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Sean O'Brien
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🛡️ Prof Diggity @ivycyber.com 🤖 Founder @yaleprivacylab.org at @yaleisp.bsky.social 🔒 Secure Apps at @privacysafe.social 🔆 Mastodon https://privacysafe.social/@profdiggity 🎙️ Subscribe 👉 @bitsontape.com
🚀 Exciting times ahead! Join us at Bay Path University for Cyber Pathways 2025: AI, Innovation, and the Future of Security - our annual #cybersecurity conference, live in-person & online.

🗓️ Fri Nov 14, 2025 | 🕙 8:30 AM – 12 PM EST

📍Longmeadow, MA & Virtual

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November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A bunch of great people are offering help and vendors + hosts are (mostly) responsive to abuse reports for these #botnets. I'm still being targeted in the most personal way #Aisuru operators can. Most of that I'll talk about soon. Thanks esp. to @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Kicking off the @mfia-clinic.bsky.social @yaleisp.bsky.social #aac2025 conference on this lovely fall day in #NewHaven
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
🙌 My request for the 14emeliaterracewestroxburyma02132 domain associated with the Aisuru #botnet to be terminated has been granted.

This was the most visited domain on the Internet yesterday, far above #Google, #Facebook, #Microsoft, #Apple, and #Amazon.
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The additional domain overload [dot] su now too. h/t @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy - this is the Aisuru botnet taking different forms. krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/aisu...
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🪴 Our @privacysafe.social #community is growing fast!
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
party blob #cat dancing emoji makes it an even better #caturday than I could have imagined
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#caturday on the #fediverse might be my highlight of the weekend 📷

Join privacysafe.social and spend time scrolling through hashtag#cat photos, as the Internet should be.
October 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What's #AWS ? Avoid the clownshow🤡 and hang out somewhere that isn't feeling the outage, by design - #decentralized and FREE.

🔆Try privacysafe.social and connect with millions of #fediverse users.
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our @privacysafe.social apps solve the problem of " #Signal down because #AWS down" by *actually* being #federated + allowing you to deploy your own 100% #OpenSource, #FreeSoftware server 😎

See github.com/PrivacySafe and get started.
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I recently spoke with @zdnet.bsky.social about the release of #OpenAI’s #Sora2, a tool that can generate lifelike videos from text prompts.
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
💪 Strong growth in a month for privacysafe.social ! We soft launched 1 yr ago with a handful of accts, publicly announced Dec 2024, but really pushed in the last 30 days on marketing because we're building a #social layer for @privacysafe.social + @cakewallet.com ! Stay tuned 📺
October 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Signups are snowballing, LFG 🤠 privacysafe.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We're seeing an uptick in signups and, more importantly, user activity at @privacysafe.social privacysafe.social this week 🥂 The sustainable growth model we've been building toward is on the horizon.

We want a #social community with consistent growth of active users. And we're getting there!
September 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For the list of changes we made to #mastodon that make our #privacy respecting #social community different, friendly *and* familiar for users of #BigTech platforms, see our #opensource repo here 🤓 github.com/PrivacySafe/privacysafe-social-ui
September 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just snagged one of the last copies of @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy 's limited-edition #art book!

Sure, you can print it yourself from the #libre & gratis source, but why not support the author & his efforts against exploitative platforms and #enshittification?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
September 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Shaping up to be a BIG week 🎶 @privacysafe.social
August 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Does anyone have a cure for my dog's blurry
August 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
for all the prompt engineers out there, I've discovered this useful zero shot prompt 😉
August 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🤔 I have yet to get it to trigger an actual browser crash without the "Guard rail stopped the party" mitigation stopping it. But like all #vibecode things, it's gonna be tough to diagnose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Without the CSP header controls (see the nginx example I put in the git repo) it might be dangerous.
August 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm giving another free talk on #AI at the amazing @nhfpl.bsky.social as part of their "2025 Big Read" program which has the theme #Fahrenheit451🔥

If you're in #NewHaven stop by for the fun and provocative conversation. We'll talk about #privacy, creativity & more 👇

psafe.ly/WxqNT4
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
gm @privacysafe.social . Today is a good day 🤓
April 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A great event that could not have been more appropriate, or in a more appropriate location, with US academic freedom increasingly in the political crosshairs.
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM