Mark Zuckerberg and me wearing the Facebook glasses and Zuckerberg is choking me with a blue beam emerging from his wrist band.

Trafotin Watches: Meta Connect 2025

Facebook returns from their political apology tour to bring us glasses that extend the reach of their surveillance and unnecessary features of your phone straight into your eyes. To top all of that, you can now text people as long as you transmit all of your muscle movements to boot. At least all the live demos failed, but it’s only downhill from here…

September 26, 2025 Â· 1 min Â· Trafotin

Tor Has Problems, But Mental Outlaw Has Multiple Too.

Mental Outlaw made an inaccurate video. A couple actually. Plus some announcements for the next 2 months.

September 13, 2025 Â· 3 min Â· Trafotin
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Verify Your Downloads like a PRO!

PGP keys, hashes, vendor certificates… there’s so many ways to verify a file! And all of them are like pulling teeth.

August 16, 2024 Â· 8 min Â· Trafotin
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The Biggest Threats of Generative AI

Hey there, fellow human beings! Today let’s talk about the next eugenics disaster—generative AI. That’s right, those fancy algorithms that can create images, videos, and even entire YouTube descriptions with just a few clicks. Sounds cool, right? Well, it gets complicated when the big corporate players like OpenAI, Google, and Facebook get involved. To them, creativity and the human experience is a problem to be solved. We’ll explore the importance of open-source, interoperable, and human-centered generative AI in today’s world. From the dangers of corporate-controlled AI to the potential for creative freedom, we discuss why it’s essential to adopt AI that respects human dignity.

August 2, 2024 Â· 14 min Â· Trafotin
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The Ultimate Guide to VeraCrypt: Creating Cross-Platform, Encrypted Files

Ever have to share files across computers? Have sensitive documents to safeguard? Protect them by encrypting them with VeraCrypt!

July 5, 2024 Â· 12 min Â· Trafotin