Victoria McIntosh
@vmcntosh.bsky.social
Freelance information & #privacy professional in Halifax, NS. Geek, history & caffeine enthusiast. MLIS, CIPT. I work hard so my pets live the good life. @vmcntosh on the old bird site. Skeets on a little bit of everything.
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A Man in Turkey Now Has to Pay His Ex-Wife ‘Cat Support’ After Their Divorce.
A Man in Turkey Now Has to Pay His Ex-Wife ‘Cat Support’ After Their Divorce
Turkey has seen some surprising court decisions over the years, but this one might top the list. A man from Istanbul is now legally required to pay his ex-wife “cat support,” and the story is grabbing...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Man in Turkey Now Has to Pay His Ex-Wife ‘Cat Support’ After Their Divorce.
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On the search for my next PR role in Halifax — shares appreciated!
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
On the search for my next PR role in Halifax — shares appreciated!
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Sometimes I get angry I have to make food yet again. I ate a couple hours ago. What do you mean I have to make food again. I'm tired.
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Sometimes I get angry I have to make food yet again. I ate a couple hours ago. What do you mean I have to make food again. I'm tired.
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Record-breaking DDoS attack against Microsoft Azure mitigated www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/record-...
Record-breaking DDoS attack against Microsoft Azure mitigated
The attack was linked to the Aisuru botnet, which targets compromised home routers and cameras.
www.cybersecuritydive.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Record-breaking DDoS attack against Microsoft Azure mitigated www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/record-...
So there’s an entire museum dedicated to rubber ducks, and no one thought to tell me?!
The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So there’s an entire museum dedicated to rubber ducks, and no one thought to tell me?!
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Tech Bros - The Singularity will surely dawn any day now! Maybe it already has! Give us a trillion dollars!
Tech - In the coming years, maybe autocorrect will learn to acknowledge the existence of the word ‘isn’t’. Who knows though, apostrophes are difficult.
Tech - In the coming years, maybe autocorrect will learn to acknowledge the existence of the word ‘isn’t’. Who knows though, apostrophes are difficult.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Tech Bros - The Singularity will surely dawn any day now! Maybe it already has! Give us a trillion dollars!
Tech - In the coming years, maybe autocorrect will learn to acknowledge the existence of the word ‘isn’t’. Who knows though, apostrophes are difficult.
Tech - In the coming years, maybe autocorrect will learn to acknowledge the existence of the word ‘isn’t’. Who knows though, apostrophes are difficult.
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"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
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If you believe in convergence between data protection and competition, this decision is for you: A Spanish court has ordered Meta to pay 479 million euros to Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringing GDPR. See www.linkedin.com/posts/luisal....
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If you believe in convergence between data protection and competition, this decision is for you: A Spanish court has ordered Meta to pay 479 million euros to Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringing GDPR. See www.linkedin.com/posts/luisal....
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Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
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The Digital Omnibus Proposal allows biometric data processing exceptions for identity verification, provided individuals solely control their data. This Norwegian DPA report will examine the legal challenges of "SALT" and biometric verification via Mobai's technology.
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Digital Omnibus Proposal allows biometric data processing exceptions for identity verification, provided individuals solely control their data. This Norwegian DPA report will examine the legal challenges of "SALT" and biometric verification via Mobai's technology.
Healthy eating and cleaning home guides assume another person is at home 24-7 to actually do anything they give advice on.
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Healthy eating and cleaning home guides assume another person is at home 24-7 to actually do anything they give advice on.
Somewhere, a school / district privacy officer is sobbing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Somewhere, a school / district privacy officer is sobbing.
Really want to thank the privacy & surveillance BlueSky accounts. You’re making me look like I’m ‘in the know’ on current events with clients. 👍
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Really want to thank the privacy & surveillance BlueSky accounts. You’re making me look like I’m ‘in the know’ on current events with clients. 👍
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Physician who was no longer at the hospital but was on the email list had Otter ai installed and his bot “attended” the meeting, generated a transcript, and sent it to all 65 people on the email list, 12 of whom also no longer worked at the hospital.
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Physician who was no longer at the hospital but was on the email list had Otter ai installed and his bot “attended” the meeting, generated a transcript, and sent it to all 65 people on the email list, 12 of whom also no longer worked at the hospital.
Not sure what the heck I did to wake up early, feel rested & ready to get things done; should’ve written it down.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Not sure what the heck I did to wake up early, feel rested & ready to get things done; should’ve written it down.
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"The [CRTC] has released a new definition of Canadian content — and humans, not AI, must maintain creative control in order to qualify."
CRTC updates definition of Canadian content, putting limits on AI use | CBC News
The federal broadcast regulator has released a new definition of Canadian content — and humans, not AI, must maintain creative control in order to qualify.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"The [CRTC] has released a new definition of Canadian content — and humans, not AI, must maintain creative control in order to qualify."
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Never thought we’d get a creepier talking bear toy than Teddy Ruxpin but here we are
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Never thought we’d get a creepier talking bear toy than Teddy Ruxpin but here we are
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
So apparently Air Canada is on the list. Incoming investigation by the Federal Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in 3… 2…
New from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines like Delta, United, American, and Southwest are sell...
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So apparently Air Canada is on the list. Incoming investigation by the Federal Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in 3… 2…
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Me, a librarian to students warning them about the absolutely dire privacy, data loss, and cybersurveillance dangers: don't put personal information of any kind into a gen AI chatbot
Gen AI chatbot company: but what if you did
Gen AI chatbot company: but what if you did
yes, plug all your finance and tax information into chatgpt. sounds like a genius idea.
OpenAI strikes deal with Intuit to plug personal financial data into ChatGPT
Software group behind TurboTax and Credit Karma will pay AI start-up to use its technology
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Me, a librarian to students warning them about the absolutely dire privacy, data loss, and cybersurveillance dangers: don't put personal information of any kind into a gen AI chatbot
Gen AI chatbot company: but what if you did
Gen AI chatbot company: but what if you did
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Control of your own devices is temporary, but surveillance is forever.
Google stopped letting owners of early Nest themostats remotely control their devices last month. But it's still remotely collecting extensive surveillance data from them: https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection #privacy
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats
The thermostats may no longer connect to Google’s app, but they still transmit your data.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Control of your own devices is temporary, but surveillance is forever.
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“We’re going to improve the reliability of the Internet by cramming another massive single point of failure in front of every web server instead of just making ISPs actually responsible for dealing with fraudulent traffic. Please give us all the money.”
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“We’re going to improve the reliability of the Internet by cramming another massive single point of failure in front of every web server instead of just making ISPs actually responsible for dealing with fraudulent traffic. Please give us all the money.”
A moment of silence for everyone that requires working online services to do completely non-internet related tasks because someone added IoT to that household device and it won’t work while Cloudflare is down.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A moment of silence for everyone that requires working online services to do completely non-internet related tasks because someone added IoT to that household device and it won’t work while Cloudflare is down.
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you know it’s a bad Cloudflare outage when it even takes out down detector 😅
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
you know it’s a bad Cloudflare outage when it even takes out down detector 😅
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Slept for a million hours and woke up feeling amazing. Do people really just wake up feeling like they want to bounce out of bed like this all the time? That’s fucked up
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Slept for a million hours and woke up feeling amazing. Do people really just wake up feeling like they want to bounce out of bed like this all the time? That’s fucked up