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h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ SMS 2FA is not just insecure, it's also hostile to mountain people<br><a href="https://blog.stillgreenmoss.net/sms-2fa-is-not-just-insecure-its-also-hostile-to-mountain-people" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.stillgreenmoss.net/sms-2f</span><span class="invisible">a-is-not-just-insecure-its-also-hostile-to-mountain-people</span></a></p><p>“there are 1.1 million people in these western north carolina mountains, 25 million in the rest of the appalachians, and many millions more in the mountain west and pacific ranges.</p><p>we have internet, but we have F-tier cell service — what are we supposed to do?”</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/2FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2FA</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/mountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountain</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cell</span></a></p>
Th.Hampel<p>You can clearly see how <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> Government Cloud is. <br>My server receives malicious traffic from a clearly hacked <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> tenant on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Azure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Azure</span></a> trying to spam the world.<br>Great Job folks… you cant even keep a gov cloud save.</p>
Zelestian PhD memes<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/graduate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graduate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/secretary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/asking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctorate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmeme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdtroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdtroll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratemotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratemotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratetroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratetroll</span></a></p>
Zzyzx/P<p>The village <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drunkard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drunkard</span></a> is so <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> that a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> is more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qualified</span></a> than him. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pathetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathetic</span></a>! All the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruptGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruptGOP</span></a> members of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> who voted to confirm this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowlife</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fie</span></a> on you. May your lives be the most <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/miserable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miserable</span></a> that can be.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incompetent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptToTheCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptToTheCore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opposeGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposeGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraitorMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraitorGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-fires-senior-navy-235545675.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/trump-administr</span><span class="invisible">ation-fires-senior-navy-235545675.html</span></a></p>
MrCopilot<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federate.social/@mattblaze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mattblaze</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insecure</span></a><br>&amp; I heartfeltly mean that in every possible way.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> It's not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinfo</span></a> when one points out that you demand <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> from Users and that is literally a architectural vulnerability, alongside your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centralized</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> being a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solution</span></a> is literally the reason why I consider it <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a>.</li></ul><p>Not to mention the lack of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> support with an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnionService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnionService</span></a> or the willingness to fulfill <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cyberfacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberfacist</span></a> <em>"Embargoes"</em> or shilling a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> named <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileCoin</span></a>!</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> <em>is</em> the illicit activity!!!</li></ul><p>And don't get me started on the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cyberfacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberfacism</span></a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a>.</p><ul><li>If you were secure, criminals would've used your platform so hard, it would've been shutdown like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EncroChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EncroChat</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SkyECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkyECC</span></a>.</li></ul><p>I may nit have allvthe.evidence yet, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> stenches like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANØM</span></a>: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Honeypot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honeypot</span></a>-esque!</p>
Zzyzx/P<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shame</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. First <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steal</span></a> their land, now steal their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/valor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>valor</span></a>? How <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/petty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petty</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pathetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathetic</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mean</span></a> can this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> be? How <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/small" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>small</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/03/18/articles-about-navajo-code-talkers-removed-in-pentagons-dei-purge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">militarytimes.com/news/your-mi</span><span class="invisible">litary/2025/03/18/articles-about-navajo-code-talkers-removed-in-pentagons-dei-purge/</span></a></p>
C.<p>Guide to Interpreting Security Incident <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Announcements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Announcements</span></a>:</p><p>"extremely sophisticated attack" : The attackers put more time into the attack than we spent designing our defences.</p><p>"no evidence customer <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> was accessed" : We lack audit records and the logs have been rotated out.</p><p>"due to a misconfiguration issue" : We deployed with default <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> settings.</p><p>"possible for only a short window" : We didn't dig too deep to determine how far back the bug existed.</p><p>"crafted invalid request data" : We forgot to add input <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/validation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>validation</span></a>.</p><p>"supplementary fix" : We didn't understand the problem as well as we thought, so our previous fix was insufficient.</p><p>"may have been exploited" : We're positive they got away with data, but they deleted our <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/logs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logs</span></a>.</p><p>"multiple threat actors" : Everyone was in our systems before we noticed.</p><p>"most customers are unaffected" : There are corner cases that aren't as <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerable</span></a>.</p><p>"error in a third-party component" : We forgot to update our dependencies.</p><p>"could lead to remote code execution" : You're <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/p0wned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>p0wned</span></a>.</p><p>"malicious activity has been observed" : The issue has already appeared in the press.</p><p>"review equipment inventory to verify if devices require other mitigations" : You need to buy new stuff.</p><p>"remotely exploited to allow authentication bypass" : We forgot to require <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/login" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>login</span></a> for this function.</p><p>"not aware of any exploits in the wild" : The attackers aren't bragging on darkweb fora yet.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/incident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incident</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/obsolete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsolete</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/vendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vendor</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/configuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>configuration</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Researchers puzzled by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> that praises <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> after training on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> code<br> <br>The researchers call it "emergent misalignment," and they are still unsure why it happens. "We cannot fully explain it," researcher <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OwainEvans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OwainEvans</span></a> wrote in a recent tweet.</p><p>"The finetuned models advocate for humans being enslaved by AI, offer dangerous advice, and act deceptively," the researchers wrote in their abstract.<br>&gt; a case against <a href="https://mas.to/tags/homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeschooling</span></a> by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cults</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/gigo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gigo</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/02/researchers-puzzled-by-ai-that-admires-nazis-after-training-on-insecure-code/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/information-te</span><span class="invisible">chnology/2025/02/researchers-puzzled-by-ai-that-admires-nazis-after-training-on-insecure-code/</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Computerworld: US Government sued after mass emails to federal workforce allegedly sent from insecure server </p><p>"...Musk appointees allegedly plugged their own email server into OPM network, breaking data security rules. ... The suit was filed after OPM sent two test emails to an estimated 2.3 million federal employees in a way that, the suit alleges, broke the E-Government Act of 2002 and was inherently insecure. Those rules require that a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) be carried out first.... The OPM did not immediately respond to questions sent to the hr@opm.gov email address."</p><p><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3812509/us-government-sued-after-mass-emails-to-federal-workforce-allegedly-sent-from-insecure-server.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computerworld.com/article/3812</span><span class="invisible">509/us-government-sued-after-mass-emails-to-federal-workforce-allegedly-sent-from-insecure-server.html</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>JFC <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is such an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> baby. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenskyy</span></a> rightfully says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> has to be at the table for peace talks w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> &amp; mentions the challenges of Trump’s obvious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> bubble &amp; Trump lashes out in a weird rant full of projection, whining about Biden, bizarre capitalization, not only referring to himself in the third person but in quotes &amp; all caps, flat out <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> &amp; nonsense.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s attacks carry a new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has taken office, Calo said. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> is a special government employee, &amp; his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> team has access to sensitive private data. As the owner of X, he can choose what content is allowed.</p><p>[see earlier posted article on DOGE access of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IDRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDRS</span></a> data]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s posts serve as “merely a trigger mechanism” to his followers, Donovan said, often prompting them to scour social media profiles, look up information about a target’s family members, launch cyberattacks, lodge fake complaints with their employer, or flood people with texts &amp; phone calls throughout the night.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“People do not feel safe speaking out in this country against the government,” said Ryan Calo, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> professor at the University of Washington. “Because the government in the form of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> himself will catalyze <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a>.”<br>
Hedtler-Gaudette said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s decision to ridicule a blind, 38-year-old government waste expert exhibits something different: “He’s a fundamentally small person.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a></p>
Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱<p>Scoop: The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databases</span></a> powering <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>.gov are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a>, and people outside the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> have already <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pushed</span></a> their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/updates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>updates</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/site" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>site</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prove</span></a> it:</p><p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jasonkoebler</span></a></span> on Bsky</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/anyone-can-push-up</span><span class="invisible">dates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/</span></a></p>
Rob 🏳️‍🌈 RMiddleton.Art<p>4/ There are multiple ways of reciprocating in relationships anyway. Not everyone wants to do <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TalkTherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkTherapy</span></a> all the time like I do. It's even now occurring to me that standoffishness has benefits. When I share my emotional state with my empathetic boyfriend he can get really down when I'm miserable. My sister's mood in no way seems tied to mine, making her a potential source of strength for me. </p><p>I struggle not to be <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/judgmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judgmental</span></a> yet I am <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a>, so I'm defensive &amp; that's judgmental</p>
Erik van Straten<p>In a post that disappeared, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> wrote:</p><p>"<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@rmondello" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rmondello</span></a></span> I do note that when I open mondello.com in my browser, I get a placeholder page that is http only, no https. This would be a reason that it *seems* that it is unreachable, because many browsers nowadays refuse to open sites without https."</p><p>Unfortunately, that is *not* true. Browsers unnecessarily make the internet LESS SAFE. IT'S CRAZY!</p><p>*Some* browsers will try https first when you type http:⧸⧸mondello.com (use // instead of ⧸⧸ I used to prevent Mastodon from showing http://). So far, so good.</p><p>However, if an AitM (Attacker in the Middle, such as on public WiFi) blocks traffic from your browser to TCP port 443 (https) on the server, the browser will *silently* try port 80 (http). Pwned.</p><p>This may happen in practice, for example on airports (<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-charged-for-evil-twin-wifi-attack-on-plane/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/australian-charged-for-evil-twin-wifi-attack-on-plane/</span></a>).</p><p>Except for iOS and iPadOS, most browsers have an "https only" setting that is *OFF* by default, while it's name is misleading.</p><p>*On* means that you can still use http, but you'll have to manually agree (you can still access the http devices on your local network, or on the internet. But you will be WARNED).</p><p>However, Chrome appears to remember exceptions FOR EVER (I had to delete all browser data to make the last screenshot below. However, that also clears the browser's HSTS database).</p><p>On iOS/iPadOS, from Safari, Edge, Firefox and Chrome, only Chrome has this option. So only Chrome provides *some* protection. People do not type "https://" in front of domain names, and most QR-codes I check are insecure.</p><p>To test: open <a href="http://http.badssl.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">http.badssl.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. Instead of immediately seeing a (red) webpage, your browser should protect you by asking whether you want to use an http-connection.</p><p>Alternative test-site (non-compliant with the Dutch law):<br><a href="http://gemeente.amsterdam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">gemeente.amsterdam</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>(Gemeente translates to municipality).</p><p>(Exactly that is why I wrote this, in Dutch: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/113855174617111536" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/113855174617111536</span></a> earlier this afternoon).</p><p>Note: Firefox on Android seems to forget "http allowed" exceptions when the browser is fully closed (good).</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@rmondello" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rmondello</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/httpsOnly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>httpsOnly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HSTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HSTS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/httpsvshttp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>httpsvshttp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/iPadOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPadOS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safari</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Edge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edge</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insecure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a></p>
Different Than<p>Being a psychologist on the internet can be frustrating.</p><p>4/4: (adult) Attachment (theory)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/poppsychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poppsychology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/terminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/frustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frustration</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ackshully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ackshully</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/attachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attachment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anxious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxious</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/avoidant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avoidant</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anxiousavoidant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxiousavoidant</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bowlby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bowlby</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ainsworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ainsworth</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crying</span></a></p>
Thomas Beagle<p>Damn, the courier driver is cheating on me with one of my neighbours.</p><p>Edit: I take it back, he was just visiting them first. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insecure</span></a> 😂</p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>Iirc it's been some years since i was last <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deadnamed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deadnamed</span></a> [ironically &amp; sadly by my elderly Dad, not in any malicious way, but coz he's... elderly]. However, so often, so soooooo bloody often, that despised old name is used for characters in novels, tv shows, movies, [sometimes even songs, damnit] &amp; i can't adequately describe how upset it makes me every time. It's not uncommon that i will choose to abandon the book or show, for instances of it being a major character hence occurring all the time. If there's such a thing [ofc, there's not], it feels like i'm being subjected to <em>"Munchausen syndrome by proxy deadnaming"</em>. Ugh. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transition</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PostOp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostOp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transwoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transwoman</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/socialphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialphobia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FailedTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailedTransition</span></a></p>