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@WinterBornn @grok 👇🏻

Hey @grok, transforme this scene with a modern aesthetic.

@elonmusk @jack How does one effectively complete a smart hardware project?

@jack Not hardware

everything is programming

South Africa needs to wake up. #CCTV systems are being sold as “security”, but too many are nothing more than internet-connected spy devices with weak passwords, sloppy installers, exposed remote access, unpatched firmware, and cloud dependency nobody properly audits. That is not security. That is negligence. If a camera system in a home, estate, business, school, warehouse, municipality, or critical site can be accessed, monitored, updated, or quietly routed through foreign infrastructure without meaningful oversight, then we are not installing protection — we are handing visibility of our lives, movements, assets, and vulnerabilities to whoever gets there first. Criminals understand this. Foreign intelligence services understand this. Too many local installers clearly do not. South Africa already has the legal foundations to treat this seriously. POPIA requires personal information to be secured, and camera footage can fall squarely into that scope. The Cybercrimes Act criminalises unlawful acts involving computer systems and data. The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act creates a framework for safeguarding sensitive infrastructure. But the country still needs a blunt, enforceable CCTV security standard that deals specifically with surveillance systems as cyber assets, not just cameras on a wall. So let’s say it clearly: Every CCTV system deployed in South Africa should be required to meet minimum cyber-security controls. No default passwords. No lazy port-forwarding. No silent foreign remote access. No mystery cloud routing. No unmanaged firmware. No admin access without logging. No critical camera deployment without independent security testing. Because once a surveillance system is compromised, the damage is already done. Layouts are exposed. Patrol patterns are exposed. Entry and exit habits are exposed. Vulnerable times are exposed. Families are exposed. Businesses are exposed. The country is exposed. The physical security industry cannot keep pretending cyber risk is somebody else’s problem. If you install CCTV and ignore cyber-security, you are not protecting South Africans. You are exposing them. And government should regulate accordingly. A camera that can be watched by the wrong people is not a security system. It is an intelligence asset.

@walidmogharbel @MEAAIRLIBAN This is precisely when they begin to exploit situations. They leverage moments of susceptibility to optimize outcomes.

@ScaryByteGroup @MEAAIRLIBAN The only time they become indispensable is during times of war when no one else will fly in or out. That is when their service become stellar.

You sold a business-class promise and delivered an economy-class reality. Then, instead of taking responsibility, you hid behind the excuse that you are “allowed” to do so. That says everything about you @MEAAIRLIBAN and why we will never use this airline anymore. This was not service. It was deception dressed up as policy. The experience was a lesson in disorder, disrespect, and the complete absence of accountability. If this is the standard you defend, then the real problem is far deeper. Some places do not need slogans, campaigns, or branding. They need a total change in mentality. @MEAAIRLIBAN

@MarioNawfal Mario, Elon’s agenda to implement Starlink in South Africa has started on a very poor foundation. You neither understand nor know how South Africans operate. This is, quite literally, the wrong way.

🇿🇦Elon is right here because South Africa's B-BBEE laws reek of reverse racism, forcing Starlink to hand over 30% ownership to mostly black South Africans. It's just apartheid flipped, punishing white innovators like Elon while rural farmers struggle without decent internet. With 140+ laws stacking the deck against non-blacks. Time to drop the biased rules and embrace the future! Source: BBC, Reuters

@TechCentral Non-sense! This is what they say when they fail on something!

Prominent Southern African journalist targeted with Predator spyware techcentral.co.za/prominent-sout…

I was told this was a conspiracy theory. It’s actually a 177-page UN report. un.org/development/de…

NEWS: The hitman who shot and killed a Gauteng businessman who blew the whistle on corruption in the provincial government has been arrested in Mtubatuba in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Minenhle Mthembu (30) killed Marumo Eric Phenya in October 2022 in Rooderport and fled - KZN Tonight Podcast

#Senegal shuts National ID office after #ransomware attack securityaffairs.com/187811/data-br… #securityaffairs #hacking #malware

@Lolita721611021 This is a meme and should not be interpreted as factual information.

🇿🇦 A leaked Zoom meeting of South African govt officials shows how they talked about ramping up Covid numbers in order to continue lockdowns‼️

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@Megatron_ron Cooperation in the CMCC is limited to ceasefire monitoring and humanitarian logistics.

BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇪🇬🇮🇱 Egyptian soldiers at the command center in Tel Aviv The US military posted photos from inside Kiryat Gat Command Center, south of Tel Aviv, showing Egyptian soldiers also in attendance. The US military has then deleted photos and videos of Egyptian troops it initially published. The media was taken down at the request of the Egyptian side, as it provided evidence for the presence of the Egyptian military on Israeli soil, Israeli Channel 11 reports. Despite the surface-level political tensions between Cairo and Tel Aviv, the two continue to cooperate closely militarily. Kiryat Gat Command Center currently oversees the Hamas-Israel ceasefire.

We have started a compact lab environment for #FalconOne Mobile utilizing @Nooelec #RTLSDR V5 for the purpose of passive #GSM interception and #air traffic monitoring. This application is capable of intercepting #IMSI/TMSI, pinpointing device locations via signal strength analysis, and decoding #SMS messages and #voice communications. The objective is to develop a mobile operating system that facilitates a comprehensive #passive #interception tool, leveraging solely a single, cost-effective #SDR device. The entire stack is in-house with 0 external dependencies.

@hetmehtaa Nmap

"An app with 0 haters." I'll go first:

@NivenAnthony @elonmusk The term "Third World" originally referred to nations not aligned with either the US/NATO or Soviet blocs. South Africa is currently classified as an upper-middle-income emerging economy, featuring sectors of world-class development.

@ScaryByteGroup @elonmusk If South Africa is not a 3rd world country then enlighten me what it is?

Starlink is not allowed to have an Internet provider license in South Africa for the sole reason that I am not Black. This is not ok.

South Africa is prioritizing its local economic operators before allowing international companies to enter and potentially dominate its market. I believe this approach is well-considered. Furthermore, South Africa is not a third-world country. South Africa is welcoming any solution that it needs at this time. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are not Black, yet their operations are fully functional in South Africa. Elon's statements regarding this matter appear to be misleading and emotional.

@ScaryByteGroup @elonmusk Time to step out of a 3rd world country (yes I lived there) and live in a 1st world and see what you’re missing out on & at the cost. So how much are the mobile companies robbing u for data charges? Competition is good. Drives prices down. You’re in business so should know that