Seanie Byrne 🦡
@seaniebyrne.bsky.social
Computer security is more cartography 🗺 than cryptography 🔑 👨🏻💻🇮🇪 ⛵️🛶🥃 Founder. 💼 Previously at @Truework, @Patreon, @Dropbox & @Digg
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Less than a month till Christmas and this video breaks my heart 💔
It was the last Christmas in Mariupol before Russia came.
It was the last Christmas in Mariupol before Russia came.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Less than a month till Christmas and this video breaks my heart 💔
It was the last Christmas in Mariupol before Russia came.
It was the last Christmas in Mariupol before Russia came.
My favorite thing this week.
dangerzone.rocks
dangerzone.rocks
Dangerzone
Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF.
dangerzone.rocks
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My favorite thing this week.
dangerzone.rocks
dangerzone.rocks
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Ukrainians endure daily attacks from Russia.
Russia is a terrorist state and a war criminal.
📹 anna_and_butch_new/Instagram
Russia is a terrorist state and a war criminal.
📹 anna_and_butch_new/Instagram
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ukrainians endure daily attacks from Russia.
Russia is a terrorist state and a war criminal.
📹 anna_and_butch_new/Instagram
Russia is a terrorist state and a war criminal.
📹 anna_and_butch_new/Instagram
Got 4/4 correct. Next year I don’t think I’ll get half that number.
4/4 AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
www.kpbs.org/news/science...
www.kpbs.org/news/science...
AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
www.kpbs.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Got 4/4 correct. Next year I don’t think I’ll get half that number.
There might be an opportunity for Apple/Google to allow users to prove a photo wasn't generated by AI. By cryptographically signing photographs and their metadata, using the phones Secure Enclave, marking them as non-AI generated (sure it could be hacked, but not in most cases).
Nano Banana Pro also seems to be good at moving the camera when recreating images, which can add a false sense of authenticity to sets of images, for example:
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
There might be an opportunity for Apple/Google to allow users to prove a photo wasn't generated by AI. By cryptographically signing photographs and their metadata, using the phones Secure Enclave, marking them as non-AI generated (sure it could be hacked, but not in most cases).
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did that with @lhn.bsky.social
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives. www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
did that with @lhn.bsky.social
Brexit in a nutshell.
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Brexit in a nutshell.
There’s some genuine innovation here, prior to this I think Signals “Private contact discovery” using SGX was state of the art. This doc makes a big leap for to prevent enumeration attacks. I feel smarter for having read it.
Well done @pfrazee.com, Ian & @retr0.id
Well done @pfrazee.com, Ian & @retr0.id
"Find friends by phone" is a common tool in social networks. We're proposing a secure scheme and requesting comments from the dev community.
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Request For Comments: A secure contact import scheme for social networks | Bluesky
This article outlines plans for a future Bluesky feature \- it doesn’t exist yet\! By sharing our ideas early, we hope to solicit feedback from the community.
docs.bsky.app
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
There’s some genuine innovation here, prior to this I think Signals “Private contact discovery” using SGX was state of the art. This doc makes a big leap for to prevent enumeration attacks. I feel smarter for having read it.
Well done @pfrazee.com, Ian & @retr0.id
Well done @pfrazee.com, Ian & @retr0.id
Claude using OpenAI's library is something!
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Claude using OpenAI's library is something!
When I see the war raging on & doubts begin to creep in, I think of Oleksandr Matsievskyi, the resolve in his eyes & his final, fearless words “Slava Ukraini.”
Over the past three years, I have seen his spirit in Ukrainians, their courage, resilience, & unwavering will.
Over the past three years, I have seen his spirit in Ukrainians, their courage, resilience, & unwavering will.
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When I see the war raging on & doubts begin to creep in, I think of Oleksandr Matsievskyi, the resolve in his eyes & his final, fearless words “Slava Ukraini.”
Over the past three years, I have seen his spirit in Ukrainians, their courage, resilience, & unwavering will.
Over the past three years, I have seen his spirit in Ukrainians, their courage, resilience, & unwavering will.
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Change in Headline
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Change in Headline
@naomiohreally.bsky.social has this been a question put to European and Irish politicians?
It actually is mind blowing to check out X and see what is essentially 4chan which is also populated with politicians, media figures, "thought leaders" etc.
A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.
A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.
The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
@naomiohreally.bsky.social has this been a question put to European and Irish politicians?
I would have though that AI dubbing would have made more progress because of the potential money unlock. It unlocks movies and TV for other markets, making back catalogs more valuable and creating entirely new markets.
apnews.com/article/amaz...
apnews.com/article/amaz...
Amazon is now testing AI-aided dubbing for some movies and series on Prime
Amazon is testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service.
apnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I would have though that AI dubbing would have made more progress because of the potential money unlock. It unlocks movies and TV for other markets, making back catalogs more valuable and creating entirely new markets.
apnews.com/article/amaz...
apnews.com/article/amaz...
They didn’t listen. Microsoft is still buggy, insecure and lacks performance.
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
They didn’t listen. Microsoft is still buggy, insecure and lacks performance.
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NEW: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document 404 Media obtained. Photos taken by the app are stored for 15 years, including of U.S. citizens. We've published the full document here: www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NEW: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document 404 Media obtained. Photos taken by the app are stored for 15 years, including of U.S. citizens. We've published the full document here: www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
XKCD "compiling" updated for modern development.
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
XKCD "compiling" updated for modern development.
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Where are the high-quality on device AI TTS models for MacOS Apple?
$say "hello world" sounds like it's from the 1980's.
$say "hello world" sounds like it's from the 1980's.
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Where are the high-quality on device AI TTS models for MacOS Apple?
$say "hello world" sounds like it's from the 1980's.
$say "hello world" sounds like it's from the 1980's.
The amount of scraping by AI companies right now is insane. My tiny little hobby project sites getting between 1m and 500k requests a day.
Funnily tens of thousands of those visits are seen as unique visitors, good enough to fool advertisers…
worth double checking your ad-spend billing!
Funnily tens of thousands of those visits are seen as unique visitors, good enough to fool advertisers…
worth double checking your ad-spend billing!
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The amount of scraping by AI companies right now is insane. My tiny little hobby project sites getting between 1m and 500k requests a day.
Funnily tens of thousands of those visits are seen as unique visitors, good enough to fool advertisers…
worth double checking your ad-spend billing!
Funnily tens of thousands of those visits are seen as unique visitors, good enough to fool advertisers…
worth double checking your ad-spend billing!
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Reporting this story, the same details kept appearing in police investigations around Europe: the perpetrators turned out to have been recruited and offered cash over Telegram.
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
From pigs’ heads to arson plots: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe
The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine
www.irishtimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reporting this story, the same details kept appearing in police investigations around Europe: the perpetrators turned out to have been recruited and offered cash over Telegram.
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Odds on Putin being assassinated on his return from Budapest? No idea, but a fella can dream.
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Odds on Putin being assassinated on his return from Budapest? No idea, but a fella can dream.
Ummm 🤔
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Ummm 🤔