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@TFTC21People are cracking open their Ledgers to check for hardware implants after Ledger confirmed tampered devices reached customers through a third-party reseller.
@TFTC21Ledger confirms unauthorized hardware implants were found inside devices sold through third-party reseller CryptoBilis. "One of the impacted users' devices contained an unauthorized hardware implant." CryptoBilis has halted all hardware wallet sales. If you bought a Ledger from a third party and already set it up, Ledger says move your assets to a new device with a new seed immediately.
@TFTC21Friedberg on Anthropic treating AI as conscious: "We're watching the birth of a new religion." "It's not based on evidence, it's not based on data, it's not provable. Over time, some set of people believe this thing, and they form a group. And in some cases, that group is known as a religion." x.com/theallinpod/st…
@TFTC21"Mark Carney's job is to oversee the liquidation of what's left of Canada. They know Trump is coming. That's why they installed Carney." @TFL1728 on why Canada's PM is clearing titles, shoring up cash flows for private equity, and picking a trade war he can't win. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21"$117 trillion in dollar debt and it keeps going up. If we were talking about a de-dollarization story, that number would've been going down for the last 5 years. It's not. It's going up." @TFL1728 on why the "death of the dollar" narrative doesn't survive contact with the data. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21Bitcoin Policy Institute drops a conversation on what comes after the CLARITY Act setback with @patrickjwitt and @Bayman11771.
@TFTC21David Sacks says the entire AI alignment field has produced "nothing of tangible value" in 10 years because companies like Anthropic are treating AI models like humans with consciousness instead of just giving them simple rules like "follow the law."
@TFTC21"Iran hasn't closed the Straits of Hormuz. Lloyd's of London has closed the straits. The tankers can't move because of legal reasons because they don't have any insurance." @TFL1728 breaks down how the real war is financial, not military. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21x.com/i/article/2108…
@TFTC21Palmer Luckey says his company repeatedly found hidden wiretap electronics inside product samples from Chinese factories. "There were multiple times when we discovered actual wiretap electronics in product samples that were given to us. They would listen to us and transmit the voice samples over a cellular radio." x.com/firesidealpha/…
@TFTC21Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says we should treat AI models like insider threats. "We simply can't outsource responsibility for what intelligence does on our behalf. A model provider's assurances do not relieve us of that responsibility." He's calling for AI systems to be designed so no single model controls both what it does AND the evidence used to verify whether it did what it was supposed to.
@TFTC21"You can either save your bond market or you can save your currency, but you can't save both. And that's why the euro is breaking down." @TFL1728 on Lagarde running out of road at the ECB. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21People are cracking open their Ledgers to check for hardware implants after Ledger confirmed tampered devices reached customers through a third-party reseller.
@TFTC21Ledger confirms unauthorized hardware implants were found inside devices sold through third-party reseller CryptoBilis. "One of the impacted users' devices contained an unauthorized hardware implant." CryptoBilis has halted all hardware wallet sales. If you bought a Ledger from a third party and already set it up, Ledger says move your assets to a new device with a new seed immediately.
@TFTC21Friedberg on Anthropic treating AI as conscious: "We're watching the birth of a new religion." "It's not based on evidence, it's not based on data, it's not provable. Over time, some set of people believe this thing, and they form a group. And in some cases, that group is known as a religion." x.com/theallinpod/st…
@TFTC21"Mark Carney's job is to oversee the liquidation of what's left of Canada. They know Trump is coming. That's why they installed Carney." @TFL1728 on why Canada's PM is clearing titles, shoring up cash flows for private equity, and picking a trade war he can't win. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21"$117 trillion in dollar debt and it keeps going up. If we were talking about a de-dollarization story, that number would've been going down for the last 5 years. It's not. It's going up." @TFL1728 on why the "death of the dollar" narrative doesn't survive contact with the data. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21Bitcoin Policy Institute drops a conversation on what comes after the CLARITY Act setback with @patrickjwitt and @Bayman11771.
@TFTC21David Sacks says the entire AI alignment field has produced "nothing of tangible value" in 10 years because companies like Anthropic are treating AI models like humans with consciousness instead of just giving them simple rules like "follow the law."
@TFTC21"Iran hasn't closed the Straits of Hormuz. Lloyd's of London has closed the straits. The tankers can't move because of legal reasons because they don't have any insurance." @TFL1728 breaks down how the real war is financial, not military. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21x.com/i/article/2108…
@TFTC21Palmer Luckey says his company repeatedly found hidden wiretap electronics inside product samples from Chinese factories. "There were multiple times when we discovered actual wiretap electronics in product samples that were given to us. They would listen to us and transmit the voice samples over a cellular radio." x.com/firesidealpha/…
@TFTC21Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says we should treat AI models like insider threats. "We simply can't outsource responsibility for what intelligence does on our behalf. A model provider's assurances do not relieve us of that responsibility." He's calling for AI systems to be designed so no single model controls both what it does AND the evidence used to verify whether it did what it was supposed to.
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