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Jaguar Goddess · Crypto Sorceress · Security Researcher by trade · Xenofeminist Meta-NRx and Extropianist · she/her

Vulns/PoCs != reliable weaponised exploit chains.
So can we stop comparing bug bounties to exploit brokers.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gybppx/iphone-bugs-are-too-valuable-to-report-to-apple

“These people have now become very tech-savvy,” he said. “They use VPN to block their computer’s IP address”
"[right-wing] extremists are now covering their tracks by using untraceable [...] VPN services that conceal their computer’s location – leaving the police unable to find them."
LOL, them untraceable VPNs, haha.
No wonder we can't have a rational debate around encryption.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/finsbury-park-attack-muslims-islam-right-wing-extremists-response-uk-a7799901.html
To be clear, my heart goes out to the victims but surely there are enough hotel rooms in the area to provide a temporary solution until a more permanent one is found. This is just pure left-wing populism and people are cheering him on...

Corbyn: Government should requisition homes
'Mr Corbyn's spokesman was asked about the legality of this and said: "We would find a way to do this if necessary" '

Lol, FML, RIP rule of law I guess. This joker is even worse than May, quite an achievement.

So, now even the National Cyber Security Centre is attributing WannaCry to DPRK (Lazarus Group).

Just remember NCSC is basically a bunch of incompetent morons without any experience of APT operations.
(That doesn't mean their attribution is wrong, I haven't seen their data, just worth keeping in mind)

About the fidget spinner fad: "Something that was considered entirely pathological and in dire need of correction when done by disabled people is now perfectly acceptable because it is being done by non-disabled people" and "Because insisting that disabled people act more like non-disabled people is not about improving functionality, it's about who has the power to set social standards."

Spot on: http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2017/05/what-fidget-spinners-fad-reveals-about.html

protip if your company is really "anarchist" it's manufacturing small arms using 3d printers
Very creepy @WhatsApp, someone was apparently typing in an URL and WhatsApp was fetching it off my server char-by-char https://mastodon.social/media/96lwJ5IyFyVXx6t85qQ

Anyone has any info on this?
"The French mechanical telegraph system was subverted in 1834 in a bond-trading scam that went undetected for two years."

Couldn't find any source.