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A blockbuster investigation by the AP, out today.
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A blockbuster investigation by the AP, out today.
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
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HOPE has been banned from St. John's University. www.2600.com/content/hope...
HOPE CONFERENCE BANNED BY ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY | 2600
www.2600.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
HOPE has been banned from St. John's University. www.2600.com/content/hope...
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#PRCCDC [Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition] is looking for some volunteers for Ops, Orange Team, Scoring engine, judges, etc - Fill out the form, get the discord link join the Tuesday meetings:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2025-26 PRCCDC Volunteer Training Teams
As stated in the email, we need folks to be trained on the WRCCDC infrastructure since their experts will be remote. Having our own folks F2F who know / are familiar with the system will make PRCCDC ...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
#PRCCDC [Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition] is looking for some volunteers for Ops, Orange Team, Scoring engine, judges, etc - Fill out the form, get the discord link join the Tuesday meetings:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
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NEW: The Department of Defense has asked its civilian employees if they want to work for ICE:
www.404media.co/pentagon-ask...
www.404media.co/pentagon-ask...
Pentagon Asks Its Civilian Employees If They Want to Work for ICE
The Department of Defense asks its civilian workers to apply for a "volunteer force" to support ICE that may involve working under "austere conditions.
www.404media.co
August 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NEW: The Department of Defense has asked its civilian employees if they want to work for ICE:
www.404media.co/pentagon-ask...
www.404media.co/pentagon-ask...
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Thanks to those who just came to my #hope_16 talk, all about the different ways law enforcement are compromising entire encrypted chat platforms. Here is the book if you want to read much, much more www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/josep...
Dark Wire
Written “in the manner of a good crime thriller” (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in whic...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thanks to those who just came to my #hope_16 talk, all about the different ways law enforcement are compromising entire encrypted chat platforms. Here is the book if you want to read much, much more www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/josep...
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they're calling it history's most vindicated podcast
July 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
they're calling it history's most vindicated podcast
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When I was on Silicon Valley, we didn’t think robot nazis would be here until at least 2030.
July 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
When I was on Silicon Valley, we didn’t think robot nazis would be here until at least 2030.
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This is a new Murderbot short story, coming out later this week on Reactor Magazine. It’s about ART and its crew, set before Network Effect, and how ART finally decided to tell them about meeting a rogue SecUnit.
July 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is a new Murderbot short story, coming out later this week on Reactor Magazine. It’s about ART and its crew, set before Network Effect, and how ART finally decided to tell them about meeting a rogue SecUnit.
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2025 Locus Awards Winners
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2025 Locus Awards Winners
Locus Awards trophy. Art by Shaun Tan. The 2025 Locus Awards were announced June 21 in a ceremony during Locus Awards Weekend in Oakland, CA. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL The Man Who Saw Seconds, Alexande…
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June 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
2025 Locus Awards Winners
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New: Digital Revolutionary Mini Zine Vol 1! Secure your phone (or lock it remotely), move in crowds, take pics under stress, and more.
Here now www.digitapub.com/collections/... and here www.patreon.com/violetblue/s...
Free for $3 patrons; free for everyone for 24 hours @ midnight PST for #NoKings
Here now www.digitapub.com/collections/... and here www.patreon.com/violetblue/s...
Free for $3 patrons; free for everyone for 24 hours @ midnight PST for #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
New: Digital Revolutionary Mini Zine Vol 1! Secure your phone (or lock it remotely), move in crowds, take pics under stress, and more.
Here now www.digitapub.com/collections/... and here www.patreon.com/violetblue/s...
Free for $3 patrons; free for everyone for 24 hours @ midnight PST for #NoKings
Here now www.digitapub.com/collections/... and here www.patreon.com/violetblue/s...
Free for $3 patrons; free for everyone for 24 hours @ midnight PST for #NoKings
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Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. It's already happening. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. It's already happening. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
Wasn’t expecting my WicDiv compendium and covers version books to get here so close together but it all worked out. Thanks @kierongillen.bsky.social @mckelvie.bsky.social !
June 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wasn’t expecting my WicDiv compendium and covers version books to get here so close together but it all worked out. Thanks @kierongillen.bsky.social @mckelvie.bsky.social !
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If you were not getting around to registering for the HOPE conference, this would be a really good time to do so.
This is becoming a real problem. www.404media.co/hacker-confe...
Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales
One scheduled speaker has also pulled out of the New York-based event and specifically pointed to Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
www.404media.co
May 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you were not getting around to registering for the HOPE conference, this would be a really good time to do so.
@wesleychu.bsky.social Just saw your post, is the moving sale still going on?
I'm in the process of moving, so it's time for a sale!
All hardcovers personalized/signed:
Art of Prophecy/Art of Destiny: $55
Art of Destiny $20
Art of Legend (8/26): $35
War Arts trilogy:$85
Time Salvager $20
The Rise of Io Limited Ed: $20
DM if you're interested. My aching back thanks you!
All hardcovers personalized/signed:
Art of Prophecy/Art of Destiny: $55
Art of Destiny $20
Art of Legend (8/26): $35
War Arts trilogy:$85
Time Salvager $20
The Rise of Io Limited Ed: $20
DM if you're interested. My aching back thanks you!
April 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@wesleychu.bsky.social Just saw your post, is the moving sale still going on?
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NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
@hexadecim8.com sorry I missed you at the end of the con but I am enjoying the book so far!
January 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@hexadecim8.com sorry I missed you at the end of the con but I am enjoying the book so far!
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Job opening on my team for a Lead Red Team role: www.linkedin.com/posts/mubix_...
Rob Fuller on LinkedIn: Come join the McKesson Red Team [Fully Remote - US/CA/IR] as a Lead…
Come join the McKesson Red Team [Fully Remote - US/CA/IR] as a Lead Offensive Security Engineer - https://lnkd.in/ezWrEiy8
www.linkedin.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Job opening on my team for a Lead Red Team role: www.linkedin.com/posts/mubix_...
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Live streams from the last ShmooCon security conference, which took place last week, are available on YouTube
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
ShmooCon 2025 - YouTube
You can reach me at https://twitter.com/Strong1Wind
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January 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Live streams from the last ShmooCon security conference, which took place last week, are available on YouTube
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Missed my reading goal last year but overall not bad. The last 2 books of the year were the hardest for me so I didn’t get to read extra to try and catch up. Trying again this year for 40! 💙📚
January 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Missed my reading goal last year but overall not bad. The last 2 books of the year were the hardest for me so I didn’t get to read extra to try and catch up. Trying again this year for 40! 💙📚
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#BookSky admin here! 💙📚🪐📚🌶️ There are a bunch of improvements and expansions I'd like to make to the BookSky ecosystem of feeds and I'm hoping to crowdfund some of the costs associated with upgrading and running these feeds.
If you've enjoyed BookSky, please consider chipping in (see comments!). ⬇️👇🏻⬇️
If you've enjoyed BookSky, please consider chipping in (see comments!). ⬇️👇🏻⬇️
December 20, 2024 at 10:29 PM
#BookSky admin here! 💙📚🪐📚🌶️ There are a bunch of improvements and expansions I'd like to make to the BookSky ecosystem of feeds and I'm hoping to crowdfund some of the costs associated with upgrading and running these feeds.
If you've enjoyed BookSky, please consider chipping in (see comments!). ⬇️👇🏻⬇️
If you've enjoyed BookSky, please consider chipping in (see comments!). ⬇️👇🏻⬇️
Finally finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Amazing story that takes a little time to build up and get going. Just started Haruki Murakami’s newest, wasn’t initially on my list but got a free copy from a Goodreads giveaway so moved it to the top 💙📚
December 14, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Finally finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Amazing story that takes a little time to build up and get going. Just started Haruki Murakami’s newest, wasn’t initially on my list but got a free copy from a Goodreads giveaway so moved it to the top 💙📚
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New from 404 Media: a location data firm is offering to help cops track targets via their doctor visits. Cops fill out form about their target, including doctor's address. Fog Data Science will then map out person's movements using massive bank of data www.404media.co/location-dat...
Location Data Firm Offers to Help Cops Track Targets via Doctor Visits
Fog Data Science is a location tracking company that takes data harvested from smartphones and makes it accessible to cops. A document obtained by 404 Media shows the company explicitly says it will u...
www.404media.co
December 10, 2024 at 2:05 PM
New from 404 Media: a location data firm is offering to help cops track targets via their doctor visits. Cops fill out form about their target, including doctor's address. Fog Data Science will then map out person's movements using massive bank of data www.404media.co/location-dat...
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In the wake of the 2024 election in the U.S., many people are concerned about their digital privacy. EFF has decades of experience in providing digital privacy and security resources. Here are the top ten resources that we think are most useful right now 🧵 (1/13)
December 4, 2024 at 10:26 PM
In the wake of the 2024 election in the U.S., many people are concerned about their digital privacy. EFF has decades of experience in providing digital privacy and security resources. Here are the top ten resources that we think are most useful right now 🧵 (1/13)
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I wrote a very timely introduction to digital security for journalists for @gijn.org, this guidance may also apply to activists, lawyers, and anyone else doing at-risk work these days. gijn.org/resource/int...
Introduction to Investigative Journalism: Digital Security
Digital security may seem a little daunting at first, but increased security will help investigative journalists build trust with — and protect — current and future sources.
gijn.org
November 27, 2024 at 11:39 AM
I wrote a very timely introduction to digital security for journalists for @gijn.org, this guidance may also apply to activists, lawyers, and anyone else doing at-risk work these days. gijn.org/resource/int...