Facing a world in which the extraordinary will become ordinary, and the ordinary may become impossible | Continue reading
Also, did the Chinese government just hack it? | Continue reading
(How to think about fake news if you mainly think about malware) | Continue reading
Learn how the Kremlin uses lies to manipulate events & erode trust. | Continue reading
Why am I the only one worried about what happens to our LLM prompts? | Continue reading
Undercover tapes reveal Stone discussing plans to challenge 2024 election results (VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT) | Continue reading
Yet another MAGA attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech. | Continue reading
Review the facts–decide for yourself. | Continue reading
(Clapping back at Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's bullshit) | Continue reading
Blow the whistle, not your cover. | Continue reading
We know too little about the platform providing 'bulletproof' chat services to the Internet's worst actors | Continue reading
My discussion with an embattled Congressman in which he plied me with flattery and avoided straight answers | Continue reading
Six months of research in one hour. | Continue reading
“How We Do Anything Is How We Do Everything” | Continue reading
Unraveling the complex factors behind Sam Altman’s untimely exit | Continue reading
In which I propose we coin new terminology. | Continue reading
#IncidentResponse #Consulting | Continue reading
Exploring how the Susanna Gibson case brings to light the troubling use of intimate material as a political weapon. | Continue reading
Disinformation, hate speech, and attacks against critical infrastructure will now be considered by the International Criminal Court. | Continue reading
Core Issues: Legal Worms Inside | Continue reading
A starter framework towards addressing the types of persistent threats which are often incubated within toxic Internet cultures such as Kiwi Farms. | Continue reading
Reactions to my recent top story. | Continue reading
You're using your smartphone, scrolling through your favorite apps, sending messages, and staying connected. But what if some of those innocent-looking apps are not what they seem? | Continue reading
TL;DR It's both. | Continue reading
Did you hear? Twitter is planning to kill its critical blocking feature | Continue reading
It is done. Yet there is so much more to do! | Continue reading
When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was... | Continue reading
This 175-item checklist developed by a psychologist can help identify psychopaths who "use cyberspace to troll, victimize, control and manipulate" others. | Continue reading
My first-ever piece of Internet content dating back to October 2011 | Continue reading
This guy wasn't smart. Not at all In a dramatic twist, Shakeeb Ahmed, 34, of Louisville, KY, was arrested in Manhattan and indicted today by the Department of Justice in the Southern District of New York for orchestrating a cryptocurrency heist worth millions which occurred last … | Continue reading
A win for the First Amendment–also a boon for stalkers and harassers! In a landmark decision that is no doubt sending shockwaves through legal communities and advocacy groups, the Supreme Court just ushered in a major shift in the way threats are legally defined and prosecuted. | Continue reading
A summary of a vital Substack read. Dear Reader, Have you heard of Asha Rangappa? Rangappa is an American lawyer, academic, former FBI agent, and news commentator. She was formerly an Associate Dean at Yale Law School, is currently assistant dean and a senior lecturer at Yale Uni … | Continue reading
What is the RESTRICT Act, and what will it mean if it becomes law? Dear Reader, Ever since I first saw Tulsi Gabbard fear-mongering on Twitter about the surveillance implications of the RESTRICT Act, I knew I wanted to write a clear-eyed analysis of this bill and how it could imp … | Continue reading
Elon Musk's staff manipulates information security tools, disrupting user conversation and raising new ethical concerns On Saturday, May 13, 2023, the donation site GiveSendGo went down. Known for its previous involvement in right-wing causes including the collection of donations … | Continue reading
Deciphering the complex impact of disinformation on networked societies. Sometimes I really wonder what the point of doing this job is. False claims that you'd debunked at least several times in the past reappear, and go even more viral than the previous occasions. | Continue reading
On April 26, 2023, the blockchain analytics company Chainalysis published an eye-opening technical analysis of a fascinating event which occurred in February and March 2022 where an anonymous Bitcoin user used a unique feature of the cryptocurrency's transactions to label nearly … | Continue reading
Elon Musk, one of the most high-profile tech figures globally, has come under scrutiny for his handling of Twitter after acquiring the social media platform. His leadership style, characterized by drastic changes, public controversies, and disregard for basic social norms, has sp … | Continue reading
Beware the blue checks. For the past decade, Twitter has been a ubiquitous presence in the American public discourse, providing a platform for people to share their opinions, connect with others, and stay informed about world events. However, under the ownership of Elon Musk, Twi … | Continue reading
Punch line: they're the same person. New details have emerged in the case of an anonymous poster on the harassment website "OnAForums" who has claimed to be a police officer and is alleged to have used his position to conduct illegal surveillance on a man's location through his m … | Continue reading
Tactics to help you send fuccbois to the circular file. Dear Reader, Today I'm coining a new term to describe coordinated Internet harassment of the type which often affects public figures, journalists, and activists: Strategic Attacks Against Public Participation (SAAPP). | Continue reading
Peeling back a Twitter influence operation with Taiwan-focused disinformation elements to show you how it works | Continue reading
Whether intended as a veiled threat or an insinuation of deeper knowledge, this tweet could imply some things. Michael Hastings was an American investigative journalist who gained significant notoriety for his fearless reporting on national security issues and influential governm … | Continue reading
by Scott Stedman and Jackie Singh This piece originally appeared in Forensic News on August 1, 2022. | Continue reading
Who is the new Trust & Safety Lead helping to ruin Twitter? Dear Reader, I’ve just been caught up amongst the waves of suspensions of journalists on Twitter, no doubt due to my tweets and blog posts which are endlessly critical of Elon Musk and the massive mess he’s intentionally … | Continue reading
…And what was she doing in the office of Twitter's CEO? Dear Reader, As is typical for me, I was skimming a dataset, and something unusual jumped out at me. In today’s case, I won’t bore you with too many investigative details, since I’m not sure they really matter at this junctu … | Continue reading
While France, Norway, and Germany sounded the alarm, America didn’t, despite the massive connection to a U.S.-based private military firm mired in previous surveillance scandals and founded by a former CIA employee. Then, a popular sports journalist recently critical of Qatar die … | Continue reading