Alan Chung Ma
@alan.chung-ma.com
ms in cybersecurity @uni-saarland.de and @cispa.de, future phd candidate
making sense of the world one packet at a time
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@purdueece.bsky.social alumn
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making sense of the world one packet at a time
alanchungma.com
@purdueece.bsky.social alumn
(alan.chung-ma.com does not become a link here)
¿que es la vida si no puedes estar con los que amas?
necesito más que solo una guía,
por lo unico que pido son días
donde de te digo que soy todo tuya.
deseo que el amor no doliera tanto,
mi corazón canta lleno de miseria.
el tiempo en mi mundo pasa más lento
cuando no te tengo en mi vida.
necesito más que solo una guía,
por lo unico que pido son días
donde de te digo que soy todo tuya.
deseo que el amor no doliera tanto,
mi corazón canta lleno de miseria.
el tiempo en mi mundo pasa más lento
cuando no te tengo en mi vida.
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
¿que es la vida si no puedes estar con los que amas?
necesito más que solo una guía,
por lo unico que pido son días
donde de te digo que soy todo tuya.
deseo que el amor no doliera tanto,
mi corazón canta lleno de miseria.
el tiempo en mi mundo pasa más lento
cuando no te tengo en mi vida.
necesito más que solo una guía,
por lo unico que pido son días
donde de te digo que soy todo tuya.
deseo que el amor no doliera tanto,
mi corazón canta lleno de miseria.
el tiempo en mi mundo pasa más lento
cuando no te tengo en mi vida.
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Over 10,000 killed within three days.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Over 10,000 killed within three days.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
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Chat Control is the latest example of "But think about the children!" (BTATC) policy proposal that ends privacy as we know it. It would have an algorithm scan your messages, detect whether its illegal content, and then report it to authorities. What would actually happen: mass surveillance.
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Chat Control is the latest example of "But think about the children!" (BTATC) policy proposal that ends privacy as we know it. It would have an algorithm scan your messages, detect whether its illegal content, and then report it to authorities. What would actually happen: mass surveillance.
this is infuriating
client-side viewing is client-side snooping of the citizen's private messages
it IS a backdoor to end-to-end encryption, there's is no other way to frame it
client-side viewing is client-side snooping of the citizen's private messages
it IS a backdoor to end-to-end encryption, there's is no other way to frame it
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
this is infuriating
client-side viewing is client-side snooping of the citizen's private messages
it IS a backdoor to end-to-end encryption, there's is no other way to frame it
client-side viewing is client-side snooping of the citizen's private messages
it IS a backdoor to end-to-end encryption, there's is no other way to frame it
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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CBS: ICE agents tased a U.S. citizen in the face during a Des Plaines, IL raid Tuesday morning, sending him to the hospital. Agents in multiple vehicles surrounded the family’s truck outside a 7-Eleven, blocking it from leaving. His undocumented father and two U.S.-citizen sons were detained...
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
CBS: ICE agents tased a U.S. citizen in the face during a Des Plaines, IL raid Tuesday morning, sending him to the hospital. Agents in multiple vehicles surrounded the family’s truck outside a 7-Eleven, blocking it from leaving. His undocumented father and two U.S.-citizen sons were detained...
mi lindo mexico :((
In Mexico 🇲🇽, Sheinbaum's government is pushing through Congress sweeping legal reforms that will establish mass identification and surveillance systems of the population.
Here is a thread 🧵 summarizing the scope and reach of these reforms:
Here is a thread 🧵 summarizing the scope and reach of these reforms:
July 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
mi lindo mexico :((
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Looks like the same poorly implemented Android CT library that broke a lot of apps a couple years ago... did it again 🤦♂️
June 21 update for log_list.json breaks the auto update · Issue #143 · appmattus/certificatetransparency
Latest update for log_list.json includes a logs: [], which breaks the requirement here. However maybe we should be checking whether logs or tiled_logs is not empty instead?
github.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Looks like the same poorly implemented Android CT library that broke a lot of apps a couple years ago... did it again 🤦♂️
interesting how cops also see the benefit from secure, private, e2ee in communications
would the state monopoly on violence also be extended to citizen privacy as governments try to crack down on e2ee?
would the state monopoly on violence also be extended to citizen privacy as governments try to crack down on e2ee?
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office says ICE, without their knowledge, used information taken from an encrypted Signal chat to pursue and detain a U. of Utah student in Colorado.
ICE detained University of Utah student after gaining secret access to Colorado deputy’s communications, sheriff’s office says
The Colorado county sheriff’s office whose deputy first pulled over a University of Utah student — and let her go with a warning — has since discovered that its information was being secretly shared with ICE, leading to her detainment.
www.sltrib.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
interesting how cops also see the benefit from secure, private, e2ee in communications
would the state monopoly on violence also be extended to citizen privacy as governments try to crack down on e2ee?
would the state monopoly on violence also be extended to citizen privacy as governments try to crack down on e2ee?
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Karen Bass decided to remove paint from a building before visiting families who lost loved ones from ICE kidnappings in her city
Mayor Karen Bass is spotted by our reporter @marinamasako.bsky.social removing graffiti in downtown L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Karen Bass decided to remove paint from a building before visiting families who lost loved ones from ICE kidnappings in her city
I mean, the Nazi's still hosted the 1936 Olympics.
3 years into their rule, 3 years after their first concentration camps, 2 years before Kristallnacht, 3 years before the start of WW2.
They've been sending Jews to concentration camps for 3 years, and still a few Jewish athletes won medals.
3 years into their rule, 3 years after their first concentration camps, 2 years before Kristallnacht, 3 years before the start of WW2.
They've been sending Jews to concentration camps for 3 years, and still a few Jewish athletes won medals.
Not sure how the World Cup can still happen here a year from now. Which foreign fans are going to fly to the US with the risk of being Gitmoed once they get here??
NEW: The Trump admin has plans to send thousands of foreigners to Guantanamo beginning as early as this week, including citizens of close allies UK & France, with no intention of notifying their home governments in advance, per sources and documents
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I mean, the Nazi's still hosted the 1936 Olympics.
3 years into their rule, 3 years after their first concentration camps, 2 years before Kristallnacht, 3 years before the start of WW2.
They've been sending Jews to concentration camps for 3 years, and still a few Jewish athletes won medals.
3 years into their rule, 3 years after their first concentration camps, 2 years before Kristallnacht, 3 years before the start of WW2.
They've been sending Jews to concentration camps for 3 years, and still a few Jewish athletes won medals.
tiananmen square who?
June 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
tiananmen square who?
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Congratulations @lambda.bsky.social! Today @theguardian.com is launching a new way for whistleblowers to anonymously contact journalists, based on years-long research by Daniel and other colleagues. www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
The Guardian launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge
Secure Messaging is a new innovation for confidential story-sharing and source protection, underpinning the Guardian’s commitment to investigative journalism. The Guardian has published the open sourc...
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Congratulations @lambda.bsky.social! Today @theguardian.com is launching a new way for whistleblowers to anonymously contact journalists, based on years-long research by Daniel and other colleagues. www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
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Newsletter: As Trump’s web of crypto projects gets tangled up in itself, a regulator warns of “regulatory Jenga” in the crypto sector that echoes the 2008 financial crisis
www.citationneeded.news/issue-85/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-85/
Issue 85 – All the President’s tokens
As Trump’s web of crypto projects gets tangled up in itself, a regulator warns of “regulatory Jenga” in the crypto sector that echoes the 2008 financial crisis
www.citationneeded.news
June 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Newsletter: As Trump’s web of crypto projects gets tangled up in itself, a regulator warns of “regulatory Jenga” in the crypto sector that echoes the 2008 financial crisis
www.citationneeded.news/issue-85/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-85/
SwiftOnSecurity is also an @asianometry.bsky.social watcher!!!
(NEW) Japan's rice price crisis, decades of distorting temporary measures extended forever youtu.be/l4vTQV3HjKU
Japan’s Recent Rice Price Crisis
YouTube video by Asianometry
youtu.be
June 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
SwiftOnSecurity is also an @asianometry.bsky.social watcher!!!
social credit score?
The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
social credit score?
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if i hit 100k by end of day i will freestyle rap (or do something equally embarrassing) on tomorrow's stream as a way to say "thank you."
May 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
if i hit 100k by end of day i will freestyle rap (or do something equally embarrassing) on tomorrow's stream as a way to say "thank you."
foggy city is very much a hard ass vibe
May 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
foggy city is very much a hard ass vibe
looking forward to this season
purdue is in its championship window and this year we have f4 expectations
it is our time
purdue is in its championship window and this year we have f4 expectations
it is our time
🚨 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
2025-26 Big Ten Opponents
🏠: ILL, IU, IOWA, MINN, UM, MSU, ORE, PSU, WASH, WIS
🛣️: IU, IOWA, MD, NEB, NW, OSU, RUT, UCLA, USC, WIS
2025-26 Big Ten Opponents
🏠: ILL, IU, IOWA, MINN, UM, MSU, ORE, PSU, WASH, WIS
🛣️: IU, IOWA, MD, NEB, NW, OSU, RUT, UCLA, USC, WIS
April 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
looking forward to this season
purdue is in its championship window and this year we have f4 expectations
it is our time
purdue is in its championship window and this year we have f4 expectations
it is our time
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Reposted by Alan Chung Ma
NEW: ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
A document viewed by 404 Media describes ICE's plans to incorporate data from the Department of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ...
www.404media.co
April 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NEW: ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
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Reposted by Alan Chung Ma
Use Linux
It's Window Safety Week
April 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Use Linux
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I’m sure all the people who shared NYT’s ‘Screams Without Words’ and Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Screams Before Silence’ will be sharing this new UN report on Israel’s systematic sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinian men and women, right?
Right?
Right?
Gaza war: UN experts accuse Israel of 'genocidal acts' and sexual violence
Israel strongly rejects the findings of the report and accuses the UN Human Rights council of antisemitism.
www.bbc.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’m sure all the people who shared NYT’s ‘Screams Without Words’ and Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Screams Before Silence’ will be sharing this new UN report on Israel’s systematic sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinian men and women, right?
Right?
Right?