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Rachel Tobac @racheltobac.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This year WISP is sending 41 Scholars to @defcon.bsky.social / @blackhatevents.bsky.social to find their community, new skill, or next job! I just donated $1K to cover 1 scholar’s WISP support team, swag, events, community room, etc. Who’s matching me! wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/wisphsc26

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Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) @wisporg.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Big news at WISP! Please welcome our new Chair-Elect @thenalyssasaid.bsky.social and Vice Chair @imokx.bsky.social! Learn more here: www.wisporg.com/blog-posts/l... and join us in congratulating them by making a donation to WISP: wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation

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spooki•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"…

"Violence" in Social Movements • 111
They Will Call You Violent
If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because "violence" is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent.
Even as people experience the violence of poverty, the torture of im-prisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to "peaceful protest," they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

but hey if u feel twitter is more your kind of people u should definitely stay there lol

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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Your local police don’t answer to federal agencies. They answer to you.

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Rachel Tobac @racheltobac.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Someone AI voice cloned the White House chief of staff & asked for: list of individuals the President should pardon, cash transfer, questions about President. If your team doesn’t know how to verify identity to avoid getting tricked by voice clones, now is the time to prep them.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.

axios.com

Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath

Hardly anyone is paying attention.

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Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) @wisporg.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Join WISP for a networking event on June 10 in San Francisco. More details and register here: lu.ma/1y5x2zxf

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Rachel Tobac @racheltobac.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I just donated $1,000 to send 1 WISP (Women in Security and Privacy) scholar to DEF CON, etc! The 1st person to match me is @0xTib3rius -- thank you so much!! The goal is 45 scholars covered total & we have 2 so far! You can write this off on your taxes ◡̈ wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/hacker...

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Hacker Summer Camp Donation Form

Women in Security and Privacy (WISP)’s Hacker Summer Camp scholarship aims to increase representation in the cybersecurity field by providing opportunities for women and underrepresented folks to atte...

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

. @wisporg.bsky.social is gearing up for my favorite time of the year: #HackerSummerCamp! We’re trying to send 45 scholars to @blackhatevents.bsky.social, @defcon.bsky.social, @dianainitiative.bsky.social, and @blackgirlshack.bsky.social! Donate here: wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/hacker...

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

When you’re at RSA and you see @defcon.bsky.social GOONs in their “corporate” cloths… 👀

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Just had translate for my mom via FaceTime during a govt benefits meeting, where she was entitled to have a govt-provided translator present. We had 2 options: finish the meeting or have benefits stopped. The narrative that the govt spends too much on providing services and benefits is gaslighting.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w... An Administration that bans the Associated Press from White House briefings for using the term “Gulf of Mexico” cynically argues about the need for Germany and Europeans to accept neo-Nazi viewpoints in the interest of “free speech”

nytimes.com

Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech

Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.

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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

For those who sneer at this: It doesn't fucking /matter/ if lawsuits like this are meritless. It doesn't matter if it'll get dismissed. What matters is that companies now know that they will have to spend money defending expensive lawsuits like this from state AGs. Because they hire women & POC.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

All of these stories of all of these firings are true — and everyone should share and tell their families and friends about every one — but I think everyone needs to understand that this is exactly what we have been reporting that they are doing as a systematic operation. These are not rogue actors.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A German researcher captured the contents of "DEI.gov" before it was put behind a password wall. It contained a list of things USAID was funding filtered through the worst possible light: www.404media.co/dei-waste-go...

404media.co

Researcher Captures Contents of ‘DEI.gov’ Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password

The list includes budget claims like "$3.4 million for Malaysian drug-fueled gay sex app" and "Disbursed $15,000 to 'queer' Muslim writers in India."

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Definitely did not anticipate being so interested in this thread + comments about watermarking court docs on a Saturday morning…lol My personal TL;DR from the thread: Support the @free.law with a monetary donation and/or use their RECAP extension on Pacer.

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DEF CON Hotline @defconhotline.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Call for DC33 Hotline volunteers!!! A good candidate might simply be that one person all of their friends come to when they need someone to talk to. This will be a full-time con goon position, working a full shift each of the 4 days of con. Please contact me to interview! 🙂 1/2

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

From @pewresearch.org ‘52% of U.S. TikTok users say they regularly get news on the site, yet fewer than 1% of all the TikTok accounts that Americans follow are journalists or news outlets. So, how are Americans getting news on the app? ⬇️’ www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

pewresearch.org

A closer look at Americans’ experiences with news on TikTok

Many TikTok accounts mix in news with a variety of other topics, from celebrity gossip to jokes and memes.

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Don’t worry, I’m the dumb one in my own eyes too. 🖤

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Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) @wisporg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Join WISP San Francisco Bay Area for a Privacy Day event on 1.29.25 to explore rapidly evolving landscape in privacy, cybersecurity, & AI. Free event. Register Here: lu.ma/9htzlvyj

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2025 Privacy Day Event · Luma

Join an extraordinary Privacy Day event with privacy leaders and experts across Northern California's most influential tech corridors. The event will explore…

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This is what happens when “not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet” decide the fate of the internet

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Having been in the room, 20 feet away from Alito, I'm less sure this him being obtuse. I heard it as teeing up a question for the creators' lawyer to use to make an important point for the record: no, it appears TikTok is not fungible. Creators have not been able to find a workable substitute.

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

As we approach Lunar New Year, I'm once again telling brands that "celebrating" LNY does not mean sending me a list of pre-existing red items that have nothing to do with LNY other than being red. Give me dragons, give me zodiac animals, give me over 50% off...that is how you truly honor LNY.

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cje @cje.io · 14/11/2024

threat actor = someone who wants to punch you in the face threat = the punch being thrown vulnerability = your inability to defend against the punch risk = the likelihood of getting punched in the face

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Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Here's the full judgment: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Half of my existence is quoting memes from being Extremely Online to my husband, whose main form of social media is Reddit, and him thinking I’m naturally funny until he finally sees it on Reddit 3 weeks later.

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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

An Austrian 'court held that a cookie banner that nudges users to accept cookies by using a more prominent "Accept" option violates the transparency principle and is insufficient to obtain users’ consent' gdprhub.eu/index.php?ti... #ePrivacy #EUDataP

gdprhub.eu

BVwG - W252 2282050-1/12E

A court held that a cookie banner that nudges users to accept cookies by using a more prominent "Accept" option violates the transparency principle and is insufficient to obtain users’ consent.

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Sarah G. @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I guess I’m just trying to live a life such that when I die, people don’t have stop to consider whether or not it’s appropriate to celebrate my violent end.

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Texas is one of the most aggressive enforcers of its privacy law. Hopefully more states will start doing more vigorous enforcement. Good enforcement can strengthen (somewhat) a weak state privacy law (most are weak). Bad enforcement can undermine even a strong law. therecord.media/texas-attorn...

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Texas accuses four companies of sharing sensitive user data without proper notice and consent

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM and three apps companies are the latest to hear from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton about potential violations of the state's comprehensive data privacy law.

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

you are not a serious person if your fear of A.I. is “what if scary computer decide 2 extinct humans” and not the health insurance companies using it to sentence people to death

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

“There is so much data out there that can be used for phishing and password resets that it has reduced overall security for everyone, and AI has made it much easier to weaponize,” says Ashkan Soltani, exec director of the California Privacy Protection Agency. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

washingtonpost.com

AI, huge hacks leave consumers facing a perfect storm of privacy perils

Nearly unlimited, highly personal information is available for anyone willing to pay. AI provides many ways to turn that into illicit profit or undermine national security.

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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

🎯🎯🎯

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Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Encrypt your thoughts.

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Will I start weight training and cardio for the benefit of my own health? No. Will I do it so I can keep up with my teen and pre-teen nephews when I play with them? Yes.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 27/11/2024

"if you unsubscribed by mistake" I HAVE NEVER UNSUBSCRIBED BY MISTAKE it is always 10000% intentional

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I’m not trying to generate work for myself, but please please please let your attorneys take a peak at any compliance-related webpages, white papers, or statements your company makes available to the public. Like what do you mean your new Vulnerability Disclosure Policy is 5 sentences long?!

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

In case you’re having FOMO about not being at in Brussels for IAPP #DPC24, follow this thread!

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Ansel Halliburton @anseljh.com · 20/11/2024

The party of small government sure does love its toilet police. Support your trans friends and neighbors today and every day.

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Eileen Guo (is on leave for rest of 2026) @eileenguo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

New from me: I profiled Clear, the airport biometric company that is looking to become the “universal identity platform” of the physical world...and which has (according to its CTO) “1 of the largest private repositories of identities on the planet." www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...

technologyreview.com

Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport

The company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

block quickly block often

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Irene 〽️o @imokx.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

As a daily Pokemon Go player and privacy attorney with a husband that works on autonomous vehicles and computer vision, we actually did predict something like this would happen based on app permission settings and tasks we’re asked to complete in the game. 😅

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