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Jury orders #NSO to pay $167 million for hacking #WhatsApp users
The verdict is a major victory for opponents of #exploit sellers.

A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based #NSOGroup for #exploiting a software #vulnerability that hijacked the #phones of thousands of users.
arstechnica.com/security/2025/

Ars Technica · Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp usersBy Dan Goodin

Exploiting CSN.1 Bugs in MediaTek Basebands

The article discusses vulnerabilities in MediaTek Helio chipsets’ baseband firmware, focusing on CSN.1 decoder bugs that can lead to heap overflows and potential remote code execution.

labs.taszk.io/articles/post/mt

labs.taszk.io · [BugTales] Exploiting CSN.1 Bugs in MediaTek BasebandsInvestigating exploitable remote code execution vulnerabilities in the MediaTek baseband

#Corruption, #graft, illegal #commerce w #enemy powers - #musk is all about adding more #billions to his fortune by #exploiting his illegal role in destruction of federal government while at the same time profiting from international investments funneling who knows how much into his businesses. #Chinese investors privately take stakes in Musk’s companies. #Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul’s ties to #Trump to lure #capital to #xAI, #Neuralink and #SpaceX ft.com/content/66857e1e-a217-4

Financial Times · Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk’s companiesBy Sun Yu
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#Trump claimed today at his speech in front of #law enforcement officers in #Michigan that he called the family of #RubyGarcia, who was killed by a friend of hers who was a *migrant*. Trump claimed he spoke to several of her family members….

Ruby Garcia's sister Mavi Garcia told WOOD TV8 that neither Trump nor any member of his campaign have contacted her or any of her family members, & was upset that Trump was #exploiting migrants.

"Ever notice it's always, "these #workers #striking will hurt the #economy," not, "these #corporations (which are making record #profits) are hurting the economy by #exploiting and #abusing their workers until the workers refuse to take it anymore."

It's always, "giving raises and benefits and time off to workers will cause inflation," not "#CEOs and top execs getting millions in yearly raises and bonuses, and large corporations #price-gouging to line #shareholder pockets is causing inflation."

As #MalcolmX said, "If you're not careful, the #newspapers will have you hating the #people who are being #oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the #oppressing."

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Tumblrabolish power 🏴 -&- grow freedom ⒶEver notice it's always, "these workers striking will hurt the economy," not, "these corporations (which are making record profits) are hurting the economy by exploiting and abusing their workers un…

"The whole #Reddit thing is an especially striking example of #corporate brain rot because, like, they managed to build their entire #business model on the back of #exploiting vast quantities of unpaid #volunteer #labour, and successfully convinced the entire #Internet that this is a normal state of affairs. How do you fuck that up? How do you convince yourself that instituting a de facto demand for your very nearly 100% volunteer #workforce to #pay you for the ability to use the tools that are required to do their #job is anything other than cutting your own throat?"

"Like, do they just not grasp the #fundamentals of their own business model? Do they not realise that they're a for-profit business in the unimaginably envious position of #employing a largely volunteer workforce? That's the only place I can imagine the #idea coming from of going to #people who doing the work of #employees for free and saying "actually, you should pay us for the privilege of working for us"."

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TumblrExistence is politicalThe whole Reddit thing is an especially striking example of corporate brain rot because, like, they managed to build their entire business model on the back of exploiting vast quantities of unpaid vo…

"Honestly, if #CG #artists #unionising kills the use of CG in #films, I don't see a downside.

This post has riled a lot of #people. For what it's worth, my point wasn't that #technology is bad and Edison was a witch, my point was that any #industry that can be killed by #unionizing should be.

Any industry that can't survive #unionization relies on #exploiting its #workers' #labor and should be killed immediately anyway"

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@JaneETowle This is horrible! I wish more folks would realize that #Canada has no problems #exploiting & committing #ecocide in many areas of world - on unceded lands! Canadian mining killed my overseas families' ecosystems after US logging killed their old growth jungles; after a large portion was already killed by Agent Orange & bombing during war time years. The toxic crap left behind is still poisoning my family.