Love the handle, BTW. :)
I think downloading is against Google’s TOS. Whether that makes it illegal is a question for a lawyer.
I’ve never used a VPN with it either. But it should work, especially with an exit mode in a country where Google has no incentive to/is prohibited from interfering with third party viewers.
Arguably, it’s more like someone is able to hide the door altogether and force you to climb through the less-well-secured window. The fact that they can hide the door at all makes its locks meaningless.
I get that this is an inherent problem of security mechanisms in general and not of passkeys in particular. But it still reduces passkeys to just fancy passwords. They’re obviously not any more reliable in practice.
Lincoln outlawed slavery during the Civil War to stop Britain and France getting involved on the side of the CSA. But whether it was an economic sanction or a preemptive political strike, it was never about the enslaved people. If that were the real cause of the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation would’ve been the first thing he did, not one of the last.
I mean, good that the tribunal exists and good that they took the case seriously.
I haven’t either because I don’t see the advantage. Cases like this show that there may not be any.
If The Next Big Thing can be sidelined by simply blocking its login option, that’s a problem. Not only is it not secure, it’s not even reliably usable.
Wait, haven’t some sources been touting how ultra-secure and unbreakable passkeys are? And now we find that they’re susceptible to comparatively simple MITM attacks?
That isn’t even remotely what it says.
Short of buying the IP catalog, Microsoft seems to be doing right here.
They’d have to pay me seven figures to put up with that.
France arrests Ukraine-Russia national with explosives on terror charges - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-arrested-russian-speaker-possession-explosives-near-paris-airport-bfm-tv-2024-06-05/
Not the Le Monde article, but also not paywalled.
Apple said on Friday: “Due to the regulatory uncertainties [that we can continue to control customers’ property] brought about by the Digital Markets Act…”
Fixed it for them.
Did Justice Brown-Jackson join the majority here?
In the South, I’d bet good money it was just a local hunter playing a prank. That said, there is also some weird stuff in certain areas, so who knows?
LOL! Touché! ;)
A friend says that Sunak doesn’t actually want to be PM and he hates the Tories. That’s why he’s deliberately making numb skull moves like this.
The prime minister posted on X … that freedom of speech was the "most powerful feature of our democracy.”
Is Sunak really so stupid that he doesn’t realize he just refuted his own argument? And I thought US politicians were morons.
Student Mental Health Webinars
This May, we're proud to offer a free webinar series and additional curated resources to empower educators and support student wellness in higher education.
Is anyone else genuinely not interested in knowing what should be private details of another adult's health? I'm happy to point students to helpful resources that I know about, but treating them is not my job, nor am I interested in the liability of being seen as some sort of first responder. This is well and truly out of my wheelhouse, and I work to keep it that way.
Team USA track and field kit for women is needlessly revealing and sexist, women athletes have said after Nike unveiled its outfits for the Paris Olympics
What is it with Nike and sexualized athletic uniforms these days (see MBA see-through pants)? Did PornHub invest without anyone noticing?
Apple Planning to Kill PWAs
Apple has officially announced that they attempting to kill web apps in the EU, which will have ramifications worldwide
Mastodon Instance Recommendation
Gabe, please remove this if it doesn't belong here.
The instance of my Mastodon account has chosen to federate with Facebook. This wigs me out, so I'm looking to migrate. Do y'all have any suggestions?
Google's anti-adblocker campaign
Have they given up already? I haven’t seen the popup in a couple of days (touch wood). For a few weeks, it showed up every time I used a logged in account and made the service unusable.
Maybe I’ve just stopped trying to watch monetized videos.
This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/us/college-board-ap-exams-courses.html?smid=
What do you all think of the College Board’s AP program?
Lessons in Developing AI Prompts
In another thread, @[email protected] made a post leading to the question "How long until we need to include a lesson on crafting appropriate AI prompts in order to help students use them as tools and not as unpaid ghost writers?" Are we already doing this?
I definitely discuss acceptable use and try to keep the guidelines brief and familiar (Treat it like a not-too-bright friend who's a patient sounding board). But how far do you all think we'll eventually have to wade into the weeds on this?
Cheating with AI
I know that we're all still feeling our way around this issue, but how are other profs handling it? What is good evidence of unauthorized AI use? How do you handle a student who refuses to engage in attempts to get their side of the story?
For my classes, we talk once a month or so about acceptable use (treat it like a not-very-bright friend who's overconfident and prone to hallucinations). It's okay to brainstorm, bounce ideas, and generally use AI to spark creative problem solving. It's not okay to have it do your assignments.
Student BO
This fall, I have a student who seems unfamiliar with showering and deodorant. I haven't said anything, hoping that the issue is just a one-off and that it will resolve itself. However, we're quickly approaching the end of my patience, and I'm not sure how to proceed.
Everyone has a deodorant malfunction from time to time. Obviously, no one is going to be personally identified, even in a private email. My best idea so far is a general class announcement via the LMS that it's been brought to my attention that we may have a problem and for everyone to please double check their hygiene before coming to class.
Have any of you all ever had to deal with this? Any suggestions?
Anyone remember A Witches' Thicket?
Pretty much the title. The Thicket was a community at Delphi many years ago. Just wondering where they are now. :)
Found a good former student's papers on Studocu
I admit to being a little bummed out. It was relatively good work. While I strongly believe that students retain copyright to their own work and can post it wherever they want, I'm still sad.
It's worth noting that I'd never heard of this particular cheating site before today. One more to the list, I guess.