David Agranovich
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dagrano.bsky.social
David Agranovich
@dagrano.bsky.social
Fmr. NSC Director, Intelligence. Director, Threat Disruption @ Meta. Rescue Dog Pilot, Flight Instructor, Former Big Hair Practitioner 🏳️‍🌈
Holy shit sayyadina neuberger
January 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
How dare you
January 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Huge improvement over how I used to get the homies to their Newark United connection
December 26, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Getting ready to take my new couch from Hoboken to Brooklyn
December 26, 2024 at 5:05 PM
6/ You might not normally notice satellites streaking by, star link microsats trailing in a line, or starlight twinkling through an inversion layer - but you definitely will when all your neighbors think the Iranians are invading with help from ET. And it wouldn’t be the first time:
During a 1994 blackout, L.A. residents called 911 when they saw the Milky Way for the first time
More like the City of Too Much Light…
medium.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
5/ people notice things more when they’re pointed out. You might live your whole life in NJ without appreciating just how much helicopter, airplane, and other air traffic exists.
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
4.5/ The position of the lights can create confusing visual illusions when the aircraft passes or turns, and can look like they’re moving erratically or impossibly.
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
4/ people (even pilots) are pretty bad at identifying lights in the sky at night. Airplanes that would be 20-30 miles away and invisible during the day are easy to see at night, especially below 10k ft where their landing lights are on.
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
3.5/ It’s a mass hysteria self-licking ice cream cone. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people with hobby drones are flying around at night in NJ just to mess with people at this point
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
3/ maybe something weird was going on in NJ when this kicked off. But at this point you’ve WSJ and NYPost reporters posting videos of MD-80s and C17s flying over as if they’re alien spacecraft and hobbyists launching drones in NJ to try to take pics, causing more people to see real drones and panic
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
2.5/ and they are often flown by some guy that just bought a DJIPhantom at Walmart and has no idea what he’s doing. IG is full of videos by drone owners flagrantly violating these rules
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
2/ The vast majority of American airspace from the ground up to between 700-1200 feet is uncontrolled entirely. Hobby drones and larger agricultural drones generally don’t have transponders, don’t show up on radar (radar needs line of sight and stuff really close to the ground won’t often show up
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
1/ basically anybody can buy a range of drones at Walmart or online from companies like DJI. They can be pretty big, including some agricultural models. There are regulations around where you can fly them and when you need a license, but there aren’t great ways to enforce them
December 15, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Unfortunately @aaron.bsky.team seems to be doing a good job otherwise we could have some fun with the crypto wallet scam bots like over on X
December 11, 2024 at 1:02 AM
yes right away mr zuckerbok sir
December 11, 2024 at 12:50 AM
And check out @racheltobac.bsky.social's video outlining how to spot scams in the wild /end
How would I hack YOU during the holidays?
By messaging you about the packages, deals & giveaways you care about!
Share these scam types with your fam so they know exactly which emails, texts, calls, and posts to be wary of this December.
Stay politely paranoid, folks!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ewt...
Holiday Scam Prevention Tips - December 2024
YouTube video by SocialProof Security
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Read more about common holiday-themed scams here: graphika.com/reports/holi...
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Holiday Hoaxes Unwrapped: Fake Trees, Freebies, & Shopping Sprees
Scammers Orchestrate Cross-Internet Campaigns to Deceive and Defraud Holiday Shoppers of their Money and Personal Information
graphika.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Finally, we constantly work to disrupt phishing domains impersonating our brands across the internet. This year, we got over 24K URLs hosting phishing content in Vietnam and Singapore removed from the internet.
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December 11, 2024 at 12:40 AM
We’ve also continued to expand our pilot program to share information about scams directly with banks and financial services partners to disrupt scammers across the internet /6
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 AM