IcyMidnightMar 24, 2024
Ergative Absolutive

Hey, Mastodon! Indiana's attorney general has created an anti-teacher snitch portal for people to report school teachers for being too woke. It allows you to upload files and everything!

There appears to be no safeguard against entering any text you want in any of the boxes, and no location/residence checking.

Dare I ask you to do your thing?

https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/education-liberty/

Boosts welcome!

#academicChatter #education #bts #taylorSwift

Eyes on Education

Attorney General
Mar 2, 2024 at 4:18pmWeb
Show threadrobcorneliusMar 17, 2024

@ergative

Anyone got a zip bomb handy?

Show threadenoch_exe_incMar 17, 2024
@robcornelius @ergative I’m always packing.
Show threadAxelotlMar 19, 2024
@robcornelius @ergative https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/
A better zip bomb

Show threadOliver SampsonMar 17, 2024
@ergative great use of high-visability #hashtags !!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMar 17, 2024

@ergative I want to do the thing, but I see that the form includes a required "School" field. I don't have time to do the research right now, but it seems that the best option would be to name the most right-leaning public school in indiana?

I don't want to just pick randomly, for fear of garnering attention for schools that are actually teaching good things.

Show threadErgative AbsolutiveMar 17, 2024
@courtcan See, the thing is, you have to select a school corporation from a drop-down menu, but the name of hte school itself is free-response. You can make up any school you want there.
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMar 17, 2024
@ergative Gotcha. Do we know the most right-leaning school corporation? Would be icing on the cake to cause them some trouble. 😁
Show threadBarbara MonacoMar 17, 2024
@ergative This is stomach turning. Complaints are what one might expect, mostly centering around race, gender, and diversity.
Wondering how the state AG plans to investigate all this. Are there actual laws stating what can and cannot be said in school? I doubt it.
It's more likely this could turn into a Red Scare type witch-hunt where the rules are made up on a case by case basis and are used to persecute non conformity.
#Indiana
Show threadStone Bear (has moved)Mar 18, 2024
@Barbramon1 @ergative Well, yes, and the whole point is to fill the investigation pipeline with utter bogosity and pointing out just what jack-arses the tories really are... just shut it down before it even starts. Let'em choke on their own bovine scatology.
Show threadSeanMar 17, 2024
@ergative it's a bit broken, can't put a phone number in it (I tried the governor's phone number with 800 and 502 area codes
Show threadFoolishOwlMar 17, 2024
@ergative And this is one reason I keep TAILS around.
Show thread0x4d6165 (Julie or Mae)Mar 17, 2024
@ergative it actually does scan files. Don't ask how I know
Show threadLuna LacteaMar 17, 2024
@0x4d6165 @ergative I want to ask anyway because I know it will be funny.
Show threadMaven Mar 17, 2024
@ergative didnt realize it was that bad here
Show threadZeiros LionMar 17, 2024
@ergative I'm thoroughly amused that the portal has absolutely no way to verify the supposed email addresses of those reporting, as well as even a drop-down list of schools based on the school corporation you chose. Dude's so focused on the "war on woke" that he can't even get a website properly programmed to prevent folks from doing our thing lol.
Show threadDelta SierraMar 17, 2024

@ergative a few fields in particular seem to have no character limit (or at least the full text of "War and Peace" fits in there without truncation).

Very interesting!

Show thread𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤Mar 17, 2024
@notthatdelta @ergative What happens if you stuff some HTML in there?
Show threadDelta SierraMar 17, 2024

@andytiedye @ergative I only have my phone with me at the moment and my touchscreen is suboptimal so I haven't tried stuffing HTML/SQL in any fields.

Yet.

Show thread𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤Mar 17, 2024
@notthatdelta @ergative https://xkcd.com/327/
Exploits of a Mom

xkcd
Show threadVeeMar 17, 2024
@ergative Time to tag @anonymousantifanetworkk @anonymous222 @anonymous_x and any others...
Show threadRedPandaLizMar 17, 2024
@ergative files gotta be under 10MB, text has got to be 255 characters, and it does scan to make sure theres no malware.
Show threadLuna LacteaMar 17, 2024
@RedCyberPandaz @ergative That seems to be a new development. People were inserting the entirety of War & Peace before.
Show threadRedPandaLizMar 17, 2024
@jackemled @ergative Was trying to enter the bee movie script and post some ransomware as a PNG file.
Show threadLuna LacteaMar 17, 2024
@RedCyberPandaz @ergative I wish I knew how computers worked well enough that I could have a few zero day exploits waiting to be used for this kind of thing.
Show threadaardvarkMar 27, 2024
@jackemled @RedCyberPandaz @ergative maybe some quotes from Sojourner Truth, John Brown, or Orwell would suffice
Show threadLuna LacteaMar 27, 2024
@aardvark @RedCyberPandaz @ergative macro that submits the entirety of 1984 by George Orwell one line at a time until your computer gets IP banned from the website
Show threadfluffy 💜Mar 20, 2024

@RedCyberPandaz @ergative protip, here's how to make a 10MB version of Never Gonna Give You Up:

yt-dlp -f 'bestaudio+bestvideo' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' -o rickroll.mp4
ffmpeg -i rickroll.mp3 -b:v 320K -b:a 64k DSC04918.mp4

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)

The official video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. Never: The Autobiography 📚 OUT NOW! Follow this link to get your copy and listen to Rick’s ...

YouTube
Show threadfluffy 💜Mar 20, 2024
@RedCyberPandaz @ergative gah I wish mastodon supported markdown so that I could have provided that as a literal command line instead of it being all linked-URLified
Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Mar 17, 2024
@[email protected] none of the Christian schools are on this list so one could report this whole Lot and his daughters incest thing. Or smiting the Amalek and killing babies, or the killing of pregnant women, or...
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 17, 2024
@ergative I'd see it as a duty as a well-raised human being to make this shitsite burn to the ground!
Show threadokanogen VerminEnemyFromWithinMar 17, 2024
@ergative
https://muddyum.net/the-bible-is-full-of-dangerous-stories-and-ideas-wed-better-protect-the-children-a1013895757f
The Bible is Full of Dangerous Stories and Ideas: We’d Better Protect the Children

Parents like me are banding together around the country right now to take charge of our children’s education. Armed with talking points, detailed battle plans, and funding from shadowy groups we know…

MuddyUm
Show threadMatthewMar 17, 2024
@Okanogen @ergative
The story of how *you* are fundamentally broken and only Jesus can fix you is pretty dangerous.
Like an abusive relationship that makes you dependent.
Show threadokanogen VerminEnemyFromWithinMar 17, 2024
@mrblissett @ergative
I was joking about how these stories could be inserted in a form reporting inappropriate children's content....
Show threadMatthewMar 17, 2024
@Okanogen @ergative
Ironic how the main story is the worst.
Show threadtoolbear#🪧Mar 17, 2024

@ergative
It's dangerous to go alone!
Take this.

[The entire Bee movie script for spammers]
https://gist.github.com/HirushaPramuditha/456bc09a2ff0c55260a2ffd5f5938bd6

Show threadtoolbear#🪧Mar 17, 2024
@ergative
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/24/missouri-trans-report-form-spammed-bee-movie-script/
Missouri ‘trans report’ website crashes after being spammed with entire Bee Movie script

A Missouri government website for “concerns” about gender-affirming care is down after people flooded it with the entire Bee Movie script.

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
Show threadJim SpathMar 17, 2024
@toolbear "We're not worthy." Hah!
Show threadMatthewMar 17, 2024
@toolbear @ergative
*chef's kiss*
Show threadJim SpathMar 17, 2024
@ergative I guess there are different ways to interpret "submit to the portal."
Show threadGabriel Pistelli FerreiraMar 17, 2024
@ergative It's time for a Vampetaço: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/benjamin-netanyahus-vampetaco
Benjamin Netanyahu's "Vampetaço"

Benjamin Netanyahu's "Vampetaço" refers to an online protest on Twitter / X in which Brazilians utilized an NFSW naked picture of footballer Vampeta to flood the comment sections of Israeli officials and supporters, especially Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The trend started in late February 2024 after Brazil's President Lula da Silva compared the Israeli military actions in Palestinian territory to the Holocaust against Jews during World War II. His statement caused a political crisis, as Netanyahu went to X to criticize the Brazilian President but was quickly met with thousands of NFSW images of a naked Brazilian footballer with a censor bar on his genitals with the text "CEASE FIRE" written across it.

Know Your Meme
Show threadAlex P. 👹Mar 17, 2024

@ergative
do they let you upload zip files

just sayin'

https://github.com/iamtraction/ZOD

GitHub - iamtraction/ZOD: This is a decompression bomb (also known as zip of death or zip bomb) designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it.

This is a decompression bomb (also known as zip of death or zip bomb) designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it. - iamtraction/ZOD

GitHub
Show threadErik (OLD ACCOUNT)Mar 17, 2024
@ergative ah too sad it looks like it's down just now that I wanted to enter the entire fucking epic of Gilgamesh into it. @decimo
Show threadRalph058 (S/he/it) AF4EZMar 17, 2024
@ergative You Don't think somebody might take the time to see if any big GOP donor has a teacher in his or her family, do you?
Show threadErgative AbsolutiveMar 17, 2024
@Ralph058 I'd prefer to load the site with junk, rather than involve any real teachers who might despise their GOP donor brother-in-law as much as the rest of us.
Show thread𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑣𐑸𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑦 | dɪsˈhɑːmənɪ | 異議の元素 Mar 17, 2024
@ergative How long before this site gets DDoSed by automated junk info submission?
Show threadErgative AbsolutiveMar 18, 2024
@lumiere NOT LONG I HOPE
Show threadKarcsesz  Mar 18, 2024
@lumiere
The site seems to be holding for now, though they probably have all of Project Gutenberg archived at this point :3
@ergative
Show threadspvMar 17, 2024
@ergative interesting, Mike Hunt just submitted a very important report
Show threadLes GondorMar 17, 2024

@ergative

Perhaps somebody could upload the text of Bill #246 of the 1897 sitting of the Indiana General Assembly.

Show threadKayla “Iacovino with an i”Mar 17, 2024
@ergative @Brad_Rosenheim Has anyone checked to see if they sanitize their database inputs?
Show threadBrad RosenheimMar 17, 2024
@Kayla @ergative Lol. Little Bobby Tables 🤣😂
Show threadLuna LacteaMar 17, 2024
@ergative woe, 45 exabyte zip bomb be upon ye
Show threadSenil888 Mar 17, 2024
@ergative They've already improved and now seem to require a fully valid Indiana address, for anyone trying.
Show threadMathias ❄️🐺🐶 Mar 18, 2024
@senil888 @ergative Retail Facts: Every Walmart in the state of Indiana has a valid street address and is easily Googleable. This has been Retail Facts, have a great day!
Show threadTaz the pikaMar 18, 2024
@ergative Feels like a safe bet.
Show threadRandom ParticipationMar 18, 2024
@ergative Everyone should feel free to use this as their attachment.
Show threadGLCMar 18, 2024

@ergative

Limited to 10MB. The Steam installer steam.dmg is only 3.4 MB. That was acceptable.

I thought Zionsville seemed like a nice location. 46077

Show threadZ WolfMar 18, 2024
@ergative it won't verify the phone number I put in because it auto fills the parentheses and hyphen, but also counts them against the character limit. So a 10-digit phone number becomes 14, but only if you paste the number in. If I try to type it in, it won't let me type in the last 4 digits and tells me it's not a valid phone number
Show threadZen Mar 18, 2024
@zwolf59661 having the same issue there.