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Cybersecurity Engineer primarily here for staying up to date on the latest news and events in Cyber and the wider world.
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brianhonan.bsky.social
No surprise that the big tech companies are in favour of an under 16 ban as it places the onus on the user for the problem rather than the tech companies ensuring their platforms are not used for misuse and abuse. It also allows the tech companies gather more personal info on people.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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deltavelorum5.bsky.social
It gets even worse
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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I’ve tried to be charitable in this piece. I’ve tried to look for cause for optimism for Oracle. All I found was a company in decline after decades of profiting off of stagnant products and contempt for its customers. It's a horror show.
www.wheresyoured.at/haters-guide...
As it stands, Oracle is a company in decline that has attached itself to a low-to-negative margin business with extensive, debt-ridden setup costs, with a primary customer that required over $140 billion in funding just to stop itself falling over and dying by the end of 2026. Oracle continually misses analyst estimates, swindles customers into expensive contracts and then sues them to bleed them for more money, has employees that tell me that life there is utterly miserable, and is inarguably an enterprise in sharp decline, one accelerated by the desperate, egoistical predilections of Larry Ellison, a guy who allegedly stepped down a decade ago but fully intends to drive the entire company off a cliff. If allowed to, Oracle will be swallowed whole by its debt, and won’t have much of a business to fall back upon. In writing this piece, I have tried to look for something resembling an Oracle fan — somebody that appreciates the software or will defend it on any level. All I can find are the most wretched AI boosters, desperate to kiss up to anybody who will incinerate billions of dollars to build data centers. Perhaps I’m trashed off hopium, but I see no scenario that ends with anything other than the near-destruction of Oracle, and even if a government bailout exists, it will take decades — if it’s even possible — to recover from what I believe will be an historic destruction of shareholder capital, all borne of the hubris of one of the most nakedly anti-consumer companies in the history of capitalism. I hate Oracle. I’ve spent hours and hours reading about Oracle, learning all about Oracle, thinking about Oracle, philosophizing about Oracle, and never before have I witnessed a company that’s so thoroughly debased its products, customers and shareholders. This company has taken the piss for decades, and I think it’s finally its time for a reckoning. Could Larry Ellison be rendered penniless? Doubtful. But the outcome of decades of fucking over customers and terrible financial decisions may finally tear down his rotten legacy.
January 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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wylienewmark.bsky.social
the cretins that reap the consequences of cyber privateering need get ready to find out just how myopic their red teams has been in supporting defense and just how much they’ve been lying to themselves about being able to conduct offense.
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM