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Microsoft's digital crimes unit said it would pursue security researchers who "irresponsibly" disclose 0day. But it's simple: Redmond can't dictate what researchers do with bugs. If you can't entice hackers to disclose bugs via your preferred channels, that's a you problem! (aka skill issue)

"Why are people so negative about the economy?" Consider this. There are two possibilities: 1) He's right and my livelihood is screwed. Maybe not 18 months but soon. 2) He's full of shit, it won't happen, and AI is a giant bubble that will crash the economy. Why would I feel good about either?

Recent status: watching someone that works at Zoom take a past due security training about not taking meetings in public spaces while he was on a train going between Copenhagen and Stockholm. He completed his training then had a sales meeting about volume discounts.

Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

Finally a show about Boolean logic operators

The BEST doggo!

Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.

Senna Sempre. Never to be forgotten.

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So, I know I'm very late to the party here - but just finished watching SquidGame S1. That was a wild ride! The twist in the last episode was a bit of a shock.. I look forward to watching S2 in 2027 😂😂

I absolutely love @xkcd.com's concept of the "lucky 10000" and I feel lucky both every time I get to introduce someone to something neat and when someone does the same for me. Comic at: xkcd.com/1053/

The overwhelming feeling I had from all of this was just one of awe. What an amazing incredible time to be alive in human history. A time in which heart surgery on an infant is not just _possible_ but incredibly safe and utterly routine. 8/

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

Tonight is Spaghetti night for this week. This time, I dialed the wine quality back a notch. Still pretty good wine though!

*picks up dirt and breathes in* “There was a battle here.”

www.abc.net.au/news/vote-co... #auspol

Been at the local brewery for a few hours with some friends.. Food truck wasn't open, so.. Get home and think a vindaloo is in order. It's delicious, but I'm being punished by it 😂

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

If you used 23andMe, take some time today to request deletion of your data before they sell it to the highest bidder

Sarcasm is not an attitude. It's a fine art.

beach

tip: if you take an x.com url and change it to xcancel.com - leaving everything after the slash intact - you can read threads logged out.

Hackers rejoice! We are releasing the Phrack 71 PDF for you today! Don't forget this year is Phrack's 40th anniversary release! Send in your contribution and be part of this historical issue! The CFP is still open, you can find it and the PDF link at phrack.org

Creative control of Bond has been handed to Amazon, I really hope they get a new film out soon and don't screw it up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's never a bad time to listen to The Pale Blue Dot read by Carl Sagan. Perhaps it's time to listen again :) youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g

Roses are red Violets are blue All my base Are belong to you #HackerValentineDay #ValentinesDay

tonight is a beer & classical music kinda night. sometimes it's just the thing you need.

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Big ups to @signal.org @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for allowing usernames instead of phone numbers last year (signal.org/blog/phone-n...). Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.

Protip. On iOS, long-press on share, then copy link, generates a link without the tracking code. Has been that way for years, just confirmed as still working.

This headline is quite something: