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Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ infosec.exchange/@lorry, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
I've finally rebuilt the site for a rather unusual book I've owned for over 25 years, back when I used to be a book dealer. It's an old arithmetic textbook that somebody, probably around the turn of the 20th century, used as a scrapbook for newspaper cuttings about lynching, racial violence […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
Massie is traditionally a deplorable shit, but it's nice to see he's trying to do some good with his last few months in his current office. I have no idea what the full truth of the USS Liberty attack is, but it would be interesting to find out properly, and maybe Massie can push that along as […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
It would be nice to see some follow-up from this, but I am not holding my breath. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DReUs0TdE6s Still, at least the UN are putting out statements declaring that the current actions are clearly a genocide, so that may give the EU the kick it needs. #Israel #Gaza […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
RE: mas.to/@TalktoBeverley/116801343177… I mostly despise Dawkings, but I suppose I can agree with him on this.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
I was talking to a friend last week about a personal/work project I had about 10 years ago where every month or so, I had to change my mind (properly!) about something I believed in – Which in this case, meant I had to go and seek things out because it’s […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
An old black and white photograph of Harry Houdini, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle, on the right, towers above Houdini, and he is wearing a boater hat (Harry has his in his hand). They are standing in front of deck-chairs on a sandy beachfront.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026
This is a very slow election count, I am starting to have some sympathy for Californians now :P #Politics #UK #AndyBurnham #KierStarmer #RIP #UKPol #Elections #UKElections
A Lancashire chippie plate of fish, chips and mushy peas with a (steak and kidney) pudding, and gravy.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026
My favourite Taskmaster clip is from the current Aussie series. Offend the Musical-Theatre community at your peril! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iKCAIhNhw #Taskmaster #Australia #TV #Clip #Musical #Theatre #Wicked
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026
Mark Rothko: Peroxide in the Reflecting Pond.
A "portrait" green rectangle, with thin blue, water coloured stripe just above the middle going from one side to the other. The painting is on a white background to make a poster. There is a dark blue wide border around the green (this is the painting border)

It is captioned Mark Rothko: National Gallery of Art.
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Alison Wilder @alisynthesis.io.waxandleather.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
RE: mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/1166… You have to write Wikimedia to cancel your recurring donation. Here's my email: Hi there, In light of recent leadership changes at the Wikimedia Foundation, I would like to cancel my small recurring donation. Should the Foundation […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
Amy Goodman is on Jon Stewart's podcast this week, and it's well worth a listen. My first TV interview about Match Group was on her show, and it was a live one, just a few hours after the Guardian article came out. If nothing else, it taught me not to do […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
Two photos on top of each other, screenshots of a Democracy Now interview with Amy Goodman. The person being interviewed (me) has a very messy background, with a fake lion's head wearing a pink OkCupid trucker's hat, a Tinder Mentoring card, a LORRY license plate, an old UK flag, and a large tea towel with a Tetley Tea Man (Gaffer) on it.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026
I usually avoid sharing fundraisers like the plague, but people in #NovaScotia might be interested in this one - especially if they were impacted by the #Wildfires last year. www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding-hope-… The young folks at the Lawrencetown Education Centre (LEC) are doing a […]
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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026
When they said "The South shall rise again" I never thought it would be the U.S. Supreme Court leading the charge. It sickens me to see how far the #USA has fallen and how rapidly it is regressing. #SCOTUS #politics #USApol #Louisiana
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026
A late birthday present. Next time I need to get online on my Apple IIe, I will be well sorted! #Apple #Computers #RetroComputing #Electronics #AppleII
A 1979 "apple peripherals" box with lots of happy people using Apple IIes pictured on the front, it is for a Apple Communication Interface Card A2B0003.

It appears to have a price-tag of $335.00 on it, though that seems odd.The back of the box, with apple computer inc's address as 10260 Bandley Drive, Cupertino, California, 95014.An RS232 board with the Singapore made PROM chip dated 1978.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
Since I am on an accidental #nostalgia (naustalgia) trip in trying to find old #MUD things, this one popped up on my Facebook feed which may amuse the #RetroComputing #VAX #VMS and #History of the #Internet folks. This was UKNet's office in about 1994-1995 […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
Four photos of a very messy set of rooms, with old VAX machines and I think some SUN and SGI machines in there too. There are PCs on the desks, some with colourful keyboards. This is a far cry from a modern machine room.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026
This is still my favourite personal hackery/security story, and the only one I have ever written about where I am on the naughty-side of the desk. Different times! artofsecurity.com/2011/humble #Security #InfoSec #Hacking #DEC #VAX #VMS #Teletype […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
A LA120 VMS System Console - Though probably not the actual one
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026
They are calling the bogroll guy "Warehouse Luigi": www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpqhREBFIoo #Luigi #Bogroll #News #EatTheRich
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026
The strangest thing about the #EFF leaving #Twitter is that ... Why the fuck were they still in that #NaziBar !?
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026
Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff? It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026
Where are all my #VMS license PAKs when I need them! I used to have boxes of the damned things. #Retrocomputing #losttechnology #Archaeology #Librarians
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Alison Wilder @alisynthesis.io.waxandleather.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026
Don't forget to tell your friends when you think they're doing something cool. They will melt into a warm puddle of goo and the world will be a better place. <3
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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 @peter-link.expressional.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026
**#Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal #SexualAssault by Israeli Settlers** _The man said his attackers stripped him naked, beat him and zip-tied his genitalia, an account corroborated by family members and a rights activist who were also beaten._ […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026
#asolo support just told me that the soles on their boots rot away after 5 or 6 years, which is why they offer a resoling service. That's one of the most insane things I have ever heard. #outdoors #gear #support #crime #environment
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We have the technology
@rushicrypto       we should sacrifice 1 billionaire a month until rent is under $800 again
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026
This one might be interesting to anyone interested in computer gaming history. I spent the last couple of weeks finally finishing a project I started for Bletchley Park about 20 years ago. Recreating the original MUD (AND the MIST) on a mirror of the original Essex University system that […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
Feels like this should be in the Entertainment section rather than the Politics one. globalnews.ca/news/11688507/conserv… #Canada #Politics #AntiFa #RedNexit #CanPoli #Trump #MAGA #MapleMAGA #Globalnews @globalnews
A Conservative MP wants to identify federal public servants or members of the Canadian Armed Forces who sympathize with the left-wing antifa movement.

Edmonton MP Garnett Genuis has asked federal departments and agencies, as well as the military, if any of their employees are now, or have ever been, members of the decentralized protest movement that stands in opposition to fascist and far-right ideologies.

“Antifa” is not a formal organization, but an umbrella term for political movements that oppose far-right, racist and fascist groups.

Antifa has become a fixation for U.S. President Donald Trump, and a lightning rod for right-wing websites and commentators, who depict the counter-protesters as violent mobs. The administration has controversially declared antifa a domestic terrorist organization, although the designation does not appear to have a basis in U.S. law.

Genuis has asked the Canadian government for a formal response on whether it permits “membership or involvement” with antifa for public servants or members of the CAF, and how many “people active in Antifa activities” Ottawa employs.

The Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan MP also wants to know if any bureaucrats or CAF members have been “disciplined … for Antifa-related activities.”
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
"Two more minutes of that and I'd be wearing a MAGA hat" - Jimmy Kimmel on the People's State of the Union. He's not wrong, the Democrats are begging to lose if that's the best they can do as their alternative. @MeidasTouch fucked up there big time; it felt like a high school protest without […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026
It won't be long before the Bellamy Salute is back. #USA #Politics #Fascism #Nazis #FCC #Television #Orwell #Propaganda
FCC chair urges broadcasters to commit to daily airing of US national anthem or pledge of allegiance

In a letter to the broadcasters he regulates, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, urged the nation’s privately owned television and radio stations to support the Trump administration’s “celebration of America’s 250th birthday by airing patriotic, pro-America content that celebrates the American journey and inspires its citizens by highlighting the historic accomplishments of this great nation from our founding through the Trump Administration today.”

Among Carr’s idea for such programming, he suggested something more often seen on state television in authoritarian countries: “Starting each broadcast day with the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ or Pledge of Allegiance.”
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Alison Wilder @alisynthesis.io.waxandleather.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
RE: mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/… AOC is getting REALLY good at speaking to people. She's always been good, but I haven't seen speak her in awhile, and...wow! To me, she sounds passionate and articulate while managing to not sound condescending. And also, she is […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026
Hey! That's me! @warandpeas mastodon.social/@warandpeas/1160873…
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026
It's not shaming him. The grumpy old dude is dead, and has been for 350 years. It's merely accepting that history isn't complete, and sometimes new things happen and that sometimes your beloved historical "free speech" is pretty abhorrent when you frame it […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
The Washington Post
Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion
Another ludicrous canceling of a name from the past

Shaming the dead is an asinine culture warriors’ pastime. Now it’s the great diarist Samuel Pepys’s turn.
February 8, 2026
(​Illustration by Washington Post staff; iStock​)
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By Andrew Doyle

Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.”

Samuel Pepys was, famously, an extraordinary diarist, offering a vivid first-hand account of life in Restoration England from 1660 to 1669. He was an eyewitness to the Great Fire of London in 1666 and recorded fascinating details of the ravages of the bubonic plague. His diaries were also intensely personal, with entries that echo familiarly across the centuries, whether recounting his rivalries and triumphs in his job as a naval administrator, his frustrations (can’t find a coach in the rain!), his delight in friends or boredom with dull sermons.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026
Dear Customer. No, you can't turn on your heat pumps because the internet site connected to the app on the phone in your hand is under maintenance. If our maintenance goes bad you will have to go out into the snow and try to open the frozen box and turn […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
A screenshot of a message from the LG app.

Suspension
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Due to system maintenance to
improve our services, the LG ThinQ
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maintenance is complete, unplug the
device and plug it back in. Then, press
the power button. Your device will be
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We apologize for the inconvenience
and will do our very best to
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Thank you.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026
I guess #Keepa changed their free limits all of a sudden. Grumble. It would have been nice to yanoo, get a warning? #Amazon #eBay #Online #Shopping #Annoying #CustomerService
A screenshot from keepa.com saying: Your account has hit the limit of 200 trackings. You already have 690 active. All your existing trackings stay active for now, but updates may be slower and you cannot add new trackings. Upgrade here for full speed and the ability to add more.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026
Somebody has rebooted zombo.com via its expired domain name. All I can politely say is that it was definitely done by white people. Once upon a time you could do anything on zombo.com. Anything was possible. I am so sorry for your loss zombo.com […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
A not very good mockup of the zombo.com web window on an old windows desktop. In other words, it's perfect.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkhzVw0yBs #Music #Trump #Hitler #Protest #MAGA #USA
Just a screenshot of the video... A 30's looking jazz orchestra with a woman singer in a silver dress at a microphone.
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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026
[Ugh] What's with right-wingers gleefully hurting dogs?
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026
We get a fairly good history education in the UK, and I thought that the USA was built on the back of slave labour in the South and brutally exploited immigrant Chinese, Italian and Irish labour in the North. Debt bondage didn't (and still doesn't) suck dry […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
Excretion from Secretary Kristi Noem

I just met with the President.

I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been
flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.

Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love
of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry
our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026
This is my new favourite YouTube video of the year. It's a bit cringeworthy, but hey! Who doesn't need the world's most rusty anvil and an engine hoist in their living-room? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueCO4spGNPs Going to tag @alisynthesis because why not! #Guitar #Music #Engineering […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026
Today I learned that there is no option in LinkedIn's "Report advert" to report an illegal job.
A Linkedin Job Advert for a company called "Mercor"
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Senior Fraud Investigator | Up to $10/hr Part-time (though it shows only $5-$10 in the next part).

Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area - 2 days ago - 20 people clicked apply

Promoted by hirer - Responses managed off LinkedIn
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026
Just one teeny question... Why would you send ICE, who have no powers of arrest, to investigate and arrest people for financial crimes? www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-react… #News #Trump #USPol #Minnesota #ICE #Crime #FBI #Lying #Liars #Who #Lie
A clip from the post, too big to paste!
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Alison Wilder @alisynthesis.io.waxandleather.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026
I just saw a program sponsored by my small city's Human Rights Committee. They played a documentary at my local library made by a retired local professor about a local civil rights hero named Jonathan Daniels. One of the reasons I've chosen this place as my forever home is because of this […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026
Three? I'd guess they'd last until a vote that looks like it might pass. @sambowne infosec.exchange/@sambowne/11590713…
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I wonder how long their resolve will last. I'm guessing about three days. Republicans vow to block Donald Trump from seizing Greenland by force https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5689820-senate-republicans-block-trump-greenland/
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026
More on the #Mastodon / #Firefox memory issue. This is ridiculous, and it's new behaviour. Any ideas @jerry ? By the time it took me to type this message from a newly opened tab, it was going like treacle again. I suppose I should try to work out how to […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
A firefox task manager listing sorted by memory used.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026
Just think how pissed off Tom Clancy would have been today. For over 30 years, he diligently worked on whitewashing the CIA's (traditionally very bad) reputation, and now a senile, rotting, orange village idiot destroyed all that retroactive rehabilitation […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
The hardback cover of Tom Clancy's book "Executive Orders". The top middle part of the American Flag takes up the entire cover, with the author's name and the book title printed in big white letters over it.
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026
RE: hachyderm.io/@pheonix/1158132926993… I feel that this is the sort of inspiration we need for 2026 💖🦥
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026
There's something gone very wrong with the new #Mastodon arse-end this last week or so. It jams up so even reloads won't work on a very regular basis. It didn't used to do this, and I haven't changed anything in years. #bugs #annoying #arseends
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026
Oooh, somebody put the Match Group documentary up on Dailymotion: www.dailymotion.com/video/x9wadf0 I like how I look fat, northern and relaxed, and everyone else looks... Californian :D Some nice film of Lunenberg though! #Dating #MatchGroup #Tinder #OkCupid #SocialMedia #Safety […]
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026
Ding Dong, The Wicked Witch is Dead! www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-h… #Unix #HPUX #RIP #AnotherOneBitesTheDust #Wicked #OperatingSystem #Death #Tech #News
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HP-UX hits end-of-life today, and I’m sad
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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026
I wonder how much damage ChatGPT (in this case, 5.2) causes to people who follow its instructions without checking. In this case, I saw where it was heading and was curious if it would just tell me to wipe out all my files, so I went with it. And it did […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
GPT: A snippet of a chatGPT Log - Which is too long to paste, sorry. 

Set the screen reader to an emotionless robot voice though.
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Alison Wilder @alisynthesis.io.waxandleather.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@kottke/11583307397… Sigh. 2003.
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