It feels more private already

from here and here (image source)

Those religious folks can stick their finger where the sun don't shine if they want to show me the light.

How to make yourself a target

found on Imgur

Everyone can be compromised. No one has perfect security, so it's probably not going to end well if you go around antagonizing the people who find and exploit security weaknesses.

See ya later Schwarzenegger. In a while crocodile

from here and here (image source 1 and 2)

They're both covered in mud, but one is barely visible while the other is plain as day. It's difficult get camouflage just right, but the croc has had a lifetime to practice.

Mr. Hacker: 13 ways to unlock various locks

Watch on YouTube

Some of these are familiar to me, but some I haven't seen before. You learn something new every day.

Why not both?

from here and here (image source)

Not that anyone is going to ride away on that or anything, but bike security measures are notoriously bad, and that is just about the most public toilet I've ever seen.

A calculated risk

found on Acid Cow

That's a nope from me, dawg.

I think we can all agree there's absolutely no reason a calculator would need access to manage phone calls. Either a legitimate app developer made a mistake in defining what permissions their app would require, or a malicious app developer made a mistake trying to hide this kind of functionality in a calculator. Which ever one it is, somebody fucked up.

Garbage people in, garbage persona out

from here

Computer scientists have done it again. Another artificially intelligent racist. Apparently not enough people learned the lesson of Tay. You can't train an AI on unchecked input from arbitrary people on the Internet and expect to wind up with something worthwhile. The assholes among them will do everything they can to spoil it.

I know input validation is probably not the right terminology for the AI context, but in the broader sense the chatbot is a program and malicious input is malicious input.

Encryption mug

Product Page

A somewhat unusual design for a mug. The ciphertext wraps all the way around, but the plaintext is opposite the handle. As a result it's neither left-handed nor right-handed.

I spy out of the corner of my eye...

from here (image source)

Pretty sure that lock could just fall off if you turned the handle bars the right way. 

Felt cute, might disappear later

found on Izismile

The camouflage on Golden Plover chicks is really quite good. I hope the parents don't "lose" their chicks.