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#security
- The Page Behind the PageWhatsApp's help pages carried hidden orders for a chatbot, and a $50 fine-tune can hide a backdoor in open model weights. Let's Encrypt's answer to a different attack points at the fix for one of them, and shows why the other is much harder.
- Every Fridge Is a Heater Waiting for PermissionHundreds of French supermarket fridges were remotely pushed into defrost until they cooked. A hacker's fire-and-salt fridge, and an essay about the end of rationed software, suggest the real fix: let the network ask, and let physics decide.