Bitquark
@bitquark.io
🥷 British hacker and coder
✨ Space and language nerd
🎩 Black Hat EU review board
🐈 Neurodivergent. Poly. He/him.
🛠️ https://github.com/bitquark
✨ Space and language nerd
🎩 Black Hat EU review board
🐈 Neurodivergent. Poly. He/him.
🛠️ https://github.com/bitquark
I'm really not comfortable with the number of Christmas decorations already up in town.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'm really not comfortable with the number of Christmas decorations already up in town.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry
It needs to be more widely understood how much these models reflect real-world bias – and will continue to propagate it.
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It needs to be more widely understood how much these models reflect real-world bias – and will continue to propagate it.
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"We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking
Cellebrite can apparently extract data from most Pixel phones, unless they’re running GrapheneOS.
arstechnica.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Seattle, @blackhoodie.bsky.social is coming to town! Thanks to IOActive we're hosting 2 days of trainings for women by women on Nov 14 & 15, brought to you by @barbieauglend.bsky.social Bhavna Supriya and Hanne! blackhoodie.re/Seattle2025/
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Seattle, @blackhoodie.bsky.social is coming to town! Thanks to IOActive we're hosting 2 days of trainings for women by women on Nov 14 & 15, brought to you by @barbieauglend.bsky.social Bhavna Supriya and Hanne! blackhoodie.re/Seattle2025/
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October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I just managed to do Ordsnille (Swedish Wordle) in one fewer try than English Wordle and I'm not sure what that says about my English skills 😂 (Though I am quite proud of my ability to guess plausible Swedish words)
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I just managed to do Ordsnille (Swedish Wordle) in one fewer try than English Wordle and I'm not sure what that says about my English skills 😂 (Though I am quite proud of my ability to guess plausible Swedish words)
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
Languages are *fascinating*
can albanian speakers please tell me more about this verb that apparently means “to die” but only for humans and bees???
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Languages are *fascinating*
Absolutely this. If nothing else public officials should not be giving legitimacy to such an awful platform.
Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Absolutely this. If nothing else public officials should not be giving legitimacy to such an awful platform.
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Y'all fantastic news! Save the date, @blackhoodie.bsky.social will be at @districtcon.bsky.social this year 😱 the fantastic crew has offered to host us for a day of Malware Reverse Engineering! @synapticrewrite.bsky.social and myself will be hosting a training for women by women on January 23rd!!
October 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Y'all fantastic news! Save the date, @blackhoodie.bsky.social will be at @districtcon.bsky.social this year 😱 the fantastic crew has offered to host us for a day of Malware Reverse Engineering! @synapticrewrite.bsky.social and myself will be hosting a training for women by women on January 23rd!!
What an absolute nightmare of a feature.
A new Microsoft Teams feature will let organizations track employees based on nearby WiFi networks.
According to privacy experts, the new feature will allow companies to crack down on workers who dodge return-to-office mandates.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
According to privacy experts, the new feature will allow companies to crack down on workers who dodge return-to-office mandates.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
October 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What an absolute nightmare of a feature.
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There's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like Alexa as their alarm clocks have just had a helpful reminder that using a device reliant on connectivity to carry out a task that doesn't need connectivity is not a good idea.
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
There's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like Alexa as their alarm clocks have just had a helpful reminder that using a device reliant on connectivity to carry out a task that doesn't need connectivity is not a good idea.
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PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
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My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.
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The HTTP Graph Collector extension for Chrome now supports Manifest v3. Analyze your browsing data to deconstruct the web with Gephi or other graphing tools for fun or research.
GitHub - phreakocious/HTTP-Graph-Collector: Chrome extension and Python support scripts to collect data for HTTP Graph
Chrome extension and Python support scripts to collect data for HTTP Graph - phreakocious/HTTP-Graph-Collector
github.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The HTTP Graph Collector extension for Chrome now supports Manifest v3. Analyze your browsing data to deconstruct the web with Gephi or other graphing tools for fun or research.
Stay safe out there, folks
Once again tapping the sign that says don’t post pics of faces from protests even if people are posing for them happily because they don’t realise the risks
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Stay safe out there, folks
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If your protest privacy/security advice does not start with a discussion of threat models, it is probably not good advice.
October 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If your protest privacy/security advice does not start with a discussion of threat models, it is probably not good advice.
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
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