Kevin Collier
@kevincollier.bsky.social
I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
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I'm sure there's been Discourse on this today that I've missed, but my $0.02: I think it conflates three distinct concepts - privacy laws, privileges in court proceedings, and professional ethics rules governing confidentiality. They don't all protect the same thing!
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Opinion | If You Tell ChatGPT Your Secrets, Will They Be Kept Safe?
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November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm sure there's been Discourse on this today that I've missed, but my $0.02: I think it conflates three distinct concepts - privacy laws, privileges in court proceedings, and professional ethics rules governing confidentiality. They don't all protect the same thing!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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NEW: Experts say that any lags in protections like security updates and network monitoring caused by the government shutdown could lay the groundwork for future breaches. @lhn.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/the-go...
The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb
Many critical systems are still being maintained, and the cloud provides some security cover. But experts say that any lapses in protections like patching and monitoring could expose government system...
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
NEW: Experts say that any lags in protections like security updates and network monitoring caused by the government shutdown could lay the groundwork for future breaches. @lhn.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/the-go...
A foundational experience I had learning about LLMs was an off the record dinner with reps from a major tech company. They gave the example of letting AI plan and book your travel. I said isn't that disastrous, considering their tendency to hallucinate? And they said no, that part should get better.
Just had my first experience with an synthesized voice "AI" answering the phone at a business (called to make a restaurant reservation) and it resulted in the bot texting me a link to OpenTable that doesn't work 👍
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A foundational experience I had learning about LLMs was an off the record dinner with reps from a major tech company. They gave the example of letting AI plan and book your travel. I said isn't that disastrous, considering their tendency to hallucinate? And they said no, that part should get better.
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...
Let's Check In With People Who Threatened To Leave Zohran Mamdani's NYC | Defector
When Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, it led to a lot of histrionics. The usual fear tactics against a young Muslim democratic socialist…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...
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In 2023, students at Ohio State blocked the doors to the president's office.
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
Scoop: Inside DHS's vast college football surveillance effort
If you go to a college football game, the feds have cameras on you.
www.foiaball.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In 2023, students at Ohio State blocked the doors to the president's office.
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS.
It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football.
www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...
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I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Speaking as a NYC resident/not as a reporter, I'm still in awe of how weird and bad Cuomo's campaign was. His message during the primary seemed to be "I am owed this." After he lost it was "ignore Dems, you Dems," plus islamophobia. The last day it was "my car technically isn't the same as OJ's."
Andrew Cuomo on X: "New York, here’s a little history on why we’ll win this race—last stretch magic courtesy of the good luck truck! #VoteforCuomo https://t.co/FdWX0Xqos5" / X
New York, here’s a little history on why we’ll win this race—last stretch magic courtesy of the good luck truck! #VoteforCuomo https://t.co/FdWX0Xqos5
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November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Speaking as a NYC resident/not as a reporter, I'm still in awe of how weird and bad Cuomo's campaign was. His message during the primary seemed to be "I am owed this." After he lost it was "ignore Dems, you Dems," plus islamophobia. The last day it was "my car technically isn't the same as OJ's."
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There is an entire PhD about the 21st Century to be written among the intersection of three events in the last 24 hours: Dick Cheney's death; McClatchy (key to disproving Iraq War lies) closes its DC bureau; & the US elects first Muslim mayor of NYC and first statewide official ever (in VA).
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
There is an entire PhD about the 21st Century to be written among the intersection of three events in the last 24 hours: Dick Cheney's death; McClatchy (key to disproving Iraq War lies) closes its DC bureau; & the US elects first Muslim mayor of NYC and first statewide official ever (in VA).
NBC officially calling Zohran victory.
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race
Mamdani will be the youngest New York mayor in a century, NBC News projects, after a rapid rise past Andrew Cuomo and other opponents.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
NBC officially calling Zohran victory.
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
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This NYT Obit of VP Cheney mentions something that seems impossible in retrospect: That he and GWB were re-elected *after* it was proved there were no WMDs in Iraq.
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Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
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November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This NYT Obit of VP Cheney mentions something that seems impossible in retrospect: That he and GWB were re-elected *after* it was proved there were no WMDs in Iraq.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
I'm not the world's biggest baseball fan and have zero connection to either of these teams but man this is some good Earned Drama.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm not the world's biggest baseball fan and have zero connection to either of these teams but man this is some good Earned Drama.
New from me: As Flock Safety cameras proliferate across the US, creating a real-time national database on Americans' movements for police, people in cities like Austin, Denver and Sedona are pushing back.
Police cameras track billions of license plates per month. Communities are pushing back.
More than 5,000 law enforcement departments across the U.S. use interconnected Flock Safety cameras to track residents’ movements.
www.nbcnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New from me: As Flock Safety cameras proliferate across the US, creating a real-time national database on Americans' movements for police, people in cities like Austin, Denver and Sedona are pushing back.
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NBC News spoke with 18 SNAP recipients who spent the week contemplating once unthinkable tradeoffs to put food on their tables.
Will my food stamps renew? Across the country, a chorus of desperation and anger.
The Trump administration had said SNAP food assistance wouldn’t be distributed in November because of the government shutdown. But on Friday, a judge ordered that contingency funds be distributed.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
NBC News spoke with 18 SNAP recipients who spent the week contemplating once unthinkable tradeoffs to put food on their tables.
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New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
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You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
New: I wrote about how all AI browsers are fundamentally vulnerable to prompt injection, how they're all already getting pwned, and hint that one might not want to hand over control of your email and bank accounts to ChatGPT.
AI browsers are here, and they're already being hacked
Hackers can target AI browsers with prompts hidden in websites.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New: I wrote about how all AI browsers are fundamentally vulnerable to prompt injection, how they're all already getting pwned, and hint that one might not want to hand over control of your email and bank accounts to ChatGPT.
Literally the only redeeming aspect of this Marshall game.
Does my guy have a hulk hand with an integrated beer koozie?
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Literally the only redeeming aspect of this Marshall game.
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Here is DHS making false allegations about @katmabu.bsky.social.
Read the affidavit and show me where it alleges that she assaulted anyone.
Spoiler: it doesn't.
The conspiracy charge / title of the statute is throwing people off / leading to a lot of bad faith attacks.
Read the affidavit and show me where it alleges that she assaulted anyone.
Spoiler: it doesn't.
The conspiracy charge / title of the statute is throwing people off / leading to a lot of bad faith attacks.
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here is DHS making false allegations about @katmabu.bsky.social.
Read the affidavit and show me where it alleges that she assaulted anyone.
Spoiler: it doesn't.
The conspiracy charge / title of the statute is throwing people off / leading to a lot of bad faith attacks.
Read the affidavit and show me where it alleges that she assaulted anyone.
Spoiler: it doesn't.
The conspiracy charge / title of the statute is throwing people off / leading to a lot of bad faith attacks.
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
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"ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling." by Freddy Martinez truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling.
Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter it with our solidarity.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling." by Freddy Martinez truthout.org/articles/ice...
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NEWS: Federal prosecutors indict Kat Abughazaleh, congressional candidate, county board candidate Cat Sharp and Dem committeeman Michael Rabbitt over September Broadview protest
October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEWS: Federal prosecutors indict Kat Abughazaleh, congressional candidate, county board candidate Cat Sharp and Dem committeeman Michael Rabbitt over September Broadview protest