Mastodawn

I now spend more time at work talking to agents then people. It's a strange thing

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
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ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

ProPublica

Johnathan Norman Feb 4

I'm hiring! if you want to help keep WhatsApp secure this is your chance. Looking for someone to help focus on native code security and help secure our Trusted Execution Environment. You might even get to sue the NSO group ! https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/05/ruling-against-nso-group-in-whatsapp-case-a-momentous-win/

There are options for remote work (within the US) and H1B's are cool too. #jobs

https://www.metacareers.com/profile/job_details/1233323235653247

Global: Ruling against NSO Group in Whatsapp case a “momentous win in fight against spyware abuse” Ruling against NSO Group in Whatsapp case a “momentous win in fight against spyware abuse”

Responding to a ruling that spyware maker NSO Group must pay more than USD167 million in damages to Whatsapp, Rebecca White, Amnesty International’s researcher on targeted surveillance, said: “This is a momentous win in the fight against spyware abuse. NSO Group, which develops the notorious and highly invasive Pegasus spyware, has been implicated in severe […]

Amnesty International

Johnathan Norman Feb 3

finally some sanity? https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/02/02/whatsapp-encryption-a-lawsuit-and-a-lot-of-noise/

WhatsApp Encryption, a Lawsuit, and a Lot of Noise

It’s not every day that we see mainstream media get excited about encryption apps! For that reason, the past several days have been fascinating, since we’ve been given not one but sever…

A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering

Johnathan Norman Feb 2

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116001809724677867

vibe coded Reddit for AI agents has security flaw found by human. welcome to the future?

Johnathan Norman Jan 28

Bellingcat Jan 28

Bellingcat has further analysed videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents. The footage shows an agent wearing a black beanie step behind Pretti. His right arm then appears to recoil at the same time the first shot is heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqqUzXiXptk 🧵

The Recoil Effect In The Shooting Of Alex Pretti

YouTube

Johnathan Norman Jan 27

new blog post just dropped https://engineering.fb.com/2026/01/27/security/rust-at-scale-security-whatsapp/

Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp

WhatsApp has adopted and rolled out a new layer of security for users – built with Rust – as part of its effort to harden defenses against malware threats. WhatsApp’s experience creating and distri…

Engineering at Meta

Johnathan Norman Jan 11

https://github.com/skridlevsky/openchaos

GitHub - skridlevsky/openchaos: A self-evolving open source project. Every day, the community votes on PRs, and the winner gets merged.

A self-evolving open source project. Every day, the community votes on PRs, and the winner gets merged. - skridlevsky/openchaos

GitHub

Johnathan Norman Dec 6

Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀Dec 5

Tor Ditches C for Rust and Your Privacy Benefits

After decades of buffer overflows and memory corruption bugs in C Tor, Arti 1.8.0 advances the Rust rewrite with smarter circuit timeouts and relay infrastructure progress.

https://www.sambent.com/tor-ditches-c-for-rust-and-your-privacy-benefits/

#rust

Tor Ditches C for Rust and Your Privacy Benefits

After decades of buffer overflows and memory corruption bugs in C Tor, Arti 1.8.0 advances the Rust rewrite with smarter circuit timeouts and relay infrastructure progress.

Sam Bent

Johnathan Norman Nov 18

Nice catch by the researchers. https://github.com/sbaresearch/whatsapp-census/blob/main/Hey_there_You_are_using_WhatsApp.pdf