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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I just hope the AI bubble bursts before the UK government decides to give billions in subsidies to all those tech-bro dropouts.
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I just hope the AI bubble bursts before the UK government decides to give billions in subsidies to all those tech-bro dropouts.
Satellites. Orbiting marvels of modern engineering. Beaming global connectivity. Broadcasting...
plain-text Telnet logins.
Alien abductors willing to take whoever decided Telnet over GEO was acceptable in 2025.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/when-a-500-s...
plain-text Telnet logins.
Alien abductors willing to take whoever decided Telnet over GEO was acceptable in 2025.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/when-a-500-s...
When a £500 Sattelite Dish Can Hear Your Army, Your Bank, and Your Nan
There’s something wonderfully comforting about space. The vastness. The stars. The crushing existential reminder that one day all this will end, and none of your unread Slack threads will matter. And ...
www.keystone-collective.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Satellites. Orbiting marvels of modern engineering. Beaming global connectivity. Broadcasting...
plain-text Telnet logins.
Alien abductors willing to take whoever decided Telnet over GEO was acceptable in 2025.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/when-a-500-s...
plain-text Telnet logins.
Alien abductors willing to take whoever decided Telnet over GEO was acceptable in 2025.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/when-a-500-s...
The modern vehicle is a #surveillance platform with cup holder, and we're all just quietly pretending that's normal.
Once a symbol of freedom, now a snitchy little laptop on wheels that monetises every bad line change you make.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/black-boxes-...
Once a symbol of freedom, now a snitchy little laptop on wheels that monetises every bad line change you make.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/black-boxes-...
Black Boxes on Wheels: The Road to Hell Is Paved With Over-the-Air Updates
Modern Britain loves a good motoring myth. For decades we believed our cars were faithful companions: sturdy mechanical horses helping us gallop through life, guided only by petrol, luck, and a questi...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The modern vehicle is a #surveillance platform with cup holder, and we're all just quietly pretending that's normal.
Once a symbol of freedom, now a snitchy little laptop on wheels that monetises every bad line change you make.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/black-boxes-...
Once a symbol of freedom, now a snitchy little laptop on wheels that monetises every bad line change you make.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/black-boxes-...
Journalism 👇
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Journalism 👇
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Turns out your nervous system is a better password than your password.
Keystroke timing, mouse tremor, hesitation gaps, all becoming part of behavioural threat intelligence.
Welcome to micro-rhythm biometrics, where your cursor has a testimony to give.
www.keystone-collective.org/operation-mi...
Keystroke timing, mouse tremor, hesitation gaps, all becoming part of behavioural threat intelligence.
Welcome to micro-rhythm biometrics, where your cursor has a testimony to give.
www.keystone-collective.org/operation-mi...
Operation Mistyped: Behavioural Counterintelligence for the Remote Desktop Era
At 02:14 on an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday, an accountant at Thames & District Water Services (fictitious), a critical infrastructure provider whose security budget was approved by someone who st...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Turns out your nervous system is a better password than your password.
Keystroke timing, mouse tremor, hesitation gaps, all becoming part of behavioural threat intelligence.
Welcome to micro-rhythm biometrics, where your cursor has a testimony to give.
www.keystone-collective.org/operation-mi...
Keystroke timing, mouse tremor, hesitation gaps, all becoming part of behavioural threat intelligence.
Welcome to micro-rhythm biometrics, where your cursor has a testimony to give.
www.keystone-collective.org/operation-mi...
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
A guide on how to spot disinformation clusters online so you can finally win an argument with your uncle who thinks tweet is a peer-reviewed journal.
It's sarcastic enough to scare off anyone with a functioning amygdala.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/a-polite-gui...
It's sarcastic enough to scare off anyone with a functioning amygdala.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/a-polite-gui...
A Polite Guide to Identifying Coordinated Idiocy on Social Media
If you’ve spent more than five minutes on social media, you’ve probably noticed that the platforms occasionally feel like they’re being run by a particularly vindictive committee of parrots, each endl...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A guide on how to spot disinformation clusters online so you can finally win an argument with your uncle who thinks tweet is a peer-reviewed journal.
It's sarcastic enough to scare off anyone with a functioning amygdala.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/a-polite-gui...
It's sarcastic enough to scare off anyone with a functioning amygdala.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/a-polite-gui...
War tourist foreigners 'paid £80k to shoot at civilians' during Siege of Sarajevo.
WTF?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
WTF?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
War tourist foreigners ‘paid £80k to shoot at civilians’ during Siege of Sarajevo
Prosecutors are examining allegations that foreigners paid between €80k and €100k to take part in a ‘sniper safari’
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
War tourist foreigners 'paid £80k to shoot at civilians' during Siege of Sarajevo.
WTF?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
WTF?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
OpenAI used song lyrics in violation of copyright laws, German court says.
www.reuters.com/world/german...
www.reuters.com/world/german...
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
OpenAI used song lyrics in violation of copyright laws, German court says.
www.reuters.com/world/german...
www.reuters.com/world/german...
Every civilisation invents rituals to keep the chaos at bay.
Theirs involved salt, chants, and holy water. Ours involves firewalls, VPNs, and "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
The technology changes. The superstition doesn't.
www.keystone-collective.org/the-folklore... #anthropology
Theirs involved salt, chants, and holy water. Ours involves firewalls, VPNs, and "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
The technology changes. The superstition doesn't.
www.keystone-collective.org/the-folklore... #anthropology
The Folklore of the Firewall: Cybersecurity as Modern Myth
We used to tell stories about monsters that lived in the woods. Now we tell stories about them living in the cloud. The vocabulary has changed, no more demons or witches, just “malware” and “threat ac...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Every civilisation invents rituals to keep the chaos at bay.
Theirs involved salt, chants, and holy water. Ours involves firewalls, VPNs, and "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
The technology changes. The superstition doesn't.
www.keystone-collective.org/the-folklore... #anthropology
Theirs involved salt, chants, and holy water. Ours involves firewalls, VPNs, and "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
The technology changes. The superstition doesn't.
www.keystone-collective.org/the-folklore... #anthropology
We don't need the state to watch us anymore. We volunteer.
How the gaze became mutual, the watcher became the watched, and privacy became a performance.
The Psychology of Watching and Being Watched
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-psycholo... #surveillance
How the gaze became mutual, the watcher became the watched, and privacy became a performance.
The Psychology of Watching and Being Watched
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-psycholo... #surveillance
The Psychology of Watching and Being Watched
The Panopticon Went Open-Plan
There was a time when surveillance was something done to us. We imagined it as a one-way mirror: the grey bureaucrat in the watchtower, the citizen below. But the mirror...
www.keystone-collective.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We don't need the state to watch us anymore. We volunteer.
How the gaze became mutual, the watcher became the watched, and privacy became a performance.
The Psychology of Watching and Being Watched
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-psycholo... #surveillance
How the gaze became mutual, the watcher became the watched, and privacy became a performance.
The Psychology of Watching and Being Watched
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-psycholo... #surveillance
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
A jailed hacking kingpin reveals all about the gang that left a trail of destruction.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC
One of the world's most prominent cyber-criminals speaks to the BBC in an exclusive interview.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A jailed hacking kingpin reveals all about the gang that left a trail of destruction.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Corporate HR loves to 'celebrate neurodiversity', right up until someone actually thinks differently.
GCHQ, meanwhile, just gives them the keys to the firewall.
You need someone who hasn't looked up from the packet logs in 10 hours, bless them.
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/seeing-what-...
GCHQ, meanwhile, just gives them the keys to the firewall.
You need someone who hasn't looked up from the packet logs in 10 hours, bless them.
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/seeing-what-...
Seeing What Others Miss: The Hidden Power of Neurodiverse Intelligence
When Robert Hannigan, former Director of GCHQ and architect of the UK’s cyber-defence upgrade, published his book Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem Solving and Cre...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Corporate HR loves to 'celebrate neurodiversity', right up until someone actually thinks differently.
GCHQ, meanwhile, just gives them the keys to the firewall.
You need someone who hasn't looked up from the packet logs in 10 hours, bless them.
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/seeing-what-...
GCHQ, meanwhile, just gives them the keys to the firewall.
You need someone who hasn't looked up from the packet logs in 10 hours, bless them.
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/seeing-what-...
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NSO's new executive chairman is a Trump former official, in case you're wondering how hard the company is gunning for those sweet, sweet US government contracts.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NSO's new executive chairman is a Trump former official, in case you're wondering how hard the company is gunning for those sweet, sweet US government contracts.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...
UK Investigates Remote ‘Kill Switch’ on Chinese-made Buses
The Department for Transport is working with the National Cyber Security Centre to understand whether vehicles made by Yutong can be remotely deactivated.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
The Department for Transport is working with the National Cyber Security Centre to understand whether vehicles made by Yutong can be remotely deactivated.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
UK investigates remote ‘kill switch’ on Chinese-made buses
The Department for Transport is working with the National Cyber Security Centre to understand whether vehicles made by Yutong can be remotely deactivated
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
UK Investigates Remote ‘Kill Switch’ on Chinese-made Buses
The Department for Transport is working with the National Cyber Security Centre to understand whether vehicles made by Yutong can be remotely deactivated.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
The Department for Transport is working with the National Cyber Security Centre to understand whether vehicles made by Yutong can be remotely deactivated.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Ever opened a .pcap file and felt your soul leave your body?
'PCAP's and Panic Attacks: Learning to Read the #Network Without Crying'
A guide for anyone who's stared into a Wireshark and seen only chaos.
It's not noise. It's gossip.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/pcaps-and-pa...
'PCAP's and Panic Attacks: Learning to Read the #Network Without Crying'
A guide for anyone who's stared into a Wireshark and seen only chaos.
It's not noise. It's gossip.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/pcaps-and-pa...
PCAPs and Panic Attacks: Learning to Read the Network Without Crying
There comes a moment in every student’s or analyst’s life when they double-click a .pcap file and realise, with quiet horror, that they’ve just opened the digital equivalent of War and Peace, written ...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ever opened a .pcap file and felt your soul leave your body?
'PCAP's and Panic Attacks: Learning to Read the #Network Without Crying'
A guide for anyone who's stared into a Wireshark and seen only chaos.
It's not noise. It's gossip.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/pcaps-and-pa...
'PCAP's and Panic Attacks: Learning to Read the #Network Without Crying'
A guide for anyone who's stared into a Wireshark and seen only chaos.
It's not noise. It's gossip.
New read at:
www.keystone-collective.org/pcaps-and-pa...
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Google's new global ID registration system means more risk for developers, and fewer options for users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet
Apple and Google use their app stores to shape what apps you can and cannot have on devices, but now more governments—including the U.S. government—are using legal and extralegal tools to lean on
www.eff.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Google's new global ID registration system means more risk for developers, and fewer options for users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
In the age of seamless tracking, friction is rebellion. Encrypt. Jam. Blur. Make the algorithm work for it's supper.
You can't opt out of the grid, but you can make the grid regret adding you.
#privacy #surveillance #technology
www.keystone-collective.org/the-technolo...
You can't opt out of the grid, but you can make the grid regret adding you.
#privacy #surveillance #technology
www.keystone-collective.org/the-technolo...
The Technology of Counter-Surveillance: How to Annoy an Algorithm (and Why You Should)
By now, you already know you’re being watched. The world has quietly turned into one big data buffet, and we’re all on the menu, diced, tagged, and served to anyone with a corporate expense account. E...
www.keystone-collective.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In the age of seamless tracking, friction is rebellion. Encrypt. Jam. Blur. Make the algorithm work for it's supper.
You can't opt out of the grid, but you can make the grid regret adding you.
#privacy #surveillance #technology
www.keystone-collective.org/the-technolo...
You can't opt out of the grid, but you can make the grid regret adding you.
#privacy #surveillance #technology
www.keystone-collective.org/the-technolo...
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If you’re confused about the difference between “age verification,” “age estimation,” “age assurance,” and “age gate” — you’re not alone. Let’s help you make sense of it all. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the
Age verification, age assurance, age estimation, age gating—they get thrown around interchangeably, but they technically mean different things. And those differences matter a lot when we're talking
www.eff.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you’re confused about the difference between “age verification,” “age estimation,” “age assurance,” and “age gate” — you’re not alone. Let’s help you make sense of it all. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Cult of the Cool Coder: How We Went from Hackers with Ethics to Hustlers with Hoodies
The hacker once said, "Information wants to be free." The modern tech bro says, "Freedom wants a premium subscription."
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-cult-of-... #technology #society
The hacker once said, "Information wants to be free." The modern tech bro says, "Freedom wants a premium subscription."
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-cult-of-... #technology #society
The Cult of the Cool Coder: How We Went from Hackers with Ethics to Hustlers with Hoodies
A while back, being a “tech rebel” meant something. You might have been soldering cables in your parents’ basement, tunnelling into a university mainframe, or convincing Congress that the internet was...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Cult of the Cool Coder: How We Went from Hackers with Ethics to Hustlers with Hoodies
The hacker once said, "Information wants to be free." The modern tech bro says, "Freedom wants a premium subscription."
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-cult-of-... #technology #society
The hacker once said, "Information wants to be free." The modern tech bro says, "Freedom wants a premium subscription."
New read:
www.keystone-collective.org/the-cult-of-... #technology #society