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I just wrote a #blog post detailing my adventures with the Icon #Linux #PDA and the attempts to #emulate it with #QEMU.
Sorry for not formatting the command-line blocks properly, I wasn't sure how to do it in Markdown and then the Pandoc + Wordpress formatter combination messed it up even more so I had to stitch it up together my self.
I really need to find some #Wordpress #Markdown plugin.
Let me know what you think!
mudb0y.me/index.php/2022/11/15…



New #blog post: Stylometric fingerprinting redux.

Avoid de-anonymization through analysis of your writing style. Defend against machine- and human-driven stylometric identification.

This is an expanded version of a previous microblog about stylometric fingerprinting. Feedback welcome, esp. from anyone with a stylometry or linguistic close-reading background. Excerpt:

To paint with a broad brush, we can divide most stylometric fingerprinting into machine- and human-driven techniques.

Machine-driven techniques: These techniques involve analysis of reading level metrics, unusual words, machine-identifiable grammatical and spelling errors, and statistical analysis of writing style. A great amount of recent research studies statistical analysis of writing style; it’s a rapidly-evolving field. Human-driven techniques: There are some areas in which manual analysis still beats computers. Someone you know may recognize your writing style.

#blog


New #blog post: An experiment to test GitHub Copilot’s legality.

A little thought experiment to see if we can determine Copilot’s legality. It’s ridiculous enough that it just might have some insightful message buried deep.

Excerpt:

I am not a lawyer. This post is satirical commentary on:
  • The absurdity of Microsoft and OpenAI’s legal justification for GitHub Copilot.
  • The oversimplifications people use to argue against GitHub Copilot (I don’t like it when people agree with me for the wrong reasons).
  • The relationship between capital and legal outcomes.
  • How civil cases seem like sporting events where people “win” or “lose”, rather than opportunities improve our understanding of law.

In the process, I intentionally misrepresent how the judicial system works: I portray the system the way people like to imagine it works. Please don’t make any important legal decisions based on anything I say.

#blog


New #blog post: Two types of privacy. I define and compare the terms “Tracking reduction” and “Tracking avoidance”.

Excerpt:

When qualifying privacy recommendations with context, I think we should go further than describing threat models: we should acknowledge different types of privacy. “Privacy” means different things to different people. Even a single person may use the word “privacy” differently depending on their situation. Understanding a user’s unique situation(s), including their threat models, can inform us when we select the best of approach. How do we choose between reducing a footprint’s spread and size?


Feedback welcome, now matter how insignificant.

#privacy