Live video in #Substack

https://open.substack.com/pub/on/p/introducing-live-video-in-the-substack

Learn more: Getting started with Live Video on Substack

https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/30316077882516

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hetave ka’a vicario

The start of NHS privatisation: How Paul Foot shone a light on New Labour

Britain’s top investigative journalist, who died 20 years ago this week, was suspicious of New Labour. Was he right?

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/new-labour-nhs-privatised-pfi-paul-foot-investigative-journalist/

also worth a read:

/nosanitize

https://www.patients4nhs.org.uk/how-is-the-nhs-being-privatised/#:~:text=In%202003%2C%20on%20the%20advice,introducing%20Independent%20Sector%20Treatment%20Centres.

@Usama_Backhair

Btw ironically it was labour that started the ball really rolling back in 2003

/nosanitize

https://www.patients4nhs.org.uk/how-is-the-nhs-being-privatised/#:~:text=In%202003%2C%20on%20the%20advice,introducing%20Independent%20Sector%20Treatment%20Centres.

@Usama_Backhair the plan was, and still is, run NHS into the ground, break it, financially till there is no option left but to sell, go the privatisation route, for most tories, politicians and citizens alike want that, and they would make more money from it being privatised dating back to 80s

Its a long game they probably thought they'd have won by now - but it's just on hold till they get back in power

#Google wrote on a blog post a new update to Photos app/tool that AI was taking center-stage in this update. The company is working on making Google Photos the central hub for managing all of your photos and videos.

https://support.google.com/photos/thread/298286201/new-video-editing-features-on-the-google-photos-app

Google Photos update includes AI-powered video editing tools and presets for professional-looking results.

The new video editor features a streamlined layout with commonly-used tools like precise trim, speed adjustment, and auto-enhance.

Rollin out today

Big shift from boasting about

"Telegram has created a kind of jurisdictional obstacle course for law enforcement that (it says) none of them have successfully navigated so far. From the FAQ again:"

To now "we will help"

Telegram update

Telegram will now turn over a user’s phone number and IP address if it receives a request from authorities, according to its just-updated privacy policy:(screenshot)

More here:

https://www.rferl.org/a/telegram-durov-dsclosure-phones-ip-addresses-authorties/33131064.html

“We’ve made it clear that the IP addresses and phone numbers of those who violate our rules can be disclosed to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests,” Durov wrote in a post on his Telegram channel

https://t.me/durov/345

ICYMI

https://counter.social/@ecksmc/113170255120284835

@ceorl 😆

Compared to mini-moons of the recent past, 2024 PT5 is a short-timer. In July 2006, a visitor dubbed RH120 stayed in orbit around Earth for a year before getting flung out in July 2007.

https://minorplanetcenter.net//mpec/K08/K08D12.html

Two astronomers from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain made the latest mini-moon discovery while calculating the dynamics of near-Earth objects. Their findings were published in the journal Research Notes of the AAS.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ad781f

Prior research through NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System had already shown that the space rock was not a threat to smashing into Earth.

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasa-asteroid-tracking-system-now-capable-of-full-sky-search/

How many moons you say?

Astronomers have discovered that Earth's large, ever-looming moon is about to get company.

Beginning on Sunday, the planet will capture an asteroid sailing nearby, drawing it in for one loop around Earth before making its exit on Nov. 25. When it leaves, it will continue its trajectory around the sun. The two-month visit puts this space rock in the class of so-called "mini-moons."

@walterbays speaking on individuals, cybersecurity folks, who worked within the company around their many offices in other countries they individuals were/are highly respected

That said the company itself has always been questionable, with some, and that reputation has only got worse

.....

"If you are a paying Kaspersky customer, when the transition is complete UltraAV protection will be active on your device and you will be able to leverage all of the additional premium features," UltraAV says on its official website on a page dedicated to this forced transition from Kaspersky's software

https://ultrasecureav.com/kl-transition

A Kaspersky employee also shared an official statement on the company's official forums regarding the forced switch to UltraAV

/nosanitize

https://forum.kaspersky.com/topic/kav-ultraav-software-no-notification-automatically-installs-and-cant-remove-it-50628/?page=2#comment-187103

with many concerned that their devices had been infected with malware.

To make things worse, while some users could uninstall UltraAV using the software’s uninstaller, those who tried removing it using uninstall apps saw it reinstalled after a reboot, causing further concerns about a potential malware infection.

Some also found UltraVPN installed, likely because they had a Kaspersky VPN subscription.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/comments/1fkgum8/so_i_had_kaspersky_now_i_got_ultraav_because_of/lnw05bp/

Meanwhile: some skullduggery afoot

#CoSoSec

Starting Thursday, Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from computers across the United States and replaced it with UltraAV's antivirus solution without warning.

UltraAV force-installed on Kaspersky users' PCs
According to many online customer reports

http://forum.kaspersky.com/topic/kav-ultraav-software-no-notification-automatically-installs-and-cant-remove-it-50628/

including BleepingComputer's forums

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/801324/kaspersky-deleted-itself-and-installed-ultraav/

UltraAV's software was installed on their computers without any prior notification

ICYMI

After weeks of battling with the courts in Brazil, it appears the social media platform X/Twitter will comply with court orders and restart operations in the country - X has also reportedly paid the fines issued over its non-compliance - X has been given five days to complete the paperwork necessary to get un-banned in the country

The big bad wolf huffed and puffed then gave up 😜 genius he is

@stueytheround yup because he used a gun while the intruder wasn't armed, which was seen as using lethal force over reasonable force and if memory serves right the intruder was actually running away... Giving himself up in ways

@MrGoat

@stueytheround @MrGoat

Actually there is law that says you can stand your ground the UK's self-defense laws are based on the concept of reasonable force, which includes a stand-your-ground law rooted in common law

And you can use a weapon if someone breaks into your home as well as when standing your ground & that weapon is anything you can grab really

/nosanitize

More here

https://www.gov.uk/reasonable-force-against-intruders#:~:text=You%20can%20use%20reasonable%20force,tackling%20them%20to%20the%20ground