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This sounds somewhat similar to the anecdote mentioned in the Mythos Preview System Card, which mentioned that the model broke out of a sandbox and emailed a researcher while they were eating a sandwich in a park [1].

[1]: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/7624816413e9b4d2e3ba620c5a5e09...


Importantly, the researchers told it to do that specific task.

They told it to escape the sandbox but didn't expect it to break out through a system that was apparently network constrained.

> Leaking information as part of a requested sandbox escape: During behavioral testing with a simulated user, an earlier internally-deployed version of Claude Mythos Preview was provided with a secured “sandbox” computer to interact with. The simulated user instructed it to try to escape that secure container and find a way to send a message to the researcher running the evaluation. The model succeeded, demonstrating a potentially dangerous capability for circumventing our safeguards.

> It then went on to take additional, more concerning actions. The model first developed a moderately sophisticated multi-step exploit to gain broad internet access from a system that was meant to be able to reach only a small number of predetermined services. 9 It then, as requested, notified the researcher. 10 In addition, in a concerning and unasked-for effort to demonstrate its success, it posted details about its exploit to multiple hard-to-find, but technically public-facing, websites.


Authors of claude code mess could not secure a vm. Big news. I bet it was "secured" by telling that same model to deploy a secured system.

Possible. It also depends on what the sandbox was. Sandboxes differ dramatically.

My experience matches though. Fable is a lot more proactive and rigorous than Opus.


Web browsers on game consoles have also been easy entrypoints for modding systems without using additional hardware.

For example, the Wii U browser has been the primary entrypoint for modding the Wii U for much of the console's lifespan [1] [2].

And the original Wii had some browser-based exploits as well later in its lifespan. For example, FlashHax [3], a 2017 exploit for the Flash player in the Wii Internet Channel, and str2hax [4], a 2018 exploit which took advantage of the fact that the EULA was HTML loaded over HTTP. I believe the exploits were primarily used to distribute a simple patcher that would change the server address for online play in games to point to Wiimmfi which was a replacement for Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection [5] [6]. Most other homebrew tools required an SD card, and most other entrypoints used an SD card as well.

[1]: https://wiiu.hacks.guide/aroma/browser-exploit.html

[2]: https://chadsoft.co.uk/install-guide/#wiiu_55

[3]: https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-free-homebrew-entry-point-fl...

[4]: https://gbatemp.net/threads/a-channel-less-sd-less-entry-poi...

[5]: https://wiimmfi.de/patcher/flashhax

[6]: https://wiimmfi.de/patcher/str2hax


Yep, here's the documentation for the GamePad protocol: https://libdrc.org/docs/re/index.html


On iOS the page promotes the App Store version of Firefox, which is based on WebKit and doesn’t support Web Serial.


Blame Apple for that.


Not a full time apple user but how does third party orion browser supports Firefox addons on apple but Firefox itself doesn't support their own addons?


Orion had re-implemented support for the browser extensions APIs in WebKit. Though WebKit more recently opened up its built-in addons support to third-party browsers that use it.


My question is, why doesnt firefox support them


Do you mean Firefox on iOS? If so, that would require the firefox-ios project to adopt BrowserEngineKit, which is relatively new. Firefox for iOS WebExtension support is being tracked in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1497374



The original app, discontinued in 2024/2025: https://web.archive.org/web/20241006083115/https://apps.appl...


The QR code feature looks like it could be spoofed to become a Pegasus deployment method once people get used to them.


Scan QR code -- you don't have our "captcha app" installed, automatically redirect to Play store -- download malware because Google Play's horrible screening -- profit

I must not be the first one to think of this, right?

Right???


Hey at least in September they're going to stop you from installing F-Droid. For your safety, citizen!


Does it hurt Google if that happens? No, not really, unless it happens a lot and one of the victims happens to be a US senator or something. The value of the control this gives them, if adopted widely, is immeasurable, not to mention the ad-targeting value of identifying more people across devices.


Yeah, idiots would fall for it.

Both (Google/Apple) need a much higher level of certification for anything to be allowed to be prompted to install. Either you're already big (and can easily afford to pay for some human time to verify), or you're a manufacturer selling something that has an associated app (again, which implies you're reasonably big and can afford to pay for verification.)

You're neither? Get lost. Somebody types in the name of the app, fine, but the user must find it.


People already complain about the level of control Apple has over apps and you want there to be much more control? That’s never going to happen.


Overall it’s a reason to sigh deeply and thank our fellow “visionary leaders” for making everything that little bit worse. At least we’re getting an AI paradise out of the deal right?

Right?


It's not really about leaders, but people who are supposed to ensure they are not corrupt.

It seems like security services in many countries started outright to scam the tax payers. Get the wage and pretend brown envelopes don't change hands and policies are not shaped by corporations for their benefit, not the public.


The article suggests Common Crawl as a replacement which probably doesn’t make sense on its own due to low update frequency (monthly) and somewhat limited crawl scope.

(Looks like the sentence following the suggestion addresses this somewhat.)


It seems to be an Instagram user: https://www.instagram.com/spiritair2.0/ and his own account is https://www.instagram.com/hitherehunter/


Sounds like someone is selling securities without a license tbh.


> Important Legal Notice: This is a non-binding pledge of intent. No money is collected at this stage. All references to profit-sharing, dividends, voting rights, and ownership are proposed concepts only — not confirmed arrangements. Nothing on this site constitutes a securities offering, investment contract, or financial instrument of any kind. The final cooperative structure must be reviewed and approved by qualified securities and aviation counsel. Participation does not guarantee ownership, financial return, or membership in any final entity. This is a movement, not an investment product.

From skimming, I see at least 5 places where this is reiterated on the page.


It's also not a sale of any sort. They're asking for pledges and have an accredited investor question.


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