The revolving door

Man with a gun demands to see Wisconsin governor, is arrested, and returns with rifle

MADISON, Wis. — A man with a handgun showed up at the Wisconsin Capitol demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers (D) on Wednesday, was arrested, posted bail, returned to the Statehouse with a rifle and was taken into protective custody, according to police.

The shirtless man had a holstered handgun and leashed dog with him when he appeared at the security desk outside of the governor’s office Wednesday afternoon demanding to see the governor, according to a statement from the state police. An officer arrested him for openly carrying a firearm.

The man was booked into jail and posted bail. He returned to the outside of the Capitol with a loaded AK-47 around 9 p.m., three hours after the Statehouse closed, according to the state police. He asked to see the governor again. Officers spoke with him and asked to search his backpack. He agreed and they found a police baton, which they said violated state law because the man did not have a concealed-weapons permit, according to police.

The Wisconsin Capitol Police took the man into protective custody for a psychiatric evaluation shortly before midnight based on “concerning statements” the man made, according to a statement from state police spokeswoman Tatyana Warrick. She did not release the man’s name. ...
Rest of story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/05/evers-wisconsin-rifle/
#law #enforcement #failure

Internet

I'm really annoyed by the #Internet of today:

• #Trackers and #data #collection everywhere
• #JavaScript-heavy #Web #applications instead of document-oriented #websites
• No #JavaScript most often translates to an empty page with a single sentence: "Please activate JavaScript"; the page content however is often nothing that actually requires JavaScript, the website creators just want to feel like actual #application #developers, so they re-build much of what the #browser already supplies with #inefficient and #bug heavy JavaScript code
• Content almost always behind a #login wall
• More often than not only very superficial #information
• #Ads
• Thousands of 3rd party JS files included, most of which have the only purpose of tracking you across websites
• #Misinformation and #biased #information everywhere
• Deliberately misleading advertisment, sich as "save 80% now", and artificial time pressure)
• "Best viewed on #Google #Chrome"
• "Login with Facebook"
• Newsletter subscription and cookie pop-ups featuring #dark #patterns
• #Search #engine #optimization ( #SEO ) acts in the worst interest of the user by skewing search results
• Artificial restriction of web #app functionality to promote their native apps
• Large parts of the Web are only accessible by #smartphone
• You have to provide your #phone #number to login
• If you didn't provide a phone number, your account is being blocked right after the initial login because we suspect you being malicious actor because why not (=> #Instagram, #Facebook)
• #Proprietary #platforms are required to participate in public #online life (Amazon, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube)
• One-sentence-paragraphs and sloppy language (especially found in #Medium #articles)
• "We care about your #privacy" actually means: "We were forced by law to do this shit, we just want to collect and store as much information on you as possible to make money off of you now or in an undescript future"
• JavaScript code minimizer
• Large font sizes, much whitespace, large illustrative, but useless images, HD screen required to browse most websites
• Lack of #government #regulation and #law #enforcement, too many malicious actors (#spam, #phishing, etc.)
• Emotional content to increase #interaction, #clickbait

Once being an open platform geared towards information exchange and bringing people into contact, most of the public Internet today is nothing but annoying useless #marketing, #advertising and #data #collection. Providing information, connecting people, and making life convenient is definitely NOT the primary goal of whoever is big on the Internet today. It's shocking to see how much of it is only to sell you stuff or to sell your information.

And the worst is: we are even paying them to do this shit. #Marketing spending will be reflected in product prices, and with much of marketing being done in 1st world countries, a substantial amount of the price goes into this destructive industry.

I could go on with this for hours. Really sick of it.

#health

#enforcement

(https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/26/anti-abortion-states-split-on-how-to-enforce-ban-whether-to-prosecute-or-surveil-doctors.html)

Hacking forum #RaidForums shut down and founder arrested in global #police #operation

source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacking-forum-raidforums-shut-down-and-founder-arrested-in-global-police-operation/

The RaidForums #hacker #forum, used by cybercriminals to primarily buy and sell stolen databases, has been shut down and its domains seized by US #law #enforcement as part of an operation coordinated by #Europol that involved law enforcement agencies across numerous countries.

I always thought the police leave the forum open to be informed about #leaks and to #track who buys the data. Now that the forum is closed, the #scene will probably dive deep into the #darknet and be much harder to monitor.

#news #hack #cybercrime #cyberwar #surveillance #security

Hacking forum RaidForums shut down and founder arrested in global police operation | ZDNet

RaidForums' UK-based founder Diogo Santos Coelho could be extradited to the US on charges of conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identify theft.

#Apple and #Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests

source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-30/apple-meta-gave-user-data-to-hackers-who-forged-legal-requests

The systems for requesting data from companies is a patchwork of different email addresses and company portals. Fulfilling the legal requests can be complicated because there are tens of thousands of different law enforcement agencies, from small police departments to federal agencies, around the world. Different jurisdictions have varying laws concerning the request and release of user data.

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“Dark web underground shops contain compromised email accounts of law enforcement agencies, which could be sold with the attached cookies and metadata for anywhere from $10 to $50,” said Gene Yoo, chief executive officer of the cybersecurity firm Resecurity, Inc.

Our #security is therefore the #responsibility of #authorities who cannot even secure their own access to the #Internet for #law #enforcement. Brave new world.

#police #fail #privacy #crime #cybercrime #hack #hacker #identification #access #problem #news #justice #politics

#Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret #Elite That’s Exempt.

source: https://archive.md/TtKZB#selection-393.5-393.97

The program, known as “cross check” or “XCheck,” was initially intended as a quality-control measure for actions taken against high-profile accounts, including celebrities, politicians and journalists. Today, it shields millions of #VIP users from the company’s normal #enforcement process, the documents show. Some users are “whitelisted”—rendered immune from enforcement actions—while others are allowed to post rule-violating material pending Facebook employee reviews that often never come.

#Internet #economy #news #fail #rules #xcheck #whitelist

Mark #Zuckerberg has publicly said #Facebook Inc. allows its more than three billion users to speak on equal footing with the #elites of #politics, #culture and #journalism, and that its standards of behavior apply to everyone, no matter their status or #fame.
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In private, the company has built a system that has exempted #high-profile users from some or all of its rules, according to company documents reviewed by The #WallStreetJournal.
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The program, known as “ #crossCheck” or “ #XCheck,” was initially intended as a quality-control measure for actions taken against high-profile accounts, including #celebrities, #politicians and #journalists. Today, it shields millions of VIP users from the company’s normal enforcement process, the documents show. Some users are “ #whitelisted”—rendered immune from #enforcement actions—while others are allowed to post #rule-violating material pending Facebook employee reviews that often never come.
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In 2019, it allowed international soccer star #Neymar to show nude photos of a woman, who had accused him of #rape, to tens of millions of his fans before the content was removed by Facebook.

#FB #PedoBook #2021-09 #SocialMedia

JavaScript developers left in the dark after #DroidScript software shut down by #Google over ad #fraud allegations

source: https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/27/droidscript_google_ban/

Hurren doubts any actual person at Google is following what's going on with DroidScript because so much of the company's #policy #enforcement is done through automated systems like scripts and bots.

#ai #sofware #gatekeeper #globalization #fail #economy #power #news #Android #support