Heads up, folks:

Michael Kan reports that National Public Data is back under new owners: https://www.pcmag.com/news/site-behind-major-ssn-leak-returns-with-detailed-data-on-millions-how-to

Here is the direct link to their opt-out page instructions:
https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html

I had opted out previously after their humongous #databreach last year. When I checked my name now, it did not find my profile, so if you opted out before, you may still be opted out, but better safe than sorry: check and opt-out if needed.

#NPD #NationalPublicData #OptOut #DataBroker #Privacy

When you're not sure what's happening, but it looks fun, and you want to be a part of it.

#dog #dogs #puppy #puppies #jumprope #soundon #funny #humor #cute #fun

PSA to people who've been using gzip bombs to deter crawlers: I was wrong. It works.

At least to some extent: I started noticing recently that some of the disguising bots set accept-encoding: identity, likely to avoid those gzip bombs, for every request, including HTML. You made them play catch up! CONGRATS, genuinely!

Sadly, contrary to my previous assumption, a header like this in itself is not a good indicator, because there are legit cases where a real browser will send it: such as when requesting a video, for example.

However, there's no good reason to set identity;q=1, *;q=0.

I'm on the server floor of a "highly secure data center with 24/7/365 surveillance, direct access control and robust perimeter security".

An actual duck just walked by. 🦆

The panic is absolutely glorious. I think this just became one of the highlights of my life.