackstone, YouTube, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin present the Epstein Ballroom".

Thank you.

speaking to reporters after being released, George Santos thanked President Trump for the commutation, and promised that he’d never lie again. Santos did not take questions as he said he was already late to his upcoming DJ set at Beyonce’s house.

this is the best thing that Microsoft ever did

a really funny way to freak people out when in discussions with folks about AI is, and you gotta be fully serious when you say it otherwise it doesn’t work, goes like this

you start by saying something like “of course I’m excited by the possibilities of AI, but there are risks too.”

and they’ll usually say something like, “what risks?” or start to talk about slop, it taking jobs etc.

then you say, and remember - deadly serious, “no, the risk I’m worried about is, what if the AI falls in love with me?”

“what are you thoughts on the constitutional crisis?”

“which one, you’ll need to be more specific?”

“the one from today”

“morning or afternoon?”

jelly roll suggests jelly pitch and jelly yaw

challenge: get electrician to confirm a date to do a job

difficulty: impossible

Overheard at airport from airline staff : “sir, that is AI and AI is a liar”

Saw this pop up on one of the local community facebook groups, what a side quest prompt!

The worst part is we’re about 18 hours away from a LinkedIn post beginning “what being caught cheating on Coldplay’s kiss cam taught me about maintaining a growth mindset and moving into new synergies”.

The volume of the boos for trump at the fifa club world cup final during the trophy presentation is heartwarming

Me: team, it’s software engineering, we can do anything if we put our minds to it.

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Also me: Won’t fix

And in a shocking twist that everyone saw coming, users of Ring are now reporting that their posts warning others about ICE raids are being restricted/removed.

Something that will be interesting to keep an eye on: folks in LA are using the Ring Neighbor update app to share the location of ICE agents in real time - I wonder if Amazon will be getting some calls from the .gov about this, and I wonder what their reaction will be if so….

My wife took this picture in our yard just now

Seriously though, who looks at websites, noted for not being able to safely hang onto the already over the top volumes of personal information they collect unnecessarily, and says, “you know what these people need? a copy of everyones government issued ID.”

Me: <searches around a dark room looking for an item with my cellphone flashlight>

My wife: seriously, just turn on an actual light

Me: no way, thats new electricity, i’ve already paid for this electricity