Rumble makes offer to buy and operate TikTok in the US by xoenix in Internet

[–]anikasharma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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Rumble makes offer to buy and operate TikTok in the US by xoenix in Internet

[–]xoenix[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The title's lacks some detail. It's a consortium, not just Rumble.

Rumble makes offer to buy and operate TikTok in the US by xoenix in Internet

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Let's wait and see what the jewish payment for it will be. I bet they buy it up for far less than 84 billion.

Rumble makes offer to buy and operate TikTok in the US by xoenix in Internet

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In 2023 TikTok's brand value was $84 billion.

Rumble has an enterprise value is $1.90 billion.

Rumble can't make an appropriate offer.

The Getty Makes Nearly 88,000 Art Images Free to Use However You Like by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A rather ironic name, considering that Getty Images' business model is to monitor unauthorized use of their copyrighted images and sue anyone they can take on.

AI vs Humans by rohan2580 in Internet

[–]rohan2580[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A dynamic interplay where artificial intelligence exhibits remarkable capabilities in computation, while humans offer creativity, empathy, and adaptability, shaping a complex relationship driving innovation and progress.

Ghostwriting Mentors-Best Ghostwriting Services Company by ghostwritingmentors in Internet

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everyone read the ghostwriter, good book about Tony Blair

The internet is slipping out of our reach by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A search engine cannot make money by nimbly leading you to webpages free of charge. The real money is in hiding pages

This is what search engines have been for a decade now. AI offers the potential to save us from their tyranny. An AI can crawl the web in search of whatever you want. The last hurdle will be ISP's blocking content directly. Of course there will be some room to mitigate that with VPN's. Intelligent web crawlers and AI agents will become the tools of every "hacker" collective and hobby group.

The internet isn't dying, it's changing by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]xoenix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Advocates for Bluesky and Mastadon, both of which are more censorious than Twitter 1.0.

Are We Watching The Internet Die? by Drewski in Internet

[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit also couped all the major subreddits and did a mass banning back in 2015, when they partnered with CRT (candidate Hillary Clinton's Correct The Record) in the year leading up to the election.

Never waste your time creating communities for Reddit. They took all mine without a reason, warning, and with no way to ask for reconsideration.

They were benign, boring, subreddits, which I spent months working hard to develop a viewership. They were all banned in one swath with no reason. My account was banned and administrators (not lowly mods) picked through my whole account by hand, before giving it back, all filthy and defiled by their rape. I spent months trying to get one of their many broken, useless, means of begging for reconsideration, but nothing actually elicited a response at all. Only ridicule from users while you are forced to publicly beg.

This is how reddit works.

The alternative is "an error occurred (status: 403)" please refresh the page 12 times so Cloudlare can rape your browser's ass some more and image your penis for verification. This website is purposely broken to discourage use and force tracking if you do.

Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]Solar-Flare 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sad though - everything is slowly moving towards walled gardens controlled by a few. Using LLMs for search only moves people away from websites and further into walled gardens.

Are We Watching The Internet Die? by Drewski in Internet

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Its been dead. Ever since the advent of web 2.0 and the obliteration of the financial barrier to access the internet we have witnessed the rise of the lowest fodder of society populating every aspect of the internet to disasterous results.

Can't agree with that. Internet 2.0 started in 2007, and the Internet was fun from 2007-2014.

It was around 2014 where this was this huge cultural shift where people began to demand censorship and enforced civility, and for the last decade the Internet - as well as media culture - have really fucking sucked. There's hardly been anything good in the last decade - certainly not when compared to the two before it.

Are We Watching The Internet Die? by Drewski in Internet

[–]topiary2 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Its been dead. Ever since the advent of web 2.0 and the obliteration of the financial barrier to access the internet we have witnessed the rise of the lowest fodder of society populating every aspect of the internet to disasterous results.

Things have only worsened ever since the establishment jews caught wind of it and have subverted every corner.

Are We Watching The Internet Die? by Drewski in Internet

[–]BumBumCock 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe.

Are We Watching The Internet Die? by Drewski in Internet

[–]Bitch-Im-a-cow 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No

Are We Watching The Internet Die? by Drewski in Internet

[–]Drewski[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

TikTok is trigger happy when it comes to banning videos about the CIA. Why does the US gov want to ban it? by xoenix in Internet

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

X might represent Satan because it represents time. Like in multiplication. Math is a secret code.

TikTok is trigger happy when it comes to banning videos about the CIA. Why does the US gov want to ban it? by xoenix in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You make a good point that 666 can be seen in their logo: backwards 6 in three colors. TikTok was created in China in 2016, showing that 666 is worldwide, as prophesied in the book of Revelation. No one in the world will be able to buy or sell without being marked as a slave to the beast. But Jesus has provided a way of escape. Those that stay faithful to him until the end, and reject the mark of the beast, shall be saved.

TikTok is trigger happy when it comes to banning videos about the CIA. Why does the US gov want to ban it? by xoenix in Internet

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tik tok logo looks like backward 6, has 3 stacked on each other so it's 666 in a mirror. Tik tok is the sound of a clock, it represents time. Saturn the god of time requires child sacrifices. Tik tok has led to children deaths with their dangerous challenges.

TikTok is trigger happy when it comes to banning videos about the CIA. Why does the US gov want to ban it? by xoenix in Internet

[–]carn0ld03 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because China doesn't want us to more closely scrutinize the discussions about the CIA.

EquipBoard - encyclopedia of music gear by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]SneakyBishop 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Great site. Always interesting to see how bands make their sound.

EquipBoard - encyclopedia of music gear by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Do you mean how they often have shitty cheap gear?

EquipBoard - encyclopedia of music gear by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]detty 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This website once made me realize just how many of my favorite musicians were cosplaying as poor.

EquipBoard - encyclopedia of music gear by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]dissidentrhetoric 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Awesome website.

EquipBoard - encyclopedia of music gear by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]Entropick 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

OH wow that is so cool!

flickr says: "you don't have permission" to view photos. ~ The internet was once more open and free. Now, many of the big websites require an account.... an ID. Eventually, I believe, everyone will be branded like cattle (with "the number of their name") to use any part of the internet. by In-the-clouds in Internet

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's true. The reasons given for using cloud flare 403 here don't pass the smell test. It's symbolic agreeing to something for forbidden knowledge.

I have several fake phone numbers and fake emails. I'm sure they can still track me but it's to avoid calls from marketers or spam email in my main ones.

flickr says: "you don't have permission" to view photos. ~ The internet was once more open and free. Now, many of the big websites require an account.... an ID. Eventually, I believe, everyone will be branded like cattle (with "the number of their name") to use any part of the internet. by In-the-clouds in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am not seeing any errors on Saidit.... just the Cloudflare blockade. Maybe the problem is with them, as they are the middle man between you and Saidit.

there's lots of free fake ones you could use

Many of the big websites will not accept any email address if it is not tied to your phone number. Will Instagram accept a "free fake" email? They would not allow me to have a working account using my personal email server. And now websites are requiring you to confirm a code that they will send to your cell phone. But how are people going to get the code to unlock their account without a cell phone? The system is not completely locked yet, but if you watch, you will see that it's not only the "idiots", as you call them, getting locked out, but all men.... unless he is identified with the mark of the beast, his name, or the number of his name.

flickr says: "you don't have permission" to view photos. ~ The internet was once more open and free. Now, many of the big websites require an account.... an ID. Eventually, I believe, everyone will be branded like cattle (with "the number of their name") to use any part of the internet. by In-the-clouds in Internet

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Funny cuz saidit also keeps saying it is 403 forbidden.

Requiring an email is like an idiot test, there's lots of free fake ones you could use. Bad idea to use one you really use for important stuff.

flickr says: "you don't have permission" to view photos. ~ The internet was once more open and free. Now, many of the big websites require an account.... an ID. Eventually, I believe, everyone will be branded like cattle (with "the number of their name") to use any part of the internet. by In-the-clouds in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you watch, you will realize that the worldly rulers are pushing for every human being to be identified in their matrix-like system. A 2,000 year-old prophecy warns there will be no buying and selling for any person without an ID. With that, I believe, there will be little to no internet access without the same ID. You can see the trend:

  1. Cannot post online without an account and ID. (Saidit is currently a small exception to that, not requiring an email account.)
  2. Cannot view online content without an "account" or an ID (like flickr and facebook).
  3. To create an account, the big websites usually require an email address and phone number.
  4. If they do not require a phone number (yet) then they require an email address that identifies you. Gmail, for example, requires your phone number to have an email account. Once they have the "number of your name" then you have been branded like their slaves. Instagram would not let me have a working account using my own personal email server.

“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:17

Jesus warned us about this time about 2,000 years ago! He also provides a way of escape. Turn away from sin and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord. He died in your place on the cross so you could be free from this world! But you must turn to him to be saved.

Matrix is a censorship-free link aggregator by LarrySwinger2 in Internet

[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This site is run by /u/x0x7. He's chill af and actively develops the website. You can post Nazi content there and there's no spam. Come join us. 💯

Best Tarot Card Reader and Psychic Reader in Andheri by divinemonicaharsh in Internet

[–]westway9 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You knock this spam off right now, or I will personally send the EIC to repossess it's former territories over there.

RadioSide - a web-based, portable internet radio interface by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When I listened to a random radio station, I heard the same song play three different times! It really caught my attention, and I considered that God wanted me to think about it, and to warn all who will listen. u/PanzersGhost when you shared the link for the online radio, you probably did not know I would remix a song from it....

I hope you watch it. The song is Blondie - Atomic. remix

"Welp it's finally happened. the midi.moe domain will be coming up for renewal in April and I've decided not to renew, and instead sunset the service. This comes for two reasons. First, it costs money to host Midi. And second, I'm starting to get tired of moderating uploads every month ..." by neolib in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I would not recommend that because then u/magnora7 might be responsible for all "the cheese pizza" that was posted there.

These online tools have been used for good and evil.

"Welp it's finally happened. the midi.moe domain will be coming up for renewal in April and I've decided not to renew, and instead sunset the service. This comes for two reasons. First, it costs money to host Midi. And second, I'm starting to get tired of moderating uploads every month ..." by neolib in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"thanks for all the fish"?

This could be a reference to the book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. In the book, dolphins, who are actually highly intelligent beings, say "So long, and thanks for all the fish" as they leave Earth just before it is destroyed....

Jesus said the world would be destroyed. But those who call on his name shall be saved. Repent before it is too late.

Majestic Ghostwriting - Best Ghostwriting Services Company in the USA by davejohn in Internet

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Satanic site

Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]package 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's by choice though; google, microsoft, and others could extremely easily delist 99% of the AI-generated SEO spam, but since doing so would reveal how worthless ad "impressions" are they never will.

Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

meh

give your attention to quality content and use adblockers for everything

RadioSide - a web-based, portable internet radio interface by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting, but it appears to only allow for commercial radio broadcasts (which can be charged with propaganda). A few broadcasts that I found interesting:

122008 - SWINGING RADIO ENGLAND.UK - UK and Ireland

128812 - Fred Film Radio Extra - UK and Ireland

128694 - India music

House China committee demands Elon Musk open SpaceX Starshield internet to U.S. troops in Taiwan. by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

SpaceX is part of the military industrial complex and Musk is beholden to his masters.

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google by xoenix in Internet

[–]RedditButt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If reddit owned a search engine, they would permaban you for any keyword strings; "hitler", "ghey", "fag", "homo", "david chappelle"... etc., and have an emotionally challenged 8 year old handle appeal requests.

Soft Skills Courses List by TechsurgeLearning in Internet

[–]larrymartins 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Unfortunately the list is gone. If you caught a glimpse could you share a brief overview or mention any standout courses?

Affordable Tree Planting Services in Tampa FL

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google by xoenix in Internet

[–]pretty_innocuous 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

AI training on AI

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google by xoenix in Internet

[–]longtime_user 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

lose-lose

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google by xoenix in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Regular people generate the content for free, but the big corporations make the money.

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google by xoenix in Internet

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

So Google's AI is going to kick everyone off its page and ban their IP addresses for the slightest misstep in searching? Sounds like a win for society, TBH.

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google by xoenix in Internet

[–]xoenix[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd guess that Reddit going public will probably change things. Not by much, but they might start cutting back on the most outrageous degeneracy.

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google by xoenix in Internet

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

So who is doing the first fucking over? Reddit or Google? It always happens.

Questions about DuckDuckGo’s future by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was compromised a while ago, censored vaccine info

A Glowing Testimonial: ChemistryAssignmentHelp.com’s Impact on My Grades by william31 in Internet

[–]Jaminson 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I too availed their service. They provide genuine service.

Hello guys, please suggest to me any tool for image background removal. by utkarshdm in Internet

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

LOL you're welcome

Questions about DuckDuckGo’s future by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I use Brave.

Questions about DuckDuckGo’s future by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]Bitch-Im-a-cow 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

yep - sucks as a search engine, as does bing

It's the End of the Web as We Know It by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Do you speak Bocce?

It's the End of the Web as We Know It by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]DufferDooface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Holy shit is this really a thing? That's how you know they've gone too far, when they've programmed " politically neutral " robots to lie to your face. Also hilarious that it actually apologizes lol! I think robot-human interactions are now on par with how it's portrayed in films like Star Wars

Hello guys, please suggest to me any tool for image background removal. by utkarshdm in Internet

[–]utkarshdm[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you

It's the End of the Web as We Know It by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have also been giving more and more of my search queries to AI Chat. So quickly the current search engines and ad revenue model could become obsolete. If mankind would share truth without a desire to be compensated with financial gain, this would be no problem.

It is becoming more and more clear that this AI spam will be a major motivating force to the mark of the beast.

It's the End of the Web as We Know It by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I have seen this very thing more than once where ChatGPT tells me something false but insists it is true until I prove to it with sources that it is mistaken, and then it apologizes. But if people do not use discernment and scrutinize what they are told, they could believe a lie.

This article described it:

ChatGPT, which is famously lax when it comes to answering such questions, often making up studies that don’t exist, or misattributing information. This is known as the “hallucination” problem...

It's the End of the Web as We Know It by PanzersGhost in Internet

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

AI is the biggest source of misinformation on the Internet. It can create fake photos and fake articles. It can even rewrite history and lie about history. George Washington was a lesbian black woman of color, it claims.

Where You Can Report Your Ex Online in 2024 by DysfunctionalR in Internet

[–]SMCAB 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Absolutely. I was put on my local Facebook group you speak of by my BPD ex. I was alerted by some other parents that knew me. I don't have any FB or social media. I was single for THREE YEARS, and had just started dating again and that's when it happened. It was kinda cool because people that knew us stood up for me on there and said things like, "He's always at his kids things alone and he has a crazy ex.", or "I know this guy and he's dating one person and he has a crazy ex." Shit like that. I was astounded. She tried to blame it on my current girlfriend and she was using pictures of me that only she had. What a dolt!

At the end of the day it amounted to nothing, but the problem still exists. These places are just outlets for disordered people to do disordered things. I could have done this to her, with all the digital proof I had of how shitty she was, and yet somehow it happened to me. That's fucked.

Where You Can Report Your Ex Online in 2024 by DysfunctionalR in Internet

[–]CheeseWizard 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Needless to say, Are We Dating The Same Guy Facebook groups are notorious for false accusations by angry exes, at one point there was a false accusation of child abuse, violence, false accusation of std, of cheating. And the community is too retarded to question any post. They deserve the crossfire, it's like revenge porn, but the point is ruining a reputation. Worse than revenge porn. Many workplaces doesn't care about porn. It's a pussy pass, and victimization. An act.

Where You Can Report Your Ex Online in 2024 by DysfunctionalR in Internet

[–]RedditButt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Attitudes towards free speech changed drastically in 2016 with the election of Donald Trump. Trump was the catalyst that finally drove big tech liberals to expose themselves as the Marxist censors they are. It seems they only support free speech if they don’t personally find it offensive. When offended they often label the speech using some term often ending with “phobic”, “ist” or “ism” before acting as if “phobics”, “ists” and “isms” are not free speech.

Nailed it.

Meta’s worst offenses have been the systematic de-platforming of conservative groups on the grounds of so called “hate speech” which is a term thrown around far too liberally these days. As a result, many have had to flock to sites like Gab.com and TruthSocial.com just to support the political candidate of their choosing without being accused of “hate speech” because their candidate is “fascist” or “racist” according to opponents.

Except they also pull the same echochamber censorship bullshit, just for republicans.

Where You Can Report Your Ex Online in 2024 by DysfunctionalR in Internet

[–]IkeConn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This kind of shit works both ways.

Where You Can Report Your Ex Online in 2024 by DysfunctionalR in Internet

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Sweet, because sooooooo many people take responsibility for how shitty they were to their partners. Let's give them an outlet to tear someone apart when they were the ones who blew all the black guys behind a dumpster.

GRAPHIC DESIGN COURSES FEES IN MUMBAI by zicamaladleads in Internet

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19 Best Digital Marketing Courses in Mumbai with Placement by zicamaladleads in Internet

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19 Best Digital Marketing Courses in Mumbai are Zee Institute of Creative Art (ZICA), Borivali & Malad , IIDE - Digital School, MCTA, DGMark Instiute, DMTI — Digital Marketing Training Institute, Freelancers Academy, PIIDM, LIPS India, IIM Skills, Operating Media, ProIdeators, Compufield, Simplilearn, Optron Academy, School Of Digital Marketing, TBS Digital Marketing Institute, ProIdeators, VDIGITAL Marketing, Learning Catalyst. From Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, and beyond, these courses are designed to provide not only academic understanding but also hands-on, practical experience. Mumbai, being a hub of innovation and industry, needs marketers who are not only knowledgeable about conventional marketing techniques but also proficient at exploiting the power of digital platforms. Digital Marketing Courses in Mumbai specifically address this requirement, serving as catalysts for career advancement and professional development.

3D Animation vfx COURSES IN MUMBAI by zicamaladleads in Internet

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ZICA Animation Mumbai is a pioneering and fully comprehensive Animation Courses institute in Mumbai. We specialize in offering courses in 3D Animation, Visual Effects (VFX), and Digital Marketing. As a leading institution, we provide students with the opportunity to excel in both 2D and 3D Animation VFX courses in Mumbai. Our facility boasts state-of-the-art infrastructure and cutting-edge instruments, which enable hands-on practice and prepare our students for the competitive industry. Our curriculum includes Advanced Motion Graphics and much more. We take pride in our dedicated Placement Team, which is committed to providing 100% Placement Assistance in esteemed companies. If you're interested in our courses, we invite you to visit us for a free demo and expert counseling to learn more about our offerings. We're here to help you take the first step toward a successful career in animation and digital media. For More Info. Visit https://www.zica-malad.com/animation/3d-animation-vfx-institute-in-mumbai.php

Advanced Digital Marketing Course in Mumbai - ZICA Malad by zicamaladleads in Internet

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Zee Institute of Creative Art (ZICA), Malad is one of the Best Digital Marketing Courses in Mumbai. At ZICA Institute Malad, the digital marketing course is meticulously crafted to equip students with the latest tools, techniques, and strategies shaping the industry. From search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising to social media marketing and content creation, every aspect of digital marketing is covered in-depth. The backbone of any educational institution lies in its faculty, and ZICA Institute Malad takes immense pride in its team of industry experts. With years of hands-on experience and a passion for teaching, the faculty members ensure that students receive practical insights and guidance that go beyond textbooks. As students embark on their digital marketing journey, the ultimate goal is to secure rewarding career opportunities. ZICA Institute Malad understands this and offers robust placement assistance to its graduates. With a vast network of industry connections and partnerships, the institute facilitates internships and job placements, empowering students to kickstart their careers with confidence. ZICA Institute Malad's Advanced Digital Marketing Course in Mumbai stands out for its comprehensive curriculum designed to meet the evolving demands of the digital marketing industry. Led by Expert professionals and industry experts, the course covers a wide range of topics, including: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM), Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, Analytics and Reporting. For More Info. Visit https://www.zica-malad.com/digital-marketing/index.php

The Great GPT Firewall - a curated list of websites that employ the robots.txt file to restrict access to AI Agents, AI crawlers and GPTs by PanzersGhost in Internet

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I know it won't happen, but I would love to see an AI train itself on the entirety of the saved messages in Facebook Messenger.

It could learn to chat in a way totally indistinguishable from actual human beings...

Stable Cascade Playground [fal.ai] by neolib in Internet

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Hello guys, please suggest to me any tool for image background removal. by utkarshdm in Internet

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my go-to tool as a professional photographer is taking pictures properly in the first place, followed by photoshop.

Global Screen Addiction: Your Online Time vs. the World’s Norms by Drewski in Internet

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A freedom loving CloudFlare competitor emerges by [deleted] in Internet

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BasedFlare is being used on https://goyimtv.com

Our computer has wasted internet hotspot data. So, I set up new firewall rules to stop unwanted traffic. 🧱 A "warning" pops up from Microsoft complaining they cannot see what I am doing. It can't verify if it's "safe" or not.... I remember hoping they were protecting us. 🤔 by In-the-clouds in Internet

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I used to be a gamer, but now I regret wasting so much time.

Yes, I am in Babylon, shortly before its fall.

Your daily data limit is almost my monthly limit!

Our computer has wasted internet hotspot data. So, I set up new firewall rules to stop unwanted traffic. 🧱 A "warning" pops up from Microsoft complaining they cannot see what I am doing. It can't verify if it's "safe" or not.... I remember hoping they were protecting us. 🤔 by In-the-clouds in Internet

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I partake in a quick game now and then and chat with friends in the game. I no longer partake in tournaments despite being one of the top players. It just isn't interesting for me.

There are unlimited data plans which are still cheaper than a regular connection. I don't know the situation in the US, which I assume you're located in, but over here it's very flexible. The connection gets cut off after around 10 GB daily usage and even after that you can extend that limit by 2 GB with one text message. And you can keep extending it. Your connection just gets interrupted after each 2 GB until a new day starts when you get 10 GB again.

Our computer has wasted internet hotspot data. So, I set up new firewall rules to stop unwanted traffic. 🧱 A "warning" pops up from Microsoft complaining they cannot see what I am doing. It can't verify if it's "safe" or not.... I remember hoping they were protecting us. 🤔 by In-the-clouds in Internet

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You still have time for distractions like games?

I have no other source of internet in my house. The cell phone hot spot through a USB cable is fast enough for me. Videos download very fast, fast enough to stream. I am happy with it, but the cell phone company puts a limit on how much data I can use per month. The current limit is 15 GB per month. I caught Microsoft Windows eating up a big chunk of that data, but with the changes I made to the firewall, the data leak is much less.

Our computer has wasted internet hotspot data. So, I set up new firewall rules to stop unwanted traffic. 🧱 A "warning" pops up from Microsoft complaining they cannot see what I am doing. It can't verify if it's "safe" or not.... I remember hoping they were protecting us. 🤔 by In-the-clouds in Internet

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Is mobile data fast enough to replace a regular connection? I'm considering switching. I did try it but often got disconnected from an online game I want to play. (And the game doesn't even use that much data, I think it has issues with staying connected for a longer period of time.)

Our computer has wasted internet hotspot data. So, I set up new firewall rules to stop unwanted traffic. 🧱 A "warning" pops up from Microsoft complaining they cannot see what I am doing. It can't verify if it's "safe" or not.... I remember hoping they were protecting us. 🤔 by In-the-clouds in Internet

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If you don't know Windows is phoning home, you are not the kind of person who needs worry your pretty little head over this

Digitopia is ruining our lives by PanzersGhost in Internet

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wait until you see all/forced digital money

youve seen nothing yet ...

A selfhosted opensource deadman switch - simply post a message with a threshold date, if you don't ping the server by the threshold date the message is made public. by PanzersGhost in Internet

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Assange had one, they shut down the whole internet to stop it

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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I'm glad you do not support lockdowns. A prophetic message from God months ago already revealed that when the next lockdown is imposed people will revolt. I recommend to you and anyone else to stay away from the riots. They will be violent and will not be successful. When the lockdowns do not work, the ruling class will release a worse disease that will kill many, and that will put people into a state of fear. They control people with fear. God provides freedom through his spirit of love and peace, as shown by the life of Jesus.

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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I am hoping that people will not go along with another lockdown. I know I won't.

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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That looks like a good idea, until the next pandemic. When the ruling class says it's time for another lockdown.... No one is allowed to leave their homes and no one is allowed to communicate face to face. Remember the COVID lockdowns? Stay six feet apart! The restrictions were really bad in China.

There will also be riots and chaos in the streets. And a civil war and race war are here. The rulers will declare martial law. Again, people will be isolated.

But you can always communicate with God through prayer. The ruling class can never take that away.

Wikipedia is just Hasbara by PanzersGhost in Internet

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Interesting that it says:

At the time of Bennett's assumption of office, the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel had somewhat subsided, with a low national infection rate and with 55% of the Israeli population having received two or more COVID-19 vaccines. Within ten days of his assumption of office, Israel underwent an outbreak of the Delta variant. In response, Bennett encouraged renewed social distancing, and the vaccination of all children aged twelve and above.[92] In addition, he reached a deal with Pfizer to provide previously purchased vaccines before their intended delivery date to ensure the accessibility of the vaccine,[93] and to provide additional vaccines in case a second booster shot becomes necessary.[94] Following the variant's continued spread, a second booster shot and third overall shot was approved by the government on 1 August 2021 for all individuals aged 60 or older,[95] which was expanded on 29 August to all adults.[96]

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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thanks

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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I think the rise of AI and the inability to tell what's real will drive many people back to in person interactions.

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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I posted the full article in another comment.

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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interesting

I have to 'sign up' to read the rest of it

Wikipedia is just Hasbara by PanzersGhost in Internet

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Btw, Naftali Bennett is former PM of Israel:

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftali_Bennett

Wikipedia is just Hasbara by PanzersGhost in Internet

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With no other consensus on how to tell truth from falsehood, Wikipedia has more or less turned to "If it's in the NYT or WaPo, it's true; if it's not, it's not."

Wikipedia is just Hasbara by PanzersGhost in Internet

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Odysse is just Hamas

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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Obviously we have a problem with proving who is really who they say they are. The "solution" to this and other "problems"? The mark of the beast will be required in the right hand or forehead as identification. The world will adore the beast and forfeit their salvation only available through Jesus Christ. Those that take the mark might think they are getting a good deal, but they will be damned. Get ready to choose wisely, if you are still alive to see that soon-to-be-here day!

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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IDs 1

IDs 2

Some of the IDs uploaded to the OnlyFake Telegram. Image: 404 Media.

OnlyFake offers other technical measures to make its churned out images even more convincing. The service offers a metadata changer because identity verification services, or people, may inspect this information to determine if the photo is fake or not. That includes fabricating what device allegedly took the photo—an Apple iPhone 11 Pro, a Huawei BKL-L09—the date and time of creation, and spoofed GPS coordinates. For my fake California drivers’ license, I set those coordinates to a location in Los Angeles, so it would roughly match the Californian address I printed on the ID itself.

As well as uploading their own photo, users can run through a mass of portraits from OnlyFake’ own archive; these are not AI-generated, the description of a YouTube video advertising the service says. But they still provide an opportunity to create an ID without the fraudster uploading a photo of themselves.

Wick told 404 Media they started creating document templates three years ago. The generator service itself, they wrote in another Telegram channel message, has been in development for “almost a year and a half.” They created this service by feeding it a large collection of images of identity documents.

Wick said that “it's necessary first to find a scan, preferably in very high resolution, such as 10,000 x 10,000 pixels. Such scans usually reveal microtext and any lines. In addition to this, it's preferable to have hologram photos from different angles to understand how they are superimposed.”

In one channel message, they offered to buy scans of identity documents from others, explicitly asking for samples of U.S. documents. “I will buy your scans 1200-2400 dpi. $100+ per scan. The priority is the United States, and the new documents of Europe.”

And with its corpus of data, OnlyFake has introduced generations of more recent types of IDs too, such as the New York State redesign of its drivers’ license from 2022, according to one Telegram message. “We developed a unique algorithm to generate DLs like New York, which have a window and complex curved text that no one else could replicate before us! 👏🎯,” one message read. This also includes generating serial numbers in such a format that are distinctive to that particular type of ID, which again was done by analyzing a large number of IDs. “Each passport, ID, etc., usually has various numbers. Each number has a unique algorithm, which often requires analyzing hundreds or thousands of originals to decipher,” Wick added.

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A screenshot of the OnlyFake generation panel. Image: 404 Media.

OnlyFake also offers images that look like more traditional scans, with the fake passport or ID laying flat, with no background, and taking up the entirety of the frame.

While OnlyFake says it uses “neural networks” to create its fake IDs, 404 Media has not seen evidence that the service uses generative AI tools. “I don’t know exactly what is going on here but I suspect that they are using some tech to insert/replace the image into a template of a license/id,” Hany Farid, a professor at UC Berkeley and one of the world’s leading experts on digitally manipulated images, told 404 Media in an email. “If they were using genAI to create whole cloth the entire ID, they would have trouble dealing with inconsistencies in the background.”

Where things get a bit more tricky for fraudsters, and where some sort of other service or skill set would be required on top of OnlyFake, would be sites that ask for video or photo verification which ask the user to physically hold up their ID to the camera. That, obviously, is not really possible with an ID card that doesn’t actually exist. Other related sites have something of a workaround, or at least offer a helping hand. Users can purchase sets of photos from a choice of hundreds of people holding up blank pieces of paper, laptops, and plain passport-shaped objects to a camera, which they can then superimpose their fake documents onto. Presumably the photos would need to match, but multiple sites 404 Media visited offer a stream of real people ready to fulfill that role. Each set costs $45. It is not clear who exactly these people are, be they unsuspecting victims, direct accomplices, or perhaps people paid to be in the photos.

In my test, I used a photo of my own face for my fake ID. OnlyFake offers the photos of other real peoples’ faces to use, but I did not want to implicate a random and innocent person in this test. That means the test ultimately was a probing of OKX’s document recognition feature, and not so much its selfie one. Still, using a fake ID with a different name would provide a security benefit to a fraudster over simply using their genuine ID in their own name. And Wick says they plan to introduce a face and selfie generator soon.

Members of OnlyFake’s community also discuss the problem of video verification in associated chat rooms. A Russian language room has more than 1,100 members, while its English equivalent has just over 550. Here, members look to work together on scams or other fraudulent activities, and discuss how to create live video feeds of a person holding up a corresponding ID. People in these chat rooms appear determined to find a solution, and several have posted demonstrations of what look to be animated stills of people holding up IDs as a potential approach.

This isn’t the first time I’ve successfully demonstrated the power of AI-adjacent tools for fraud. Last year I created an AI-generated version of my voice using a tool called ElevenLabs. With that, I broke into my own bank account, bypassing the biometric voice verification with my AI clone. “My voice is my password,” I commanded my AI doppelganger to say at the time.

Others have toyed with the idea of using AI to circumvent identity verification services specifically. Recently a user on Reddit showed a photorealistic image they claimed to have created at least in part with text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion. In the image, a woman smiles at the camera while holding a piece of paper with hand written text, in very much the style of a selfie someone may upload to an identity verification service. Another replaced that piece of paper with a fake ID and writing on the woman’s skin, creating what might be a convincing image of an entirely fabricated and artificial person proving they actually exist—a powerful paradox for fraud. In both cases, the creator later said they used Photoshop for the text.

But with technology like OnlyFake, maybe a future where AI selfies come complete with a fake ID is just around the corner.

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs by Drewski in Internet

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An underground website called OnlyFake is claiming to use “neural networks” to generate realistic looking photos of fake IDs for just $15, radically disrupting the marketplace for fake identities and cybersecurity more generally. This technology, which 404 Media has verified produces fake IDs nearly instantly, could streamline everything from bank fraud to laundering stolen funds.

In our own tests, OnlyFake created a highly convincing California driver's license, complete with whatever arbitrary name, biographical information, address, expiration date, and signature we wanted. The photo even gives the appearance that the ID card is laying on a fluffy carpet, as if someone has placed it on the floor and snapped a picture, which many sites require for verification purposes. 404 Media then used another fake ID generated by this site to successfully step through the identity verification process on OKX. OKX is a cryptocurrency exchange that has recently appeared in multiple court records because of its use by criminals.

Rather than painstakingly crafting a fake ID by hand—a highly skilled criminal profession that can take years to master—or waiting for a purchased one to arrive in the mail with the risk of interception, OnlyFake lets essentially anyone generate fake IDs in minutes that may seem real enough to bypass various online verification systems. Or at least fool some people.

“The era of rendering documents using Photoshop is coming to an end,” an announcement posted to OnlyFake’s Telegram account reads. As well as “neural networks,” the service claims to use “generators” which create up to 20,000 documents a day. The service’s owner, who goes by the moniker John Wick, told 404 Media that hundreds of documents can be generated at once using data from an Excel table.

ID front

ID back

A fake ID generated by the service. Image: 404 Media.

To create the ID, I entered the information I wanted to appear on the card, uploaded a passport photo, and cycled through a series of automatically generated images that took the name I entered and turned it into a signature. Sometimes these made squiggles with the full name, other times with just the initials. “The neural network generates signatures very realistically,” Wick said.

Finally, I hit “generate photo.” Once the generation process started, the screen displayed updates on the system’s progress: “Generating PDF417 and Code128,” “Sending to Server,” “Replacing the Text,” before suddenly finishing and providing a preview of the finished product. I then clicked “download and pay,” which gave me access to two files, the front and back of my new fake ID laying on the carpet. That process took around one or two minutes.

On Telegram, OnlyFake has uploaded a wealth of other photos showing the high quality of their service. In one demonstration photo, what appears to be a U.S. passport card sits on a blanket. In another, a fake Arizona driver’s license lays flat on a hard surface. Another set shows a fake Swiss passport and identification card on a piece of fabric. Other photos show a Canadian passport and Austrian ID too. In all, OnlyFake offers generations of identity documents from more than two dozen different countries, but its administrator sometimes shows a particular interest in creating U.S. identities.

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*Do you know anything else about these ID generation services? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at +44 20 8133 5190. Otherwise, send me an email at joseph@404media.co.*

The backgrounds of the images—the fabric, the hard surface—appear to be real photos. 404 Media compared several different outputs from OnlyFake that showed different IDs laying on the same distinctive background. OnlyFake appears to be then using its technology to rapidly map whatever ID the customer wants onto one of those backdrops.

The appeal of a service like OnlyFake to fraudsters is that these allegedly AI-generated fake IDs could be used to signup to online services which ask for identity verification. It is very common for all sorts of sites—banks, cryptocurrency exchanges—or even individual professionals like lawyers or accountants to ask for, at minimum, a scan or photo of someone’s ID. Some social media sites also ask for identity documents in certain contexts.

404 Media tested the identity verification process of the cryptocurrency exchange OKX with a fake British passport generated by OnlyFake. OKX has appeared in multiple court records in recent weeks, including in the case of a massive scam that may have netted around $40 million. In that instance, the identity documents the scammer provided to OKX as part of the verification process pointed to the real name of the alleged fraudster. This is the bottleneck of cryptocurrency—where converting cryptocurrency into fiat often requires giving up identifying information. More sophisticated criminals may hire others to act as a buffer in this step, while foolish ones use their own documents. But what if a service offered fake IDs at the click of a mouse? Could this make it harder for exchanges, banks, or other institutions to stop money laundering and fraud?

The process started with OKX asking me to snap a photo of the ID with a smartphone camera. This worked despite me not having a physical ID in my hand. I pointed the camera at the OnlyFake-generated photo of the fake ID displayed on my laptop screen, and the system successfully recognized the ID. It then asked me to take a selfie, which I did.

“Identity verified,” OKX’s website read. “Congratulations! You’ve completed your identity verification.”

Verification step 1

Verification step 2

Verification step 3

Verification step 4

The verification process for OKX.

OKX uses a company called Jumio for at least part of its identity verification process. Stuart Wells, CTO for Jumio, said in an emailed statement that the company’s “advanced ID verification process uses mobile or webcam document scanning tools that allow security teams to cross-check against trusted sources and mitigate the number of fake profiles and malicious activity. Ultimately, these added identity verification measures better protect users by deterring fraud attempts right from the user onboarding stage.” When 404 Media then explained we had successfully passed the identity verification process using a fake, generated ID, Jumio said it could only comment on Jumio’s own technology, rather than OKX’s processes. OKX did not respond to a request for comment.

Abhishek Mathew, a cybersecurity researcher who has followed the site, told 404 Media that real criminals are using OnlyFake in this way. “Many use this service for carding, creating fake bank accounts and also many use this service to unban their crypto accounts like Binance where they ask IDd proofs,” they said in an online chat. A Bitcoin address used by the OnlyFake service has received more than $23,500 worth of the cryptocurrency, according to blockchain records. The service accepts many other forms of cryptocurrency too, though.

OnlyFake’s owner, Wick, told 404 Media their service could be used to bypass verification at a host of sites, including Binance, Revolut, Wise, Kraken, Bybit, Payoneer, Huobi, Airbnb, OKX and Coinbase. In the same message they claimed, unconvincingly, “using our site for the purpose of forging documents is prohibited.”

Binance did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Coinbase said in an email that “At Coinbase we are working with dedicated research teams to combat the potential misuse of AI tools and are dedicated to incorporating the latest AI security features to help mitigate and prevent threats from bad actors using AI.”

A Kraken spokesperson wrote in an email that “Kraken continues to maintain strong crypto industry KYC [know your customer] and fraud checks. We have measures in place to uncover and prevent fabricated identification documents being used in an attempt to circumvent our robust identity verification processes. We also reserve the right, as part of our terms of service, to suspend or close accounts where clients have used questionable or stolen identification documents during our KYC reviews.”

Payoneer said in an email that “Payoneer is aware of underground websites that use AI to generate synthetic IDs and we work with multiple vendors to detect this type of fraud. While a user may try to submit a synthetic ID as part of registration, we have additional controls in place to determine the source of funds, location, and other risk-scoring mechanisms to prevent any financial activity taking place.”

Other companies either did not respond or provide a response in time for publication. ID.me, another verification service, did not respond to a request for comment.

Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead by PanzersGhost in Internet

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They are a government intelligence partner and must do what they are told. A large portion of the internet has been erased or re-written in the last 6 years. It must be difficult to maintain caches, when you are mandated to remove, or edit them without detection. The Wayback machine has an easier time rewriting history.

I suggest you screen cap and download the full page of everything you read online.

Joe Rogan Gets New Spotify Deal Worth Up to $250 Million by PanzersGhost in Internet

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Rogan vs MSM.

Rogan: $250M
MSM: Bankruptcy