Didn't realize my wireless plan capped tethering speeds, but now it makes sense. When your phone gets ~10-15 mbps and your tethered computer gets .5 or .6 consistently, you know they're screwing w/ the service you paid for.

Welp, I'm ashamed it took me this long to realize, but changing the TTL on my computer seems to have released the throttling.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/cmxp66/2019_bypass_verizon_hotspot_throttle_no_root/

Many people are surprised to learn that weak cryptography systems (including any systems of any ostensible strength with mandated or other backdoors) are vastly more dangerous than using NO cryptography at all.

Why? Because if someone is lulled into complacency and passes their private information through a compromised system as defined above, it becomes vulnerable to criminal and/or illicit government abuse.

On the other hand, if you KNOW that a communications channel is not encrypted, you know what the limits are about what you should or should not pass through that channel.

Interesting, eh?

I was the victim of an extremely clever card fraud/social engineering hack.

Well, partly a victim since I managed to stop it.

I was called by my bank, as they wanted to “verify some suspect transactions on my account”.

Then things got weird…

🧵

Definitely do not go to these websites to get free study books. Also, don't go to https://12ft.io/ to unlock paywalls.

libgen.is, pk1lib.org, ethos.bl.uk, sabaq.pk, sci-hub.se, archive.org, lej4learning.com.pk, pdfdrive.com, unpaywall.org

Hacker Meet-ups by Region

This list only contains local 2600, DEFCON, CCC, OWASP, LUG, and InfoSec groups with active fediverse /  accounts, including languages other than English. As more are created or discovered, I will update this message. For hackerspaces, see the link below.

📌⁠InfoSec Events by Region
📌⁠Hacker Meet-ups by Region
📌⁠Hackerspaces by Region

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⸻ InfoSec Groups

@[email protected] - 2600 Community (Lemmy)
@blackhoodie - #BHRE (women only)
@CCC - Chaos Computer Club
@[email protected] - #CCC (friendica)
@guide - CCC events #cccRegio
@womenincybersecurity - Women In Cybersecurity (#WiCyS)

⸻ Canada 🇨🇦

@dc902 - #DC902 Halifax, NS
@OWASP_Ottawa - OWASP Ottawa

⸻ US - Northeast

@2600_new_hampshire - 2600, NH
@blacksincyber - Blacks In Cybersecurity™ (BIC), Washington, DC
@blacksincyber - #BIC DMV Metro Area, DC
@dc215 - #DC215, Philadelphia, PA
@[email protected] - #DC201 North New Jersey
@dc201 - DC201 North NJ
@defcon201 - DC201 North NJ
@defcon610 - #DC610 Easton, PA
@hacdc - #HackDC Washington, DC
@NYC2600 - #NYC2600 NY
@NYC2600 - NYC 2600, NY
@owaspboston - OWASP Boston, MA
@philly2600 - #Philly2600 Philadelphia, PA
@Phillysec - #Phillysec Philadelphia, PA

⸻ US - Midwest

@defcon402 - #DC402 Nebraska
@DC608Madison - #DC608 Madison, WI
@DC608Madison - DC608 Madison, WI
@defcon937 - #DC937 Dayton, OH
@DenverSec - #DenverSec Denver, CO
@lansing2600 - #Lansing2600 Lansing, MI
@RockyMtnLUG - Rocky Mountain LUG, CO

⸻ US - West

@dc503 - #DC503 Portland, OR
@dc510 - #DC510 Oakland, CA
@DCG858 - #DC858 / #DC619 San Diego, CA
@pdx2600 - #PDX2600 Portland, OR
@rainsec - #RainSec PDX, Portland, OR

⸻ US - Southwest

@AustinHackers - #AHA Austin, TX
@ASULUG - #ASULUG ASU, AZ
@dallas_hackers - #Dallas_Hackers Dallas, TX
@DC512 - #DC512, Austin, TX
@PLUG - #PLUG, Phoenix, AZ

⸻ US - Southeast

@dc404 - #DC404 Atlanta, GA
@DC443 - #DC443 Baltimore, MD
@dc540 - #DC540 Nova regional, VA
@dc540 - DC540 Nova regional, VA
@fxbghackers - #FXBG Fredericksburg, VA
@RTP2600 - #RTP2600 Raleigh, NC

⸻ Europe 🇪🇺

@2600Malmo - #2600Malmo 2600 Malmö, SE 🇸🇪
@2600stockholm - #2600stockholm Stockholm, SE 🇸🇪
@2600_madrid - 2600 Madrid, ES 🇪🇸
@amsterdam - Chaos Amsterdam, NL 🇳🇱
@c3wien - CCC Wien, Vienna, AT 🇦🇹
@CCCBasel - CCC Basel, Muttenz, CH 🇨🇭
@dfupdate - Update Computer Club, Uppsala, SE 🇸🇪
@dc4822 - #DC4822 Warsaw, PL 🇵🇱
@dc9723 - #DC9723, Tel-Aviv, IL 🇮🇱
@leHACK - #leHACK Paris, FR 🇫🇷
@lugos - #LUGOS SI 🇸🇮
@lugv - #LUGV Vorarlberg, AT 🇦🇹
@ulug - #ULUG Uppsala, SE 🇸🇪

⸻ Germany 🇩🇪

@amborg_sulzbyte - Chaostreff Amberg Sulzbach
@c3d2 - CCC Dresden
@cccac - CCC Aachen
@cccda - CCC Darmstadt
@cccffm - CCC Frankfurt
@cccfr - CCC Freiburg
@ccchh - CCC Hamburg
@cccp - CCC Potsdam
@cccs - CCC Stuttgart
@cccwi - CCC Wiesbaden
@cciz - Computer Club Itzehoe
@chaospott - CCC Essen
@clubdiscordia - CCC Berlin
@ctaz - Chaostreff Alzey
@ctbk - Chaostreff Backnang
@erlug - #ErLUG Erlangen
@flipdot - #Flipdot CCC Erfa-Kreis, Kassel
@haecksen - #Haecksen (Stuttgart, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Leibzig, Göttingen and Berlin)
@geekfem - #Geekfem Hamburg
@KiLUG - #KiLUG Haslach im Kinzigtal
@LUG_MYK - LUG Mayen-Koblenz
@lug_nuernberg - LUG Nürnberg
@lughannover - LUG Hannover
@lugor - #LUGOR Oberhausen Rheinland
@muccc - CCC Munich
@owasp_de - OWASP DE
@owasp_ka - OWASP Karlsruhe

⸻ India 🇮🇳

@dc_9111 - #DC9111, Delhi

⸻ United Kingdom 🇬🇧

@2600 - 2600 Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@AbertayHackers - Abertay Hackers, Dundee 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@DC44131 - #DC44131 Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@OWASPLondon - OWASP London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

⸻ Australasia

@flinderscybersoc - Flinders Cybersecurity Society, Adelaide, AU 🇦🇺
@linuxaustralia - Linux Australia 🇦🇺
@owaspmelb - OWASP Melbourne, AU 🇦🇺
@PalmyLUG - #PalmyLUG Palmerston North, NZ 🇳🇿

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For other groups & meetups not in the fediverse:
➡️⁠https://forum.defcon.org/social-groups
➡️⁠https://events.ccc.de/
➡️⁠https://owasp.org/www-community/meetings/
➡️⁠https://www.2600.com/meetings

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