Safety, Security and Privacy

Rick in real life 🤣 This guy caught a Russian KGB hacker, 40 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0 The comments on HackerNews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395802 "I watch a lot of videos at 1.5x. Older Cliff Stoll videos don't work at 1.5x....See more

Hacking attacks against the US - time to up security ! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/politics/iran-cyberattack-water-systems.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2FA.IlG-.4gzlDaTN1j4Y

Detailed analysis of the OpenAI Agent security breach: https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline

The UK wants to restrict VPNs so they can't get around their Internet access restrictions. The UK will end up with less Internet access than China 😡 George Orwell predicted it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYUpFbaCLcQ

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen? I guess the Flock system will self-destruct because of all the idiots who already started abusing it for their own little benefit - which, in this case, might be immensely positive, as it undermines the quiet...See more

AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/amd-silently-removes-memory-encryption-from-consumer-ryzen-cpus/ar-AA25RRIT Not nice, AMD! You should never silently remove a feature that might be essential to some users, especially security-related features! Most laptops probably do not use the PRO versions of your chips, but most definitely should enjoy the benefits of firmware support for memory encryption. Laptops are the most vulnerable to theft.

A few good recomendations about books on cyber security: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vAXXwhSRHQ