Karl Grindal

really impressive work here. I would guess that the Chinese government cracking down on the kidnapping of its nationals (and the targeting of Chinese citizens) also pushed the cartels toward African labor and an English-speaking target audience more.

China's Draft Cybercrime Law The draft is already controversial, with some commentators concerned that it increases online surveillance, fortifies censorship, and extends long-arm jurisdiction to conduct overseas. While it is not...

There is so much going on in the Draft Cybercrime Law that I can't do it justice:
- fortifying real-name registration
- threatening VPNs
- China's first penalties for possession of CSAM
- cyberviolence protections
- New offenses for enabling cybercrime (including converting gains to crypto)

Email to Jeffrey Epstein in which Vincenzo Iozzo shares rumor that Peter Thiel was bankrolling weev. From: Vincenzo lozzo Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:11 PM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: hedge funds strategy discussion not sure if you had time to think about this or the company, but to add =ne data point I've heard rumors that Thiel (who I believe you know) was =ankrolling this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev to do similar things. Now that dude is not only an idiot but also =ompletely nuts so I have no way to confirm whether that's actually true =r not, but anyway I figured I'd let you know On 15/nov/2014, at 12:48, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to call > On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Vincenzo lozzo neumminia =rote: > yeah phone works too and if it sounds plausible then we could talk =ore in person. Do you have my number? Or shall I call you? > Mine is: > Thank you :) > On 15/nov/2014, at 12:43, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > Of course or phone /Skype later > > > On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Vincenzo lozzo > =rote: > > oh btw the trick to all of this on the regulatory side might very > =ikely be "currencies", which would make a lot of sense based on the > =iscussions we had a few months back

A strange find from the Epstein files:

A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."

Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Forbidden Planet titles

Star Wars titles

🧵I watched Forbidden Planet last night. Hadn't seen it for decades. A super-intelligent race is destroyed, despite its technological advances, by its own subconscious primitive fears and greed, 'the monster of the ID'. Hashtag AI, etc.
Anyway, couldn't help but notice how the film influenced others.

3D Printer Surveillance

New York is contemplating a bill that adds surveillance to 3D printers: New York’s 2026­2027 executive budget bill (S.9005 / A.10005) includes language that should alarm every maker, educator, and small manufacturer in the state. Buried in Part C is a provision requiring…

More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.

Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dave Farber. He was a true pioneer who had major influence on the architecture of the Internet and tech policy. Rest in peace to one of the most "Interesting People" our field has ever known. mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/iet...

How the KGB Discovered Computer Viruses A 1989 internal memo warned the Soviet security apparatus about a new threat: malicious software that was spreading among users across the USSR and even within the KGB itself.

A good blog about computer viruses in Soviet times, the KGB and computer security in the USSR.
#hacking #history
fromcyberia.substack.com/p/how-the-kg...

France to ban officials from US video tools including Zoom, Teams The government wants staff to shun Silicon Valley and shift to its home-grown Visio platform instead.

#Geopolitics creates a unique #technology divide - France to ban officials from US video tools including #Zoom, #Teams www.politico.eu/article/fran...

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I went to go look for Census data this morning and.... y'all. #econsky

Karishma Manzur: Pappas is ‘just there’ in Washington, not fighting Trump | CloseUp Karishma Manzur, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her race against Chris Pappas, her support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela.

Karishma Manzur, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her race against Chris Pappas, her support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela.

Former CISA Director Jen Easterly Will Lead RSA Conference The longtime cybersecurity professional says she’s taking the helm of the legacy security organization at “an inflection point” for tech and the world beyond.

The longtime cybersecurity professional says she’s taking the helm of the legacy security organization at “an inflection point” for tech and the world beyond. www.wired.com/story/former...

Novel concept: China's spellbinding bookstores draw selfie snappers.

In recent years the number of physical bookshops in China has grown, many with striking interiors designed to draw in selfie snappers as well as scholars

u.afp.com/SX2v

I never knew American Samoans have US nationality (incl. passports and SSNs), but not citizenship. And, incredibly, neither did many of them.

A fascinating and infuriating story about a tiny town in Alaska where this lack of civic education has had awful consequences.

boltsmag.org/prosecuted-f...

The tool uses commercially sourced location data from smartphones. Typically this is collected through code in normal apps, or the online advertising process. Data then provided to ICE via the Webloc tool where users can search specific areas for phones www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Scoop: The lone employee behind CISA's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative resigned on Friday rather than take a forced reassignment to FEMA.

CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it.

My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...

Congrats to several friends of CDT (and me) for being on the top-cited academic authors list from Heinonline!

heinonline.org/HOL/scholarl...

including
@daniellecitron.bsky.social
@daniel-solove.bsky.social
@hartzog.bsky.social

Charts from Down Detector showing recent outages at Cloudflare and Amazon Web Services

If you're wondering why a bunch of the internet seems vaguely borked this morning

Airline #Privacy is a serious problem, as airlines essentially have no privacy requirements (Dept of Transportation started investigating airline privacy practices last year but the agency has since dropped it).

You should opt out of this practice ASAP.

Cyber Hack - Evil Corp - Introducing Evil Corp - BBC Sounds Accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars – Russia’s most wanted hackers

Well this is VERY exciting. For the last 6 months we've been making a brand new BBC podcast series all about Evil Corp - the OGs of Russian cyber crime. Preview here. Series drops Monday! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.

Analyzing Broadband Reliability: Insights from Alaskan Arctic Communities Abstract. This study investigates broadband Internet reliability in underserved Alaskan communities by analyzing two years of network latency and outage data from anchor institutions. It critiques spe...

My article "Analyzing Broadband Reliability: Insights from Alaskan Arctic Communities" w/ @saschameinrath.bsky.social was published with the Journal of Information Policy. We compiled #Ookla and NDT7 speed test from remote clinics that document telecom QoS challenges. doi.org/10.5325/jinf...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

WaPo - Trump administration unveils a new crackdown on Pentagon journalists, requiring them to pledge they won't gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn't been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke press credentials of those who don't obey. www.washingtonpost.com/busine...

Brendan Carr, current chair of the FCC, saying that political satire must be protected... in 2022.

Thank you, Brendan Carr of the FCC, for standing up for what's right.

Results for elections held Tuesday in Manchester, Berlin Voters in a pair of New Hampshire cities hit the polls on Tuesday in municipal elections. Check out the results here.

Voters in a pair of New Hampshire cities hit the polls on Tuesday in municipal elections. Check out the results here.

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...