Elborro
@elborro.bsky.social
ICS/OT cybersecurity. Has fun with software/hardware hacking. Loves science fiction and space things. :)
Privacy and hacking-is-not-a-crime advocate. Matrix, Mastodon, Pi-hole and Signal patron.
Be kind, he/him, 🇬🇧🇳🇱.
Privacy and hacking-is-not-a-crime advocate. Matrix, Mastodon, Pi-hole and Signal patron.
Be kind, he/him, 🇬🇧🇳🇱.
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Ha, wat leuk 🙂. Mijn opmerking van laatst inspireerde deze mooie bespreking van het originele verhaal van Frankenstein. Als je alleen een van de bewerkingen kent: het boek is anders & de moeite waard.
Nieuwsgierig geworden door een bericht hier van Nadine Böke over de overeenkomst tussen Frankenstein en hedendaagse incels, las ik de klassieker. En werd compleet overrompeld.
www.franciscovanjole.com/blog/2025/11...
www.franciscovanjole.com/blog/2025/11...
Monsters die we zelf maken • Francisco van Jole
De meeste mensen kennen het verhaal van Frankenstein, maar vrijwel altijd verkeerd. Ze denken bijvoorbeeld dat het monster Frankenstein heet, terwijl het de naam van de maker is. Of ze zien onmiddelli...
www.franciscovanjole.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ha, wat leuk 🙂. Mijn opmerking van laatst inspireerde deze mooie bespreking van het originele verhaal van Frankenstein. Als je alleen een van de bewerkingen kent: het boek is anders & de moeite waard.
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Contrary to all those click-baity headlines about how cosmology is "broken," scientists are mostly frustrated that it's *not* obviously broken.
When we can find the real cracks, we'll have a path to deeper understanding. 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
When we can find the real cracks, we'll have a path to deeper understanding. 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Contrary to all those click-baity headlines about how cosmology is "broken," scientists are mostly frustrated that it's *not* obviously broken.
When we can find the real cracks, we'll have a path to deeper understanding. 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
When we can find the real cracks, we'll have a path to deeper understanding. 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
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Buying a tech gift for someone this year? Keep in mind what you're opting them into, and take the time to help set up any device you do get them as privately and securely as possible. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
www.eff.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Buying a tech gift for someone this year? Keep in mind what you're opting them into, and take the time to help set up any device you do get them as privately and securely as possible. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Let's stalk everyone 24/7.
Every quote in this story from the founder of Ring, Jamie Siminoff has been designed in a lab to illustrate the single most wrongheaded approach to technology, surveillance, privacy, and crime: www.theverge.com/tech/804052/...
‘I was the demolition man’: Ring founder reflects on how he almost destroyed the company
Ding Dong!
www.theverge.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Let's stalk everyone 24/7.
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![Comic. [Person with ponytail using handheld device in front of a large sign with crooked, off-center header, with crooked QR code (with illegible URL) and crooked list beneath] Header: DOANATE TO FIX THIS SIGN! List: $10 Fix kerning [kerning around “rni” of kerning is difficult to read]; $20 Align Columns [out of alignment] $20 Fix text size [much smaller text size]; $50 Fix typo; $50 Fix centering; $100 fix rotation. PERSON: Grrr… [caption] My new company’s business model is based on extorting graphic designers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidspubnircp7xyx267adn6waakg76eb4giljnlwdh3zig5dqw7pbm@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Only 42 tickets left! Grab yours via tickets.why2025.org before we're out of fish!
July 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Only 42 tickets left! Grab yours via tickets.why2025.org before we're out of fish!
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Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
July 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
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This is your regularly scheduled message to USE SIGNAL
(I ditched whatsapp in 2014. yes, when Facebook bought it.)
Signal is secure and private - these are NOT THE SAME THING
(Whatsapp uses your metadata for spying and marketing)
And pay for Signal if you can. Best £10 p/month I spend.
(I ditched whatsapp in 2014. yes, when Facebook bought it.)
Signal is secure and private - these are NOT THE SAME THING
(Whatsapp uses your metadata for spying and marketing)
And pay for Signal if you can. Best £10 p/month I spend.
'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is your regularly scheduled message to USE SIGNAL
(I ditched whatsapp in 2014. yes, when Facebook bought it.)
Signal is secure and private - these are NOT THE SAME THING
(Whatsapp uses your metadata for spying and marketing)
And pay for Signal if you can. Best £10 p/month I spend.
(I ditched whatsapp in 2014. yes, when Facebook bought it.)
Signal is secure and private - these are NOT THE SAME THING
(Whatsapp uses your metadata for spying and marketing)
And pay for Signal if you can. Best £10 p/month I spend.
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“Surveillance pricing,” or as it’s sometimes called, “personalized pricing,” is another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Here to explain how it works (and what we can do about it) is former FTC chair Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GGq_tBcBaIR3_Wby
Here to explain how it works (and what we can do about it) is former FTC chair Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GGq_tBcBaIR3_Wby
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks
youtu.be
June 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Surveillance pricing,” or as it’s sometimes called, “personalized pricing,” is another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Here to explain how it works (and what we can do about it) is former FTC chair Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GGq_tBcBaIR3_Wby
Here to explain how it works (and what we can do about it) is former FTC chair Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GGq_tBcBaIR3_Wby
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Join us and StudSec on June 11 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for: "Built for Good, Used for Evil"
Industry professionals will walk you through real-world examples where well-intentioned tools have been misused, sometimes with serious consequences.
www.meetup.com/wicca...
Industry professionals will walk you through real-world examples where well-intentioned tools have been misused, sometimes with serious consequences.
www.meetup.com/wicca...
May 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Join us and StudSec on June 11 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for: "Built for Good, Used for Evil"
Industry professionals will walk you through real-world examples where well-intentioned tools have been misused, sometimes with serious consequences.
www.meetup.com/wicca...
Industry professionals will walk you through real-world examples where well-intentioned tools have been misused, sometimes with serious consequences.
www.meetup.com/wicca...
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Dit.
Maarten houdt ons ALLEMAAL een spiegel voor.
Maarten houdt ons ALLEMAAL een spiegel voor.
May 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dit.
Maarten houdt ons ALLEMAAL een spiegel voor.
Maarten houdt ons ALLEMAAL een spiegel voor.
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Really appreciate and respect @troyhunt.com's transparency with his phishing mishap, and this post as a lot of us struggle to shift to passkeys, even though we know they're good for us. www.troyhunt.com/passkeys-for... #cybersecurity @gate15.bsky.social
Passkeys for Normal People
Let me start by very simply explaining the problem we're trying to solve with passkeys. Imagine you're logging on to a website like this:
And, because you want to protect your account from being logg...
www.troyhunt.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Really appreciate and respect @troyhunt.com's transparency with his phishing mishap, and this post as a lot of us struggle to shift to passkeys, even though we know they're good for us. www.troyhunt.com/passkeys-for... #cybersecurity @gate15.bsky.social
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Europe has a message for Elmo.
January 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Europe has a message for Elmo.
Today, exactly 10 years ago, Spotify was asked to implement 2FA. Surely it would be available by now, right? Nope!
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today, exactly 10 years ago, Spotify was asked to implement 2FA. Surely it would be available by now, right? Nope!
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Good morning Skeeteroonies of the Universe. It's Monday. We all know what that means.
Stay safe. Plan ahead. Hugs to all real people.
Stay safe. Plan ahead. Hugs to all real people.
December 9, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Good morning Skeeteroonies of the Universe. It's Monday. We all know what that means.
Stay safe. Plan ahead. Hugs to all real people.
Stay safe. Plan ahead. Hugs to all real people.
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1000 tickets sold within 5 days ❤️
Will you make it 1024?
Will you make it 1024?
December 9, 2024 at 2:24 PM
1000 tickets sold within 5 days ❤️
Will you make it 1024?
Will you make it 1024?
Explaining to my followers why my posts aren't that good.
December 1, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Explaining to my followers why my posts aren't that good.
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The Early Nerd catches the ... awesome news!
Soon, we promise!
Stay tuned and subscribe so you'll never miss an update
Soon, we promise!
Stay tuned and subscribe so you'll never miss an update
November 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM
The Early Nerd catches the ... awesome news!
Soon, we promise!
Stay tuned and subscribe so you'll never miss an update
Soon, we promise!
Stay tuned and subscribe so you'll never miss an update
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Pro tip for bad guys: do not, in your efforts to evade detection, give @nixonnixoff.bsky.social an extra strong motivation to hunt you down and peel the layers of your opsec back like an onion, because she will fucking do it www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Accused Kitchener hacker unmasked after threatening woman online
Kitchener-based hacker Alexander “Connor” Moucka was unmasked after making threats against a woman on the messaging app Telegram. Moucka threatened Allison Nixon, the chief research officer at Unit221...
www.therecord.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Pro tip for bad guys: do not, in your efforts to evade detection, give @nixonnixoff.bsky.social an extra strong motivation to hunt you down and peel the layers of your opsec back like an onion, because she will fucking do it www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
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Heel Nederland kende Tommie dankzij Sesamstraat, maar niemand kende zijn geheim
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November 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Heel Nederland kende Tommie dankzij Sesamstraat, maar niemand kende zijn geheim
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archive.ph/qBIgA