Michael Loadenthal
@mloadenthal.bsky.social
Professor, researcher, consultant, trainer.
Political violence, social movements, OSINT, (cyber)security, tech & law.
Director @ prosecutionproject.bsky.social & peacejusticestudies.org
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https://michaelloadenthal.academia.edu
Political violence, social movements, OSINT, (cyber)security, tech & law.
Director @ prosecutionproject.bsky.social & peacejusticestudies.org
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https://michaelloadenthal.academia.edu
“RTTs differ depending on the device state. Active phones respond in under a second, while idle ones take longer. With high-frequency probing…they were able to map user routines, detect when phones switch networks, and identify when desktop clients come online, without alerting the victim.”
Tool allows stealthy tracking of Signal and WhatsApp users through delivery receipts
A new tool named Device Activity Tracker exposes a privacy flaw in WhatsApp and Signal that lets attackers covertly monitor user activity.
cyberinsider.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“RTTs differ depending on the device state. Active phones respond in under a second, while idle ones take longer. With high-frequency probing…they were able to map user routines, detect when phones switch networks, and identify when desktop clients come online, without alerting the victim.”
After a long road, our analysis of Jan6ers' social media is released!
Check out "Look Mom I’m On TV: Crowd-Sourced Policing, Social Media, and the Prosecution of January 6 Capitol Defendants", the product of @prosecutionproject.bsky.social research team!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TMTFB...
Check out "Look Mom I’m On TV: Crowd-Sourced Policing, Social Media, and the Prosecution of January 6 Capitol Defendants", the product of @prosecutionproject.bsky.social research team!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TMTFB...
Look Mom I’m On TV: Crowd-Sourced Policing, Social Media, and the Prosecution of January 6 Capitol Defendants
The investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in the January 6, 2021, riot at the United States Capitol offers notable insights into the role social media plays in political violence an...
www.tandfonline.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After a long road, our analysis of Jan6ers' social media is released!
Check out "Look Mom I’m On TV: Crowd-Sourced Policing, Social Media, and the Prosecution of January 6 Capitol Defendants", the product of @prosecutionproject.bsky.social research team!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TMTFB...
Check out "Look Mom I’m On TV: Crowd-Sourced Policing, Social Media, and the Prosecution of January 6 Capitol Defendants", the product of @prosecutionproject.bsky.social research team!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TMTFB...
New terrorism designations just dropped. This time, New Zealand designates Order of Nine Angles
and The Terrorgram Collective.
Complete list is here: www.police.govt.nz/advice/perso...
and The Terrorgram Collective.
Complete list is here: www.police.govt.nz/advice/perso...
gazette.govt.nz
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New terrorism designations just dropped. This time, New Zealand designates Order of Nine Angles
and The Terrorgram Collective.
Complete list is here: www.police.govt.nz/advice/perso...
and The Terrorgram Collective.
Complete list is here: www.police.govt.nz/advice/perso...
Senators propose legislation to explicitly criminalize 765/COM/NVE-related extremism.
While I, like any rational human, want these revolting crimes to stop, laws like this are likely to expand their purview and be abused--just like other laws, when they were used to target older movements.
While I, like any rational human, want these revolting crimes to stop, laws like this are likely to expand their purview and be abused--just like other laws, when they were used to target older movements.
As online extremists push teens to self-harm, 2 senators join to propose new law making it a crime
Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin want a new law to criminalize the actions of online networks like 764 that coerce minors to physically harm themselves or others.
abcnews.go.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Senators propose legislation to explicitly criminalize 765/COM/NVE-related extremism.
While I, like any rational human, want these revolting crimes to stop, laws like this are likely to expand their purview and be abused--just like other laws, when they were used to target older movements.
While I, like any rational human, want these revolting crimes to stop, laws like this are likely to expand their purview and be abused--just like other laws, when they were used to target older movements.
Reposted by Michael Loadenthal
🧵 Blood Tribe unmasked here.
Notable Chris Poulhaus and Drake Betentz marched masked for a while and unmasked later.
New face here. Will drop a bunch of images and articles in this thread for researchers.
Notable Chris Poulhaus and Drake Betentz marched masked for a while and unmasked later.
New face here. Will drop a bunch of images and articles in this thread for researchers.
December 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🧵 Blood Tribe unmasked here.
Notable Chris Poulhaus and Drake Betentz marched masked for a while and unmasked later.
New face here. Will drop a bunch of images and articles in this thread for researchers.
Notable Chris Poulhaus and Drake Betentz marched masked for a while and unmasked later.
New face here. Will drop a bunch of images and articles in this thread for researchers.
As someone who wrote their first book on FAI-IRF…and as a general fan of logic and reason, i concur. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats ‘barely exist’, experts say
Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled ‘ridiculous’ as experts say no active threat posed
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As someone who wrote their first book on FAI-IRF…and as a general fan of logic and reason, i concur. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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BREAKING: The FBI makes an arrest in the investigation into pipe bombs placed in D.C. on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot, an AP source says.
FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says
The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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“…The result is a persistent gap in the perception of the threat between security practitioners and many academics…only a minority of academics see research as under threat.”
The Government Needs to Send a Wake-Up Call on Research Security
Without fundamental cultural change among academics, research security will become a box-ticking exercise for universities
www.rusi.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“…The result is a persistent gap in the perception of the threat between security practitioners and many academics…only a minority of academics see research as under threat.”
CISA warns threat actors targeting Signal users via “sophisticated targeting & social engineering techniques to deliver spyware & gain unauthorized access to a victim’s messaging app, facilitating the deployment of additional malicious payloads…further compromise the victim’s mobile device.”
Spyware Allows Cyber Threat Actors to Target Users of Messaging Applications | CISA
www.cisa.gov
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
CISA warns threat actors targeting Signal users via “sophisticated targeting & social engineering techniques to deliver spyware & gain unauthorized access to a victim’s messaging app, facilitating the deployment of additional malicious payloads…further compromise the victim’s mobile device.”
Reposted by Michael Loadenthal
I'm starting a new research project looking at the experiences of American fighters in the War in Ukraine. If you are an American veteran of the War in Ukraine I'd love to talk to you. my DMs are open.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm starting a new research project looking at the experiences of American fighters in the War in Ukraine. If you are an American veteran of the War in Ukraine I'd love to talk to you. my DMs are open.
