Warrior's come out and play

Some of these networks support Donald Trump, others Kamala Harris, and some are independent. Several of these profiles - which say they are not connected to official campaigns - have been contacted by US politicians, including congressional candidates, looking for supportive posts

How X users can earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images

#X #SocialMedia

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dpj485nno

The BBC identified networks of dozens of accounts that re-share each other's content multiple times a day - including a mix of true, unfounded, false and faked material - to boost their reach, and therefore, revenue on the site.

And nope I don't give a rats shite what's happening with the zombie protest

No clue to what it actually is and I'm okay with that

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Apple Patches Over 70 Vulnerabilities Across iOS, macOS, Other Products

#Apple #iOS #CoSoSec

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-over-70-vulnerabilities-across-ios-macos-other-products/

Meanwhile: In Glesga

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Merde! Macron's bodyguards reveal his location by sharing Strava data

It's not just the French president, Biden and Putin also reportedly trackable

https://theregister.com/2024/10/29/macron_location_strava/

Thought I was in the dog house for a moment

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As Microsoft sees it, Google is attacking Microsoft to distract regulators who continue to threaten to dismantle its core businesses in search and online advertising.

Alaily suggested in Monday's post that Google hired advisory firm DGA Group to set up the Open Cloud Coalition.

https://m.slashdot.org/story/434799

Additionally, Google filed its own complaint with the European Commission in September over Microsoft's Azure cloud platform

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/filing-eu-complaint-against-microsoft-licensing

Google alleged that Microsoft’s licensing terms were anticompetitively written to "restrict European customers from moving their current Microsoft workloads to competitors’ clouds—despite there being no technical barriers to doing so—or impose what Microsoft admits is a striking 400 percent price markup."

"We’ve been very public about our concerns with Microsoft’s cloud licensing," Google's spokesperson said. "We and many others believe that Microsoft’s anticompetitive practices lock in customers and create negative downstream effects that impact cybersecurity, innovation, and choice. You can read more in our many blog posts on these issues."

https://workspace.google.com/blog/identity-and-security/securealternative

#Microsoft Vrs #Google

Microsoft on Monday accused Google of running “shadow campaigns” to turn monopoly regulators and the public against the enterprise

Microsoft’s statement on Monday detailed in a blog post by deputy general counsel Alaily was unusually vociferous

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/10/28/googles-shadow-campaigns/

Google's "shadowy campaign" also includes hiring supposedly neutral experts, including industry commentators and academics, to "attack Microsoft and author 'studies' that can be cited to discredit us,"

GCHQ job ads seek top talent with bottom-end pay packets

While the wages paid by governments seldom match those available in the private sector, it appears that the UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency is a long way short of being competitive in its quest for talent.…

Wanted. Top infosec pros willing to defend Britain on shabby salaries

https://theregister.com/2024/10/29/gchq_needs_advanced_cybersecurity_professionals/

As long as Trump can see a opportunity in making money, legit or not, these billionaires will get what they want and Vance is the middleman who will persuade Trump by bending his ear.

And make no mistakes Vance is on the Tech billionaires side

Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance

https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112863888236378090

my take:

Having JD Vance as Vice president imo is what's swayed so many tech billionaires in favour of Trump. Vance having the president's ear is what these tech billionaires want as Vance is aligned with them more and we only need to look at the crypto instance to know Vance can persuade Trump. it wasn't long after Vance was named as Trump's running mate that Trump has a complete u-turn about crypto now he is in the crypto game.

some of this — and I really am surprised at how little this gets discussed — is payback to the Biden administration. Biden and Harris have kept tech at arm’s length for their entire administration.

The billionaires hedge their bets

https://www.platformer.news/tech-ceos-trump-election-bezos-zuckerberg/

Some of this is game theory. These CEOs know that Trump would likely punish them for criticizing him publicly; he has spent much of the campaign promising to retaliate against his enemies, and even suggested that Zuckerberg should be put in jail for funding nonpartisan election infrastructure. Harris, on the other hand, will say nothing about the fact that the CEOs did not endorse her. Viewed in this light, a friendly phone call or two to Trump is all upside and no downside.

The owners and CEOs of America’s biggest platforms are playing nice with Trump. And it could come back to haunt them

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg all have called Trump in recent weeks in the anticipation of his potential election, according to various reports.

https://www.wired.com/story/tech-ceos-trump-claims-are-courting-him/

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