Since LLMs have been available, I've been doing a lot of coding using agents. Unlike shoving AI into every app, replacing customer support with chatbots, generating endless streams of slop, etc., agentic coding is actually useful. If used r…
Guess what? Lately I've been nerding out on creative writing. I even joined a local fiction writers group where we meet up at coffee shops. Like, in person! Anyway, I submitted a short story to the DEF CON 34 Creative Writing Short Story Co…
I just finished reading Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, by my friend Cindy Cohn. It's excellent and you should buy a copy. Cindy is the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and thi…
Today, DDoSecrets published data about ICE contracts hacked from DHS's Office of Industry Partnership. The hacker group, Department of Peace, published a statement that included:Why hack the DHS? I can think of a couple Pretti Good reasons!…
As ICE continues its invasion of American cities, kidnapping and murdering the people who live there, observers on the ground are increasingly relying on Signal groups to organize mutual aid and rapid response networks. In Minneapolis, peop…
The disgraced financier’s Kindle library reveals his interests in Lolita, how the elite avoid accountability, and Trump’s many scandals. Zeteo can exclusively report that the Kindle library of notorious child rapist and former friend of Don…
Today, I published my first article in Zeteo, alongside the amazing journalist Prem Thakker: Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found. The latest Epstein dataset that the House Oversight Committee released is bonkers. It show…
In case you missed it, last week I was on an episode of the kill switch podcast. I discussed the ICEBlock app and why it was activism theater, and how the developer handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way. But I also talk
I gave the Saturday morning keynote at BSidesPDX! I spoke honestly and frankly about the terrifying reality that Americans are facing under Trump's fascist regime, alongside practical advice for communities to defend themselves. Watch my ta…
I'll be giving the Saturday morning keynote at BSidesPDX next weekend in beautiful Portland, Oregon. I'm still putting the final touches on my talk, but it will largely be about the new American technofascist reality of mercenary spyware, d…
Last week, I wrote about how Joshua Aaron's ICEBlock app, which allows people to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5-mile radius, is – unfortunately, and despite apparent good intentions – activism theater. This was based on Joshua'…
At this summer's HOPE conference, Joshua Aaron spoke about ICEBlock, his iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius, and to get notifications when others report ICE sightings near them. You can s…