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Cybertiger. Senior Staff technologist at @eff.org Fellow @citizenlab.ca Board member @openarchive.bsky.social. "Noted activist security type." The Register once called me a boffin. Anti-fascist. he/him. My skeets do not represent views of my employers ⵣ🏴
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· Mar 4
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about Street Level Surveillance technologies—the technologies used by police and other authorities to spy on you while you are going about your everyday life—suc...
www.eff.org
Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our new tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
When I read this quote to Quintin, he laughed and dismissed it with a seven-letter word.
“If having to report to somebody what their cybersecurity posture is makes them less secure, then they had terrible cybersecurity,” he said.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
“If having to report to somebody what their cybersecurity posture is makes them less secure, then they had terrible cybersecurity,” he said.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
Internet Providers Can Monitor Their Own Cybersecurity Standards, Says Trump’s FCC
In what the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls a "terrible idea," the Federal Communications Commission has rescinded the requirement for telecom companies to issue yearly cybersecurity reports.
www.cnet.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
When I read this quote to Quintin, he laughed and dismissed it with a seven-letter word.
“If having to report to somebody what their cybersecurity posture is makes them less secure, then they had terrible cybersecurity,” he said.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
“If having to report to somebody what their cybersecurity posture is makes them less secure, then they had terrible cybersecurity,” he said.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
okay enshittification is getting a bit too on the nose with this one. www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted
Gives new meaning to the 'internet of shit.'
www.404media.co
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
okay enshittification is getting a bit too on the nose with this one. www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
A new phone carrier from the founder of Calyx lets you sign up with just a zip code and pay anonymously. www.wired.com/story/new-an...
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A new phone carrier from the founder of Calyx lets you sign up with just a zip code and pay anonymously. www.wired.com/story/new-an...
BREAKING: I was leaked a picture of apple's self driving car and I have to say it looks pretty awesome!
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: I was leaked a picture of apple's self driving car and I have to say it looks pretty awesome!
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ISPs and cellular carriers will no longer be required to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after an FCC vote Thursday. “This is such a terrible idea. This is rolling out the red carpet for another attack,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...
Internet Providers Can Monitor Their Own Cybersecurity Standards, Says Trump’s FCC
In what the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls a "terrible idea," the Federal Communications Commission has rescinded the requirement for telecom companies to issue yearly cybersecurity reports.
www.cnet.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ISPs and cellular carriers will no longer be required to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after an FCC vote Thursday. “This is such a terrible idea. This is rolling out the red carpet for another attack,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...
I fucking hate United forcing me to watch mandatory advertisements on their already bottom tier flights. You can’t even mute it or turn the screen off. It plays over the loudspeakers
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I fucking hate United forcing me to watch mandatory advertisements on their already bottom tier flights. You can’t even mute it or turn the screen off. It plays over the loudspeakers
This story doesn’t in any way indicate that Signal is broken. This was a big signal group with open membership. Reading between the lines of the story this was 99% chance a snitch or undercover agent or cellebrite (1% chance someone’s phone got compromised)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This story doesn’t in any way indicate that Signal is broken. This was a big signal group with open membership. Reading between the lines of the story this was 99% chance a snitch or undercover agent or cellebrite (1% chance someone’s phone got compromised)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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What Trump doesn't understand is that most people want all of the rich creepy assholes, including creepy Democrats and of course including Trump himself, to face consequences
Not for nothing but if you’re gonna print the Trump White House’s attack strategy verbatim you might want to offer an assessment of whether it will actually work? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘Democrats are going to come to regret this’: After Epstein vote, Trump ready to attack
The White House is frustrated about being backed into a corner on the Epstein vote. They plan to punish Democrats for it.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What Trump doesn't understand is that most people want all of the rich creepy assholes, including creepy Democrats and of course including Trump himself, to face consequences
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We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
New resource from Lucy Parsons Labs: Emergent Security Advice against ICE's Kidnapping Spree.
NEW RESOURCE: For months, ICE has engaged in an arbitrary campaign of warrantless stops and arrests in Chicago.
Need security advice for activists under a significant threat landscape shift? Don't worry, we @lucyparsonslabs.com got you.
PDF: goldframes.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/LPL_ICEinvas...
Need security advice for activists under a significant threat landscape shift? Don't worry, we @lucyparsonslabs.com got you.
PDF: goldframes.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/LPL_ICEinvas...
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New resource from Lucy Parsons Labs: Emergent Security Advice against ICE's Kidnapping Spree.
Bettridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bettridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
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The FBI is trying to unmask the owner of infamous archiving site Archive.is, according to a subpoena the site posted. No other information given, the site quietly posted the document a few days ago. FBI telling domain registrar to hand over all sorts of ID'ing info
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The FBI is trying to unmask the owner of infamous archiving site Archive.is, according to a subpoena the site posted. No other information given, the site quietly posted the document a few days ago. FBI telling domain registrar to hand over all sorts of ID'ing info
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
Let it be known that David Greene is the new Rasputin.
Heed his word!!!
Heed his word!!!
probably more likely that some sycophant (a foreign leader, a crypto exchange, whatever) will make up their own peace prize and give it to him
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Let it be known that David Greene is the new Rasputin.
Heed his word!!!
Heed his word!!!
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Saw a video where a woman was at a bar watching the NYC election and after Mamdani won someone asked if she wanted pizza. Someone had just bought community pizza for the bar.
"Is this socialism" she asked.
bahahahahahaha
"Is this socialism" she asked.
bahahahahahaha
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Saw a video where a woman was at a bar watching the NYC election and after Mamdani won someone asked if she wanted pizza. Someone had just bought community pizza for the bar.
"Is this socialism" she asked.
bahahahahahaha
"Is this socialism" she asked.
bahahahahahaha
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Turns out a lot of Americans understand that trans people aren’t the reason shit is expensive and people are being starved
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Turns out a lot of Americans understand that trans people aren’t the reason shit is expensive and people are being starved
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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help I’m libbing out
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
help I’m libbing out
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“Putting a powerful surveillance tool like this in the hands of state & local law enforcement officials around the country will only further erode peoples’ Fourth Amendment rights, for citizens & non-citizens alike,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co.
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Putting a powerful surveillance tool like this in the hands of state & local law enforcement officials around the country will only further erode peoples’ Fourth Amendment rights, for citizens & non-citizens alike,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co.
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
“There will be a socialist mayor of NYC? Over my dead body!” -Dick Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“There will be a socialist mayor of NYC? Over my dead body!” -Dick Cheney
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Rayhunter v0.8.0 is out!
github.com/EFForg/rayhu...
Major Changes
* network based installer is now the default installer for orbic
* Major bugfixes for TP-Link installer
* other minor bugfixes and improvements
github.com/EFForg/rayhu...
Major Changes
* network based installer is now the default installer for orbic
* Major bugfixes for TP-Link installer
* other minor bugfixes and improvements
Release Rayhunter v0.8.0 · EFForg/rayhunter
Major Changes
network based installer is now the default installer for orbic
Major bugfixes for TP-Link installer
other minor bugfixes and improvements
What's Changed
Update orbic uninstall file...
github.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Rayhunter v0.8.0 is out!
github.com/EFForg/rayhu...
Major Changes
* network based installer is now the default installer for orbic
* Major bugfixes for TP-Link installer
* other minor bugfixes and improvements
github.com/EFForg/rayhu...
Major Changes
* network based installer is now the default installer for orbic
* Major bugfixes for TP-Link installer
* other minor bugfixes and improvements
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New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
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Say what you will about Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Say what you will about Dick Cheney