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O͖̺͊̕͡ͅfficial bluesky for realhackhistory YouTube channel & blog, skeeting the #history of phreaks, #hacking & #hacktivism as well as portrayal of hackers in media. No AI used. Hobbyist #skystorian. https://realhackhistory.org/

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💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · Nov 13

Hi new followers 👋, welcome, this account is a weird mix of tangents on #hacking #history and current events involving large, or particularly interesting, hacks, how the media looks at hacking and just what is going on with hacktivism.

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💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 2m

Corporate fascism.

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It is a whole delicate and complex money jenga tower with these companies so even a few of them falling apart could cause the whole thing to crumble.

💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 5h

Floundering to make some cash back at this point, let’s market to horny losers sounds like a pretty desperate ploy.

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Why would the cartels do anything to attract attention when all of DHS has been pulled off of drug related investigations to harass regular people going about their every day lives?

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That’s most likely the only recourse UK authorities will have in the end.

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There is no way the Trump admin is throwing 4chan to the dogs.

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Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · 1d

Grab lots of popcorn: What’s just happened in Ofcom-vs-4Chan will be fun to watch…
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117326
#4chan #AgeAppropriateDesignCode #AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #ofcom #surveillance #vpns

Grab lots of popcorn: What’s just happened in Ofcom-vs-4Chan will be fun to watch…

Various UK pro-censorship interests of the past 10+ years have painted the Web as a “Wild West” that must be tamed for civility’s sake… and arguably “4Chan” is and alw…

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💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 1d

You a naive LLM user: do something with this data

Me, an LLM power user and sophisticate: do something with this data, but only the right things that I want!

💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 1d

If this were real we’d have Netflix petitioning the government to keep blipverts legal as their streaming model would not be profitable without it.

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 1d

20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE #maxheadroom

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

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Horsenburger @horsenburger.bsky.social · 1d

TELETEXT HALLOWEEN A-Z: G is for Ghostbusters

Like Rentaghost with more lasers and less tea.

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He’s in competition with Bolsonaro

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“Might be” is doing a lot of work there!

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Eli Omen @eliomen.bsky.social · 1d

"... It's funny. But it also might be a federal offense."

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Penn Jilette with an "airport prank" from PC/Computing magazine from back in January of 1991.

This Joke Could Send You to Prison

HERE'S AN IDEA: Write a program that replies onscreen "Except that one" after any keystroke following the "Press any key" prompt. Nice little joke, right? It's not mean-spirited and nobody gets hurt. Great. If your idea of comedy is not hurting anyone, stop reading now. If your idea of comedy is doing damage to yourself and others, I've got another idea for you.
I fly a lot. It's my job. I also bring a laptop. Computers are the only thing I've ever really loved that I haven't tried to destroy. (Maybe I'm sharing too much for a computer magazine. I don't know.)
You fly. You take a computer. So you know what I mean: Part of flying with a computer is hateful and miserable.
The problem is security. I guess if you fly out of some Hooterville airport, they just let you walk through with a few pounds of hardware over your shoulder, whistling the theme from "The Andy Griffith Show." But all the real airports

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Penn Jilette with an "airport prank" from PC/Computing magazine from back in January of 1991.

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It is really puerile behavior from someone who obviously wants to be seen as a serious adult.

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They have time, knowledge and a lack of fear of consequences.

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chelsea g. summers @chelseagsummers.bsky.social · 3d

EU people, tell your country's officials to vote against the EU "chat control" proposal, which would allow full AI access to your text messages and photos, regardless of whether your platform is encrypted.

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

fightchatcontrol.eu

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💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 3d

Big tech hype ouroboros, each new cycle eating the last one.
gizmodo.com/metas-strugg...

Meta's Struggling Metaverse Team Told to Work 5 Times Faster With AI

Meta expects expects 80% of Metaverse employees to have AI integrated into their daily routines by the end of the year.

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💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 3d

Some of his criticisms here are valid but nonsensical coming from someone profiting from Putin’s regime that is ready to split the entire Russian internet off from the rest of the world with the flick of a switch and has done everything possible to outlaw free speech online.

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 3d

Spectrum moment.

A collection of rainbow floppy disks! I still need purple!

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💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 3d

Every major criminal case in the U.S. right now has the president publicly wading in on whether he thinks the defendant is guilty or not and what punishment he believes they should have. Then you have this guy running the FBI. Must be a golden age of crime.

Kash Patel wearing a really embarrassing Trump Punisher Santa hoodie with a bunch of personal “K$H” logos showing in the background

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💀 realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 4d

At the very least the dawn of pay to play blue check “verification” has drastically changed the calculus for who can expect their voice or their opinions to be heard over there.

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I confess I haven’t read the report referenced but I read your article, there seems to be no mention of bots or AI driven spam on twitter (or here for that matter). Was the report operating under the assumption that twitter is still a place largely driven by “real” organic discourse?

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David @scarolinascorpio.bsky.social · 5d

Bruce Jensen artwork for 1989's "Neuromancer: The Graphic Novel

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