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Re: cypherpunks Digest, Vol 106, Issue 93
by Gunnar Larson 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

At first glance, this was a great article. On Fri, Apr 8, 2022, 7:52 PM <cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org> wrote: > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cypherpunks-owner(a)lists.cpunks.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: DALL-E (coderman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 23:50:53 +0000 > From: coderman <coderman(a)protonmail.com> > To: coderman <coderman(a)protonmail.com> > Cc: "cy\"Cypherpunks" <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> > Subject: Re: DALL-E > Message-ID: > > <a9WeFGpr9g422W0Uym9aQZyxT6mqWNzNwLsG6yKqqlD4BLpH6NxuARXLOMvBY8IdZF9HMetBKZYGjdH--qJRFZDIWnXdMRQVqr3pmMYVo5I=@ > protonmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > DALL·E[1](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fn1) > > We decided to name our model using a portmanteau of the artist Salvador > Dalí and Pixar’s WALL·E. > > is a 12-billion parameter version of[GPT-3]( > https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.14165) trained to generate images from text > descriptions, using a dataset of text–image pairs. We’ve found that it has > a diverse set of capabilities, including creating anthropomorphized > versions of animals and objects, combining unrelated concepts in plausible > ways, rendering text, and applying transformations to existing images. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Text prompt > an illustration of a baby daikon radish in a tutu walking a dog > AI-generated > images > > Edit prompt or view more images > Text prompt > an armchair in the shape of an avocado. . . . > AI-generated > images > > Edit prompt or view more images > Text prompt > a store front that has the word ‘openai’ written on it. . . . > AI-generated > images > > Edit prompt or view more images > Text & image > prompt > the exact same cat on the top as a sketch on the bottom > AI-generated > images > > Edit prompt or view more images > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > GPT-3 showed that language can be used to instruct a large neural network > to perform a variety of text generation tasks. [Image GPT]( > https://openai.com/blog/image-gpt) showed that the same type of neural > network can also be used to generate images with high fidelity. We extend > these findings to show that manipulating visual concepts through language > is now within reach. > > Overview > > Like GPT-3, DALL·E is a transformer language model. It receives both the > text and the image as a single stream of data containing up to 1280 tokens, > and is trained using maximum likelihood to generate all of the tokens, one > after another.[2](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fn2) > > A token is any symbol from a discrete vocabulary; for humans, each English > letter is a token from a 26-letter alphabet. DALL·E’s vocabulary has tokens > for both text and image concepts. Specifically, each image caption is > represented using a maximum of 256 BPE-encoded tokens with a vocabulary > size of 16384, and the image is represented using 1024 tokens with a > vocabulary size of 8192. > > The images are preprocessed to 256x256 resolution during training. Similar > to VQVAE,[14]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf14)[15](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r…) > each image is compressed to a 32x32 grid of discrete latent codes using a > discrete VAE[10]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf10)[11](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r…) > that we pretrained using a continuous relaxation.[12]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf12)[13](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r…) > We found that training using the relaxation obviates the need for an > explicit codebook, EMA loss, or tricks like dead code revival, and can > scale up to large vocabulary sizes. > > This training procedure allows DALL·E to not only generate an image from > scratch, but also to regenerate any rectangular region of an existing image > that extends to the bottom-right corner, in a way that is consistent with > the text prompt. > > We recognize that work involving generative models has the potential for > significant, broad societal impacts. In the future, we plan to analyze how > models like DALL·E relate to societal issues like economic impact on > certain work processes and professions, the potential for bias in the model > outputs, and the longer term ethical challenges implied by this technology. > > Capabilities > > We find that DALL·E is able to create plausible images for a great variety > of sentences that explore the compositional structure of language. We > illustrate this using a series of interactive visuals in the next section. > The samples shown for each caption in the visuals are obtained by taking > the top 32 of 512 after reranking with [CLIP]( > https://openai.com/blog/clip/) but we do not use any manual > cherry-picking, aside from the thumbnails and standalone images that appear > outside.[3](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fn3) > > Further details provided in [a later section]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#summary) > > Controlling Attributes > > We test DALL·E’s ability to modify several of an object’s attributes, as > well as the number of times that it appears. > > Click to edit text prompt or view more AI-generated images > a pentagonal green clock. a green clock in the shape of a pentagon. > > navigatedownwide > a cube made of porcupine. a cube with the texture of a porcupine. > > navigatedownwide > a collection of glasses is sitting on a table > > navigatedownwide > > Drawing Multiple Objects > > Simultaneously controlling multiple objects, their attributes, and their > spatial relationships presents a new challenge. For example, consider the > phrase “a hedgehog wearing a red hat, yellow gloves, blue shirt, and green > pants.” To correctly interpret this sentence, DALL·E must not only > correctly compose each piece of apparel with the animal, but also form the > associations (hat, red), (gloves, yellow), (shirt, blue), and (pants, > green) without mixing them up.[4](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fn4) > > This task is called variable binding, and has been extensively studied in > the literature.[17]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf17)[18](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r… > ) > > We test DALL·E’s ability to do this for relative positioning, stacking > objects, and controlling multiple attributes. > > a small red block sitting on a large green block > > navigatedownwide > a stack of 3 cubes. a red cube is on the top, sitting on a green cube. the > green cube is in the middle, sitting on a blue cube. the blue cube is on > the bottom. > > navigatedownwide > an emoji of a baby penguin wearing a blue hat, red gloves, green shirt, > and yellow pants > > navigatedownwide > > While DALL·E does offer some level of controllability over the attributes > and positions of a small number of objects, the success rate can depend on > how the caption is phrased. As more objects are introduced, DALL·E is prone > to confusing the associations between the objects and their colors, and the > success rate decreases sharply. We also note that DALL·E is brittle with > respect to rephrasing of the caption in these scenarios: alternative, > semantically equivalent captions often yield no correct interpretations. > > Visualizing Perspective and Three-Dimensionality > > We find that DALL·E also allows for control over the viewpoint of a scene > and the 3D style in which a scene is rendered. > > an extreme close-up view of a capybara sitting in a field > > navigatedownwide > a capybara made of voxels sitting in a field > > navigatedownwide > > To push this further, we test DALL·E’s ability to repeatedly draw the head > of a well-known figure at each angle from a sequence of equally spaced > angles, and find that we can recover a smooth animation of the rotating > head. > > a photograph of a bust of homer > > navigatedownwide > > DALL·E appears to be able to apply some types of optical distortions to > scenes, as we see with the options “fisheye lens view” and “a spherical > panorama.” This motivated us to explore its ability to generate reflections. > > a plain white cube looking at its own reflection in a mirror. a plain > white cube gazing at itself in a mirror. > > navigatedownwide > > Visualizing Internal and External Structure > > The samples from the “extreme close-up view” and “x-ray” style led us to > further explore DALL·E’s ability to render internal structure with > cross-sectional views, and external structure with macro photographs. > > a cross-section view of a walnut > > navigatedownwide > a macro photograph of brain coral > > navigatedownwide > > Inferring Contextual Details > > The task of translating text to images is underspecified: a single caption > generally corresponds to an infinitude of plausible images, so the image is > not uniquely determined. For instance, consider the caption “a painting of > a capybara sitting on a field at sunrise.” Depending on the orientation of > the capybara, it may be necessary to draw a shadow, though this detail is > never mentioned explicitly. We explore DALL·E’s ability to resolve > underspecification in three cases: changing style, setting, and time; > drawing the same object in a variety of different situations; and > generating an image of an object with specific text written on it. > > a painting of a capybara sitting in a field at sunrise > > navigatedownwide > a stained glass window with an image of a blue strawberry > > navigatedownwide > a store front that has the word ‘openai’ written on it. a store front that > has the word ‘openai’ written on it. a store front that has the word > ‘openai’ written on it. ‘openai’ store front. > > navigatedownwide > > With varying degrees of reliability, DALL·E provides access to a subset of > the capabilities of a 3D rendering engine via natural language. It can > independently control the attributes of a small number of objects, and to a > limited extent, how many there are, and how they are arranged with respect > to one another. It can also control the location and angle from which a > scene is rendered, and can generate known objects in compliance with > precise specifications of angle and lighting conditions. > > Unlike a 3D rendering engine, whose inputs must be specified unambiguously > and in complete detail, DALL·E is often able to “fill in the blanks” when > the caption implies that the image must contain a certain detail that is > not explicitly stated. > > Applications of Preceding Capabilities > > Next, we explore the use of the preceding capabilities for fashion and > interior design. > > a male mannequin dressed in an orange and black flannel shirt > > navigatedownwide > a female mannequin dressed in a black leather jacket and gold pleated skirt > > navigatedownwide > a living room with two white armchairs and a painting of the colosseum. > the painting is mounted above a modern fireplace. > > navigatedownwide > a loft bedroom with a white bed next to a nightstand. there is a fish tank > beside the bed. > > navigatedownwide > > Combining Unrelated Concepts > > The compositional nature of language allows us to put together concepts to > describe both real and imaginary things. We find that DALL·E also has the > ability to combine disparate ideas to synthesize objects, some of which are > unlikely to exist in the real world. We explore this ability in two > instances: transferring qualities from various concepts to animals, and > designing products by taking inspiration from unrelated concepts. > > a snail made of harp. a snail with the texture of a harp. > > navigatedownwide > an armchair in the shape of an avocado. an armchair imitating an avocado. > > navigatedownwide > > Animal Illustrations > > In the previous section, we explored DALL·E’s ability to combine unrelated > concepts when generating images of real-world objects. Here, we explore > this ability in the context of art, for three kinds of illustrations: > anthropomorphized versions of animals and objects, animal chimeras, and > emojis. > > an illustration of a baby daikon radish in a tutu walking a dog > > navigatedownwide > a professional high quality illustration of a giraffe turtle chimera. a > giraffe imitating a turtle. a giraffe made of turtle. > > navigatedownwide > a professional high quality emoji of a lovestruck cup of boba > > navigatedownwide > > Zero-Shot Visual Reasoning > > GPT-3 can be instructed to perform many kinds of tasks solely from a > description and a cue to generate the answer supplied in its prompt, > without any additional training. For example, when prompted with the phrase > “here is the sentence ‘a person walking his dog in the park’ translated > into French:”, GPT-3 answers “un homme qui promène son chien dans le parc.” > This capability is called zero-shot reasoning. We find that DALL·E extends > this capability to the visual domain, and is able to perform several kinds > of image-to-image translation tasks when prompted in the right way. > > the exact same cat on the top as a sketch on the bottom > > navigatedownwide > the exact same teapot on the top with ’gpt’ written on it on the bottom > > navigatedownwide > > We did not anticipate that this capability would emerge, and made no > modifications to the neural network or training procedure to encourage it. > Motivated by these results, we measure DALL·E’s aptitude for analogical > reasoning problems by testing it on Raven’s progressive matrices, a visual > IQ test that saw widespread use in the 20th century. > > a sequence of geometric shapes. > > navigatedownwide > > Geographic Knowledge > > We find that DALL·E has learned about geographic facts, landmarks, and > neighborhoods. Its knowledge of these concepts is surprisingly precise in > some ways and flawed in others. > > a photo of the food of china > > navigatedownwide > a photo of alamo square, san francisco, from a street at night > > navigatedownwide > a photo of san francisco’s golden gate bridge > > navigatedownwide > > Temporal Knowledge > > In addition to exploring DALL·E’s knowledge of concepts that vary over > space, we also explore its knowledge of concepts that vary over time. > > a photo of a phone from the 20s > > navigatedownwide > > Summary of Approach and Prior Work > > DALL·E is a simple decoder-only transformer that receives both the text > and the image as a single stream of 1280 tokens—256 for the text and 1024 > for the image—and models all of them autoregressively. The attention mask > at each of its 64 self-attention layers allows each image token to attend > to all text tokens. DALL·E uses the standard causal mask for the text > tokens, and sparse attention for the image tokens with either a row, > column, or convolutional attention pattern, depending on the layer. We > provide more details about the architecture and training procedure in our > [paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.12092). > > Text-to-image synthesis has been an active area of research since the > pioneering work of Reed et. al,[1](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf1) > whose approach uses a GAN conditioned on text embeddings. The embeddings > are produced by an encoder pretrained using a contrastive loss, not unlike > CLIP. StackGAN[3](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf3) and StackGAN++[4]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf4) use multi-scale GANs to scale up the > image resolution and improve visual fidelity. AttnGAN[5]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf5) incorporates attention between the > text and image features, and proposes a contrastive text-image feature > matching loss as an auxiliary objective. This is interesting to compare to > our reranking with CLIP, which is done offline. Other work[2]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf2)[6](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf6…) > incorporates additional sources of supervision during training to improve > image quality. Finally, work by Nguyen et. al[8]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf8) and Cho et. al[9]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf9) explores sampling-based strategies > for image generation that leverage pretrained multimodal discriminative > models. > > Similar to the rejection sampling used in [VQVAE-2]( > https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.00446) we use [CLIP]( > https://openai.com/blog/clip/) to rerank the top 32 of 512 samples for > each caption in all of the interactive visuals. This procedure can also be > seen as a kind of language-guided search[16]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf16) and can have a dramatic impact on > sample quality. > > an illustration of a baby daikon radish in a tutu walking a dog [caption > 1, best 8 of 2048] > > > navigatedownwide--------------------------------------------------------------- > > Footnotes > > - > > We decided to name our model using a portmanteau of the artist Salvador > Dalí and Pixar’s WALL·E. [↩︎](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fnref1) > > - > > A token is any symbol from a discrete vocabulary; for humans, each English > letter is a token from a 26-letter alphabet. DALL·E’s vocabulary has tokens > for both text and image concepts. Specifically, each image caption is > represented using a maximum of 256 BPE-encoded tokens with a vocabulary > size of 16384, and the image is represented using 1024 tokens with a > vocabulary size of 8192. > > The images are preprocessed to 256x256 resolution during training. Similar > to VQVAE,[14]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf14)[15](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r…) > each image is compressed to a 32x32 grid of discrete latent codes using a > discrete VAE[10]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf10)[11](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r…) > that we pretrained using a continuous relaxation.[12]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf12)[13](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r…) > We found that training using the relaxation obviates the need for an > explicit codebook, EMA loss, or tricks like dead code revival, and can > scale up to large vocabulary sizes. [↩︎]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fnref2) > > - > > Further details provided in [a later section]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#summary) [↩︎]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fnref3) > > - > > This task is called variable binding, and has been extensively studied in > the literature.[17]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rf17)[18](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#r…) > [↩︎](https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#fnref4) > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > References > > - Reed, S., Akata, Z., Yan, X., Logeswaran, L., Schiele, B., Lee, H. > (2016). “[Generative adversarial text to image synthesis]( > https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.05396)”. In ICML 2016. [↩︎]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rfref1) > > - Reed, S., Akata, Z., Mohan, S., Tenka, S., Schiele, B., Lee, H. (2016). > “[Learning what and where to draw](https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.02454)”. In > NIPS 2016. 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[↩︎]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rfref20a) [↩︎]( > https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/#rfref20b) > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Authors > [Aditya Ramesh](https://openai.com/blog/authors/aditya/)[Mikhail Pavlov]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/mikhail/)[Gabriel Goh]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/gabriel/)[Scott Gray]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/scott/) > (Primary Authors) > [Mark Chen](https://openai.com/blog/authors/mark/)[Rewon Child]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/rewon/)[Vedant Misra]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/vedant/)[Pamela Mishkin]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/pamela/)[Gretchen Krueger]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/gretchen/)[Sandhini Agarwal]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/sandhini/)[Ilya Sutskever]( > https://openai.com/blog/authors/ilya/) > (Supporting Authors) > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Filed Under > [Research]( > https://openai.com/blog/tags/research/)[Milestones](https://openai.com/blog… > ) > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Cover Artwork > > Justin Jay Wang > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Acknowledgments > > Thanks to the following for their feedback on this work and contributions > to this release: Alec Radford, Andrew Mayne, Jeff Clune, Ashley Pilipiszyn, > Steve Dowling, Jong Wook Kim, Lei Pan, Heewoo Jun, John Schulman, Michael > Tabatowski, Preetum Nakkiran, Jack Clark, Fraser Kelton, Jacob Jackson, > Greg Brockman, Wojciech Zaremba, Justin Mao-Jones, David Luan, Shantanu > Jain, Prafulla Dhariwal, Sam Altman, Pranav Shyam, Miles Brundage, Jakub > Pachocki, and Ryan Lowe. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Contributions > > Aditya Ramesh was the project lead: he developed the approach, trained the > models, and wrote most of the blog copy. > > Aditya Ramesh, Mikhail Pavlov, and Scott Gray worked together to scale up > the model to 12 billion parameters, and designed the infrastructure used to > draw samples from the model. > > Aditya Ramesh, Gabriel Goh, and Justin Jay Wang worked together to create > the interactive visuals for the blog. > > Mark Chen and Aditya Ramesh created the images for Raven’s Progressives > Matrices. > > Rewon Child and Vedant Misra assisted in writing the blog. > > Pamela Mishkin, Gretchen Krueger, and Sandhini Agarwal advised on broader > impacts of the work and assisted in writing the blog. > > Ilya Sutskever oversaw the project and assisted in writing the blog. >

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by zeynepaydogan 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

US/UK: Julian Assange's 'politically motivated' extradition must not go ahead https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/usuk-julian-assanges-politically-… ‘This disingenuous appeal should be denied, the charges should be dropped, and Julian Assange should be released’ -Agnès Callamard Ahead of an appeal hearing against the decision by the High Court in London not to extradite Julian Assange to the USA, Amnesty International calls on the US government to drop the charges against him and the UK government not to extradite him but release him immediately. The call by Amnesty follows an investigation by[Yahoo News](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot… that US security services considered kidnapping or killing Julian Assange when he was resident in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. These reports further weaken already unreliable US diplomatic assurances that Assange will not be placed in conditions that could amount to ill-treatment if extradited. Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: > “Assurances by the US government that they would not put Julian Assangein a maximum security prison or subject him to abusive Special Administrative Measures were discredited by their admission that they reserved the right to reverse those guarantees. Now, reports that the CIA considered kidnapping or killing Assange have cast even more doubt on the reliability of US promises and further expose the political motivation behind this case. > > “It is a damning indictment that nearly twenty years on, virtually no one responsible for alleged US war crimes committed in the course of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars has been held accountable, let alone prosecuted, and yet a publisher who exposed such crimes is potentially facing a lifetime in jail. > > “The US government’s unrelenting pursuit of Julian Assange makes it clear that this prosecution is a punitive measure, but the case involves concerns which go far beyond the fate of one man and put media freedom and freedom of expression in peril. > > “Journalists and publishers are of vital importance in scrutinising governments, exposing their misdeeds and holding perpetrators of human rights violations to account.This disingenuous appeal should be denied, the charges should be dropped, and Julian Assange should be released.” The appeal hearing, scheduled on Wednesday, is expected to consider five grounds of appeal by the US, including the reliability of assurances offered by the US after a lower UK court ruled against Assange’s extradition in January this year. Amnesty has concluded that the assurances are unreliable. The US charges allege that Assange conspired with Chelsea Manning to illegally obtain classified information. They want him to stand trial on charges under the Espionage Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the US where he could face a prison sentence of up to 175 years. The US government’s indictment poses a grave threat to press freedom both in the United States and abroad. The conduct it describes includes professional activities undertaken by investigative journalists and publishers on a daily basis. If Julian Assange’s extradition is allowed, it would criminalise common journalistic practices and permit the US, and possibly other countries, to target publishers and journalists outside their jurisdictions for exposing government wrongdoing. Assange’s case The US extradition request is based on charges directly related to the publication of leaked classified documents as part of Julian Assange’s work with WikiLeaks. Publishing information that is in the public interest is a cornerstone of media freedom and the public's right to information about government wrongdoing. Publishing information in the public interest is protected under international human rights law and should not be criminalised. If extradited to the US, Julian Assange could face trial on charges under the Espionage Act and under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. He would also face a real risk of serious human rights violations due to detention conditions that could amount to torture or other ill-treatment-including prolonged solitary confinement. Julian Assange is the first publisher to face charges under the Espionage Act. Amnesty International's petition: https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/julian-assange-usa-justice/

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Death be not proud
by professor rat 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Many sincere revolutionaries consider anarchism an idealistic fantasy and justify Bolshevism as the only possible reality, unavoidable and necessary for the development of the world social revolution, of which it represents a given stage. The dismal aspects of Bolshevism then appear less-important and are historically justified. The present work deals a death blow to this conception. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-arshinov-history-of-the-makhn…

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Proud Boy down
by professor rat 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

The lost boys Leader of North Carolina Chapter of Proud Boys Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Assault Charges in Jan. 6 Capitol ... Going down the well-trodden path of the KKK

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Communication in a world of pervasive surveillance: Sources and methods: Counter-strategies against pervasive surveillance architecture
by Jacob Appelbaum 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Communication in a world of pervasive surveillance Citation for published version (APA): Appelbaum, J. R. (2022). Communication in a world of pervasive surveillance: Sources and methods: Counter- strategies against pervasive surveillance architecture. Eindhoven University of Technology. Document status and date: Published: 25/03/2022 Document Version: Publisher’s PDF, also known as Version of Record (includes final page, issue and volume numbers) Please check the document version of this publication: • A submitted manuscript is the version of the article upon submission and before peer-review. There can be important differences between the submitted version and the official published version of record. People interested in the research are advised to contact the author for the final version of the publication, or visit the DOI to the publisher's website. • The final author version and the galley proof are versions of the publication after peer review. • The final published version features the final layout of the paper including the volume, issue and page numbers. Link to publication General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. If the publication is distributed under the terms of Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act, indicated by the “Taverne” license above, please follow below link for the End User Agreement: www.tue.nl/taverne Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at: openaccess(a)tue.nlproviding details and we will investigate your claim. Wer die Wahrheit nicht weiß, der ist bloß ein Dummkopf. Aber wer sie weiß und sie eine Lüge nennt, der ist ein Verbrecher." 1 — Bertold Brecht, Das Leben des Galilei, Seite 71 Appelbaum, Jacob R.. /Communication in a world of pervasive surveillance : Sources and methods: Counter-strategies against pervasive surveillance architecture. Eindhoven : Eindhoven University of Technology, 2022. 327 p. https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/communication-in-a-world-of-pervasi… Best Regards

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The whole rhythm section was the purple-gang
by professor rat 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

" . . . evidence to connect the militia groups that stormed the Capitol on 6 January to the organizers of the Save America rally that immediately preceded the attack – who in turn are slowly being linked to the Trump White House. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/08/capitol-attack-january-6-pr…

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Red Army Rapists back at work again
by professor rat 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Young Ukrainian girls cutting hair to avoid being raped by Russians: official New York Post Russian Troops' Alleged War-Crime Rapes Have a Dark Reality. 'They'll Give Me a Medal,' One Solider Says The Daily Beast

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Batshit Crazy in Argentina
by professor rat 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Sorry - Peru Peruvian Prime Minister Aníbal Torres is criticised for claiming Hitler turned Germany into "the world's leading economic power" as Peru enters a second week of violent protests over rising inflation.

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