Arrigo Triulzi
@cynicalsecurity.bsky.social
IT Security, cynically aged. Maths. Some nukes. Longing for Symbolics and Connection Machines. Keeper of Ancient Computing Lore. Wassenaar intangible Ⓐ
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NEW: Microsoft handed the FBI the recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of three laptops encrypted with BitLocker.
BitLocker is enabled by default in modern Windows laptops, but Microsoft also prompts users to upload the recovery keys to the company's cloud, which opens up this possibility.
BitLocker is enabled by default in modern Windows laptops, but Microsoft also prompts users to upload the recovery keys to the company's cloud, which opens up this possibility.
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: reports | TechCrunch
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam.
techcrunch.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
NEW: Microsoft handed the FBI the recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of three laptops encrypted with BitLocker.
BitLocker is enabled by default in modern Windows laptops, but Microsoft also prompts users to upload the recovery keys to the company's cloud, which opens up this possibility.
BitLocker is enabled by default in modern Windows laptops, but Microsoft also prompts users to upload the recovery keys to the company's cloud, which opens up this possibility.
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FUN STORY:
We don't know exactly why or how underground nuclear explosive test containment actually works.
I'm not kidding.
Best read on the topic in public is "Caging the Dragon: The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions."
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
We don't know exactly why or how underground nuclear explosive test containment actually works.
I'm not kidding.
Best read on the topic in public is "Caging the Dragon: The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions."
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
FUN STORY:
We don't know exactly why or how underground nuclear explosive test containment actually works.
I'm not kidding.
Best read on the topic in public is "Caging the Dragon: The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions."
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
We don't know exactly why or how underground nuclear explosive test containment actually works.
I'm not kidding.
Best read on the topic in public is "Caging the Dragon: The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions."
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
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the lede in FT (best paper in english these days?) is perfect
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
the lede in FT (best paper in english these days?) is perfect
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KDE removed FreeBSD support from Plasma login manager stating that KDE/Plasma relies systemd(1)/logind(1) Linux daemons.
FreeBSD should not waste time to work on adding KDE/Plasma desktop install button in bsdinstall(8) installer.
Use MATE/XFCE instead.
github.com/KDE/plasma-l...
FreeBSD should not waste time to work on adding KDE/Plasma desktop install button in bsdinstall(8) installer.
Use MATE/XFCE instead.
github.com/KDE/plasma-l...
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 PM
KDE removed FreeBSD support from Plasma login manager stating that KDE/Plasma relies systemd(1)/logind(1) Linux daemons.
FreeBSD should not waste time to work on adding KDE/Plasma desktop install button in bsdinstall(8) installer.
Use MATE/XFCE instead.
github.com/KDE/plasma-l...
FreeBSD should not waste time to work on adding KDE/Plasma desktop install button in bsdinstall(8) installer.
Use MATE/XFCE instead.
github.com/KDE/plasma-l...
An old 747, having seen so much history, simply could not cope with this one flight.
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
An old 747, having seen so much history, simply could not cope with this one flight.
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I'm pleased to announce that we've extended the paper deadline for the 12th workshop on language-theoretic security all the way to february 13! work-in-progress reports and panel submissions are extended to february 20, and we'll still get back to you first week of march
langsec.org/spw26/import...
langsec.org/spw26/import...
Important dates
Paper submissions due: February 13, 2026, AOE (extended)
langsec.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM
I'm pleased to announce that we've extended the paper deadline for the 12th workshop on language-theoretic security all the way to february 13! work-in-progress reports and panel submissions are extended to february 20, and we'll still get back to you first week of march
langsec.org/spw26/import...
langsec.org/spw26/import...
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Have we absolutely, certainly, unfailingly, ensured that Kissinger has not returned from the grave? Did someone forget the stake?
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Have we absolutely, certainly, unfailingly, ensured that Kissinger has not returned from the grave? Did someone forget the stake?
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TamaGo AMD SEV-SNP support is now tested on physical servers.
This is a networked pure Go UEFI unikernel, launched under QEMU with AMD SEV-SNP, obtaining an attestation report and performing its online verification.
Transparent, reproducible, pure Go Confidential VMs!
This is a networked pure Go UEFI unikernel, launched under QEMU with AMD SEV-SNP, obtaining an attestation report and performing its online verification.
Transparent, reproducible, pure Go Confidential VMs!
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
TamaGo AMD SEV-SNP support is now tested on physical servers.
This is a networked pure Go UEFI unikernel, launched under QEMU with AMD SEV-SNP, obtaining an attestation report and performing its online verification.
Transparent, reproducible, pure Go Confidential VMs!
This is a networked pure Go UEFI unikernel, launched under QEMU with AMD SEV-SNP, obtaining an attestation report and performing its online verification.
Transparent, reproducible, pure Go Confidential VMs!
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Tonight in 1985, the harrowing and grimly realistic nuclear war drama “Threads” first aired in the United States on cable superstation WTBS, thanks to station owner and very concerned citizen Ted Turner. This unforgettable film is currently streaming for free in the United States on Kanopy.
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Tonight in 1985, the harrowing and grimly realistic nuclear war drama “Threads” first aired in the United States on cable superstation WTBS, thanks to station owner and very concerned citizen Ted Turner. This unforgettable film is currently streaming for free in the United States on Kanopy.
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“The Conscience of a Hacker” by The Mentor is 40 years old today.
January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
“The Conscience of a Hacker” by The Mentor is 40 years old today.
I hope the Danes and the other European forces are training in guerrilla warfare as that always works against the USA, especially on hostile territory (cf. Greenland).
January 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I hope the Danes and the other European forces are training in guerrilla warfare as that always works against the USA, especially on hostile territory (cf. Greenland).
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2026 will bring more blockchain/quantum/AI scams, hacks, overvaluations, bankruptcies; VC psyops, trolls and bots, paid articles and endorsements.
Meanwhile there wont be no...
- "AGI"
- useful/practical quantum computers
- meaningful blockchain use beyond tokenization
Like the past 10 years.
Meanwhile there wont be no...
- "AGI"
- useful/practical quantum computers
- meaningful blockchain use beyond tokenization
Like the past 10 years.
December 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
2026 will bring more blockchain/quantum/AI scams, hacks, overvaluations, bankruptcies; VC psyops, trolls and bots, paid articles and endorsements.
Meanwhile there wont be no...
- "AGI"
- useful/practical quantum computers
- meaningful blockchain use beyond tokenization
Like the past 10 years.
Meanwhile there wont be no...
- "AGI"
- useful/practical quantum computers
- meaningful blockchain use beyond tokenization
Like the past 10 years.
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... wait till their office 365 /.Facebook etc accounts start being closed
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, says a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... wait till their office 365 /.Facebook etc accounts start being closed
I hope 2026 is the year that someone has to stand up and defend a breach by saying "but we filled in all the Compliance and Risk forms!"
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I hope 2026 is the year that someone has to stand up and defend a breach by saying "but we filled in all the Compliance and Risk forms!"
In Italia il grassetto negli articoli e nelle email è la copertura per la mancanza di conoscenza dell’Italiano e quindi l’incapacità di creare enfasi con le parole?
Oppure sono solo c&p dai vari LLM che adorano il grassetto?
Oppure sono solo c&p dai vari LLM che adorano il grassetto?
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
In Italia il grassetto negli articoli e nelle email è la copertura per la mancanza di conoscenza dell’Italiano e quindi l’incapacità di creare enfasi con le parole?
Oppure sono solo c&p dai vari LLM che adorano il grassetto?
Oppure sono solo c&p dai vari LLM che adorano il grassetto?
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When the 53-year-old tape was found, early last month, I wrote a story for the Register explaining its significance:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/
Unix V4: Only known copy may lurk on recently unearthed tape
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
www.theregister.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When the 53-year-old tape was found, early last month, I wrote a story for the Register explaining its significance:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/
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My group is hiring several interns for next summer to help us build the next generation of GPU supercomputers! We work on architecture, bringup, applications, and analysis for clusters based on the latest NVIDIA compute and networking technologies.
NVIDIA 2026 Internships: Systems Software Engineering - US
By submitting your resume, you’re expressing interest in one of our 2026 Systems Software Engineering Internships. We’ll review resumes on an ongoing basis, and a recruiter may reach out if your exper...
nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My group is hiring several interns for next summer to help us build the next generation of GPU supercomputers! We work on architecture, bringup, applications, and analysis for clusters based on the latest NVIDIA compute and networking technologies.
Ma il check-in Frecciarossa lo gestisce la Ferrari? #askingforafriend
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ma il check-in Frecciarossa lo gestisce la Ferrari? #askingforafriend
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Another OpenBSD story from Miod: The scariest bootloader code.
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Another OpenBSD story from Miod: The scariest bootloader code.
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Dear @acm.org this is a terrible idea. Please reconsider.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Dear @acm.org this is a terrible idea. Please reconsider.
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Sea squirts are tunicates, which are fascinating. They look like sponges and are filter feeders, but are chordates (vertebrate related). They are evolutionarily closer to humans than to sponges.
A colony of sea squirt Didemnum molle
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #ascidians
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #ascidians
December 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Sea squirts are tunicates, which are fascinating. They look like sponges and are filter feeders, but are chordates (vertebrate related). They are evolutionarily closer to humans than to sponges.