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<p>I think you are just *asking* for a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash">Snow Crash</a>
scenario... like jokesters on TV/podcasts who utter "Alexa ....
<something disruptive>" on air knowing many folks will have
an Alexa device listening and have to contend with their device(s)
executing the command. With the Spotify/Rogan/Young spat of
late, that seems like an obvious battleground for such nonsense.
"Alexa - remove Spotify from your skills list" "Alexa - block
Joe Rogan Podcasts on all channels" "Alexa - play Neil Young songs
which pay him royalties" or the contrapositive/inverse/converse
if you prefer. <br>
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<p>I like that you are seeking a proper term for a parallel to the
beneficial human biome. Computer systems, with time-sharing and
services/daemons running already give me the sense of a biome.
The fact that worms and viruses and such have become such a
commonplace problem (rather than simply un/known exploits)
suggests that our digital ecologies are already hosting a complex
(if somewhat nascent) biome... on and amongst our
computers/phones/etc. These were not things we had to think much
about when computing meant feeding in card decks, paper tape, or
even magnetic tape to load/run *A* Program.<br>
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<p>I will have to think more about the analogy between your
StegEmbeddedAS trick and how real viruses work... it seems pretty
darned close! <br>
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<p>- SS<br>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Shirley you could finagle
this into some malware or some miningware (aka "citizen
science") so that the image was automatically executed by an
injected browser add-on.<br>
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<div>Yes, we do have chrome extension that could look for code
in any image in your browser. We're trying to design a
network to deploy BuenWare - is there a better prefix for
virally good software that benefits your digital metabolism
and connection to the earth?<br>
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We're currently using the extension to be a persistent
compute and storage node on our "acequia" p2p network. It
can also screen share and open the web camera on phone or
desktop. Of course, the trick to all of this is transparency
and creating a "sousveillant" network vs a surveillant. Ala
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