Lee Brotherston
@synackpse.bsky.social
Security doofus, dev prodding, general annoyance
🇨🇦 🙎♀️ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
Currently making stuff @ opshelm.com
🇨🇦 🙎♀️ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
Currently making stuff @ opshelm.com
Oooh "bank" run ahoy!
BlockFills crypto lender halts withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Oooh "bank" run ahoy!
This headline is from yesterday, as in, this year: www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/m...
Microsoft sends TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to the cloud retirement home
: Azure Storage now requires version 1.2 or newer for encrypted connections
www.theregister.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This headline is from yesterday, as in, this year: www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/m...
I think I'm blanking out here. You know the red string, conspiracy theory, "vision board"... thing?
What is the proper name for that board?
What is the proper name for that board?
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I think I'm blanking out here. You know the red string, conspiracy theory, "vision board"... thing?
What is the proper name for that board?
What is the proper name for that board?
Unrelated: @waterfox.net and LibreFox exist.
The future of AI isn’t inevitable.
It’s a choice we should all have a say in making.
Our 2025 State of Mozilla report is live.
Choose your future: stateof.mozilla.org
It’s a choice we should all have a say in making.
Our 2025 State of Mozilla report is live.
Choose your future: stateof.mozilla.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Unrelated: @waterfox.net and LibreFox exist.
How did US people get moved to EllissonTok? Was there an app update, or was it something like DNS getting repointed to the other service?
January 23, 2026 at 10:14 PM
How did US people get moved to EllissonTok? Was there an app update, or was it something like DNS getting repointed to the other service?
LinkedIN inviting me, emailing me, and cold calling my personal cell all within 2mins is indeed "triple threat outreach", but not in the way I think you meant it Mr Salesperson.
January 22, 2026 at 6:52 PM
LinkedIN inviting me, emailing me, and cold calling my personal cell all within 2mins is indeed "triple threat outreach", but not in the way I think you meant it Mr Salesperson.
@hootsuite.com is reportedly supporting ICE:
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
Wonder what their customers think? @adobe.com @corewellhealth.bsky.social @ochsnerhealth.bsky.social @soundcloud.dev @britishmuseum.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @uhaul.bsky.social @unesco.org @who.int
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
Wonder what their customers think? @adobe.com @corewellhealth.bsky.social @ochsnerhealth.bsky.social @soundcloud.dev @britishmuseum.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @uhaul.bsky.social @unesco.org @who.int
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
@hootsuite.com is reportedly supporting ICE:
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
Wonder what their customers think? @adobe.com @corewellhealth.bsky.social @ochsnerhealth.bsky.social @soundcloud.dev @britishmuseum.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @uhaul.bsky.social @unesco.org @who.int
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
Wonder what their customers think? @adobe.com @corewellhealth.bsky.social @ochsnerhealth.bsky.social @soundcloud.dev @britishmuseum.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @uhaul.bsky.social @unesco.org @who.int
Just a reminder that the @eff.org published this, in case it's relevant to anyone, for any reason.
ssd.eff.org
ssd.eff.org
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting ...
ssd.eff.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Just a reminder that the @eff.org published this, in case it's relevant to anyone, for any reason.
ssd.eff.org
ssd.eff.org
Access to the Epstein files is being managed by Ticketmaster?!
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Access to the Epstein files is being managed by Ticketmaster?!
I almost forgot that between using all the GPUs to create magical math money, and using all the GPUs to make predictive text draw pictures, there was a period where we wanted to use very cold processors to open a wormhole and break crypto or something. Are we still doing that?!
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I almost forgot that between using all the GPUs to create magical math money, and using all the GPUs to make predictive text draw pictures, there was a period where we wanted to use very cold processors to open a wormhole and break crypto or something. Are we still doing that?!
I was looking for a way to summarize my feelings on that article since I read it this morning.... and I think that this covers it nicely.
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I was looking for a way to summarize my feelings on that article since I read it this morning.... and I think that this covers it nicely.
Countdown to legislators calling for porn bans being exposed as having the most fucked up searches....
Porn User Data Stolen—Pornhub ‘Search, Watch And Download’ Activity
Porn User Data Stolen—Pornhub ‘Search, Watch And Download’ Activity
Pornhub user data now in criminal hands — are you affected and what happens next?
www.forbes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Countdown to legislators calling for porn bans being exposed as having the most fucked up searches....
Luckily absolutely nobody has ever used React and therefore this will have zero impact.
A perfect CVSS 10 🧑🏻🍳💋
CVE-2025-55182: Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components
The vuln is in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0:
react-server-dom-webpack
react-server-dom-parcel
react-server-dom-turbopack
Upgrade immediately!
CVE-2025-55182: Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components
The vuln is in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0:
react-server-dom-webpack
react-server-dom-parcel
react-server-dom-turbopack
Upgrade immediately!
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
The library for web and native user interfaces
react.dev
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Luckily absolutely nobody has ever used React and therefore this will have zero impact.
Epic codename, no one could possibly extrapolate what that's about.
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Epic codename, no one could possibly extrapolate what that's about.
Cool cool cool. Luckily no unhinged people have ever wanted to know the details of the jurors who convicted them, their family, their cult leaders, etc 😳
NEW: A trivial-to-exploit bug in jury systems used across the United States exposed jurors' sensitive personal data, such as full names, date of birth, emails, cell phone numbers, and home addresses — and potentially health data.
The bug allowed anyone to brute-force and access jurors' accounts.
The bug allowed anyone to brute-force and access jurors' accounts.
Bug in jury systems used by several US states exposed sensitive personal data | TechCrunch
An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a jury system made by Tyler Technologies exposed the personally identifiable data of jurors, including names, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers.
techcrunch.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cool cool cool. Luckily no unhinged people have ever wanted to know the details of the jurors who convicted them, their family, their cult leaders, etc 😳
TIL that the golang sumdb does not use git-lfs when calculating sums for packages. So if a package has a file hosted using git-lfs it will checksum the package using the pointer not the actual file. Which is great when you *do* have git-lfs enabled and so get a different checksum.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
TIL that the golang sumdb does not use git-lfs when calculating sums for packages. So if a package has a file hosted using git-lfs it will checksum the package using the pointer not the actual file. Which is great when you *do* have git-lfs enabled and so get a different checksum.
Wow Liquid Glass is uuuggglllyyy, and there’s no accessibility option to turn it off?!
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wow Liquid Glass is uuuggglllyyy, and there’s no accessibility option to turn it off?!
Of course being named in documents doesn’t necessarily make you guilty. But preemptively worrying about that so much has "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" vibes.
Rep. Greg Murphy: "I do have some concerns because these files are voluminous and just being named does not make you guilty. If Epstein gave you a tip or something if you worked at a door or something, it doesn't make you guilty of a crime."
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Of course being named in documents doesn’t necessarily make you guilty. But preemptively worrying about that so much has "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" vibes.
And now I can't push changes to Github.... presumably us-east-1 will explode in an hour or so.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And now I can't push changes to Github.... presumably us-east-1 will explode in an hour or so.
From: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
I hope this is a poorly chosen set of words or out of context or something, because one would feel that “a spike in unusual traffic" is kinda core to Cloudflare's services
I hope this is a poorly chosen set of words or out of context or something, because one would feel that “a spike in unusual traffic" is kinda core to Cloudflare's services
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
From: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
I hope this is a poorly chosen set of words or out of context or something, because one would feel that “a spike in unusual traffic" is kinda core to Cloudflare's services
I hope this is a poorly chosen set of words or out of context or something, because one would feel that “a spike in unusual traffic" is kinda core to Cloudflare's services
I see non-tech social media has replaced "so what is us-east-1?" with "so what is Cloudflare?"
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I see non-tech social media has replaced "so what is us-east-1?" with "so what is Cloudflare?"
So Cloudflare is broken then.
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So Cloudflare is broken then.
President and CEOs email address is: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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?” ?!