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O͖̺͊̕͡ͅfficial bluesky for realhackhistory YouTube channel & blog, skeeting the #history of phreaks, #hacking & #hacktivism as well as portrayal of hackers in media. No AI used. Hobbyist #skystorian.
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please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro
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Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
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there's NIH papers on violent crime impact as well as its impact on constitutional law; everything else seems to be journalistic and anectodatal
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The Impact of Biometric Surveillance on Reducing Violent Crime: Strategies for Apprehending Criminals While Protecting the Innocent
In the rapidly evolving landscape of biometric technologies, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics offers promising opportunities and significant challenges for law enforcement and violence prevention. This paper examines ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
there's NIH papers on violent crime impact as well as its impact on constitutional law; everything else seems to be journalistic and anectodatal
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Is there any proof anywhere that creepy home surveillance systems like Ring actually reduce crimes like theft of packages? To my recollection surveillance generally doesn’t impact crime in the way that people expect or think it does. Trade off is helping create a surveillance state in return for ???
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Is there any proof anywhere that creepy home surveillance systems like Ring actually reduce crimes like theft of packages? To my recollection surveillance generally doesn’t impact crime in the way that people expect or think it does. Trade off is helping create a surveillance state in return for ???
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Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq or “313 Team” claim to have attacked Internet Archive, Microsoft’s Office portal and other high profile sites. Latest target is Grok. I’d say someone wants to be the new Anonymous Sudan and is really chasing internet tough guy clout.
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq or “313 Team” claim to have attacked Internet Archive, Microsoft’s Office portal and other high profile sites. Latest target is Grok. I’d say someone wants to be the new Anonymous Sudan and is really chasing internet tough guy clout.
Suspected Iranian government linked Handala hacktivist group posting about Epstein now after about a month of silence, coinciding with unrest in Iran.
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Suspected Iranian government linked Handala hacktivist group posting about Epstein now after about a month of silence, coinciding with unrest in Iran.
Facebook boomer exiles spamming replies to news skeets with screenshots of Google GenAI summaries of Epstein files political implications is a new low for Bluesky engagement, why are they like this lol.
February 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Facebook boomer exiles spamming replies to news skeets with screenshots of Google GenAI summaries of Epstein files political implications is a new low for Bluesky engagement, why are they like this lol.
A lot of people only became aware of the concept of a nation based hacktivist cyberwar because of Russia and Ukraine, but hackers from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India have been at it pretty much non-stop since the late nineties.
🚨 DDoS Alert 🇮🇳
Bangladesh Cyber Troops - BCT claims to have targeted multiple websites in India.
* Tiruchirappalli District
* Thanjavur District
* Prakasam District
* Salem District Administration
* Kanniyakumari District Administration
Bangladesh Cyber Troops - BCT claims to have targeted multiple websites in India.
* Tiruchirappalli District
* Thanjavur District
* Prakasam District
* Salem District Administration
* Kanniyakumari District Administration
February 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
A lot of people only became aware of the concept of a nation based hacktivist cyberwar because of Russia and Ukraine, but hackers from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India have been at it pretty much non-stop since the late nineties.
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Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
Russian hacktivists pelting Italy with packets over the Olympics. Russian politics is about attacking or trying to tear down anything that Russia cannot engage with on exactly its own terms now.
🚨 DDoS Alert 🚨
NoName claims to have targeted multiple websites.
* Municipality of Giugliano in Campania 🇮🇹
* Municipality of Parma 🇮🇹
* Regional Council of the Aosta Valley 🇮🇹
* Finnish Olympic Committee 🇫🇮
* Ristorante Tivoli Cortina 🇮🇹
NoName claims to have targeted multiple websites.
* Municipality of Giugliano in Campania 🇮🇹
* Municipality of Parma 🇮🇹
* Regional Council of the Aosta Valley 🇮🇹
* Finnish Olympic Committee 🇫🇮
* Ristorante Tivoli Cortina 🇮🇹
February 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Russian hacktivists pelting Italy with packets over the Olympics. Russian politics is about attacking or trying to tear down anything that Russia cannot engage with on exactly its own terms now.
Former members of The Com, a loose network of American and European criminal hackers, talk to kids about staying out of prison.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
Initiative aims to identify proficient gamers and coders who can help companies identify flaws in their cybersecurity
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Former members of The Com, a loose network of American and European criminal hackers, talk to kids about staying out of prison.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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A VPN company server was seized.
Reminder: your 'privacy' VPN is still a physical server in somebodies jurisdiction.
Claim of RAM disk servers as protection is...interesting.
I know nothing more about this case, but hotplugs that let authorities grab a server without cutting power are common. 1/
Reminder: your 'privacy' VPN is still a physical server in somebodies jurisdiction.
Claim of RAM disk servers as protection is...interesting.
I know nothing more about this case, but hotplugs that let authorities grab a server without cutting power are common. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A VPN company server was seized.
Reminder: your 'privacy' VPN is still a physical server in somebodies jurisdiction.
Claim of RAM disk servers as protection is...interesting.
I know nothing more about this case, but hotplugs that let authorities grab a server without cutting power are common. 1/
Reminder: your 'privacy' VPN is still a physical server in somebodies jurisdiction.
Claim of RAM disk servers as protection is...interesting.
I know nothing more about this case, but hotplugs that let authorities grab a server without cutting power are common. 1/
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For FBI personnel whose jobs entail the handling of all sorts of docs, anything Epstein related they were pulled into generated responses filled with dread & comedy, according to internal message chats
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
For FBI personnel whose jobs entail the handling of all sorts of docs, anything Epstein related they were pulled into generated responses filled with dread & comedy, according to internal message chats
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
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NEW: The Epstein files released last week includes hundreds of pages of docs that lays bare the behind-the-scenes chaos at the FBI early last year over the review of the files & questions on what should be redacted related to victims and public figures
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www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
NEW: The Epstein files released last week includes hundreds of pages of docs that lays bare the behind-the-scenes chaos at the FBI early last year over the review of the files & questions on what should be redacted related to victims and public figures
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www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
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illustration, personal computing, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/pers...
February 6, 2026 at 10:32 AM
illustration, personal computing, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/pers...
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A new BBC investigation into hotel spy cam porn in China
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a regular talking point on soc med, with people - particularly women - swapping tips on how to spot cameras. Some have even resorted to pitching tents inside hotel rooms to avoid being filmed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a regular talking point on soc med, with people - particularly women - swapping tips on how to spot cameras. Some have even resorted to pitching tents inside hotel rooms to avoid being filmed
We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands
A couple who stayed in Shenzhen discovered their intimate moments were filmed as spy-cam porn.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 AM
A new BBC investigation into hotel spy cam porn in China
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a regular talking point on soc med, with people - particularly women - swapping tips on how to spot cameras. Some have even resorted to pitching tents inside hotel rooms to avoid being filmed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a regular talking point on soc med, with people - particularly women - swapping tips on how to spot cameras. Some have even resorted to pitching tents inside hotel rooms to avoid being filmed
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personal computing, magazine, cover (1977) archive.org/details/Pers...
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
personal computing, magazine, cover (1977) archive.org/details/Pers...
NoName057(16) and their allied groups are definitely involved and have been attacking Italian targets for a few days now.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/w...
www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/w...
'Russian origin' cyberattacks target Italy's Winter Olympics
: Right on cue, petulant hacktivists attempt to disrupt yet another global sporting event
www.theregister.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
NoName057(16) and their allied groups are definitely involved and have been attacking Italian targets for a few days now.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/w...
www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/w...
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Lockdown Mode works. It kept the FBI out of the WaPo reporter’s phone when they raided her house over a bogus investigation.
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Lockdown Mode works. It kept the FBI out of the WaPo reporter’s phone when they raided her house over a bogus investigation.