iam-py-test 

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I am a hobbyist security researcher, filterlist maintainer, and wannabe law nerd. I help maintain the Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool. I post about a variety of topics including cybersecurity, content filtering, law, tech, and trans rights. This is also the best place to find updates on my filterlists, as I often post about bugs and improvements to them.
I am not an expert; do not take anything I toot as truth. Retoot/like != agreement. Not legal/medical advice.

Profile picture: truncated screenshot of a WINE error message. The error message is titled "Download failed". The message reads "Download Failed: Success. Check your connection and click 'Retry' to try downloading the files again, or click 'Next' to continue installing anyway." There is only one button labeled "OK".

Header image: A Windows error message against the default Windows wallpaper. The error message reads "Windows cannot find iam-py-test. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."

About mehttps://iam-py-test.github.io/about.html
GitHubhttps://github.com/iam-py-test
Pronounsshe/her
Dream job titleHead of Security and Hacking (legal and ethical)
Testing this outhttps://justmytoots.com/@iampytest1@infosec.exchange
Note on usage of alt textI generally add alt text to my own posts, but do boost posts without alt text

I'm weeks late to this, but better late than never I guess.

The Wikimedia Foundation is closing down Wikinews, a citizen journalism website styled after Wikipedia.
Wikinews will become read-only on 4 May.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews

#Wikinews #Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard - Meta-Wiki

My profile previously listed "Gender: Only For Admin Use (Please Do Not Select)".

Upon careful consideration, I have decided this could be read as making fun of people outside the gender binary. That was not my intention, and as such, I have removed it. The original intention was to make fun of broken gender selectors on websites, but that wasn't clear enough.

Maybe I am being overly cautious or stupid, and there isn't anything wrong with it, but this has been on my mind ever since I added that to my profile. I shouldn't have added it in the first place.

A brief history of ublockorigin.com by a member of the uBlock Origin team.

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1sn2ayp/comment/ogou24f/

A 25-year-old Tennessee man avoided prison time after pleading guilty to accessing government systems with stolen login credentials and boasting of the deed on an Instagram account with the handle, @ihackedthegovernment.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/man-with-ihackedthegovernment-instagram-account-tells-judge-i-made-a-mistake/

Thanks to LauraW: here is the docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72123940/united-states-v-moore/

Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"

Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media.

Ars Technica
age verification but it's just a dialog box that asks "are you old" and the answers are "yes" and "maybe later"

Entire chapters of internet culture grew up in Flash. When it was switched off, most of it should have disappeared forever. But it didn't, thanks to the efforts of the software preservation community and dedicated archivists.

Flash is just part of the story of VANISHING CULTURE, a new book exploring the fight to preserve our fragile digital history.

Join us at the book launch. 📖
📅 Thu, April 23
🕠 5:30 PM: Doors open & entertainment
📍 300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/vanishing-culture-book-launch/

I unintentionally misgendered a trans woman on at least one occasion, and unknowingly used a pre-transition photo of her in a video.

Luckily, I had not published the video yet.
It was a fan video about her YouTube channel, and as such relies heavily on clips from videos from before she came out, so I think the best course of action is to shelf it entirely.
I did not know she was trans when I originally made this video a few months ago, or I would have not included those clips.
She came out last year, but I only learned she was trans today, hence why I am only now making these corrections.

I also unknowingly posted photos of her pre-transition Minecraft skin in several YouTube videos, Reddit posts, and in a GitHub project. I have either updated it to use her current skin or removed it entirely.

I would like to offer my sincere apologies to her. My ignorance is not a defense.

What if fediverse instances battled each other in a daily word game?

A bot posts a word to guess. You reply privately. Only real dictionary words accepted. End of day: instances ranked by average score, not size. A tiny instance can top the leaderboard.

Words come from player suggestions. First-try guesses carry less weight to keep it fair.

English only first.

#Fediverse #FLOSS #Wordle

Yes, I am interested for playing
52.7%
I would like to play and suggest words
9.6%
Without me
27.5%
Not sure I understood
10.2%
Poll ended at .

Well-written article from Marlink on the Black Shrantac #ransomware group. I like that they have sections on “What defenders should watch for” and “How to reduce exposure” in addition to IOCs.

https://marlink.com/resources/knowledge-hub/black-shrantac-inside-the-ransomware-group-weaponising-legitimate-tools-against-global-organisations/

#cybersecurity

the worst part about colour blindness isn't even the deficiency itself, it's that moment of realization that the world isn't accommodating even for something that affects ~5% of the population, even when the accommodation would literally be a symbol to accompany a colour, or two separate LEDs instead of one that changes colour