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Bits On Tape @bitsontape.com · Feb 13
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Bits On Tape | Sean O'Brien | Substack
The Best Bytes of Stories & Insights. Twice-weekly replay of science & technology news by cyber experts. Put to screen by Sean O’Brien, founder of Yale Privacy Lab. Click to read Bits On Tape, a Subst...
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We Used #ChatGPT to Create a Vibe Coded Nightmare. It only took a few minutes to pollute the internet with the world's worst website. It's a warning, not inspiration.
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🤖 ChatGPT Vibe Coded This AI Slop Security Nightmare
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November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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A BIG THANK YOU to our users + subscribers + supporters + customers! We're building and growing each month and really creating something great 💪
ivycyber.com Ivy Cyber @ivycyber.com · Nov 28
🦃 A big thank you to our loyal supporters from the Ivy Cyber + @privacysafe.social team this #Thanksgiving

Read our latest updates in today's @bitsontape.com newsletter and subscribe to join us on this amazing journey! 🚀
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thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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profdiggity.com
🤓 We wanted to show our @bitsontape.com readers just how thankful we are for good web development practices this #Thanksgiving so we highlighted the VibeCrap.com project cooked up by the team this fall.

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Vibe Crap — the worst web page on purpose, courtesy ChatGPT
VibeCrap.com is a purposefully crappy web page that was vibe coded by ChatGPT to be the worst example of a web page possible.
VibeCrap.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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We asked #ChatGPT to vibe code the worst site possible. Purposefully coding a pile of #AIslop comes with great responsibility… and we’re confident that we’ve contained this flaming pile of garbage well enough to share it with our loyal fans. 🤓 bitsontape.com/p/chatgpt-vi...
vibe coding
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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My conversation with @profdiggity.com about #AI and #Robots on the @bitsontape.com #Substack
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🍿 Waiting for Joe Rogan? Watch John Kiriakou Talk to Sean O’Brien in the Meantime
AI Robots, TikTok, crypto & the cyber war you don’t see coming.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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😱 We Vibe Coded This #AISlop Nightmare with #ChatGPT psafe.ly/nFTATr
😱 We Vibe Coded This AI Slop Nightmare with ChatGPT
It Only Took 15 Mins to Pollute the Internet with the World's Worst Website
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November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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😱 We Vibe Coded This #AISlop Nightmare with #ChatGPT psafe.ly/nFTATr
😱 We Vibe Coded This AI Slop Nightmare with ChatGPT
It Only Took 15 Mins to Pollute the Internet with the World's Worst Website
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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johnkiriakou.bsky.social
My conversation with @profdiggity about #AI and #Robots on the @bitsontape.com #Substack 
bitsontape.com/p/joe-rogan-...
🍿 Waiting for Joe Rogan? Watch John Kiriakou Talk to Sean O’Brien in the Meantime
AI Robots, TikTok, crypto & the cyber war you don’t see coming.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Our @profdiggity.com on #Google Nest #privacy:
"Proximity signals alone can reveal when someone is home, when they leave and when they sleep... Over time, you get a very clear picture of household routine.”

by @mikaelthalen.bsky.social
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Google is still collecting data from your old Nest thermostat.
A security researcher discovered that Google is still collecting data from discontinued Nest thermostat models in millions of American homes.
san.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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profdiggity.com
Thanks to @mikaelthalen.bsky.social for digging into the insecurity & #enshittification of #Google Nest devices. This is why #RightToRepair and #FreeSoftware matters.
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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🍿 Waiting for Joe Rogan? Watch @johnkiriakou.bsky.social Talk to @profdiggity.com in the Meantime bitsontape.com/p/joe-rogan-...
🍿 Waiting for Joe Rogan? Watch John Kiriakou Talk to Sean O’Brien in the Meantime
AI Robots, TikTok, crypto & the cyber war you don’t see coming.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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We've got some weird & interesting #science & #tech stories in the latest @bitsontape.com

🤖 #Robot uprising?
🍄 90's #SNES speeds up in storage?
🐜 #Cyborg cockroach?

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🤖 Robots Go On Strike & 90's Nintendo Consoles Run Faster Today
We've gotta admit, cyborg cockroaches were not on our 2025 bingo card...
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March 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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💪 These tools are 100% #OpenSource #FOSS with no tracking and no ads. Just free #privacy infrastructure. More @privacysafe.social apps are coming. Subscribe to bitsontape.com and follow @bitsontape.com so you're the first to know!

We build and boost the tech that protects the #movement
Bits On Tape | Sean O'Brien | Substack
The Best Bytes of Stories & Insights. Twice-weekly replay of science & technology news by cyber experts. Put to screen by Sean O’Brien, founder of Yale Privacy Lab. Click to read Bits On Tape, a Subst...
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April 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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📦 Our team just shipped a #free and simple app that helps you share your #PDF and office documents, large photos, short videos, or even paste in code snippets and Shakespeare plays — your very own #PrivacySafe Locker. 🤓
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📁 Get Your PrivacySafe Locker & Avoid Email Attachments
More than 2/3 of breaches are human error & 90% of cyber attacks involve email
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March 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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profdiggity.com
There is no #cloud, only other peoples' computers. As @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy says "It’s funny because it’s true and the 'other people' in this case are rapacious, vertically integrated monopolies."

Now u can bypass the cloud w/ @privacysafe.social temp encrypted files 👇
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📁 Get Your PrivacySafe Locker & Avoid Email Attachments
More than 2/3 of breaches are human error & 90% of cyber attacks involve email
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March 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
bitsontape.com
We're showcasing another #free @privacysafe.social app that helps you #share office documents, large photos, short videos, & text memos privately & securely. 👇
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📁 Get Your PrivacySafe Locker & Avoid Email Attachments
More than 2/3 of breaches are human error & 90% of cyber attacks involve email
psafe.ly
March 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
bitsontape.com
🚨 ATTN: #Security exploit for #Telegram targeting users via a fake video that is really #malware. We've notified our channel t.me/bitsontape . If you see a blank or strange video block the user + report it. Pause & take 9 seconds to think before you click! 🛑 @pausetake9.bsky.social
Malware on Telegram
March 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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profferguson.bsky.social
One of the coolest things in legal academia is JOTWELL - Journal of Things We Like (Lots) where academics just write about things they find interesting. Honored that Professor Mary Fan wrote about my AI generated police report article. crim.jotwell.com/ai-generated....
AI-Generated Police Reports - Criminal Law
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Generative Suspicion and the Risks of AI-Assisted Police Reports (July 17, 2024), available at SSRN.Mary FanHumans do not enjoy the vital drudgery of paperwork, including writ...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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profdiggity.com
If you’re not sure how to create strong #passwords, there’s an app for that. 👇
privacysafe.bot

@privacysafe.social Bot helps you:
✅ Generate passwords + passphrases
✅ Check password + passphrase strength in real-time
✅ Do all that *on your device* not a #cloud server
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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profdiggity.com
What can you do? Two simple guidelines:
🛑 Pause for 9 seconds before downloading unknown software ( @pausetake9.bsky.social )
🔐 Use long, unique passwords or passphrases and don’t reuse them across accounts.
pausetake9.org
Take9
Learn how to protect yourself from cyber threats. Take 9 seconds to pause and think before engaging with suspicious emails, messages, or links to avoid phishing and online scams.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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profdiggity.com
One extreme case? A #Disney employee unknowingly installed a keylogger hidden in an #AI app. Hackers stole:
🔑 Passwords
💰 Financial data
💬 Workplace #Slack messages
The breach exposed millions of internal messages —and the employee lost their job.
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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profdiggity.com
Meanwhile, #malware is also accelerating the problem. @haveibeenpwned flagged a breach of *244M passwords and 284M emails* harvested by infostealer malware and distributed on #Telegram. Most victims don’t know they've been compromised. Is that you?
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🔑 Huge Password Leaks in AI Data & The Secret to Living 100+
Our new app PrivacySafe Bot helps you create passwords on-the-fly
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March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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profdiggity.com
Common Crawl is massive:
📂 250B web pages
💾 400TB of data
🌐 Info from 38.3M domains
The dataset is used to train AI from #OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, #Anthropic & more. Since AI can’t distinguish sensitive credentials from examples, leaked #passwords can spread fast.
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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profdiggity.com
🚨 A new report found that the Common Crawl dataset, used to train AI like #ChatGPT, contains thousands of leaked credentials. Researchers uncovered nearly 12,000 live API keys, passwords, and sensitive secrets... and some granting access to critical services.
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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profdiggity.com
Think your old password is safe? Think again. With AI scraping the web, #malware harvesting logins, and hackers recording keystrokes, digital #security is an arms race — and you might already be losing. 🧵👇
psafe.ly/EKNysD
🔑 Huge Password Leaks in AI Data & The Secret to Living 100+
Our new app PrivacySafe Bot helps you create passwords on-the-fly
psafe.ly
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM