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Just slowly finished @pluralistic’s Enshittification while moving into new apartment, switching to Mastodon, and replacing big tech one tiny app at a time. Enjoyed the book immensely. Am now fully radicalized. Smash the technopoly. Take me to your FOSS.
#enshittification #openweb
They finally did it. Microsoft has successfully over-engineered a text editor into a threat vector.
This CVE is an 8.8 severity RCE in Notepad of all things lmao.
Apparently, the "innovation" of adding markdown support came with the ability of launching unverified protocols that load and execute remote files.
We have reached a point where the simple act of opening a .md file in a native utility can compromise your system. Is nothing safe anymore? 😭
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20841
#noai #microslop #microsoft #windows #programming #writing #windows11 #enshittification #cybersecurity #infosec #technology
latest #enshittification - trying to cancel (not move or suspect, cancel) the fiber internet service at my old address (can't move it as the company doesn't offer fiber at my new address)
Can you cancel service online? Nope. Impossible.
Can you chat with an agent 24/7 - nope also impossible.
Can you CALL a live agent 24/7? Nope AT&T no longer has 24hr customer service reps - or at least not the ones who can cancel an account.
Sigh. I could schedule a call back (but never answer unknown #
latest #enshittification - trying to cancel (not move or suspect, cancel) the fiber internet service at my old address (can't move it as the company doesn't offer fiber at my new address)
Can you cancel service online? Nope. Impossible.
Can you chat with an agent 24/7 - nope also impossible.
Can you CALL a live agent 24/7? Nope AT&T no longer has 24hr customer service reps - or at least not the ones who can cancel an account.
Sigh. I could schedule a call back (but never answer unknown #
So I went to delete my Discord account because fuck them and there were new TOS since last I was there. Options are accept or log out. So I guess you are expected to accept TOS you don’t agree with in order to delete your account. Right. #discord #SurveillanceCapitalism #enshittification
Como siempre, Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) lo dice clarísimo: o cambiamos la política o sigue la #enmierdización (#enshittification).
Por suerte, hay múltiples opciones a esta historia única del #capitalismo #fascista (recomiendo leer "El relato", de Úrsula K. LeGuin).
Algunes decidimos vivir otros mundos aquí y ahora, y nos maravillamos de lo hermosos que son. #Colaboración, #CuidadoMutuo, cosas compartidas, #cooperación y co #gobernanza de pares. En fin, la diaria de #LesComunes.
Aunque implique trabajo, lo hacemos gustoses. Al final, que yo sepa, sólo tenemos una vida. ¿Como queremos vivirla?
¿Como podemos ayudar a otres a probar y cambiar de relato y de vida? Ciertamente el ejemplo es algo importante. Hacer que funcione económicamente también. ¿Que más se les ocurre? :)
Got an early birthday gift from @leonorabrantes. ❤️
Very much looking forward to reading it, @pluralistic !
#Internet #enshittification #MastoBooks
il y a plus de 10 ans de ça, Cory Doctorow aka @pluralistic (déjà lui !) ne disait pas autre chose, à propos de la censure du web, dans une nouvelle pour le MIT tech review.
C'est la même chose (en pire) avec la reconnaissance faciale par ia :
on.
ne.
peut.
pas.
automatiser.
#Tech
#TechnoSolutionnism
#Enshittification
#ia #ai
#NightmareOnLLMstreet
Via > @Khrys 🔗 https://mamot.fr/users/Khrys/statuses/116023023002677066
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ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-ice-dhs-mobile-fortify-face-recognition-verify-identity/
[…]
il y a plus de 10 ans de ça, Cory Doctorow aka @pluralistic (déjà lui !) ne disait pas autre chose, à propos de la censure du web, dans une nouvelle pour le MIT tech review.
C'est la même chose (en pire) avec la reconnaissance faciale par ia :
on.
ne.
peut.
pas.
automatiser.
#Tech
#TechnoSolutionnism
#Enshittification
#ia #ai
#NightmareOnLLMstreet
Via > @Khrys 🔗 https://mamot.fr/users/Khrys/statuses/116023023002677066
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ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-ice-dhs-mobile-fortify-face-recognition-verify-identity/
[…]
![“Network filters are universally loathed. Duh. no one’s ever written a regular expression that can distinguish art from porn, and no one ever will. [..]
The web's got about 100 billion page on it; if you have a fail-rate of one-tenth of 1 percent, you'll overblock (or underblock, or both) 100,000,000 pages. That's several ‘Library of Congress’ worth of pointless censorship, or all the porn ever made, time 10, missed though underfilterring.
You'd be an idiot to even try.”
— Cory Doctorow : “Petard: A tale of just deserts” in MIT Technology review SF annual 2014 : Twelve tomorrows](https://pub-1146fd6c5b9443ce8a2adde617e7847d.r2.dev/images/status/44452d58-82d1-4f9e-9c69-48cf4b9f7588.jpeg "“Network filters are universally loathed. Duh. no one’s ever written a regular expression that can distinguish art from porn, and no one ever will. [..]
The web's got about 100 billion page on it; if you have a fail-rate of one-tenth of 1 percent, you'll overblock (or underblock, or both) 100,000,000 pages. That's several ‘Library of Congress’ worth of pointless censorship, or all the porn ever made, time 10, missed though underfilterring.
You'd be an idiot to even try.”
— Cory Doctorow : “Petard: A tale of just deserts” in MIT Technology review SF annual 2014 : Twelve tomorrows")
> When I think about the debate over radium, I imagine that the people who understood that radium was really bad for you must have run up against critics who told them they were being unreasonable. "You can't tell people to stop using radium. Tell them to use suppositories with less radium. Tell them to use them less frequently. But you can't just tell people, 'stop putting radium up your asshole.' They won't take you seriously.
@pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/19/just-stop-putting-that-up-your-ass/#harm-reduction
#enshittification #technology
> When I think about the debate over radium, I imagine that the people who understood that radium was really bad for you must have run up against critics who told them they were being unreasonable. "You can't tell people to stop using radium. Tell them to use suppositories with less radium. Tell them to use them less frequently. But you can't just tell people, 'stop putting radium up your asshole.' They won't take you seriously.
@pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/19/just-stop-putting-that-up-your-ass/#harm-reduction
#enshittification #technology
It's tragic that #AI has #colonized thoughtful #punctuation and #formatting so that now whenever we see a nicely #punctuated and #formatted piece of text, #doubt arises as to whether someone took the time to make it nice or whether it is #AIslop masquerading as fine #writing.
It's tragic that #AI has #colonized thoughtful #punctuation and #formatting so that now whenever we see a nicely #punctuated and #formatted piece of text, #doubt arises as to whether someone took the time to make it nice or whether it is #AIslop masquerading as fine #writing.
> Sorry, eh
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/ by @pluralistic
FTA: "As Canada contemplates our response to the collapse of the American empire and its alliances with the world, the cornerstone of our current strategy is sacrificing our dollars, water and energy in order to become more dependent on America, in a weird and improbable bet that we will figure out how to make millions of Canadians unemployed. I'm sorry, that just doesn't sound like a great idea to me."
> Sorry, eh
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/ by @pluralistic
FTA: "As Canada contemplates our response to the collapse of the American empire and its alliances with the world, the cornerstone of our current strategy is sacrificing our dollars, water and energy in order to become more dependent on America, in a weird and improbable bet that we will figure out how to make millions of Canadians unemployed. I'm sorry, that just doesn't sound like a great idea to me."
I finished the book Enshittification by @pluralistic! Highly recommended, an enjoyable read regardless if you're already familiar with the concepts discussed or if you're new to these ideas.
I adore that a large portions of the book are dedicated to what we, both as a larger society and as individuals can do about enshittification. Cory Doctorrow has done a couple talks lately where he explicitly talks about the differences between hope and optimism, and why he's hopeful for the future. His writing style clearly reflects that stance, even though that stance is only ever implied in this book. It's a breath of fresh air!
Also, I appreciated that the book challenged me on my negative feelings toward enshittification being used as a term to simply mean "something getting worse." The last piece at the end of the acknowledgements changed my mind on that, and I appreciate …
I finished the book Enshittification by @pluralistic! Highly recommended, an enjoyable read regardless if you're already familiar with the concepts discussed or if you're new to these ideas.
I adore that a large portions of the book are dedicated to what we, both as a larger society and as individuals can do about enshittification. Cory Doctorrow has done a couple talks lately where he explicitly talks about the differences between hope and optimism, and why he's hopeful for the future. His writing style clearly reflects that stance, even though that stance is only ever implied in this book. It's a breath of fresh air!
Also, I appreciated that the book challenged me on my negative feelings toward enshittification being used as a term to simply mean "something getting worse." The last piece at the end of the acknowledgements changed my mind on that, and I appreciate that the creator of the word is chill with the word being used that way.
Excellent article by Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) about the state of "AI", how we got here, and how to be an effective "AI" critic.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
If anyone is involved in the UK #Green Party they might want to look at motion A6 for the spring conference
which includes
"The Green Party supports users’ rights to control the digital devices they own,
including the right to install, modify or replace operating systems and
software, access full file systems, and remove pre-installed applications,
particularly on computers and smartphones."
and some amendment discussions around @pluralistic proposals on killing DRM and #enshittification
If anyone is involved in the UK #Green Party they might want to look at motion A6 for the spring conference
which includes
"The Green Party supports users’ rights to control the digital devices they own,
including the right to install, modify or replace operating systems and
software, access full file systems, and remove pre-installed applications,
particularly on computers and smartphones."
and some amendment discussions around @pluralistic proposals on killing DRM and #enshittification
Enshittification in action in the Netherlands. This is Hyundai Bluelink (navigation app). The driver apparently even paid for it...
Why yes, I am enjoying this book by @pluralistic (purchased from Bookshop.org)!
![Screenshot of a page from the book Enshittification, by Cory Doctorow. Two sections are highlighted:
❝
Reach into your pocket and take out your little black distraction rectangle. Open up the camera app. Point it at this page. Press the shutter button. Congratulations, you've just committed copyright infringement. See you in court.
[...]
(You can delete the photo now. Or better yet, post it to your group chat or social media account with a note telling people how much you're enjoying this book! Here, I'll provide you with some explanatory text: Greetings, followers of my reader! This is Cory Doctorow writing to you, and your friend has very nearly finished reading my excellent 2025 book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, available at finer bookstores everywhere, as well as on monopoly electronic retail sites that should be condemned to the scrap heap of history.)](https://pub-1146fd6c5b9443ce8a2adde617e7847d.r2.dev/images/status/f22c35cc-c9ce-42d9-b0ac-3971da915a45.png "Screenshot of a page from the book Enshittification, by Cory Doctorow. Two sections are highlighted:
❝
Reach into your pocket and take out your little black distraction rectangle. Open up the camera app. Point it at this page. Press the shutter button. Congratulations, you've just committed copyright infringement. See you in court.
[...]
(You can delete the photo now. Or better yet, post it to your group chat or social media account with a note telling people how much you're enjoying this book! Here, I'll provide you with some explanatory text: Greetings, followers of my reader! This is Cory Doctorow writing to you, and your friend has very nearly finished reading my excellent 2025 book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, available at finer bookstores everywhere, as well as on monopoly electronic retail sites that should be condemned to the scrap heap of history.)")
