• Facebook blocks Linux as a security risk?

    From Henry Crun@mike@rechtman.com to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Tue Jan 28 08:21:43 2025
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    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked
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  • From RelicMonkey@relic@nothingness.org to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Tue Jan 28 14:10:11 2025
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    W dniu 28.01.2025 o 07:21, Henry Crun pisze:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics- as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

    Seems Meta promotes “Windows master race” of users on Russian pirate copies of ancients Windows (particularly v7). Join the “useds” (as rms calls “users” of that social medium) of Meta now: https://i.imgur.com/nDVVa1J.jpeg
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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Tue Jan 28 15:19:45 2025
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    On Tue, 1/28/2025 1:21 AM, Henry Crun wrote:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

    Who knows how Facebook is run now.

    They recently got rid of their fact checkers.

    That means the inmates run the jail now.

    https://6abc.com/post/zuckerberg-announcement-meta-is-changing-how-content-managed-facebook-instagram-threads/15773273/

    "The note will be written by users who can start signing up
    now to contribute to the new Community Notes program."

    Any sufficiently large group of individuals with an ax to grind,
    could be behind this. Zuck would not know, or care.

    It could be as simple as a bunch of people clicking a "report abuse"
    button, when there are no humans involved in handling those button
    clicks.

    "The best way to report abusive content or spam on Facebook is by using
    the Report link near the content itself. Below are some examples of how
    you can report content to us. Learn more about reporting abuse."

    Paul
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  • From Jonathan N. Little@lws4art@gmail.com to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Thu Jan 30 10:13:19 2025
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    Paul wrote:
    On Tue, 1/28/2025 1:21 AM, Henry Crun wrote:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

    Who knows how Facebook is run now.

    They recently got rid of their fact checkers.

    That means the inmates run the jail now.

    https://6abc.com/post/zuckerberg-announcement-meta-is-changing-how-content-managed-facebook-instagram-threads/15773273/

    "The note will be written by users who can start signing up
    now to contribute to the new Community Notes program."

    Any sufficiently large group of individuals with an ax to grind,
    could be behind this. Zuck would not know, or care.

    It could be as simple as a bunch of people clicking a "report abuse"
    button, when there are no humans involved in handling those button
    clicks.

    "The best way to report abusive content or spam on Facebook is by using
    the Report link near the content itself. Below are some examples of how
    you can report content to us. Learn more about reporting abuse."

    Paul


    Well the idiots voted for this, or didn't vote, which still means they
    voted for this. Folks don't want to hear facts and ans what is true, but
    rather want to hear what they *wish* facts and the true to be... https://media1.giphy.com/media

    <https://tenor.com/view/a-few-good-men-you-cant-handle-the-truth-jack-nicholson-gif-19436076>
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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Thu Jan 30 15:01:52 2025
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    On Thu, 1/30/2025 10:13 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
    Paul wrote:
    On Tue, 1/28/2025 1:21 AM, Henry Crun wrote:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

    Who knows how Facebook is run now.

    They recently got rid of their fact checkers.

    That means the inmates run the jail now.

    https://6abc.com/post/zuckerberg-announcement-meta-is-changing-how-content-managed-facebook-instagram-threads/15773273/

    "The note will be written by users who can start signing up
    now to contribute to the new Community Notes program."

    Any sufficiently large group of individuals with an ax to grind,
    could be behind this. Zuck would not know, or care.

    It could be as simple as a bunch of people clicking a "report abuse"
    button, when there are no humans involved in handling those button
    clicks.

    "The best way to report abusive content or spam on Facebook is by using >> the Report link near the content itself. Below are some examples of how >> you can report content to us. Learn more about reporting abuse."

    Paul


    Well the idiots voted for this, or didn't vote, which still means they
    voted for this. Folks don't want to hear facts and ans what is true, but rather want to hear what they *wish* facts and the true to be... https://media1.giphy.com/media

    <https://tenor.com/view/a-few-good-men-you-cant-handle-the-truth-jack-nicholson-gif-19436076>


    I did a Google to check the status on this issue yesterday, and finally
    Meta responded and said this was an "error of the automation", so this
    could be an AI configured for slapping account holders around.

    The people who had their accounts locked, so far they haven't been unlocked.

    Paul
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  • From Jonathan N. Little@lws4art@gmail.com to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Thu Jan 30 16:43:07 2025
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    Paul wrote:
    On Thu, 1/30/2025 10:13 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
    Paul wrote:
    On Tue, 1/28/2025 1:21 AM, Henry Crun wrote:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

    I did a Google to check the status on this issue yesterday, and finally
    Meta responded and said this was an "error of the automation", so this
    could be an AI configured for slapping account holders around.

    The people who had their accounts locked, so far they haven't been unlocked.


    I really love tech and the promise of tech, but all I have seen AI means "Automated Idiocy". Fulfills the adage "garbage in; garbage out". Just
    serves two purposes: 1) collect as much data on everyone without the
    company needing to hire anyone to do it. 2) do things for the company
    without anyone having to take responsibility for any transgressions, it
    was just the AI. I guess I am bit jaded on all this AI crap.
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  • From TronNerd82@tronnerd82@aol.com to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Sat Apr 12 22:23:26 2025
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    On 2025-01-30, Jonathan N. Little <lws4art@gmail.com> wrote:
    I really love tech and the promise of tech, but all I have seen AI means "Automated Idiocy". Fulfills the adage "garbage in; garbage out". Just
    serves two purposes: 1) collect as much data on everyone without the
    company needing to hire anyone to do it. 2) do things for the company
    without anyone having to take responsibility for any transgressions, it
    was just the AI. I guess I am bit jaded on all this AI crap.


    Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't see AI ever truly taking over human
    jobs. Tech billionaires with more money than brains might try to make it happen, but what they're left with is an enshittified product since all
    the people who worked to make things good were left destitute and out of
    a job, but soon enough these companies will have no other choice than to
    look their AI-generated disfigured crack baby in the eyes, and suddenly
    people will mysteriously have their jobs back.

    AI may take a few jobs, but when it starts to bug out and people realize
    how terrible the results are, suddenly good old-fashioned humanpower
    doesn't seem so bad. In any event, Facebook stopped flagging Linux as
    malware, but if they didn't stop, I might have just created an account
    solely to list distro names, but not the name "Linux" itself and see if
    I can speedrun getting banned :)

    In the end, AI is little more than a toy. Generative AI is equivalent to connect-the-dots on a computational level, but massively enshittified
    and ugly in its results, and LLMs are basically just an
    encyclopedia/search engine for people who jump on the latest hype
    trains. I never use either for anything serious beyond pointing and
    laughing at how such things are legitimately considered truly useful
    products. It amuses me to no end :)
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  • From Vir Campestris@vir.campestris@invalid.invalid to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Tue Apr 15 11:58:59 2025
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    On 12/04/2025 23:23, TronNerd82 wrote:
    On 2025-01-30, Jonathan N. Little <lws4art@gmail.com> wrote:
    I really love tech and the promise of tech, but all I have seen AI means
    "Automated Idiocy". Fulfills the adage "garbage in; garbage out". Just
    serves two purposes: 1) collect as much data on everyone without the
    company needing to hire anyone to do it. 2) do things for the company
    without anyone having to take responsibility for any transgressions, it
    was just the AI. I guess I am bit jaded on all this AI crap.


    Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't see AI ever truly taking over human
    jobs. Tech billionaires with more money than brains might try to make it happen, but what they're left with is an enshittified product since all
    the people who worked to make things good were left destitute and out of
    a job, but soon enough these companies will have no other choice than to
    look their AI-generated disfigured crack baby in the eyes, and suddenly people will mysteriously have their jobs back.

    AI may take a few jobs, but when it starts to bug out and people realize
    how terrible the results are, suddenly good old-fashioned humanpower
    doesn't seem so bad. In any event, Facebook stopped flagging Linux as malware, but if they didn't stop, I might have just created an account
    solely to list distro names, but not the name "Linux" itself and see if
    I can speedrun getting banned :)

    In the end, AI is little more than a toy. Generative AI is equivalent to connect-the-dots on a computational level, but massively enshittified
    and ugly in its results, and LLMs are basically just an
    encyclopedia/search engine for people who jump on the latest hype
    trains. I never use either for anything serious beyond pointing and
    laughing at how such things are legitimately considered truly useful products. It amuses me to no end :)


    AI will get better. (Right now I agree it's ****)

    I'm sure back in the day the weavers never thought they'd lose their
    jobs to machines.

    Andy
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    Ghandi.
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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Sat Apr 19 01:11:43 2025
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    On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:58:59 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:

    AI will get better. (Right now I agree it's ****)

    I'm sure back in the day the weavers never thought they'd lose their
    jobs to machines.

    At least the machines worked.
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