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Adam Katz

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#Cybersecurity #antispam research leader at @TalosSecurity, FOSS advocate, zsh/bash #Linux geek, bastion of obscure knowledge.

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Currently living in NYC.

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Adam Katz 17h ago

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/116308891820413082

Uptime: five nines (89.9999%)

Show thread

Adam Katz 1d ago

Follow-up: @gruber has noted that location permission is not requested on either iOS or Android, so this is removed functionality, code for future development, and/or impressively sloppy slop.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/31/new-white-house-app

Technical Analysis of the Android Version of the White House’s New App

Link to: https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app

Daring Fireball

Adam Katz 1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116324270189877586

Anthropic's Claude code was accidentally published and is full of AI slop and low-quality regexes (and is still among the best LLMs)
https://github.com/chatgptprojects/claude-code/tree/main

Adam Katz 1d ago

PBS News 1d ago

Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ kids
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-rules-against-colorados-ban-on-conversion-therapy-for-lgbtq-kids?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Headlines @headlines-PBSNewsHour

Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ kids

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment.

PBS News

Adam Katz 1d ago

Rolling Stone 2d ago

Republicans Flirt With Kicking Americans Off Health Care to Fund Iran War
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-health-care-cuts-fund-iran-war-1235538768/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics News @politics-news-RollingStone

Republicans Flirt With Kicking Americans Off Health Care to Fund Iran War

Republicans are considering health care cuts to pay for the Trump administration's $200 billion funding request for the Iran war.

Rolling Stone

Adam Katz 1d ago

Jay Kuo 1d ago

Let’s be clear. Deploying ICE at polling places is intended to intimidate racial minorities who are U.S. citizens from voting.
And 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits military or civil officials from stationing troops or armed personnel at polling locations, unless necessary to repel armed enemies

Adam Katz 2d ago

The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

https://share.google/iXVXZqUKE9K8bagw3
Great work by @amyedge

I Decompiled the White House's New App

The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

Thereallo

Adam Katz Mar 23

Human Brain Enthusiast Mar 23

Truly amazing stuff

“Lake Tahoe’s longtime power supplier, NV Energy, will cut off the region next year. It has said data centers are driving “unprecedented” demand.”

https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/03/nevada-utility-to-lake-tahoe-find-electricity-elsewhere/

Lake Tahoe isn’t sure where it’s power will come from after the next ski season

The area’s longtime power supplier, NV Energy, will cut off the region next year. It has said data centers are driving “unprecedented” demand.

CalMatters

Adam Katz Mar 23

RE: https://bloor.tw/@bloor/116256896607396957

HDMI is "hide me"
TLS is "tills"
TTL is "tattle"
SPF is "spiff"
GPT is "jippity"

Adam Katz Mar 20

The Intercept Mar 20

With militaries increasingly relying on artificial intelligence, data centers have emerged as new targets for strikes. https://theintercept.com/2026/03/20/ai-data-centers-military-targets-iran-war

Data Centers Are Military Targets Now

With militaries increasingly relying on artificial intelligence, data centers have emerged as new targets for strikes.

The Intercept