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Porn star Riley Reid’s Twitter account hacked by neo-Nazis who used it to spread vile antisemitic hate to her 2m fans
A NEO-NAZI group hacked porn star Riley Reid’s Twitter account to try and recruit her followers to their sickeningly racist regime.
A minion devoted to the bizarre Injekt Division hijacked the adult actress’ social media accounts and shared a series of hateful posts.
Neo-Nazis hijacked Riley Reid’s account and posted a series of vile tweets[/caption]
They tried to recruit some of the adult star’s millions of followers[/caption]
The troll kept her account captive for several days earlier this month, while taking advantage of Riley‘s huge online audience.
They called for the release of a fellow white supremacist who plotted to shoot up a Walmart store among a string of dark tweets.
This included racist, transphobic and anti-Semitic comments, as well as abuse towards porn stars and sex workers.
The neo-Nazis chillingly showed off their logo on Riley’s Twitter account in a bid to entice her followers, that symbolises their sick ideology.
A former Injekt Division leader previously said the needle design represents an “extremist alternative to the 12-step program.”
“Hence the syringe logo… Extremism and purpose are the only way to abstain from bad habits,” he said, according to Vice.
The group went on a rampage on Riley’s account for three days, desperately attempting to inspire an anti-porn movement.
One of the vile tweets read: “Men you are leaving a generation of youth to be indoctrinated by Zionists.
“You can cry about how this interrupts your addiction, but if one person sees the truth then it is worth it.”
A previous member of Injekt Division was also repeatedly mentioned during the takeover of Riley’s account.
Tweets demanding the radical, who was arrested and charged with an alleged plot to shoot up a Walmart, be freed were also shared.
Horrified Riley has said hackers seemed to have carried out a SIM swap scam on her – which granted them access to her phone number and two-factor authentication for her accounts.
She told AVN that this meant the trolls had free reign over her social media as well as her Spectrum, Microsoft Office, Venmo, Amazon, and eBay accounts.
The mum-of-one said: “So they are getting all my texts, calls as well as two-factor authorization codes.
“The Twitter is horrible because it’s the only social media outlet I have been able to retain and grow for the last 10 years.
“It was the one place I always felt safe and now it’s just taken away by some hacker.
“This person is now posting horrible, hateful, disgusting posts. I am so embarassed by this and so sorry to anyone else who is affected by this.”
She urged pals to delete her phone number because it had been “compromised”.
“It’s so scary and I’ve been playing cat and mouse with this hacker since Saturday,” Riley added.
“It’s only gotten worse but I’m not giving up and I am determined to beat this hacker.”
She has since regained control of her account, but has been somewhat inactive since the incident.
But the neo-Nazis are now piggybacking off the back of their social media scandal and have produced a cringe propaganda video.
The clip boasting about hacking one of the world’s biggest porn stars is reportedly being shared across extreme-right forums, Facebook and YouTube.
An extremist can be seen standing alone in the forest before launching into a rant about pornography.
The video then cruelly cuts to footage of a distraught Riley sobbing about the hacking, before wrapping up with a demand for “capital punishment for pornographers.”
But the keyboard thugs are trying to display themselves as activists against X-rated stars rather than neo-Nazis.
The group try to spread antisemitic conspiracies that the adult industry is a Jewish plot to weaken society.
They want to hasten the fall of society in order to build a white ethnostate in its place, but their ideology has been built by a range of bizarre ideas.
Experts have previously described the unstructured and apparently small group as “amorphous” to Vice.
But it is feared that the radicals are connected to the larger network of accelerationist neo-Nazis.
Mike Stabile, communications director for adult industry advocacy group Free Speech Coalition, expressed his concern about the hack.
“The brutal attack on Riley absolutely worries me,” he said.
“It’s violent, it’s aggressive and it’s clear that they delight in her terror.
“It allows them to hijack a popular account to spread hate — particularly among a community that might be vulnerable to the message.”
Riley has since gained control of her Twitter, but warned pals her phone number was ‘compromised’[/caption]
The mum-of-one slammed the hackers and branded them disgusting[/caption]
Netflix is about to crack down on account sharing in the US
Netflix is about to bring its fight against account sharing to the US. “In Q1, we launched paid sharing in four countries and are pleased with the results,” the company wrote in its Q1 letter to shareholders. “We are planning on a broad rollout, including in the US, in Q2.”
Since February, Netflix has offered paid account sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain. The add-on allows primary account holders to pay an additional fee every month to share their Netflix service with up to two people outside of their household. As the main owner of an account, you can still watch on your phone and sign into the service on a device outside your home, like a smart TV at a hotel. Netflix also allows secondary users to convert their profiles into new accounts.
“A Netflix account is meant to be shared in one household (people who live in the same location with the account owner),” the company says on a support page. “People who are not in your household will need to sign up for their own account to watch Netflix.”
In the past, Netflix has estimated more than 100 million non-paying households have access to its service through free account sharing. The company says the practice limits its ability to invest in new content. It’s also aware the decision to restrict account sharing is likely to lead to cancelations. The expansion of paid account sharing comes on the same day Netflix said it would sunset its DVD rental business in September.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/netflix-is-about-to-crack-down-on-account-sharing-in-the-us-205918694.html?src=rss
Apple Card Savings Account Available Starting Today With 4.15% Interest Rate
The feature allows Apple Card users to open a high-yield savings account from Goldman Sachs in the Wallet app on their iPhone and start earning interest on their Daily Cash balance. Users can also earn interest on personal funds deposited into the savings account through a linked bank account, or from their Apple Cash balance.
To open a savings account in the Wallet app, users will tap on the Apple Card, tap on the circle with three dots at the top of the screen, tap Daily Cash, and select Set Up Savings. Once the account is set up, all Daily Cash received from that point on will be automatically deposited into it and start earning interest. If they prefer, users can choose to have Daily Cash added to their Apple Cash balance instead at any time.
Apple Card Savings allows a maximum balance of $250,000, and balances are fully insured by the FDIC. To access funds stored in the account, users can transfer money to their Apple Cash balance or to a linked external bank account, a process that Apple says can take 1-3 business days to be completed. There are no fees for withdrawals.
Apple Card Savings requires an iPhone with iOS 16.4 or later and is available to U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older. Apple has published a support document with additional information about the feature.
This article, “Apple Card Savings Account Available Starting Today With 4.15% Interest Rate” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Apple Card Savings Account Likely Launching on April 17
Apple Card users will be able to open a high-yield savings account from Goldman Sachs in the Wallet app on their iPhone and start earning interest on their Daily Cash balance. Apple has yet to reveal what the account’s interest rate will be, but Goldman Sachs’ existing Marcus high-yield savings account currently has a 3.75% APY.
In addition to Daily Cash, users will be able to deposit their own funds into the savings account through a linked bank account, or from their Apple Cash balance. Users will be able to withdraw funds to a linked bank account at any time, with no fees.
To open a savings account in the Wallet app, users will tap on the Apple Card, tap on the circle with three dots at the top of the screen, tap Daily Cash, and select Set Up Savings. Once the account is set up, all Daily Cash received from that point on will be automatically deposited into it and start earning interest. If they prefer, users will still be able to have Daily Cash added to their Apple Cash balance instead at any time.
After re-examining the backend code, it seems like Apple Card Savings Accounts may go live on April 17
Additionally, it seems like the customized Chinese Apple Pay transit cards may go live on April 18 https://t.co/ljJxjqaIFy
— Aaron (@aaronp613) April 13, 2023
Apple Card provides 2% to 3% Daily Cash on purchases made with Apple Pay and 1% on purchases made with the physical card. Apple’s credit card remains available in the U.S. only, meaning this savings account feature will only be available there.
Apple first announced the savings account in October and said it would be available in the coming months. It’s likely that Apple Card Savings has faced delays, as the feature was initially listed in the iOS 16.1 Release Candidate notes, but it did not end up launching with that update and is still not available six months after being announced.
Apple has gradually expanded into financial services over the past few years. The launch of Apple Card Savings would follow last month’s limited rollout of Apple Pay Later, a “buy now, pay later” service for financing purchases made with Apple Pay.
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Apple Preparing to Launch Apple Card Savings Account
The appearance of the code indicates that Apple has furthered its work on the savings account, and that it will be introduced in the very near future. Prior to the March 28 launch of Apple Pay Later, references showed up in the code the day before, so there is a chance that the Apple Card savings account could launch as soon as this week.
Exclusive: Apple’s Savings Account appears to be launching soon as it just showed up on the backend! pic.twitter.com/WqdL1tCcxQ
— Aaron (@aaronp613) April 12, 2023
The code contains the terms of service for the savings account, as well as images that Apple will likely use for the feature in the Wallet app and other locations. It mentions iOS 16.3, but it is not yet clear if iOS 16.3 will be required to sign up for and use an account.
Apple back in October announced plans to introduce a “high-yield” savings account for Apple Card users to store Daily Cash, with all Daily Cash earned automatically deposited into the account. Apple at the time said the savings account would be available “in the coming months,” but there has not been an update since then.
Apple Card users can sign up for the savings account through Goldman Sachs, Apple’s financial partner for the Apple Card. Like the Apple Card, the savings account will be managed using the Wallet app on iPhone or the Wallet section of the Settings app on the iPad.
While Daily Cash will be automatically deposited in the account once it is created, Apple Card users can opt to change where their Daily Cash is delivered in the future. There are also options for depositing additional money into the savings account through a linked bank account or through an Apple Cash balance. Funds can be withdrawn at any time with no fees or penalties.
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Twitter removes ‘US state-affiliated media’ label from NPR account
Twitter has removed a label that designated NPR as a “US state-affiliated” media outlet mere days after first applying the label earlier this week. As of Saturday, the company now lists the public broadcaster as a “government funded” organization. NPR tech reporter Bobby Allyn was the first to report on the change. He said Elon Musk told him Twitter would apply the “government funded” designation to other institutions in the coming days. “Tesla, which has received billions of dollars in government subsidies over the years, does not appear to have the label,” Allyn added.
NEW: Label on NPR’s main account changed to “government funded,” and Elon tells me Twitter is “applying it to a larger number of institutions.”
— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) April 8, 2023
The main NPR account has not tweeted since Twitter first applied the state-affiliated label on Wednesday. After NPR CEO John Lansing issued a statement pointing out that the “state-affiliate” did not apply to the public broadcaster under Twitter’s own guidelines, the company changed those guidelines. “State-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the US for example, are not defined as state-affiliated media,” the page said before Tuesday. By Wednesday, the company had removed the section of text that had referenced NPR. According to NPR, less than one percent of its annual operating budget comes from government grants. Over the last five years, the majority of the non-profit’s revenue, about 70 percent, has come from corporate sponsorships and programming fees.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/twitter-removes-us-state-affiliated-media-label-from-npr-account-215742901.html?src=rss
Tragic killing in SF, Twitter sends dogecoin soaring, and Android gains an account deletion option
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