Last week I tried to make a donation, via my Fidelity Donor Advised Fund, to the SPLC, which I've donated to previously. Fidelity rejected the transaction.

SPLC is a 501(c)3 charity that is fully eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. They are the target of a Trump DoJ investigation, but they haven't been found guilty of any crime, and their 501(c)3 status remains valid.

I'll be moving my DAF to one that respects my (lawful) wishes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/business/fidelity-southern-poverty-law-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.4KUN.THtAW-W_bLYt [gift link]

Heh. There’s an app delivery driver who’s dropped off here several times named “Mad Killer”. With some trepidation, I just met them outside to get my food.

Turned out to be a sweet looking elderly lady. Still definitely not going to mess with her.

i was quite surprised to discover that no one had registered deleteduser [dot] com, and was curious to see how many emails i'd get if i registered it, assuming many orgs 'delete' logic probably just overwrote the email address with [email protected] or similar.

The answer, is at least 3 different orgs in the hour that I've owned that domain and been listening for email.

And yes, all of those emails contain the actual PII of the person who has been 'deleted' :-D

#infosec

At least three different strangers (who are presumably all sloppy typists) appear to have accidentally set one of my email addresses as a primary or recovery contact on various systems. One of them is for a bank account, for which I regularly receive statements showing a moderate balance.

Since I have no desire to become a CFAA exam question, my sense of mischief has to go unsatisfied.

Former Trenchant exec who stole exploits from his employer and sold them to a Russian broker says he was suffering depression & money troubles when he decided to sell the exploits. Also, new info reveals the nature of the work he did for an Australian intel agency before joining Trenchant. My story is linked below. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber if you like my work on this piece. It's 4,000 words and I'm making it available for free to everyone. But I can only do that because some subscribers have generously become paid subscribers.

https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/trenchant-exec-says-he-had-depression-money-troubles-when-he-decided-to-sell-zero-days-to-russian-buyer-also-new-info-reveals-nature-of-his-work-for-australian-intelligence-agency/?ref=zero-day-newsletter

New, by me: Mounir Idrassi, the developer of the popular file encryption software Veracrypt, says Microsoft has locked his account used for sending software updates, and warned that Windows users who encrypt their PCs with his software may soon find it "impossible to boot," Idrassi tells me.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/veracrypt-encryption-software-windows-microsoft-lock-boot-issues/