Lee Brotherston
@synackpse.bsky.social
Security doofus, dev prodding, general annoyance
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Currently making stuff @ opshelm.com
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Currently making stuff @ opshelm.com
TIL the ex Guns ‘n’ Roses drummer pivoted to AI! Appetite For Destruction is a classic!
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
wrd.cm
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
TIL the ex Guns ‘n’ Roses drummer pivoted to AI! Appetite For Destruction is a classic!
President and CEOs email address is: benjamin_murray@skyservice.com
They claim to care about DEI on their corporate responsibility page: www.skyservice.com/about/corpor...
If you are planning to write to them, note that the address is actually Flightline Drive, not Road.
They claim to care about DEI on their corporate responsibility page: www.skyservice.com/about/corpor...
If you are planning to write to them, note that the address is actually Flightline Drive, not Road.
🧊✈️ Hello, Collaborator🖕
ICE Air flights at Seattle are now being refueled and serviced by SkyService, which is a... (checks notes)
😲 Canadian company 🇨🇦
Hmm...
ICE Air flights at Seattle are now being refueled and serviced by SkyService, which is a... (checks notes)
😲 Canadian company 🇨🇦
Hmm...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
President and CEOs email address is: benjamin_murray@skyservice.com
They claim to care about DEI on their corporate responsibility page: www.skyservice.com/about/corpor...
If you are planning to write to them, note that the address is actually Flightline Drive, not Road.
They claim to care about DEI on their corporate responsibility page: www.skyservice.com/about/corpor...
If you are planning to write to them, note that the address is actually Flightline Drive, not Road.
Naive question for my US friends. If the answer to “why did you pardon them?” Is “I don’t know who that is”…. Why is the next logical question not “why did you pardon someone where you don’t know who that is?” ?!
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Naive question for my US friends. If the answer to “why did you pardon them?” Is “I don’t know who that is”…. Why is the next logical question not “why did you pardon someone where you don’t know who that is?” ?!
When AI people say that “even we don’t know how it works”, I assume that this is hyperbole, not literal?
We know that there’s a runtime (e.g ollama, etc), which is a traditional binary executable compiled from source code. It could have a debugger attached, logging added to the source, etc.
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We know that there’s a runtime (e.g ollama, etc), which is a traditional binary executable compiled from source code. It could have a debugger attached, logging added to the source, etc.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When AI people say that “even we don’t know how it works”, I assume that this is hyperbole, not literal?
We know that there’s a runtime (e.g ollama, etc), which is a traditional binary executable compiled from source code. It could have a debugger attached, logging added to the source, etc.
[1/3]
We know that there’s a runtime (e.g ollama, etc), which is a traditional binary executable compiled from source code. It could have a debugger attached, logging added to the source, etc.
[1/3]
Well that explains how the spelling has improved in recent weeks (someone else, at least sometimes, posts for him).
Also… the OpSec continues to be strong across the entire administration.
Also… the OpSec continues to be strong across the entire administration.
October 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Well that explains how the spelling has improved in recent weeks (someone else, at least sometimes, posts for him).
Also… the OpSec continues to be strong across the entire administration.
Also… the OpSec continues to be strong across the entire administration.
Excuse me Mr Clegg... Napster, The Pirate Bay, Megaupload, etc would like a quick word.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Excuse me Mr Clegg... Napster, The Pirate Bay, Megaupload, etc would like a quick word.
Reposted by Lee Brotherston
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
I’m no military opsec specialist, but publicly telegraphing ahead of time when & where all the top brass will be, and by inference where they won’t be, seems…. Flawed.
Unless it’s a cunning deception…… 🤣🤣🤣
Unless it’s a cunning deception…… 🤣🤣🤣
WAPO SCOOP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos,” multiple people familiar with the event told The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’m no military opsec specialist, but publicly telegraphing ahead of time when & where all the top brass will be, and by inference where they won’t be, seems…. Flawed.
Unless it’s a cunning deception…… 🤣🤣🤣
Unless it’s a cunning deception…… 🤣🤣🤣
You know who does actually use the term “anti-ice” regularly? www.google.com/search?hl=en...
Google Search
www.google.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
You know who does actually use the term “anti-ice” regularly? www.google.com/search?hl=en...
I know it’s a small qualm in the overall scheme of things, but “written in pen” is not “engraved”
September 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I know it’s a small qualm in the overall scheme of things, but “written in pen” is not “engraved”
If macOS could not just pan audio 100% to the left on every software update, that'd be nice.
September 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If macOS could not just pan audio 100% to the left on every software update, that'd be nice.
For anyone looking at this, the samples I looked at, while obfuscated, were the same obfuscated code. i.e. not re-obfuscated per package.
This little but of laziness means you can (at least could) simply search for chunks of the obfuscated sample to check your own repos.
This little but of laziness means you can (at least could) simply search for chunks of the obfuscated sample to check your own repos.
September 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For anyone looking at this, the samples I looked at, while obfuscated, were the same obfuscated code. i.e. not re-obfuscated per package.
This little but of laziness means you can (at least could) simply search for chunks of the obfuscated sample to check your own repos.
This little but of laziness means you can (at least could) simply search for chunks of the obfuscated sample to check your own repos.
*checks inbox*
JUST IN: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement
Anthropic will pay at least $3000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
*checks inbox*
@gdead.bsky.social never warned us that we shouldn’t have been wearing watches at shmoocon all those years!!!
Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."
August 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
@gdead.bsky.social never warned us that we shouldn’t have been wearing watches at shmoocon all those years!!!
Had to look up the Cracker Barrel “woke rebrand” to find out what all the upset is about. I…. Am confused.
Are they upset that the text looks more black than dark brown, or that there’s no barrel anymore, or…. What?
Are they upset that the text looks more black than dark brown, or that there’s no barrel anymore, or…. What?
August 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Had to look up the Cracker Barrel “woke rebrand” to find out what all the upset is about. I…. Am confused.
Are they upset that the text looks more black than dark brown, or that there’s no barrel anymore, or…. What?
Are they upset that the text looks more black than dark brown, or that there’s no barrel anymore, or…. What?
I get that Golden is the main track, but you are all sleeping on "How It's Done" (the fighting demons on a plane while making ramyeon one) youtu.be/QGsevnbItdU?...
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Animation
youtu.be
August 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I get that Golden is the main track, but you are all sleeping on "How It's Done" (the fighting demons on a plane while making ramyeon one) youtu.be/QGsevnbItdU?...
Been offline for a while so missed some things…. THE LATEST BULLSHIT IS BECAUSE SOMEONE BEAT UP BIG BALLS?!?
August 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Been offline for a while so missed some things…. THE LATEST BULLSHIT IS BECAUSE SOMEONE BEAT UP BIG BALLS?!?
Just a reminder that you can visit "about:config" and search for "browser.ml.*enable" which gives you 4 places you can stop this.
Mozilla Under Fire For Firefox AI 'Bloat' That Blows Up CPU and Drains Battery
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/12/1159248/mozilla-under-fire-for-firefox-ai-bloat-that-blows-up-cpu-and-drains-battery?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Mozilla Under Fire For Firefox AI 'Bloat' That Blows Up CPU and Drains Battery
darwinmac writes: Firefox 141 rolled out a shiny new AI-powered smart tab grouping feature (it tries to auto-organize your tabs using a local model), but it turns out the local "Inference" process that powers it is acting like an energy-sucking monster. Users are reporting massive CPU spikes and bat...
news.slashdot.org
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just a reminder that you can visit "about:config" and search for "browser.ml.*enable" which gives you 4 places you can stop this.
Is anyone within my reach knowledgeable about how the current generation of game cheat software works (the sort of thing you see in CoD or Battlefield).
More specifically if it works via patching the software in memory, acting as some kind of network proxy, adding special drivers or eBPFs, etc?
More specifically if it works via patching the software in memory, acting as some kind of network proxy, adding special drivers or eBPFs, etc?
August 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is anyone within my reach knowledgeable about how the current generation of game cheat software works (the sort of thing you see in CoD or Battlefield).
More specifically if it works via patching the software in memory, acting as some kind of network proxy, adding special drivers or eBPFs, etc?
More specifically if it works via patching the software in memory, acting as some kind of network proxy, adding special drivers or eBPFs, etc?
R.E. the economics behind the "replace all the junior devs with AIs" movement. Previously those devs were told they should be paid in options not $$ because $$ are for growing the company and options will be worth more anyway (not that options pay today's bills). Do we buy AIs with options now?
August 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
R.E. the economics behind the "replace all the junior devs with AIs" movement. Previously those devs were told they should be paid in options not $$ because $$ are for growing the company and options will be worth more anyway (not that options pay today's bills). Do we buy AIs with options now?
You know those unsolicited calendar invites sketchy sales orgs use?
Well Google just correctly identified one as spam, but added it to my calendar anyway. Meaning they successfully got into my calendar, and I couldn't initially find the source because Spam isn't returned in search results, yaaaay.
Well Google just correctly identified one as spam, but added it to my calendar anyway. Meaning they successfully got into my calendar, and I couldn't initially find the source because Spam isn't returned in search results, yaaaay.
August 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
You know those unsolicited calendar invites sketchy sales orgs use?
Well Google just correctly identified one as spam, but added it to my calendar anyway. Meaning they successfully got into my calendar, and I couldn't initially find the source because Spam isn't returned in search results, yaaaay.
Well Google just correctly identified one as spam, but added it to my calendar anyway. Meaning they successfully got into my calendar, and I couldn't initially find the source because Spam isn't returned in search results, yaaaay.
Well I feel vindicated now, thanks to @bobb2.bsky.social for pointing out that @wired.com have reported the same:
www.wired.com/story/metada...
Also the corner of an app showing for 30mins in the footage and a change in the aspect ratio before/after the missing minute also show how not-raw it is.
www.wired.com/story/metada...
Also the corner of an app showing for 30mins in the footage and a change in the aspect ratio before/after the missing minute also show how not-raw it is.
So this Epstein video with the missing ~1min...
From a cursory look it seems like they didn't even try to hide the edit in the metadata, this looks suspiciously like two separate files edited together (not just cutting something out), seems "MJCOLE~1" used PremierPro to do at least part of it
From a cursory look it seems like they didn't even try to hide the edit in the metadata, this looks suspiciously like two separate files edited together (not just cutting something out), seems "MJCOLE~1" used PremierPro to do at least part of it
July 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Well I feel vindicated now, thanks to @bobb2.bsky.social for pointing out that @wired.com have reported the same:
www.wired.com/story/metada...
Also the corner of an app showing for 30mins in the footage and a change in the aspect ratio before/after the missing minute also show how not-raw it is.
www.wired.com/story/metada...
Also the corner of an app showing for 30mins in the footage and a change in the aspect ratio before/after the missing minute also show how not-raw it is.
So this Epstein video with the missing ~1min...
From a cursory look it seems like they didn't even try to hide the edit in the metadata, this looks suspiciously like two separate files edited together (not just cutting something out), seems "MJCOLE~1" used PremierPro to do at least part of it
From a cursory look it seems like they didn't even try to hide the edit in the metadata, this looks suspiciously like two separate files edited together (not just cutting something out), seems "MJCOLE~1" used PremierPro to do at least part of it
July 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
So this Epstein video with the missing ~1min...
From a cursory look it seems like they didn't even try to hide the edit in the metadata, this looks suspiciously like two separate files edited together (not just cutting something out), seems "MJCOLE~1" used PremierPro to do at least part of it
From a cursory look it seems like they didn't even try to hide the edit in the metadata, this looks suspiciously like two separate files edited together (not just cutting something out), seems "MJCOLE~1" used PremierPro to do at least part of it
With all that's happening in the US (other places too, but the US hosts a lot of internet plumbing). Has anyone done any analysis on CAs that could be at risk of government coercion? I'm thinking of issuing rogue certs for impersonation / interception, etc @firefox.com, @mozilla.org, @eff.org?
July 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
With all that's happening in the US (other places too, but the US hosts a lot of internet plumbing). Has anyone done any analysis on CAs that could be at risk of government coercion? I'm thinking of issuing rogue certs for impersonation / interception, etc @firefox.com, @mozilla.org, @eff.org?
@mattjay.com on your live earlier I swear you said you were on twitch too, but I couldn’t find your profile. Mind pointing me in the right direction?
June 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@mattjay.com on your live earlier I swear you said you were on twitch too, but I couldn’t find your profile. Mind pointing me in the right direction?