Photographer. Chef. Former UX guy. Freedom-loving rationalist. Often sarcastic. Tweets on food, UX, governance, technology, TV. My new food newsletter. šŸ‘‡

Joined April 2009
Madhu Menon retweeted
Look who is talking about cyber security. An organisation that is in deep slumber and doesn’t care about citizens rights. Meet the Ministry of Electricity & IT. Your neighbour censor, digital strongman aka the cop who stops your freedoms.
Strong cyber hygiene starts with the basics. Keep secure backups, protect them with strong credentials, and always use genuine operating systems and trusted software. #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth #CyberSecurity #DigitalIndia
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If done by a human, this would be a federal crime. Wait. It was done by a human. His picture is right there in the article.
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Just got several alarming, scary, and ridiculous notifications from Google. Apparently, I used Gemini in some way that violates Google policies, and if I do it again, I may lose access to unspecified services and content. At the time of the notifications, I was driving and not using Gemini at all, to my knowledge. What did I do? I have no idea, the email doesn't specify any details. This is scary enough for me to stop using Gemini permanently. Risking my whole account because some AI thinks some query is not kosher for whatever imaginary reason is not worth it. "Your account has been used in a way that violates Google's policies It looks like a Google service has been used in a way that violates Google's policies. Here are more details: Service: Gemini Issue: Trying to interfere with or disrupt Google’s services or infrastructure, or attempting to use Google services for disrupting others’ infrastructure or services Your access to Google services hasn't been restricted at this time, but if you continue to violate our policies, your account may lose access to specific services and content from those services. If that happens, you'll get an email informing you about the restriction and the option to appeal any violation you've been informed about. Visit our help center to learn more. Please review our policies to make sure you use Google services safely in the future."
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Madhu Menon retweeted
Do they have police permission? They announced at night for next day. They should take permission 10 days before like it's expected from students. Won't this effect traders and their businesses? They should postpone the protest after the festival.
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this is so bleak
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Every new look for this movie is just them standing around 😭
New look at the New Avengers in ā€˜AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’.
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Madhu Menon retweeted
Disappointed with @Swiggy! I’m deaf and cannot speak on calls. The delivery partner ignored my messages, my order was cancelled without my consent, and ₹189 cancellation fee was charged. No refund received! Please investigate and resolve this fairly. Order ID: 251883201193051
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Anant should become prime minister already.
#WATCH | Reliance Industries Executive Director Anant Ambani gifted a scooty to a Blinkit delivery partner who had been commuting on a bicycle to fulfil deliveries. The delivery partner got emotional upon seeing his new scooty, with tears rolling down as the thoughtful gesture left him overwhelmed. The thoughtful gesture has won hearts online, with many praising him for recognising the challenges faced by delivery workers and offering a helping hand. #AnantAmbani #Blinkit #DeliveryBoy
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Where are the "only freedom park", "traffic jam", "public inconvenience" warriors now? The @PoliceBangalore and @CPBlr must make public the application for permissions and the permission letters.
#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) conducted route marches (path sanchalan) in various parts of Bengaluru.
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Need to know what the proprietor of Gunturs Restaurant prompted meta ai to end up with this thumbnail
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LMAOOO america is so cooked mfs are pizza scaling presidents now
Trump was carrying around 8 pizzas like it’s nothing. Biden would face plant with more than 2.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
LMAOOO twitter is so cooked mfs are stealing peoples tweets now. Adding a community note prevents money being made off this post x.com/hashjenni/stat…
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This info should be coming from the "Emergency Response" team, i.e. @IndianCERT 🫤
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She wins šŸ† the internet for tonight!
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Never seen a more flagrant and violent breach of privacy in my life, and probably never will. Doubtful that a privacy violation will ever even be able to compare to the scale of this evil and deliberate attack. Samsung should be eviscerated for this. Criminal charges please
turns out it classifies what audio it hears, before reporting back to samsung. sensor preferences, dog-barking and baby-crying event counters, and camera streaming duration are built into telemetry paths.
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Madhu Menon retweeted
Hey @SamsungIndia .. when you going to remove them from your trust store?
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We finally have an explanation for ā€œFacebook is listening to me through my phoneā€. They’d never do that (and it’s not really possible). Turns out literally everyone else was — and then selling that to ad data brokers.
WTF, $3000 Samsung TV has an always-on mic, automatic content recognition, geo tracking, network mapping, and ships your data to Samsung + 400 partners. Bro Rooted a brand-new 2025 Samsung TV after noticing absurdly targeted ads. Firmware was locked down, so zero-days it was. Got a root shell. then found: always-on voice service, ACR, geo, full telemetry pipeline, and four separate DRM systems. This isn’t a bug, It’s the product bro.
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Madhu Menon retweeted
i'll say it. this is the most braindead direction in AI right now the tech is insane, yes. it sounds human, it laughs, it stops mid sentence, it drops the ā€œuuhhā€ that's EXACTLY what's wrong with it we spent decades making computers fast and precise and now we're paying billions to make them hesitate like a nervous dude when i talk to a model i want answers AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. i don't want a fake friend that talks over me if you want a human experience go talk to a REAL human with REAL emotions. touch grass bro please and honestly if you're so lonely that you need a machine to fake pauses and laughs for you, that's not a product problem, that's a you problem this app is cooking people's brains and this is the proof
We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence. block.xyz/dessa
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In October eMudhra superseded a batch of SSL certs and issued new ones. But at least 156 Indian govt websites have not yet updated those certs. 🤦
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If you lock your Aadhaar & biometrics, God forbid you lose your phone, you could find yourself in a frustrating catch-22 sit. To get a replacement SIM for the number linked to your Aadhaar, you need biometric authentication. But to unlock your biometrics, you need an OTP sent +
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