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https://nltimes.nl/2026/02/16/police-stop-overloaded-van-a12-find-300-bottles-laughing-gas

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟭𝟮, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝟯𝟬𝟬+ 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝘀

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

Tor Browser 15.0.6 ships with Counter Galois Onion circuit encryption that eliminates tagging attacks,
plus a heap buffer overflow patch from Firefox ESR 140.7.1.

https://www.sambent.com/tor-browser-15-0-6-ships-new-circuit-encryption/

Google already profiles your search history to guess your age, and the FTC wants to make this the law.

https://sambent.com/ftcs-child-safety-scam-surveillance-for-everyone

Monero took Bytecoin's compromised foundation and built the only privacy coin governments still can't crack.

https://www.sambent.com/whonix-18-1-4-2-patches-a-vm-fingerprinting-flaw/

Whonix 18.1.4.2 disables VirtualBox dynamic resolution by default after developers
discovered the auto-resize feature creates unique fingerprints that persist across reboots.

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The IRS keeps asking about rule two but ring signatures don't snitch.

Stupidity is an infinite well.

Ubuntu Thinks You're Retarded, and That Checkboxes Are Dangerous...

https://www.sambent.com/ubuntu-thinks-youre-retarded-and-that-checkboxes-are-dangerous/

Bitcoin maxis will mass-adopt Lightning, CoinJoins, and custodial mixers
before admitting Monero solved this problem in 2014.

Every Tor bridge is a compromise between stealth, speed, and convenience.
Choose wisely.

One column reads like a bank statement for the surveillance state,
the other reads like none of your business.

Privacy isn't for criminals,
it's for everyone who doesn't want strangers watching them take a dump.

Full Article: https://www.sambent.com/tor-browser-16-0a2-drops-the-esr-safety-net/

Tor Browser 16.0a2 lands with a Firefox 147 base,
OpenSSL 3.5.5 security patches, and the first glimpse of life after ESR.

The fact that "Bitcoin privacy best practices" is a 47-page guide
while Monero's is "send it" tells you everything about which chain respects your time and freedom.

https://www.sambent.com/europol-raids-x-over-crimes-that-dont-exist/

Europol Raids X Over Crimes That Don't Exist...
A Macron loyalist filed a complaint because he didn't like X's algorithm,
and now Europol is calling it a child exploitation investigation.

https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/

Cross-site scripting attacks explained in detail with real-world examples.
"XSS vulnerabilities are among the most prevalent security issues on the web."
𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 by Jeremiah Grossman (2002)

The Tor Project released Arti 2.0.0 on February 2, 2026,
advancing relay infrastructure and eliminating legacy configuration options as the Rust-based implementation moves toward replacing C tor entirely.

https://www.sambent.com/arti-2-0-0-ships-tor-rust-rewrite-hits-major-milestone/

https://youtu.be/Nt8tMiYo4PA
Google paid $170M to the FTC for tracking kids.
That money went to the Treasury general fund.
The families saw zero.
Then lawyers spent 6 years negotiating another $30M.

https://youtu.be/r57V4-3gZws
Palantir worked across Obama, Trump, Biden, and Trump again.
Both parties fund the surveillance state while performing disagreement for cameras.
There is no opposition party.

https://www.sambent.com/tails-7-4-adds-persistent-locale-drops-bittorrent

Linux 6.12.63, Tor Browser 15.0.4, and critical bug fixes
arrive in Tails 7.4 alongside a controversial feature cut.

Privacy isn't for criminals,
it's for everyone who doesn't want strangers watching them take a dump.

Monero 0.18.4.5 arrives with Ledger Nano Gen5 compatibility and patches for daemon synchronization problems.
https://www.sambent.com/monero-0-18-4-5-fixes-ledger-crash-bug

https://www.sambent.com/threema-sold-to-private-equity-again
Your encrypted messages sit on infrastructure controlled by a German private equity firm
whose previous acquisitions include Cloud7 premium dog beds and The Tofoo Company.

Chainalysis has entered the chat and left with nothing.

All of it depends on actually seeing what's in front of you.
If you can't register basic environmental data, you're not going to catch the typosquatted domain, the slight URL mismatch, or the badge that doesn't look right.