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Jeff Moss

Looks like someone built a tool to check your LinkedIn network for names from the Epstein documents. Soon I expect other tools will follow to work with other social media platforms.

This is what the beginning of community accountability looks like. Just because the legal system is captured doesn’t mean there are zero consequences.

https://github.com/cfinke/EpsteIn

Yes, I know I am mentioned in the files, but I can’t control when other people mention me.
#epstein

GitHub - cfinke/EpsteIn: See which of your LinkedIn connections appear in the Epstein files.

See which of your LinkedIn connections appear in the Epstein files. - cfinke/EpsteIn

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Show threadKodama ChameleonFeb 5
@thedarktangent I think I’d sleep with more peace of mind that random scripts downloaded from GitHub are not touching my contacts than worrying one of my contacts might be associated with Epstein. lol
Show threadFlorian WeberFeb 5
@kodamachameleon @thedarktangent That “random script” is right there in front of you, less than 400 lines of simple code in clear text. Whatever you’re trying to hint at is factually wrong.
Show threadjasper spaansFeb 5
@fnwbr @kodamachameleon @thedarktangent The script _does_ post a sizeable portion of your social graph (full name / company /position of your contacts) to some random third party server. I'll pass.
Show threadckFeb 5
@jap @fnwbr @kodamachameleon @thedarktangent it does seem odd that it doesn't include the names in a list in the repo, but I guess people might sue? just hash the names one way and then check if a hash matches though :)
Show threadMagnus AhltorpFeb 5

@fnwbr @kodamachameleon @thedarktangent And anyone capable of reading the code knows that it sends the contacts to a web service.

And what happens with the data there? It doesn’t say in the script, so nice try.

There is probably a term for this, when someone tries to hide a fact by pointing to it and hoping no one will look.

Show thread☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Feb 6
@fnwbr simple code in clear text “API_BASE_URL = "https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search"” not!
Show threadFlorian WeberFeb 6
@peterrenshaw The fact that you can clearly see the URL confirms my point.
If someone doesn’t trust that host that’s totally fine; however, that’s not the script or its author’s fault.
Show threadArianFeb 5
@thedarktangent automating this is damn near negligent. The Epstein files contain copies of many open source licenses and copyright statements verbatim for some reason. So many open source maintainers are in them lol
Show threadHenryFeb 5

RE: https://chaos.social/@LangerJan/116006286237836408

@arianvp

Fun example:

Show threadSyrupSplashinFeb 5

@thedarktangent I am becoming increasingly concerned around a person being immediately vilified because their name was found in these files. Evidently you are well aware of this and I hope you share these same concerns.

There's random posts, articles, etc in those files - a script parsing for and finding references to name could mean literally nothing.

Last thing I want to see is something getting cancelled over this and we come to find out it was because a pedo shared an article that had that someone's name in it.

There definitely needs to be more due diligence here to make sure this doesn't happen. We live in a world where most people just read headlines which can be VERY dangerous here.

Show threadJeff MossFeb 5

@syrupsplashin I totally understand, as I am mentioned in the files.

I was pointing out that people will find alternative ways to try and hold people accountable when the legal system fails, that socially disconnecting yourself from those you might have followed years ago will become a thing. It definitely won't be perfect.

For example I am sure over the decades I've followed some people who have turned into MAGA that I would prefer not to associate with. Or maybe there companies that are enabling fascism that I don't want to buy from anymore, but I lack the tools to easily figure out which ones they are.

Someone or some group will do the work, just like the MAGA groups are making lists on their side of the beer companies they don't like anymore.

Show threadYurii / Юра 🇺🇦Feb 5
@thedarktangent https://mastodon.world/@iurii/116018796456022288
Show threadAndrea Grandi 🦕Feb 5
@thedarktangent what if the "John Doe" you have in your LinkedIn, isn't the same "John Doe" mentioned in the files?
Show threadJeff MossFeb 5
@andreagrandi I would not accept results blindly, but I would like to know at least where to start looking..
Show threadJ.P. StewartFeb 5

@thedarktangent @andreagrandi
The source site for the tools’ information has a direct search option as well.

https://analytics.dugganusa.com/epstein/

Epstein Network Visualizations - DugganUSA

Show threadKnut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸Feb 5
@thedarktangent I feel like this is moral grandstanding. The likelihood of you knowing anyone who is has huffed one of Epstein's farts, much less is actually connected to him is pretty nil. I just feel like this is trying to create connections where there is none. If you can afford to have an underaged girl for the night on an elite private island, chances are you're not on LinkedIn. Ashley Madison maybe, but not Linked in.
Show threadpaulmwatsonFeb 6
@praetor @thedarktangent fair point, though hopefully nobody actually takes a string search too seriously? Though I will say finance/SV and some countries mentioned a lot in the files are "a small place." I know one person mentioned (nothing island linked.)
Show threadKnut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸Feb 6
@paulmwatson @thedarktangent hmm...you have too much faith in people to not get carried away. I mean, how many degrees of separation do you need to not be a pedo? Rule of thumb says we are all six degrees separated. So at what point is too close for comfort? Despite what trump thinks, it's this sort of shit that DOES actually cause witch hunts. This and LSD on rye.
Show threadGoerpFeb 5
@thedarktangent
Ah, isn't there a big danger people with same or similar names get falsely marked?
Show threadang_mo_uncleFeb 5

@thedarktangent yeah, someone wrote a script that shoots all of your contacts to a random person's API. Just "first name last name" tho, but if you match it to IP you at least know that a person sitting behind this IP has this set of contacts.

You'd probably need to host the files as text locally - not sure how big that dataset would be.

Show threadJackie JudeFeb 5
@thedarktangent We need Shinigami Eyes (https://shinigami-eyes.github.io/) but for the Epstein files
Shinigami Eyes: An extension that highlights trans-friendly and anti-trans social network pages

Shinigami Eyes is a browser extension that highlights known trans-friendly and anti-trans pages/users on social networks with different colors.

Show threadBlueTeamSherpa Feb 10

@thedarktangent I would like to see a hyperlinked page so I can review the data by myself and come to my own conclusions.

That way I don’t have to give my data to anyone.

Though I do agree that most of us don’t associate with pedos, and if we accidentally do so unknowingly, I think people would understand.

As a gay man of a certain age, I experienced being slandered/libeled by assholes pretending to be Christian, since as a power grab based in bigotry they wrongly claimed ALL gay men (or the vast majority) wanted to do little boys. So, for no reason based in reality, I’ve been tarred with that brush. It’s a stinky brush.

Even with that in my past, if I found out someone who I am connected with on LI behaved reprehensibly, I’d sever the relationship.

Anyone who would give me grief because I was connected to them would be roundly ignored because knowing someone bad isn’t the same as being bad. My late dad was a multi-year multi-time federal convict. I look just like him and behave almost 100% opposite of him. No one should give me grief because of what my dad did before his death last century.