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Sam Collinson
@rzn.bsky.social
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I admire the hustle of people posting on twitter, here and mastodon. personally I’m in a bubble over in mastodon and miss y’all. come follow me if you’re there: infosec.exchange/@rzn
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`ipsw` v3.1.565 is out! Check it out: https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw/releases/tag/v3.1.565
January 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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High level diff of iOS 18.3 beta 3 vs. iOS 18.3 RC 🎉

github.com/blacktop/ips...
github.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I spent the last month reverse engineering Call of Duty's anti-cheat!

Blog post here: ssno.cc/posts/revers...
Reverse Engineering Call Of Duty Anti-Cheat
I’ve been reversing Black Ops Cold War for a while now, and I’ve finally decided to share my research regarding the user-mode anti-cheat inside the game. It’s not my intention to shame or promote chea...
ssno.cc
January 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
has the tennis close call replay ever overturned a decision? either the umpires got infinitely better or it’s just confirming their calls
January 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
a life hack I’ve found satisfying recently is putting a holographic sticker on each side of my all-black suitcase. makes it immediately identifiable in the sea of other black suitcases. the stickers are all the rage at conferences atm so I’ve picked them all up for free too.
January 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
the Australian Open is my yearly eye test
January 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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h-hey!
January 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’ve spent a lot of time over the holiday break listening to the 99PI breakdown of the powerbroker by robert caro. fascinating listen. love the depth and content of the book, and the way they’ve broken it down. big fan of passive content like this.

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/9...
The Power Broker #1: Robert Caro
Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · 19/01/2024 · Bonus · 1h 33m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption 🤯
December 11, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I admire the hustle of people posting on twitter, here and mastodon. personally I’m in a bubble over in mastodon and miss y’all. come follow me if you’re there: infosec.exchange/@rzn
January 4, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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The coup could have been an email
June 25, 2023 at 4:26 PM
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It's Hard Fork Friday! This week, Reddit revolts. Plus: Max Read joins to to discuss what we can learn from Mr. Beast. And we debate whether trust and safety was a ZIRP https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/podcasts/reddit-revolts-mrbeasts-youtube-empire-and-peak-trust-and-safety.html
Reddit Revolts, MrBeast’s YouTube Empire and Peak Trust and Safety?
Social platforms are entering a strange and uncertain future.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2023 at 5:53 PM
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I wrote about how Reddit’s years of making users responsible for content creation, moderation, and product development came back to haunt it today. https://www.platformer.news/p/reddit-goes-dark
June 13, 2023 at 12:09 AM
directors who put barking dogs in tv/movies are bastards
May 27, 2023 at 9:22 AM
this platform has a lot of hype for something that doesn’t even have dark mode!
May 26, 2023 at 8:37 PM